The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-27
No Notification.

Washington March 26.-It was said at
the state department late this afternoon
that Minister Thurston had not notlhed
the department of his return to Honolulu
or to be absent from the city. 1t is usu-
ally customary for a minister TO nouiy
the department of his lntentlon' anu 10
saw who will be charge d AFFAIRS curing
the minister's absence Oh course lneie
is vet time for Mr. Thurston to send sucn
notification and one. of the department
officials said no doubt 1t Wouid De re- re-
ceiyed before Mr.. Thurston LETT the
country, if he had determined on SoinS'
something the department had no notln-
cation upon. o,,d
to previous comment as to MS purpose 10
remain in Washington as thorn IN the
side of the state department. HIS state
ment does not make clear, however,
whether his absence is temporary or per-
lnanent and the minister Will not
20 6 lnfp b aeTalls in showing that
he win not seek to remain in Washing
ton as a source of any irritation. Ihere
have been reports, believed, however, to
he baseIess. that if he persisted in re-
naming in a private capacity, the law
would be evoked to have him deported
but Mr.. Thurston's statement is regarded
as settling that there will be no occasion
for forcing him out of the country
shrewd Diplomacy.
In some quarters, MI 4HUi Sun , iiios .
is regarded as a shrewd dlplomauc
stroke 1t is recalled that he left unex-
pectedly about fifteen months ago Wnen
/ the question of restoring the queen 10
the throne was at a critical stage IN
Hawaii The Hawaiian government was
on the point of reaching decision but
/ had not yet done so. AT this 1uncture
Mr. Thurston left Washington suddenly,
/ his departure not being known until he
was well on the way to San Francisco.
He had full information as to the senti-
ment in the United States and when ne
reached Hawaii his advice had much to
do in the final action of the government.
1t is being suggested, therefore, that his
departure at the present juncture before
it is known what action the Hawaiian
government has taken on Secretary
Creshan's demand, may result in his be-
! ing at Honolulu when final action Is
taken No information has yet come from
| Hawaii as to the course of the govern
ment The first ship to arrive is the
Australian, expected at San Francisco to-
morrow.
4 Peculiar Condition.
The departure of Mr.. Thurston from the
! United States without being recalled by
his government will leave the relations
| between this government and Hawaii
/ in a peculiar condition. 1t cannot be
said that there is a rupture of diplomatic
Citations, but they will certainly be
ordinary cases where a minister leaves
! the United States permanently for him
to present his letters of recall to the
president and take his leave. But as
Mr.. Thurston has not been recalled ne
cannot do this. Then when a minister
leaves the United States temporarily he
usually addresses a note to the state de-
partment and informs ii that he has left
the legation in the hands of charge.
Probably Mr.. Thurston has adopted the
latter course But in the celebrated
| Catazy case. in which the Russian gov
eminent had heen requested to recall its
! Objectionable minister, and the latter, be-
| fore his government had passed upon
the request, notified the department of
state that he proposed to leave the United
| States on leave of absence, Secretary
Fish strongly objected and insisted that
the United States would accent nothing
! less than the minister's recall. In the
end. Mr.. Catazy did leave the United
States without being recalled, just as
Mr., Thurston is about to do, turning over
and our government accepted the situa-
ton and so expressed itself as satisfied
1t was a long time before another min.
lister came from Russia to Washington
and the similarity of other features of the
two incidents leads to the Eupposition thai
the parallel may be carried on further
and that Mr.. Hastings, the Hawaiiar
charge. may be left here in that position
for many months. From a diplomatic
point of view this cannot be regarded as
a complete rupture of relations but such
a situation similar to that in which tht
italian legation was left by the with
drawa1 of Baron Fava, four years aee
is generally regarded as very unsatisfac
Willis position as minister at HonoluI,
unfeua hle