The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-05

fellow, isn't hep I replied: No. Or
the contrary, he is unusually cool anC
clear headed He said: well, he
acts like it anyhow / can see DC
reason for the complaint he made.
He even put Nj. Willis to the ex
| pense of teiegraphing it over here
"He continued to talk in this strain
with an exceedingly harsh manner
1 until becam- Convinced that e was
seeking to pick a quarrel with me, as
there was no Occ sion for his bringing
| up he subject, of which he knew that
| was ignorant
Immediately after news of the in
surrectIon reached the States" SAYS
Mr.. Ihur-tOn, ''tTe cue of the admin
i-tratiOn was to minimize its import
ance. 1t was characterized as a little
riot, and ridicuied as "a tempest in a
teapot So seduIou-ly was this view
1t might be generally adopted.
"Knowing, as / did, the real seri
BUSINESS of the 81 uatiOn and fearing
that my Government might feel it
necessary to impose extreme penal
ties upon some Of the leader, as a de
terrent example for the future, | saw
that if the American public became
impressed that the Instruction was
an Insignificant affair any severity of
punishment wOuid cause d reaction Of
feeling against US accordingly
took pans 10 give to the press the
fullest Information concerning the
facts. This L had a perfect right to
do, as the matter was purely DOM
estic. The statement made in the
press that the ground Of the request
for my recall was because of my Civ
lug to the press Information contained !
in official dispatches was without
foundation.
'fOn February II, 1895, representa-
tive of one of the press associations, !
who had frequently called, came in as !
L was reading the mail received that |
morning from Hawaii aud made a |
remark 20 the effect that the trouble |
in Hawaii was only little fracas,'
and did not amount to much. / re
piled that he was mistaken that it |
was through no lack of intent on the
part of the rOyaliSts that the result Is .
were not worse, and that there was
still most intense feeling over the
matter in Honolulu, as he could see
by the letters [ bad just received. l
thereupOn read to him from several
private letters, not with the intent
that he should publish what was read
to him, but to disabuse his mind of a
false impression. There was nothing
said about publication. There was
no Intention on my part that the
references in the letters to the Ameri-
can admi Illustration should be publish
ed, and they were not published; but
the gentlemanly press representative
treasured up such references and COM
them either directly or in
directly to Mr.. Gresham. [ under
stand it has been denied that this was
he avenue of his information. L know
hot FIR fhGa IGtt RI
hown to no one else but the news
paper man in question.
"In speaking to me in relation to
he matter later Mr.. Gresham said, in
xplana ton of his possession of the
eference: Some of our newspaper
riends have abused your confidence
When Mr.. Gresham spoke to me con
erning the subject, I gave in sub
lance the following explanation, say
ng in connection Herewith that /
Understood myself to be at liberty to
i've out for publication facts concern
ng Hawaii, but that there had been
o such intention in this case.
SIN his letter requesting my recall,
Ir. Gresham garbled and suppressed
ny explanation, stating only that / L
laimed that the references in ques- r
on were news which | had right to
i've out. A
81 had committed no Intentional
reach Of diplomatic etiquette; but, '
the spirit which animated
lie administration toward everything n
and desiring to prevent
'iction, if possible, rendered an apo
'gy that the matter had come
trough the legation, even inadver-
'ntly, and even though it had not
cen published. Mr.. Gresham i'm
Iediately requested an apology in
riting, stating as reason that this
as a personal matter between my
If and the Preside and that be q
light to know exactly what / said. r
he matter had been presented to me
formally and [ saw no reason for S
eating it otherwise on my part, G
specially as did not know TO what =
'e it might be put in my absence {
III without explanation. 1 accord I
gly declined TO make the written :,
biology requested" Z