The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-04-06
The Expulsion Of Mr.. Thurston. .

Another episode has como to light to
illustrate the sneaking policy which
has characterized the course of the Adj
ministration toward the Hawaiian
Government. Mr.. Thurston, the Min
lister of that Republic, residentin Wash
ington, received in February inform
alton of the conviction and sentence
of some criminals in his country. AS
he had perfect right to do, he gave
the information to the press. He was
instructed by his Government to give
the information to the United States
Government, which he did. 1t was not
of a diplomatic character, and could
not have affected the relations between
the two countries. She criminals had
committed treason against Hawaii.
The report of their trial and sentence
was ordinary news. In an excess of
politeness, Mr.. Thurston verbally apol-
ogized to Secretary Gresham for having
furnished the news to the press before
communicating it to the State Depart
meut. We think it was superfuity of
politeness. The effect of it was to cree
ate demand for written apology,
which Mr.. Thurston very sensibly re-
fused to make. Whereupon the Adj
ministration, speaking through Mr.
Gresham, addressed a note TO President
Dole, stating that Mr.. TEurston was no
longer agreeable to this country as dip
lomatic preventative, and requesting
his recall. With the same sneaking
and contemplate secrecy which has
been the chief element of all the doiDgs
of this Administration with Hawaii,
this wholly gratuitous insult to the Ha-
waiian Minister was sent to his Gov
eminent on the 2lsf of February, while
Congress was in session, eleven days
before its adjournment, without any
information to that body or to the pub
lie of what had occurred.
The absurdiry of Secretary Gresham's
sensitiveness will better appear in the
light OF the treatment to which the Ha-
waiian Republic and its representative
has been subjected by Mr. Cleveland.
He conspired against its existence be-
fore he came into office on the 4Lh of
March, 1898. In the following autumn
he exhausted al his bullying capacity
to overthrow it behind the back of Con-
gress then in sess ion, and only told of
what he had done the day before the
news of il was due by steamer. Pre-
tending then 10 turn it over 10 Congress
and to abandon his course, he continued
in his efforts to overthrow that Govern
ment, after leaving Congress to suppose
that he would not do 50. Snubbed by
President Dole and censured by Con-
gress, he later on communicated with
committee of traitors from Hawaii d
renewed his assurances of esteem and {
regard for the beasty and murderous |
Quern, and expressed in writing his re- s
greet that she had failed TO overthrow I
the Republic aud regain her throne. +
Aud now he adds another chapter to t
the policy of infamy by semi-oficial /
announcement, on the 10Th of March,
that the steamer next due from Homo {
lulu will bring the news that he has de- \
nanded the recall of Minister Thurston, q
1t is worthy of remark that every fresh .
act of his against this friendly Govern
ment is secretly performed, and never a
given out to the people of the United il
States until the day before the news of
it is to come from Honolulu, and then ]
only because he can no longer conceal b
his shame. fl
It is fair to presume that the Presi- g
lent's continued hostility to the Ha- O.
gaiian Government is intended to en- 81
courage the British Government 10 seize 81
hat country. The President demeaned I'll
himself by going into the lobby al
be recent session of Congress to pre- Il
-ent an American cable from being es- b
abished between this country and the
sandwich Islands, while at the same Is,
ime he obbied for permission for an
English company to establish such
able between the British possessions
n the Pacific Ocean and the Islands.
o far as Hawaiian interests are con-
erned, President Cleveland is evident re
? an Engllshman. Two years from N
his time the Sandwich Islands will be te
nnexed to the United States, and no m
ody will care what Mr.. Cleveland's in
leas are on the subject. th
ITALY AND EGYPT. de