New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-22
GRESHAM AND THURolON'
SrCRETARy's FLIMSY PRETEHT FOR
THE MINISTER'S RECALL
49,, or,1G, ALTON on TIE LATTER TO COMMUNE
GATE HIS PRIVATE ADvIcEs TO THIS oo'-
rr>NESr-rrr WHOLE AFFAIR LIKELY

TONS ADvANT rE'
fay TELEGRAPH 10 TIN 'RiSuNE'


"'''' =, - the course of the mex. week,
- -, =, ,Ai ., ,neculate upon the question of
-, o., Minister Thrston's recall. The
. r,nor,n,ent is determined. apparently.
,,, osorvine absolute silence. and Us long as
:, dos c, one CUES, a. t. what it has done or
may nurposc doing IS IS GOOD as another. Iheie
are people to-day who maintain with some APP
noarance Of authort; that Mr. Gresham has
sent no instructions &c Minister Willis IN regard
10 Mr. ThurstOn. Others with equa! assurance
declare that orders for the Hawaiian Minister'S
recall are on their way to this country now. Inc
prepondei anca Of opinion is altogether in FAVOR
Of the latter proposition. This much is aoso-
lutelv ccrtain--that the relations between Secre-
tary Gresham and Minister Thurston nave
reached a point where diplomatic intercourse is
impossible except in writing. Such condi'loh
Of affairs cannot of course. last long. 1t mus
sooner or later end in the recall of the Ministe:
who however innocently has become in the eyes
Of the Secretary of State persona non erd'"'
The general opinion still Is that Secretary
Gresham. if he demanded the recaii Oh Aims
rburston. welded to personal feeling ana III 80
doing magniied matters which ne co"''
have afforded to pass by He has uiruo
,er.io, afresh to the whole disgracetui Ha""i'
.nisoda ,,bich so far as ne and his chiei were
o,rcerred would better be forgotten INV!
gave an opportunity FOR President Do'e ~ ~"
Minister Willis at great dsaoVah'dse IL, OIL
oeic,al correspondence. and now Minister l"uiS
ION looms up as man sc powerful tha' he can
,1oot the game Of a Democratic Executive with
a Democratic Congress.
Beyond some personal moruhcauon d' ''ie
treatment accorded to him by Judge Ereshah' IL
IS not thought likely thar the matter VIII n'ucn
d.srurb Mr. Thurston. 1t may in the end. even
work POSSIBLE for a Hawaiian Minister al TINS
arital no has already accomplished. The new
Government: is now we'll set up. 1t mas iouho
osnecial favor in this country. The rest so lar
DC mere dinlomacy /. concerned is routine. But
the time is coming III Hawaii when the move
nent for annexation will requirc skilful handine'
Mon will be needed at the helm then VINO are
not only in favor OF annexation. out VINO are
thoroughly familiar with the forms OF 'hS "oN
eminent and personally acquainted VIII" INV
no,;ticaI leaders in the United States. In that
dav. therefore, Hawaii will greatly heeu MI
Thurston He. Of all his countrymen VIII proo"-
tlv te the best qualified to head c""h'l9sio'i
negotiating for terms of admission Tor ia"d''
into the American Union and not unilhelE' 1t i
thought, he may. when he time comes Hi ''''
post. s.o,,,
IN discussing the charge that Information from
Ia
Minister Thurston has found its way into 'he
,ublic prints before formal communication u '"e
State Department. a writer i'll The star IT,
night aptly says -,
This is conceded to be a matter OF some ger
cacv. but the question just at this ume naPpv
"a no as delicate for Judge Gresham as i"' M"
ister Thurston. The now famous diSpdt'm - .''s
enen;sb Government conveyed through Minister
Taylor appeared in print before KS coii'eiI,s
made known by Minister TdNI1r |" t"' t,a,,or
airs
,ban receiving Minister Tay,oi, had advanced
with slip Madrid morning newsp ,p Inn ~
his hand containing q copy OF the uiSPa''" anu
said with some show Of feeling; .. ..
This sir is wha; presume you nave COM ., 81
communicate to me. Bat now j. /. sli, Una. ~
important matter appears INST IN me NV
,,aners? | must have an explanation "l thdt o.
Tore can confer with YOU officially about the
complaint Of your Government. We 90 business
at this capital regularly and in oroeI. 49,. 49,.
N;nister Tavlor would have explained that the
dispatch had not been given to the press ~ mn.
or by any attache of the american teh have
Madrid Then. sir" the Spanlard mlght nav
aid the offence was committed al washington.
and I should like to hear from mr.; aecle haan
Cresham on the subject" What would nave peeh
49, eminent 90 Judge Gresham on such an eX-
,losion? And Vet there is 10 comparison De
tween the importance OF the news s'Feh o'' -
a5yopcc about the Spanish affair and tnat ABOUT
Hawaii. The one was demand whlcn 1 .nrsl'
ins6 70 war; the other was merely the announce
,nent Of a fact accomplished. commune a'ed Only
,hrough courtesy TO this Government.
Tho
s,,i,nda Of Secretary Gresham and goes far 10
SHOW, the aniuus of his action against the ma
vaiian Minister. Admitting (Which the friends
-, NJ rbureton do not for the sake OF
.rg,n,ant that he did is allegcd-that IS.
give TO the press information touching Inc ulh
~ tho conspirators at Honolulu before ne com
1nunicated the same 10 the STATE l'ep' '"r
that fact did not constitute Violation OF ms
Diplomatic duties in the slghtes; respect ! ne
matter in question related TO the sentences I'M
tk,x iiast
the military court The proceedings OF the cour'
were conducted openly and the sentences OF IN"
prisoners had been publicly announced IN fono-
lulu All the facts reached San Francisco by the
first mail steamer from the islands. and were
teIegraphed from there by the United Press an
over the country the very day the steamer arrived
IN mort Mr. Thurstors advices, including copies
az Honolulu newspapers giving details Of occur
rences to date, were brought to San Francisco
nv the same ST amer and were transported 10
mis- civ by mail; consequently he did not receive
them for nearly week after the story Of the
trials had been fully told by telegraph from san
Erancisco Several newspaper men called on Mr..
rhurston for information as 10 the progress OF
affairs in Hawaii and he told them the result OF
-ha trials Of the consprators disclosed in his
mail from Honolulu, at the same time making
nertinent comments on each case and giving his
ners ,na views as 10 the general effect o: Inc pro-
ceedings on the people oi Hawah he si,npi.
gave a brief narrative Of recent occurrences In
Hawaii az obtained from Hawaiian sources and
TOOK special care to avoid any reference TO the
United States or the course OF it's representatives
either in Washington or Honolulu.
The advlces he received were solely for his ow'
Information and ne was under no oDiigauof
whatever t. impart them to the State Depart
Inent That ne did was purely an act o.
courtesy. His friends assert that Mr.. Thurstor
had just as much right 10 publish the result o.
the cOnspirators' trials as he had 10 tel OF ar
earthquake any other occurrence IN ha"ai
which might come TO his knowledge through
Ha vss iian advices He was not Indebted 10 tht
STATE Department for the informal ton ana nae
had mo communication with that Department or
the subject further than TO inform Secretary
Gresham Of the general tenor of his dspatc hes
lie did this act OF friendly interest and In
the absence of formal instructions The Secre-
tary had already been fully informed on the sub
iac, by Minister Willis. 1t was through the lat
ter and not through Mr.. Thurston that Secre.
,arv Gresham conducted his diplomatic CORE.
snopdcnce with the Hawaiian Government