Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-27
lHURSTOR WILL 60 BACK HOME.
HE SAYS HE HAS BUSINESS THAT
CALLS HIM,
SPAIN HAS NAMED a MAN TO
SUCCEED MARAGuA--rHE ST.
PREME COURT BEARING a
wHlTE-cAPPING cAsE-GENER-
AL WASHINGTON NEWS.


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WASHINGTON March 70,
Minister rhurston Of Hawaii Is about
to depart for Honolulu. lie leaves
Washington tomorrow or ext day, ard
win sail from san FRANCISCO on April
4. on the steamer Arawh
MIR, Thurston broke The silence for
the first time today since the reports
OF Secretary Greshanfs demand for his
recall. and gave out this authorized
statement
Il havo receive no information rom
my government. or from MIR. Gresham
that my recall has been requested, ana
up to the present tme there has been
no change In my Official relations with
the state department. Whether my re.
call has been required or not | do not
know. In any event. ! shall not re-
main In Washington. There ~ nothing
OF special Importance 20 keep me here
at present while there are several mat
tors requiring my attention ut home.
l shall, therefore. RETURN TO Honolulu
at once"
The foregoing comprises everything
Mr. Thurston VIII say on the subject,
and he declines to discuss any of tho
details OF his departure OF the signlh-
canoe OF the pending request FOR his
recall.
Frank p. HaSllngs. at present secre-
tlry of the legation, Will bcconie charge
d'n1nirA for Hawaii. MI Thurstons
departure puts an end 20 previous com.
ment as TO his purpose TO remain In
Washington as thorn IN the side OF
the state department. His statement
does not make clear, however, whether
his absence Is temporary or permanent.
ana tho minister VIII not go into details
1t Is regarded uH final, however, In
showing that he win not seek to re-.
main In Washington as source of
irritation. There have boen reports.
believed, however, to b0 baselegs. that
u he persisted In remaining In pri-
Nuie capacity the law would DO evoked
20 have him dcportcd, Int Mr. Thurs.
tons statement IN regarded nH settling
Tat there VIII bn no occasion for fore
ing him out OF the country In some
quarters Mr.. ThurRton's move ~ re-
gardcd as a shrewd diplomatic stroke.
II IL recalled that he left Unexpected
ly about fifteen months ago. when the
question Of restoring the queen TO the
throne was at critical stage In Hawaii
lhe Hawaiian government was ON the
point of reaching decision, but had
not yet done so, AZ this iuncturc Mr..
Thurston suddenly lctl Washington
his departure not being known until
he was well on the way TO san Franz
cisco. lie had Information M to the
sentiment In the United States, ana
when he reached Hawaii HE advice had
much to do Ia the anal action of tho
government II Is being suggested,
therefore. that his departure at pres
ent. before II ~ known what action the
Hawaiian government has taken ON
| Secretary Gresham's demand. may re-
| suit In his being In Honolulu when
| this action IL takcn.
No advice has yet come from Homo.
lulu The first ship TO arrive Is the
Australia, expected nc San Francisco
tomorrow. The departure Of Mr. Thuta.
ton from the United States without
being recalled By hls government viii
leave his relations between this glv-
ernment and Hawaii In peculiar con.
dillon, II can not he said that there
~ a rupture or diplomatic relations,
but they VIII be severely strained. II
| 10 customary In ordinary cases whore
a minister leaves tho United states
permanently for him 10 present his let.
tcrs OF recall 10 the president and tnke
his leave, but as Mr.. Thurston has not
been recalled he can not do this. Then,
when a miniatcr leaves the United
states temporarily he usually addresses
d notc to the state department and In
forms It that he has loft the legation
In the hands Of q charge. Probably
MT Iuufston mas adopted thlH latter
course. But In the celebrated Cqtnrasy
ease, IN which the Russian government
had been requested 20 recall It's obIec-
tionable minister and the latter. before
his government had passed upon the
request, notified the department OF
state that he proposed to leave the
United states on leave OF absence.
Secretary Fish strongly objected and
insisted that the United Stnres would
accept nothing less than tho minister's
recall In the end. MIR. catncnsy did
leave the United States without being
recalled. Just as Mr.. 1hurston IL about
TO do. leaving the business OF the lo,a-
ton to n charge, and our government
accepted the situation and expressed
Itself AZ satisfied II WAS a long time
before another minister came to WnHh-
ington from Russia and this adds to
the auppostlon that the parallel mny
ho carried on further and that Mr.
Hastings. the Hawaiian charge, may
be LETT here In that position FOR many
months. From a diplomatic point OF
View, this can not be regarded as q
complete rupture. but such A sitnaticn,
similar again Ia that In which The 1tal-
I'm legation was lcft by the wi,hdrn val
Of Baron Fayn four years ago, Is goncr-
ally fsgnrded na unsaiisfacfSfv, an1
is calculated "a make Mr. WINS posi-
ton rs United states minister ut Homo
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