Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-23
THURSTON'S TALK
Considered to Be That Of
q Private Citizen.
Queen ON THE THRONE.
Believed to Have Been Re-
stored on Tuesday.
The Shifting Process Probably Accom-.
pIlshed without Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Officials in the
state department a-sert that the state
ment issu ID b. Minister Thurston yester-
day would furnish abundant ground for
giving h u aIsp ,ssports II this govel l.
ment ielt Inclined to send them to him.
In the or, seat state OF the public mind,
however. IL thought that this might
seem like deriving man OF the right to
state his side IL the case and would prove
unpopular. "fhe American people do not
care for diplomatic forms" is the express
sion used In explanation In the secretary
of states office.
There Is no law and very ill-defined
usage or custom to fix the restrictions
upon public express n by representatives
Of foreign uatioI 8. 1t is left almost en-
tirsly 10 the discretion of the department
Of state rs 10 whet ,er munster has Of
Tended Against rropriety in any act or
any public expression. 1t depends upon
whether tie 81 cretary OF s ate chooses to
consider the matter offensive. Persona
non grata is simply A person not agreea-
BILE to the government and IL is not I'm
perative that il should sustain charges
and convict 4 asp, clfc ofiense to relieve
itself Of the undesirable miuister.
At the White House IL was stated that
Minister Thurston would not be given his
passports, the reaso being that IL would
only be short time before he would be
hut q priva,e citiz n. II was also in
dicated that 1t was but by courtesy that
Mr.. Thurston was cons dered the Ha-
waiian mini, ter as the letter of Secretary
Gresham indicated very plainly that the
provisional government WAS at an end as
far an the annexation proposition was con-
cerned.
Has the Queen Been RestorsdT
Officers Of the state departments fully be-
h-ve that the Queen of Hawaii has been
restored TO the throne. 1t seems that
while actual force may not have been
authorized there was to be such a show Of
force as would make the Provisional & ov-
ernment believe That the United States
wou use all the power at It's command
to bring about he restoration.
The statement was al-o made that IL
Mr.. Dole refused TO accede TO the demands
Of Minister Willis he would be thrust
aside and the queen restored, even IL the
adninistrati on would have TO go to con-
gress for au hority. At the same time IL
was claimed that there would De no neces-
sity for any such action, as the informa-
ton from the islands was to the effect that
everything was working precisely as ex-
p~cted.
One reason for the belief In some quar-
ters that the restora alton had taken place
was because of the assertion often made
unless the restoration took place before
the arrival If the steamer from the United
States, since the attitude of this admins
tration had been made public, that IL
would not he made at ALL because the
sentiment of the United States and the
report Of Minister Thurston to the pro-
visioDal government would have a ten
dencv TO su sIain them and cause them to
resist M mister Willis efforts at restora-
ton.
This phase OF the case was suggested to
the staie department. yesterday, and
reply received that il ma e no difference
whether Mr.. Thurston had been able to
communicate with the provisional gov
ernment or not, or when that govern
ment won d offer any resistance, the
restoration would go on just the same
Must Wait For News
1t was claimed that not only the inform
alton furnished by Mr.. Bouut, but the re-
ports received since Minister w Ills ar
rived at Honolulu, was TO the effect that
the provisional government was sustained
on the supposition that the United States
man-of war was In the harbor for that
purpose, and that ss soon as IL was known
that the United States would not only not
sustain the provisional government, but
was determined to undo what had been
aone by the revolutionists and the alleged
assistance of Minister Stevens, that the
public would Immediately compel the
restoration OF the queen, and the provi-
sional government would fall, and its
members would hasten to take advantage
Of the amnesty which Minister Willis
would insist that the queen should graus
upon being restored to power.