Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10

. meeting of the councils was called lor
in The evening. The session was a short
| one. and no definite action was taken oh
| the matter.
THE LETTER.
| cscratarv Gresham's letter to Minister
WINS directing him to ask for the recall
| of MIR. Thurston. IS as follows
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON. February H. IS"'
"sir 7 regret to be constrained to bting
| ., ,.o,r attention. and through you To 'he
| knowledge of the Hawaiian GoNeiiuh,, -
| certain acts of its representative IN III. wv.
| I-nited States Of which the government
| has lust ground 20 complain ,,,,
| .Tn order to set forth the tactS Win
dasir,bls clearness Il becomes necessary
| % reci,e fully what occurred at TWO III
,o,,.io,ys which | had with Mr.. Ihurs,on'
NJ This DEPARTMENT, on the 18th ana sth
instant. .h,o o, San
| nia.o "a for alleged violation OF our
neutrality laws, I'm carrying arms To ma
| wall WAS the occasion OF MS hrst eau
! After a brief conversation on TINS supJsc'
| ! took occasion 10 remark that hau
| incarnation thar he was not pleased with
| ,our action In connection with recent
| events al Honolulu. Mr.. Thurston de-
sired 10 know why that view was enter
| tanned here. whereupon ! handed nm
| Ginning from New York paper or tne
! ,gth instant. Of which a full copy Is
hereto appended. as enclosure l.
ADMISSION NO I.
after he had read this article / asked
him II ne had furnished the matter TO
| me paper for publication. He at once
| said he had furnished paragraph, when
ne pointed out. reading as follows
".There has been a great reaction
among the more prominent Royalists
who were not concerned IN, and ana not
| approve Of. the late insurrectlon, ana a
| number OF them have taken the oatn
| Of ALE glance TO the republic. others haa
! stated that as long ass the queen claimed
! that she should be reinstated, and there
was hope OF receiving help from the
United states Government 70 renstate
her. they felt I'm duty bound 10 support
| restoration Now that the Queen had
! abdicated. and further action on the part
/ of the United States looking TO restora-
| ton is hopeless. they proposed 10 ac-
cept the situation and work FOR annexa-
| ton. which, many of them say they have
| all along considered the best course for
| all concerned, but have been prevented
from advocating Il by what they con-
| sidered their duty 10 the Queen.
| IL then desired TO know if Mr.. Thurs
| ton had also furnished to the same paper
| the concluding paragraphs purportlng %
| be extracts from a letter writtsn by a
| prominent lawyer I'm Honolulu and read
| ing thus:
BRITISH POSITION.
| MIR Hawes the British representa-
tive. has confined his action 70 a diplo-
matte request TO the government that II
| not inconsistent with the interests OF the
| government. capital punishment proposed
| to be inflicted on any British subject
| may be postponed until he can communi-
| cate with his government while his whole
manner l. friendly - the government
/ Upon the publication OF the instructions
| of Secretary Herbert to Admiral Boards
| lee in the local papers, declaring that
no protection would be given 10 Ameri-
cans who either opposed or supported the
government. number Of Englishmen
! applied 10 Halves 20 know whether mis-
course would be similar 70 that Of the
| American Government He Immediately
replied that. on the contrary. h. con-
| silered IL highly proper for all English
| citizens TO do all I'm their power 10 sup
| port the government. and by So doing
! they violated no international law, and
would forfeit none OF their rights as
| English citizens
| Had the !nsurreCtiOnists not been dis
| covered az the time they were. and had
| they once succeeded in getting into the
| city. there would have been a savage
! butchery, as they were well supplied with
| dynamite bombs. and the evidence which
| has been developed shows that their plans
were 10 march into town at O'Clock in
| the morning, along the main avenue lead
| ing 10 the city, blowing up the residences
| OF the principal supporters OF the govern
ment as they advanced. regardless Of the
| women and children therein, in order 20
| prevent support reaching the govern
| meut.
! Their plans, also, were for an up
| rising Of the natives i'm the city, attacks
simultaneously 10 be made on the palace.
| the government buildings. and station
house, ana the ephone-statlon. The
arms and dynamite bombs stored az the
| Queens residence were 10 play an lmpor-
tant part in the plans.
NATIVES FOR THE REPUBLIC
a. marked feature OF the situation
| was the large number Of natives who raj
| lied 70 the support Of the government.
| They volunteered TO the number OF nearly
go TO 90 10 the front The final capture
| Of most Of the rebels who remained in
| the mountains was effected through the
| thorough search made by Captain Robert
Parker. a three-quarters native, and nfty
native police. whO. with their thorough
! knowledge Of the country. secuted the
hills from Honolulu to the east end OF
the island
Mr. Thurston answered that ne had
| furnished nothing TO That or any other
paper. but that he had permitted an EN-
| ployee or agent OF one OF the press asso-
| cations to copy at hes legation a private
- toy "a ~
and added that the published paragraphs
did not contain all that was IN the pri-
vate letter or letters | thereupOn said
! that was aware this was
so. and that knew the pri-
| vate letter or letters did not appear IN
full In the last paragraphs as printed.
Handing him a typewriter paper asked
II the omitted parts were not contained
in the following passages:
WILLlS's INTERFERENCE
"'There Is intense feeling being mani
! tested by the people at what is looked
upon as Mr.. Wlllis's unwarrlnted inter
| fersnce In connection with the present
| trials lie is doing everything that ne
can TO protect the Royalsts aud harass
! the government, Many OF our best men
feel IL imperative for our future safety
that some examples should be made
"'Whle the government ~ mister vi
the situation for the present. the danger
IL not entirely over. Much indignation
Is also felt from the fact that. although
direct information was given to Minister
Willis last November. before the shipment
OF arms was made at san Francisco. that
such shipment was intended. nothing APP
pears 10 have been done TO stop the ship-
msnt'"
man, has strong ground for complaint
AGAINST the United Slater Government
on the score OF It's indifference, II not al
t,s active conniving. At this Migrant
breach OF neutrality. Whether OF not the
Hawaiian Government Will make . claim
bv reason OF the breach Of the neutrality
laws Is not yet known, but there V
strong feeltag here that y should o.
.ras action u ~. ilawss. The Bsisisa