Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-07
MINISTER THURSTON
Calls on Secretary Gresham and is
Received Officially.
NO NEWS YET FROM HAWAII
Embarrassment Caused by the Pub
lication of Mr.. Gresham's Letter.
THE SENATE RESOLUTION.

Minister Thurston. the Hawaiian minister,
called at the State Department today and
was received by Secretary Gresham as usual
In his official diplomatic capacity. The pur-
pose OF his visit was not disclosed, but II
was evidently to ascertain IL the department
had any information from Honolulu that
might be interesting to him. A Star repor-
ter met Mr. Thurston after he left the State
Department, and. while he talked pleasantly
about matters in general, he was most dis
creetly silent as to what had occurred dur
Ing his interview with Secretary Gresham
Although he would not talk on that subject
IL Is understood that Secretary Gresham
gave him no additional light on the situation
In Honolulu, for the simple reason that 1t
was not in his power.
when News May he Expected.
Mr.. Thurston expressed the opinion that
the next news from Honolulu will come
through the mail steamer from that place
due at Auckland today. This steamer left
Honolulu November %. three days after the
departure of the Klickitat the barkentine
which arrived at Port Townsend Monday
last, bringing Hawaiian newspapers, con-
tanning Minister Willis statement that CON-
ungencies had arisen in Hawaii which
nlaue II necessary TO communicate further
with the authorities before taking further
action under his original instructions.
The Administration Embarrassed
Ihere Is a growing belief that the admin
istration feels embarrassed over its action
In making public Secretary Gresham's let
Ter to the President advocating the resto-
ration OF the ex-queen, and the correspon-
uence and reports transmitted by Commits
sloner and Minister Blount This belief is
based on the theory that the official docu-
ments were made public because the Presi-
hanr aVa.N
MlnlSter Willis had already taken meas
ureS To restore Liliuokalani and that the
pOhcy or the administration would be an
accomplished fact before copies of the let
ters. reports, &c, had reached Honolulu
knowledge of the Presidents decision has
OF course, already become known to the Ha-
Walians, and IL is thought by some officials
mat this exposure of the intention of the
government of the United States in adj
vance of positive action by Mr.. Willis will
enable the provisional government to
strengthen its hands in such a way as to
seriously impede progress toward securing
tne end which the President and Secretary
Gresham seek
1t Is not known positively when the docu-
ments called for by the Hoar resolution will
De submitted to the Senate. Although moth
ing can be learned definitely on the subject
at the State Department II is believed that
the President will not transmit the CORES
pondence until he has received definite in
formation Of the situation in Hawaii This
Information will. undoubtedly. be by the
next mail from Honolulu. which will reach
san Francisco in a few days, and by the
11th instant at the latest.
The BuIkiest Kind of a Document
When the President complies with the Sem
ate resolution and sends in all the cores
pOndence on our Hawaiian relations from
1881 to 1893, a period of twelve years, the
result will probably be one of the buIkiest
executive documents on record The re-
ports. correspondence and atrdavits Incl
dental to Commissioner Blount's special re-
port, as printed for semi-prtvate circulation
on the long folio sheets affected by the
State Department. cover 522 pages, many
OF them in very close type As rearranged
and reprinted in the shape IN which docu-
ments are usually sent to Congress the
number of pages will be doubled
Then, as fntimated by eX-Presideat Har-
rlSOn in an interview soon after Mr.. GreS-
hams letter to President Cleveland Of date
october Is last was made public, there
Is much correspondence on Hawaiian mat
tiers. which took place before the close of
the Harrison administration which has not
yet seen the light of day, and which the
eX-PreSident in that Interview said he earn
estly desired should now be made public
Add to these important documents all 9TH
ers that have gone before since 1881, which
or course Will include the facts in relation
10 the -wO precious revolutions referred to
Dy Minister TEUrSton in his answer to
Commissioner B Junt, and it will be seen
that the reply to Senator Hoar's resolu-
tiOn must necessarily be somewhat stu
pendous In bulk. But after all the main
interest Will center round this point: VIII
the President deem 1t GONNA tibIe with the
public interests TO include in his RESPONSE
at this time the instructions originally
given to Minister Willis, and any subse-
quent correspondence ttat may have led
to the modification of those instructions ~
such has been the course taken?