The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-21
is TOO TALKATIvE.
..T.s WHY GRESHAM HAS ASKED
FOR HIS RECALL.

minister Altogether Too Free in
-. criticisms on the Attitude of
administration in the Hawai-
waterfalls Comments on Spe-
=, commissioners BIOunt May
- HAVE Had an influence in De-
,,iping Secretary Gresham's
course
~ YORK, March 2O.-The Suns Wash
.,n speciaI says: Secretary Gresham
aided another sensational feature to
career as Secretary of State by de-
.r-irg the recall of Mr.. Thurston, the
1-sian minister to Washington. The
.-s- 10 the minister Of foreign affairs
The Hawaiian republic announcing that
.urister Thurston was a persona non
.--ata 10 the Cleveland administration was
/ ,.-i--sn on Feb. p, but its existence leak
Il out at the state department only yes
sr5av and then inadvertently. The
r.a-ge against Minister Thurston is that
% has been altogether too free in publicly
,-iticising the policy of President Cleve-
hands administration toward Hawaiia
md Of furnishing prematurely for puDii-
ratton information treating Hawaiian af-
.fairs since the failure of the attempt to
Restore ex-Queen Liliuokalani, and during
fbs trial of the ex-queen and her accom-
plces in the conspiracy to inaugurate a
revolution.
/. minister Thurston last night admitted
that Secretary Graham had asked for
Il his recall, but refused absolutely to dis
cuss the matter, or even TO say how he
knew that the secretary's letter was writ
ten. The first steamer from Honolulu
|since the arrival there of Secretary Gresh>
ANS demand for Minister Thurston's
recall is expected to arrive at San Fran
cisco tomorrow, and until that time it Is
Hardly likely that anything definite will
be known as to the reception which Secre-
Harry Gresham's letter met with at the
Hands of the Hawaiian government. Ac-
cording to International law and custom,
however, the demand must be granted
THE particular offense of which Minister
|Thurston has been guilty in the mind of
Secretary Gresham is that of discussing
lin advance of their consideration by the
|state department certain dispatches de-
|scribng court proceedings during the trial
|oi Mrs Dominis and the other conspirators
against the Hawaiian republic. In ask
ling for his recall, however, Secretary
he can hardly fail to follow in the case of
|Scnor Murauga. the Spanish minister, who
during the last week has talked freely for
publication of everything in connection
with the Alliance incident, of which he had
knowledge, and also some features touch
ing which he was profoundly ignorant
Senior Murauga has, moreover, criticised
in anything but diplomatic language the
action of Secretary Gresham in demand
fs-sr .r.r.fs.
offered the United States, when the Span
ish gunboat fired upon the Alliance. If
any diplomat ever made himself persona
non grata to the government to which he
was accredited, that man is Senior Don
AIurauga, minister from Spain, and Sec
rotary Gresham will attend to his case
as soon as he has Minister Thurston OF
Hawaii off his hands,
Washington, March 20.-It is authorita-
tiv4ly stated that there is no foundation
for the report that Senior Muruaga will be
recalled by his government upon sugges-
lion Of Secretary Gresham. Minister Muir
uaga, it is said has been guilty of no i'm
prudences which would make him a per-
soma non grata to the government of the
Ja.;td States While he has spoken his
mind freely with respect to the Alliance
snalr his friends say he las not vt..iated
any of the official prophet es. That Njini.i-
ier Nhruaga may bsforc MANY weeks,
'etire from WASH igton is not
doubted in official circles. Should he do
50, however. it W II be not because of fric-
ton between himself and the Secretary of
State, but for purely personal reasons.
Mr. Thurston declines to discuss the re-
port that Secretary Gresham has asked
his government to recall him. He MAIN
aims what is officially known as "diplo-
matte silence" with respect to the matter,
and politely but firmly refuses to either
leny or affirm the correctness of the
story. No person in official life will dis
uss the subject, but everybody else who
nay me assumed to have knowledge of il
reats the recall as an assured fact, and
'ome trace the cause of it back to Mr..
rhurston's comments upon Special Com
missioner Blount.