Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-22

macy. Officials OF the State Department
regard this action as sufficient warrant
for the administration to give Mr.. Thurston
his passports, but they are afraid that to
ment still more and that it would injure
the administration.
BlOunt's Breach of Propriety.
On the other hand the publication Of the
report Of Mr.. Blount containing brutal at
tacks upon Mr.. Thurston, an accredited
representative of friendly government in
this country. is regarded in diplomatic cir
cles as an almost unheard of breach of pro-
prety, and 1t is said had any representative
this way he would have demanded his pass
ports and an apology would have been re-
Quired Of this government.
Mr.. Gresham and Mr.. Thurston.
While there has been no intermission Of
personal Intercourse between Mr.. Thurston
and Secretary Gresham. the course Of the
department toward the representative who
was sent as the accredited minister of the
provisional government of Hawaii to the
United States appears to have been that of
quietly ignoring him in a diplomatic ca
pacity. This is indicated by Mr. Thurston
himself, by his assertion that no CODY of
the Blount report has been officially trans
mitted to him. This was also true Of Secre-
tary Greshams letter to the President Of
October Is. Mr.. Thurston derived his
knowledge OF both documents through the
press. There is, therefore, a double edge to
ms PREDATORY statement that it would be
ontrary to diplomatic courtesy" for him
to publish statement on the contentious of
the United States government concerning
its relations with Hawaii prior to inform
ing the United States government of the
same"
Lord Sackville's Memorandum.
Mr.. Thurstons dramatic recital of the
revolution Of 1887 recalls the fact that when
the news of that event was received the
British minister (at that time Sir Lionel
Sackvllle WesD asked the United States to
join England and France and Germany in
an international guarantee Of the neutral
ity Of the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands
similar to the Samoan agreement He
waited upon Mr.. Bayard and handed him
the following memorandum, which Is print
ed at page ia Of Foreign Rela tons of 1888:
c'Memo. handed to Mr.. Bayard by Sir L. 8.
Sackville West)
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1887.
England and France by the convention
Of November %. 1913, are bound to consider
the Sandwich Islands as an independent
state. and never to take possession, either
directly or under the title Of a protectorate
or any other FORM of any part of the terri
tory Of which they are composed
The best way to secure this object would
in the opinion of her majesty's government,
be that the powers chiefly interested in the
trade Of the Pacific should join in making
a formal declaration similar to that of ls4s
above alluded to. and that the United
and Germany, guarantee the neutrality and
equal accessibility Of the islands and their
harbors to the ships Of all nations without
preference"
The United States did not adopt the sue-
gestion.
Nothing in affirmation or contradiction
OF the rlmor that Yesterday was the date
fixed for the restoration of the queen can
be obtained from official sources.
Mr.. Thurston Not Disturbed.
Mr.. Thurston is not disturbed. He laugb.
ingly said this morning that he really didn't
believe that his passports would be sent to
him. There was just a suspicion in Mr.
Thurston's manner Of a feeling that such
an outcome would not be a terrible die.
aster after all. 1t is certain that his "a.
turn to Hawaii as an exile from here for
indulging in a modification of the manly
act Of self-defense would be very much q,
a triumph and would elevate his no,,ti,oi
stock immensely. He Is popular man ana
as a martyr would easily command a stiii
greates following at home. ''
One Theory Advanced,
II have theory" said an official of tho
Sovefnment-not OF the State Deparement-
whose name cannot be given for obvious
reasons. that there has been a good deal
Of sailing close up into the wind on both
sides of this case 1t seems to me that
nothing would please the government better
than for Mr.. Thurston to ask for his pass
ports, and something tells me that Score
tary Gresham had a belief that perhaps Mr.
Thurston might take sufficient ofrense at
the original report to leave of his own ac-
cord. And, on the other hand. 1 have in
formation that Mr.. Thurston had this mat
ter fully in mind when he wrote his reply
and threw out tempting bait that he
would not have been displeased to see
swallowed"
This represents a certain line Of senti-
ment. 1t is known that Secretary Gresham
would like to see change made in the
Hawaiian legation here, and that he would
welcome any steps that might lead to Mr.
Thurston's withdrawal
Mr.. Gresham May Resign.
At the same time the reports come rat
thing in that the Secretary himself is on the
verge Of a resignation, all Of which makes
q most wonderful tangle.