Morris tribune., 1895-03-27

Secretary Gresham Said to Have De-
handed Thurston's Recall.

Secretary Gresham Said to Have De-
manded Thurston's Recall.
CHICAGO, March 81. - The News
Washington special says:
Secretary Gresham has demanded the re-
call of j.. A. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister
at Washington. At the same time the doors
of the state department have been closed
against the representative OF the new republic
and he has been told that he must commune
cate IN writing with the premier of the Cleve-
land administration, as the latter declines to
seeshim In person.
THE demand for Minister Thurston's recall
was made February Fl. That day Secretary
Gresham requested Minister Willis to for
mally communicate to the Hawaiian minister
of foreign affairs the fact that Minister
Thurston was persona non grata. The COM
munication was sent by mail and has prob
ably reached the new republic, and the news
regarding Its reception may now be on an
American steamer on the way to San Fran
cisco.
1.-THE New York Herald February IL con-
tanned Washington dispatch stating that Min
lister Thurston had received Official advices'
Of the sentences passed upon the alleged con-
spirators in the late Instruction The names
and other important data we're given. Two
days later Secretary Gresham seat for Min
lister Thurston. He took Mr.. Thurston
into his private room and in a white
informat alton to American newspapers
before communicating it to the department..
Secretary Gresham says the Hawaiian minis
ter admitted that his act had been undiplo-
matte The entry OF the occurrence on the
state department records states that fact and
it is important, as the records will form the
official history of the occurrence
Minister Thurston declined to say whether
he admitted it was undiplomatic. 1t was re-
markable admission for him to make
II he did. Old diplomats say that such
an admission from a diplomat would
forever disqualify him for future service in
his chosen field and cover him with lasting
disgrace. The records of the state department
show that the Ha waian minister admitted
that he had been guilty OF an undiplomatic
act, but declined to comply with Secretary
Gresham's request and put the fact in writing.
For this refusal, it is alleged, his recall has
been demanded
1.-The communication sent to Minister Willis,
on which he is to base this demand for Min
lister Thurston's recall, recites the fact that
Minister Thurston made these admissions but
refused to put them in writing. He was there
upon told so the message to Willis says, that
hereafter all his communica tions must be re-
duced to writing which was polite way OF
shutting the door in his face.
1.-The next steamer from Honolulu will prob
ably bring the news that the request for Min
lister Thurston's recall has been received The
Hawaiian government cannot, under diplomat
ic usage, refuse to comply with it. but it may
enter protest or even dissolve diplomatic re-
lationS.
Minister Thurston stands high with the new
republic. He was one of the pioneers and a
member of the commission which came over
from the provisional government to secure an
nexation. He has represented the new repub-
lie since it was first established nearly two
years ago. He was married nearly year ago
to a young lady from ST. Joseph, Mich, whom
he met under romantic circumstances at Chi
cago during the worlds fair"