The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-03

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an open secret that Gresham has hated
Thurston ever since that gentleman
got ahead of him in the diplomatic
game between them when the Admin.
istration was bending all it's energies
towards carrying out its policy, which
had for its object the restoration of
the ex-queen. Gresham has never
forgotten nor forgiven Thurston for
outwitting him then and has nursed
his desire for revenge until he could
find safe opportunity to wreak it.
There never was any trouble about q
pretext on which to base the request
for Thurton's recall, but it was not
safe to make il and have it become
public when Congress was in session.
So Gresham waited until within few
days of the expiration of Congress
and then launched his bolt. He sent
his request secretly to President Dole,
secure in the knowledge that no news
could return here until the Fifty
third Congress had expired.
No answer has yet been received
from President Dole. 1t is expected
to arrive by the next steamer, though
likely that while Dole will deny the
sufficiency of Gresham's reasons, he
will recall Thurston and send new
Minister This will, it is thought, be
Mr.. Hatch, the new Premier of Dole's
Government, and Thurston will sue
ceed Hatch.
THURSTON SAYS NOTHING.
The Examiner correspondent called
on Minister Thurston at the Hawaiian
Legation tonight. He courteously,
but positively refused to say anything
on the subject. From his manner
nd fEn hn xrynt1IA
deny it, it was judged he knew all
about Gresham's action. From a
source near the Minister it was learned
that there had always been friction
between Thurston and Gresham. So
acute has this feeling become that
ThurstOn for several weeks, in fact
anterior to Gresham's letter to Dole,
has not gone about the State Depart
ment, the business of the legation be-
ing transacted by Mr.. Hastings,
Secretary of Legation. There is no
doubt of ThurstOn's knowledge of
Gresham's letter, and that, in fact, he
knew of it within q day or two at
most of it's sending.
A diplomat said to the Examiner
correspondent that it is understood in
these days when foreign representa-
tive is declared persona non grata
by the Government to which he is
accredited, that this does not mean
simply that he is unpleasant or dis
tasteful to the head of the Govern
ment, but to the people who really
compose the Government. Formerly
the wishes or whim of the king con-
trolled in these matters, but now
when the people are sovereign, they
are the ones to be considered. Thus,
he argued that Thurston might be
persona non grata to Gresham or
President Cleveland, and yet be per-
soma grata to the people of the United
States.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-An init
mate friend of Minister Thurston, now
in Washington, says that Thurston
has no official information as-to the
request for his recall, while at the
same time he has no doubt that such
a suggestion will be made to the
Hawaiian Government. It is likely,
however, that Thurston will continue
to look after Hawaiian interests in an
unofficial manner. Thurston's friends
say that as q matter of fact that he
never has been treated aG the State
Department as other ministers have
been treated. 1t is intimated that
Frank Hatch may be selected to sue
ceed TburstoD.
Minister Thurston has been very
popular in Washington ever since he
arrived here, little more than two
years ago, as one OF the commissioners
TO negotiate treaty Of annexation
between the United States and Ha-
waii. His popularity with the Harri-
son Administration, which at that
time was upholding the cause OF the