The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
THURSToNS WALKING PAPERS.
THE REQUEST FOR HIS RECALL
WENT TO JAPAN BY MISTAKE.


Willis and the Alleged Failure of
This Government to Prevent the
Shipment of Arms TO the Hawaiian
Rebels Contained in Omitting Pas
sages.
San Francisco. May 9.-Correspondence
Of the United Press from Honolulu May
says: Yesterday after a meeting of the
executive and advisory council. Mr.. Hatch,
minister of foreign affairs. stated that on
the S0tn ult., Minister Willis called on him
and read a letter from Secretary Gresham.
dated Feb. p. last. which, he said, had
been sent to Japan by mistake. intimating
that Mr.. Thurston is no longer personally
acceptable to the administration at Wash
ington, as Hawaiian minister. The ground
is that Mr.. Thurston had allowed a repor-
Ter OF the press TO read private letters to
Mr ThIrston from Honolulu concerning
the conditions and sentiments there por-
uons OF which We're made public. These
letters also contained criticisms upon the
policy of the administration towards
Hawaii which were not published, but
came TO the knowledge of Mr.. Gresham.
The communication was discussed by
the cabinet at this mornings session and
a meeting Of the councils was called at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. The session was
short one. and no definite action was
taken on the matter"
Secretary Gresham's letter to Minister
willis directing him to ask for the recall
OF Mr.. Thurston is as follows:
Department of State, Washington, D.
C., Feb. p, 1S95.-Sir-I regret to be con-
strained to bring to your attention and
through you to the knowledge of the
Hawaiian government certain acts of its
representative in the United States, Of
which this government has just ground
to complain.
z" In order TO set forth the facts with
III fngHaN Na1N
to recite fully what occurred at two in
terviews which l had with Mr.. Thurston,
at this department. on the 10th and 18th
inst.
The recent seizure of a ship at San
Diego, Cal, for alleged violation of our
neutrality laws in carrying arms TO Ha-
wall was the occasion OF his first call.
After brief conversation on this subject,
l took occasion to remark that / had in
formation that he was not pleased with
your action in connection with recent
events at Honolulu. Mr.. ThurstOn desired
to know why that view was entertained
here, whereupon ! handed him a clipping
from New. York paper of the 18th in
stant, of which full copy is hereto APP
" After he had read this article, asked
him if he had furnished the matter to the
paper for publication. He at once said
he had furnished the paragraph, which
he pointed out, reading as follows: There
has been great reaction among the more
prominent royalists who were not concern
eu IN anu ulQ not approve OF the late IN
surrectiOn, and a number of them have
taken the oath of allegiance to the repub-
lie. Others had stated that as long as the
queen claimed that she should be REIN
stated, and there was hope of receiving
help from the United States government
to reinstate her, they felt in duty bound
to support her restoration. Now that the
queen has abdicated and further ac-
ton on the part of the United States look
ing to restoration is hopeless, they pro-
posed to accept the situation and work
for annexation, which many of them say
they have all along considered the best
course for all concerned, but have been
prevented from advocating IL by what
they considered their duty to the queen.
i then desired to know If Mr. Thurs
ton had also furnished to the same paper
be extracts from a letter written by a
prominent lawyer in Honolulu and read
ing thus: MIR. Hawes, the British repre-
sentative, has confined his action to a
diplomatic request to the government that
If not inconsistent with the interest of the
government capital punishment proposed
to be inflicted on any British subjects
may be postponed until he can communi-
cate with his government. while his whole
manner is friendly to the government
Upon the publication of the instructions
of Secretary Herbert to Admiral Beardslee
in the local papers, declaring that no pro-
lection would be given to Americans who
either opposed or supported the govern
ment, number of Englishmen applied to
MI IldWtS " KNOW WHElueT MS COuE sc
would be similar to that of the American
government. He Immediately replied that,
on the contrary, he considered IL highly
proper for all English citizens to do all
in their power to support the government,
and by so doing they violated no interna-
tional law and would forfeit none of their
rights as English citizens.
Had the insurrectionists not been dis
covered at the time they were and had
they once succeeded in getting into the
city there would have been savage butch
cry, as they, were well-supplied with dy-
Mantle bombs, and the evidence which
has been developed shows that their
plans were to march into town at 2
o'clock in the morning along the main
avenue leading to the city, blowing up
the residences of the principal supporters
of the government as they advanced. re-
gardless of the women and children there
in, in order to prevent support reaching
the government Their plans also were
for an uprising of the natives in the city,
attacks simultaneously to be made on the
palace, the government building and sta
ton house, and the telephone station. The
arms and dynamite bombs stored at the
queens residence were to play an import
ant part in the plans. A marked feature
of the situation is the large number of
natives who rallied to the support of the
government. They volunteered to the
number of nearly 300 to &c
ture of the most of the rebels who re-
mained in the mountains was effected
through the thorough search made by
capt. ItODeEL d tuTee-ludFIerS ma
tive. and fifty native police, who, with
their thorough knowledge of the country,
secuted the hills from Honolulu to the
east end of the island"
Mr. Thurston answered that he had
furnished nothing to that or any other pa
per, but that he had permitted an en-
ploye or agent of one of the press asso-
Citations to copy a his legation a private
letter or letters which he had received
and added that the published paragraphs
did not contain all that was in the private
letter or letters. ] thereupon said that
l was aware this was so and that I
knew the private letter or letters did not
appear in fun in the last para graphs as
printed. Handing him a type-written pa
per / asked il the omitted parts were not
contained in the following passages;
There is intense feeling being manifested
By the people at what IS looked upon as
Mr.. Willis unwarranted interference In
with the present trials He
is doing everything he can to protect the
royalists and harass the government
Many of our best men feel it Imperative
should be made. While the government IS
master of the situation for the present
the danger is not entirely over
Much Indignation is also felt from
the fact that, although direct
was given to Minister
Willis last November, before the ship-
ment of arms was made at San Fran
cisco, that such shipment was intended
nothing appears to have been done to
stop the shipment. 1t is felt that the Ha-
waiian government has strong ground for
against the United States gov
ernment on the score of it's Indifference,