The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10

be done. The action Of Mr.. Halves the
British representattiye. ,,i. Is e marked con.
An analysis Of the growth Of the
feeling and facts leading up 10 the in
surrection showed that Il Is based almost
wholly on the announcement given 10 the
royalists by President Cleveland and his
announced and constantly reiterated opin-
ion that the queen ought TO be restored
and a feeling, which, rightly or wrongl~.
was disseminated throughout the roy
alist sympathizers that upon the slightest
take occasion TO assist the rogalists II
they could get control 10 sufficient eN-
tent to give him an excuse fer so doing 30
" Another letter received here from
Honolulu says: The most serious fea-
ture is the attitude Of Minister Willis and
Mr. Halves. They are in constant atten-
dance at the trials. Mr.. Newman. the at
torney defending the insurrectionists, Is
them "
Having read this paper and after some
apparent hesitation Mr. Thurst0n said
ne did know what right ] had 20 thus
interrogate him. / replied that he had
already admitted he had allowed the pub
lished matter to be copied from letters
at his legation, but that the publication
was not full, and | did not suppose he
would deny that the paper l showed him
contained a correct copy of the omitted
parts. He said the letters containing the
omitted passages were submitted by him
to the representative of the press associa-
ton to be copied for publication, not as
expressing his official or personal views.
but as showing the state OF feeling in
Honolulu.
know was whether he had furnished the
matter for publication. and he repeated
that he bad not furnished II IN his repre-
sentative capacity, or as expressing his
personal views. but merely as Information,
and that In doing so II was not his purpose
to injure the administration, the presi-
dent or Minister Willis I remarked that
he had permitted the letters including the
omitted parts, to be copied for publication;
and that he, no doubt, was disappointed
that the omitted parts did not appear,
and l asked him " be thought he could,
with propriety as the representative of a
foreign government a this capital furnish
newspapers with such matter. His reply
was that no had simply furnished II as
news or Information. which the public
might like to hear from Honolulu, and
that Senator Kyle had received a letter
even more severe in its terms. which had
been given to the public; to which l re-
Joined that Senator Kyle was a citizen of
the United States, and as SUCH might
say and do things which a foreign minist er
could not say or do with propriety. Here
the interview ended
when Mr. ThurstOn called at the de-
partment two days later he informed me
that there was a further statement he de-
sired TO make. After being told that II
he wished to say anything more on the
SUBJECT II should be in writing. he at
" I simply desire to say, Mr.. Secretary.
that l realize l was guilty of official impro-
prlety in furnishing for publication the
matter mentioned In our former inter-
view. / did not realize this at the time.
ogiZe for it,
Il replied that in Order to avoid any
possible Misunderstanding the minister $
statement should be IN official form, and
requested that he prepare and submit
sucn communication. He declined to
DO this, saying he did not feel called upon
to make written apology and that he
would trust 70 my fairness in reducing to
y "a = N4t. a 4
You are instructed to make this incl
dent known to the minister for foreign af-
fairs, by reading this instruction to him,
and should he so desire, give him q copy.
You VIII express the surprise and dissat-
isfaction with which this government nat
urally regards the conduct OF a foreign
envoy who thus covertly uses his inhiI-
ence through the press to bias public opin-
ion in the country whose hospitality he
enjoys. And you will add that the Presi-
dent would be pleased were Mr. Thurs
ton replaced by another minister from Ha-
wall in whom he may feel that confidence
which is essential to frank and cordial
intercourse. L am sir, your obedient SER
want, w o. Gresham,
An official of the state department, after
reading the press dispatches from Homo
| lulu this evening, said: at is not true
that the recall of the Hawaiian minister
was based upon the fact that that official
gave TO the press information relative 10
occurrences at Honolulu. The truth IS
that Mr.. Thursto as is commonly known
in Washington, has, during the last wear
and half, devoted himself largely TO in,
spring newspaper criticisms OF the adj
ministration's action in Hawaiian affairs.
The President and the Secretary Of State
put up with this, Notwithstanding the fact
that 1T was a most fragrant breach of the
rule that diplomatic agent must not crit
icise publicly he acts Of the government TO
which he is accredited. But Minister
Thurston exhausted the patience of Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham when he in
spired the newspaper assaults on United
States Minister Willis for the action of
that officer under explicit instructions of
the department in looking after the inter-
ests Of American citizens charged before
the military tribunal at Honolulu with
completely in the alleged insurrection. In
other words, Mr. Thurston's recall was
demanded because he attempted to dis
credit Mr.. Willis before the American pco-
pie for doing his duty to American citj-
zens charged with afcapital offense in
Honolulu"