Show LAND TROUBLE IN l HAWAII I Lease and Solo in Islands Since Sept 28 1899 Void Honolulu Nov 6Yla San Francisco Nov 12Thc Honolulu Republican will say tomorrow Every lease and tale of public land in Hawaii since lie I 8th day of September ISM is Illegal I and void That la the position taken by the Hon John W Griggs Attorney General 1 of the United States and suits will he instituted at once in the United States Dlbtrict courts for the district of Hawaii to set aside every such lease and sale made by the local government 1 I of the Hawaiian Islands At the meeting I meet-ing of the Executive Council yesterday I I this was the allImportant subject of I discussion The Republican is in a position to state that Land Commissioner Jacob I F Brown brought up the subject before be-fore Mr m Dole and his Executive Council Coun-cil Tho matter was discussed for some time and AttorneyGeneral Dole was instructed to at once begin preparations prepa-rations for answering the suits which will b8 filed In the name of the United States by United States Attorney Baird Brown the Land Commissioner was instructed to prepare a list of all the land and water rights sold and leased I by the Territory since the 28th of September Sep-tember 1S90 in preparation for the suit and in response to the demand for such r Information on the part of the National Na-tional Government Congress expressly ratified and confirmed con-firmed all silct grai < s loaves l and I other dispositions of the public domnln granted by l the t Hawaiian Government in conformity with the laws of Hawaii I between July 7 g18 and September 28 ISM But any sales leases or grants since the lastnamed date the Attor neyGeneral holds are illegal and void i and he has Instructed United States Attorney Baird to institute suits alI al-I once in the United States court to set aside all these grants sales franchises I and leases |