The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-26

hecftes His Omcial Communications With
ths Late Secretary of State, Wherein a
Matter of "PersonaI Relations Rather
Strained at That. is Made to Appear
Good as Intimates That Gresham was
Not Only Pettish But Mendacious-
Episode of the Published Hawaiian A d.
ices, and Who Caused the Trouble
Chicago. Ill, Jan. 25.-The Times
Ieald will tomorrow print a long state
r.lelt from L. A. Thurston, ex-minister
of the Hawaiian republic at Washing
tol. The matter comes from Kate
Fild, the special correspondent OF the
Tiues-Herald at Honolulu Mr.. Ihurs-
tor says, in part:
After Commissioner Blounts return
fl1m Honolulu some months later,
vIlnIy inquired Of Mr.. Gresham what
ne result was. He would not even ad-
lit that any report had been made,
Eating that such report, if made, was
eorffdent ial one and that it was unfair
for me to ask any questions concerning
il. I verbally reiterated to him that,
owing to the long delay and uncertain
fy affairs were unsettled and IN
critical condition at the islands and II
would be in the interest OF order ana
peace to first communicate his inteu-
tons, when decided upon, to the Ha-
waiian government before making them
public This, he said, would be done.
On the evening Of Nov. Z, 1898, being
temporarily in Chicago, I saw in an
evening paper a statement that Mr..
Gresham had recommended to the pres
iCenI 10 restore the queen and over
throw the Dole government.
WIRED TO GRESHAM.
L Immediately wired to Mr.. Hastings,
Hawaiian charge O. affaires, TO see Mr..
Gresham and ask If 1t was true. Mr..
Hastings did so and Mr.. Gresham said
10 him; I assure you that there is no
foundation for the statement. Do you
think ] would take 50 important a step
without informing you?
Mr.. Hastings telegraphed me the sub
stance of the reply. That same night
at about midnight he was Informed by
a newspaper man that Mr.. Gresham's
letter to the president recommending
restoration, had been given out TO the
press associations and was then going
over the wires. The letter was dated
Nov. Is, 1893, nearly a month prior TO
Mr.. GreSham's assurance that there
WIS no such letter.
legation, although ] finally succeeded
in getting mutilated copy, from which
clippings had been made for repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press. 1
Immediately called on Mr.. Gresham and
stated that ! had seen the letter and
asked If Il was authentic. He replied:
OF cours@you know it is anthem
tic
'T reminded him of his agreement to
Lat Il, +R,.aS rr1Ac Of ba
report before 1t was published. He re-
piled: 4 did not think il necessary. l
knew you would see it in the papers
81 then asked if it was the intention
OF the United States government to
restore the queen by force. He re-
piled: L decline to answer that ques-
ton
NOTHING TO DO WITH JAPAN.
ION Jan. %, 1894, 1 made a statement
to Mr.. Gresham concerning the friction
that existed in Hawaii by reason of the
continued demand by Japan that the
franchise be granted to japanese. He
said: What do you mean by coming to
me with complaints about Japan. Do
you expect US to protect you from ia
pan? l should think that the last |
country IN the world you would appeal |
to for assistance would be the United |
States.~ 1t is most extraordinary that |
y
What do you want me 10 do@ etc.
He demanded to know what Presi- !
dent Dole meant by sending an insult |
in reply to Mr.. Willis (referring 10 Mr.. |
Dole's reply to Mr.. Wills demand that
the queen be restored) l denied that
the answer was. or was intended to be, |
insulting. Mr.. Gresham said: 4 say
it was Insulting, and Mr.. Dole's object
was to say something sharp TO the
/. ,fy,S Ia
portunity.
He continued to talk in this strain /
until tbecame manifest that he was
simply trying TO provoke a quarrel, and /
| left the room"
Mr.. Thurston then gives the details |
Of the conversation with Secretary /
Gresham in which the latter accused Mr.. |
Hatch, the Hawaiian minister of foreign |
affairs, OF being "a scarey fellow" be-
cause he said that arms for the royalists J
had been sent from California. Mr..
Gresham declared the story to be utterly /
untrue. This was the day after the in
sucrectiOn had actually occurred in the |
Islands, and Charles Carter had been /
killed.
EdE UNITED PRESS.
Mr.. IuUrStou gives in detail the man
her in which he was betrayed by a rep
of the United Press in rela-
ton to certain letters read by Mr.Thurs-
ton to the United Press spondent.
lie closes as follows:
In his letter requesting my recall,
Mr.. Gresham E3rbled and suppressed
my explanation. stating only that I
claimed that the reference in question
we're news which l had q right to give
Put.
Il had committed no International
preach Of diplomatic etiquette. but ten
iered an apology that the matter had
come through the legation. even mad
certainty ard even though il had not
been published. Mr.. Gresham imme-
lately requested an apology in writing
stating as reason that this was a
matter between myself and
he president. and that he ought 10
know exactly what I said.
II admit that it. IN defending my
and my government against the
continuous attempts OF Mr.. Cleveland
ND AR Gresham 70 ruin and overthrow
hem, I unwittingly brushed the bloom
rom the cheek Of the delicate creature
-nown as diplomatic etiquette, Mr..
'leveland and Mr.. Gresham dubbed her
MO insensibility and drove over her
with = coach and four
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