The herald., 1896-01-26
1HURSTON TALKS RIGHT OUT
As He Re-Thrashes the Old Ha=
waiian Straw
HE BRUSHED THE BLOOM
From the Cheek of Dainty Diplomatic
Etiquette
BRUSHED THE BLOOM
Cleveland and Gresham Knocked Her Silly
and Drove Over Her With
Coach of Four

ex-Minister Thurston of the Hawaiian re
public at Washington. The matter comes
from Kate Field, the special correspondent
of the Times-Herald at Honolulu. MIR
Thurston says in part:
After Commissioner Blount's return
from Honolulu, some months later,
vainly inquired of Mr.. Gresham what was
the result. He would not even admit that
any report had been made, stating that
such report, if made was a confidential one
and that ii was unfair for me to
ask any questions concerning it. YER
Daily reiterated to him that, owing to the
long delay and unceri ainty, affairs were
| unsettled and in a critical condition at the
| islands, and that 1t would be in the interest
| of order and peace TO first communicate
his intentions, when decided upon, to the
Hawaiian government before making
them. public. This, he said, would
vember z, 1898, being Temporal
rlly in Chicago | saw in an
evening paper a statement that Mr..
Gresham had recommended to the presi-
cent to restore the queen and overthrow
che Dole government J. Immediately
wired to MIR. Hastings. Hawaiian charge
d'atfaires, to see Mr.. Gresham and ask
it it was true. Mr.. Hastings did so and Mr.
Gresham said to him: Il assure you there
is no foundation for the statement. Do
you think would take so 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
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 October 8. 1898, nearly a
month prior to Mr.. Gresham's assurance
that there was no such letter.
mo copy was sent to the Hawaiian lega-
ton, although finally succeeded in getting
mutiiated copy, from which clippings
mad been made. from representative of
the Associated Press. l Immediately called
on Mr.. Gresham and stated had seen the
letter, and asked if it was authentic. He
replied: 'Of course-you know it is aI-
thentic.' | reminded him of his agreement
to let me know the substance of the Blount
report before it was published. He replied:
i do not think it necessary. l knew you
would see it in the papers,
II then asked if it was the intention of
the United States government to restore
the queen by force? He replied: i de-
cline to answer that question:
"On January %, 1894, made state
ment to Mr.. Gresham concerning the fric-
ton 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 Japan. l should
think that the last country in the
world you would appeal to for assistance
would be the United states. 1t is most ex-
traordinary that you should make this
statement to me. What do you want me
to do?' etc.
sending an insulting reply to Mr.. Willis
(replying to Mr.. Willis demand that the
queen be restored). 1 denied that the
answer was, or was intended to be insult
ing. Mr.. Gresham said: L say it was
insulting, and Mr.. Dole's object was to say
something sharp to the American minister
when he had the opportunity
HE continued to talk in this strain until
it became manifest he was simply trying
to provoke quarrel. and left the ROOM"
MIR. Thurston then gives the details of
conversation with Secretary Gresham, in
which the latter accused MIR. Hatch, the
Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs, of be-
ing "scarey fellow" because he said that
arms for the Royalsts had been sent from
California. Mr.. Gresham declared the
story to be utterly untrue. This was the
day after the instruction had actually oc-
CURED in the islands, and Charles Carter
had been killed.
Mr.. Thurston gives in detail the manner
in which he was betrayed by a representa-
tive of the United Press, in relation to
certain letters read by Mr. Thurston to TIE
United Press correspondent. He closes as
follows:
"In his letter requesting my recall, Mr..
Gresham garbled and suppressed my ex-
PLANTATION. stating only that | claimed that
the references in question were news which
I had right to give out.
81 had committed no breach of diplo-
matte etiquette, out rendered an apology
that the matter had come through the
legation, even inadvertently and even
though it had not been published. MIR.
Gresham Immediately requested an
apology in writing, stating as reason
that this was a personal matter between
myself and the president and that he
ought to know exactly what I said.
III submit that if. in defending my coun-
try and my government against the con-
tinuous attempts of Mr. Cleveland and Mr..
Gresham to overthrow them I unwittingly
brushed the bloom from the cheek of the
delicate creature known as diplomatic eti-
quette,' Mr.. Cleveland and MIR. Gresham
dubbed her into insensibility and drove
over her with a coach and four"