New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-22
fpr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBrNE.l

fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBrNE.1
Washington, Nov 21-Mr. Thurston the rep
resentative Of the Provisional Government of
Hawaii in Washington gives out for publication
tonight a statement in reply to paramount
Blounts report which leaves the Cleveland
Gresham .iliuokalani combination without leg
to stand on. 1t completely skaters the Paramount
ones reasoning shows him to have been the
victim Of his own creduty, and convicts him,
In one conspicuous instance at least OF wiltul
perversion Of facts. No one reading Mr.. Thurs
tons statement can escape the impression OF
candor 1t leaves behind nor doubt for a single
moment that the writer thereof honestly en-
deavored TO state the truth without either fear
or favor
Unlike Paramount" Blount, Mr.. Thurston In
dulges in no vindictive reflections. he impugns
the motives OF no one. and he scorns to bolster
up the character of his witnesses. Indeed ne
has no need His tale Is straightforward
one. the tale OF participant In the event Of
which he was a conspicuous part. His facts
are not gathered at secondhand: they are not
the result Of gossip and tttle-tattle. The talk
OF the groggeries and the confessions drawn
from reluctant witnesses are unknown to
him The salacious scandals Of n corrupt and
degenerate court are not retaed to serve as a
has espoused
For sught the reader Of Mr. Thurstons state
ment can tell "Paramour Wilson occupies in
the mind OF the Provisional Governments rep
resentative a position equal. from moral point
Of view. to that occupied by Paramount
Blount In this absence of all rancor and
venom Mr. Thurston's statement differs con-
spicuously from Mr.. Blounts report. 1t reflects
the mind OF an upright and self-respecting man,
not that Of an advocate hired to traduce
cause and besmirch the character Of his own
Government
Mr. TIuRsToNs TRYING POSITION
7, may not be out OF place here to draw
attention 10 the extraordinary and trying posi-
ton occupied by Mr.. Thurston since his arrival
in this country as the representative Of the
Provisional Government. If he and his col
leagues who accompanied him on his mission
IN February last had been irresponsible tramps
and advcnturers instead Of being the accredited
agents NJ friendly government recognized
officially by the United States and the rest OF
the civilized world. they could not have received
treatment more discourteous or more iagrant
In it's violation OF international comfy than was
that accorded to them by Secretary Gresnam.
From the first they were received with dis
trust They were not asked for statement OF
,be,r case They were never invited to
tighten the Administration az 10 the condition
of Hawaii They never received hint as TO
what the Government proposed to do. Ofiicially
they knew nothing Of Blounts departure much
less Of the nature Of his mission.
1t is a well-estab blished custom OF diplomatic
intercourse that before sending foreign min
lister to a friendly government that government
consent to the Appointment Is Informally secured
through It's resident representatives But II
Blount's appointment. first as Commissioners with
paramount authority" and afterward as Min
ister was ever officially communicated to Mr..
Thurston. that fact will yet have to be demon
strated by the state Department. Equally ex-
traordinary was the conduct OF the Secretary
of state when Mr. Thurston's colleagues. before
their return to Hawaii. waited upon him and
informed him that they should like to go home.
but would remain II he wished to communicate
with them or desired to have submitted to him
additional information to enable the Administra-
,ion to reach a settlement OF the question. Cen
oral Gresham curtly announced to them that
they could 20 whenever they pleased intimat-
ing in n rather startlingly undiplomatic man.
ner that he had no use for them any way.
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT
After this. Mr.. Thurston was probably pre-
parcd to derive his Information as to the return
Of paramount" Blount and the appointment In
his stead OF Mr.. Willis from the newspapers and
NOT through the regular diplomatic channels.
This, in fact. he did. and to the present hour ne
10 understood to be officially ignorant OF Mr..
Williss appointment. Equally ignorant Is me-
regarding the Instructions given to
his deputy Queen -restorcr But he was hardly
prepared to be confronted at the State Depart
oil downright
prevarication. He or his representative. Is un-
dors,ood To have received the assurances Of
the Secretary Of State that nothing should be
donc nv the Administration and nothing given
IN the pubic until after II had been communi-
oated IN him Yet In spite OF this assurance the
Legation here derived its information
a.. to the nature Of Secretary Gresham's letter
IN the President, the abstract OF Mr.. Blounts
report (prepared at the State Department under
the Secretarys supervision and furnished by
him to a few friendly newspapers), and lastly,
Mr. Blount's report itself, first from the public
prints In the mean time the Administrations
Royalistic friends. like Claus Spreckles and The
ophus w. Davies. have been Kept tuiiy III
formed as to the intentions OF the Government
and Charles Nordhon has been permitted TO
ravage the archives OF the United States Lega-
ton in Hawaii. They certainly never permitted
themselves to doubt that Mr. Cleveland would
when the right moment came. order their pup
net Queen to be restored under the shadow OF
American bayonets and the strains OF Hall
Columbia
Mr.. Thurston is represented as keenly feeling
the discourteous treatment accorded to him by
Gresham. though 1t can readily DE
understood that he Is In no position to resent H.
Quite different it may be with President Dole
While Mr.. Thurston must endure, for the pres
ent to see State papers given to the pubic
Allied with personal attacks upon him ana those
associated with him In the Provisional Govern
ment. President Dole may take course which
may induce the Administration, perhaps TO tone
DOWN It's top-lofty manners In diplomatic cir
,les here 1t would surprise no one II PRESIDENT
Dole. after having been fully acquainted py
Minister Willis with Mr.. Cevelands intentions.
should simply proclaim republic ana furnish |
The Queen-restorer with his passports While 1t |
r. possible that the Administration mas con- |
,idered such a contingency. IT IL scarcey credi- |
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