Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-26
MADE CHARGES OF BAD FAITH
Ex-Minister Thurston of Hawaii Says
Gresham Deceived Him.
SPICY SESSION WITH THE SECRETARY
HnwRiinns Taken to Task for Insult
ing Minister WfIlis-Tart Reply
to the Demand for
nm Apology.
7 SESSION WITH THE SECRETARY

CHICAGO. Jan. 25.-The Times Herald will
| tomorrow morning print long statement
| from l.. A. Thurston, eX-min!ster Of the H2-
waian republic at Washington. The matter
comes from Kate Field, the special corre-
spondent of the Times-Herald at Honolulu.
| Mr.. Thurston says in part after Com
missioner Blounts return from Honolulu,
some months later, l vainly inquired of Mr..
| Gresham what the result was. He would not
even admit that any report had been made,
stating that such report, if made, was a
| confidential one and that it was unfair for
| me to ask any questions concerning it. l
verbally reiterated to him that owing to the
long delay and uncertainty, affairs were un-
| settled and in critical condition
at the islands, and it would be
| in the interest Of order and
| peace to first communicate his. intentions,
when decided upon, to the Hawaiian govern
| ment, before making them public. This, he
| said, would be done. On the evening Of No
| vember I, 1898, being temporarily in Chicago,
saw In an evening paper statement that
Mr.. Gresham had recommended to the presi-
dent to restore the queen and overthrow the
Dole government. l Immediately wired to
Mr. Hastings, Hawaiian charge dafaires. to
see Mr.. Gresham and ask If 1t was true. Mr..
Hastings did so. and Mr. Gresham said to
him: I assure you there Is no foundation
TO. the statement Do you think would take
so important step without informing you!
"Mr. Hastings telegraphed me the sub
stance of the reply. That same night at
about midnight he was informed by news
paper man that Mr. Gresham's letter 10 the
president recommending restoration, had been
given out to the press associations. ana
was then going over the wires. The latter
was dated October IS, 1898, nearly month
prior to Mr. Gresham's assurance that there
was no such letter.
mo copy was sent to the Hawaiian lega-
ton, although l finally succeeded in getting
a mutilatel copy, from which clippings had
been made from representative of the As
sociated press l Immediately called on Mr..
Gresham and stated that | had seen the
letter and asked II 1t was authentic. He re-
piled: or course. you know is Is authentic
/ reminded him Of his agreement to let me
know the substance of the Blount report be-
fore 1t was published He replied: 4 did not
think it necessary. | knew you would SEE
1t in the papers / then asked IL 1t was
the intention OF the United States govern
ment to restore, the queen by forca. lie re-
piled: decline to answer that question:
GRESHAM WAS INDIGNANT.
"Cn January 20, 1894, made statement
to Mr. Greehma concerning the friction that
existed in Hawaii by reason of the con-
t!nued demand by Japan that the franchise
be granted to Japanese. He said: What
do your mean by coming to me with COM
plants about Japan? Do you expect us to
protect you from Japan? j 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 you
should make this statement to me. What
do you want me to do? etc.
He demanded what President Dole meant
by sending an insulting reply to Mr., Willis
(referring to Mr. Does reply to Mr.. Wills
demand that the queen be restored). de-
MED that the answer was or was intended to
be insulting. Mr.. Gresham said: say 1t
was insulting and Mr.. Doe's object was to
say something sharp to the American minis
ter when he had the opportunity
"He continued to talk in this strain until
1t became manifest he was simply trying to
provoke a quarrel and | left the room"
Mr. Thurston gives the details of con-
ysrsation with Secretary Gresham In which
the latter accused Mr.. Hatch, the Hawaiian
minister Of foreign affairs, OF being "a
scary fellow" because he said that arms for
the royalists had been sent from California.
Mr.. Gresham declared the story to be utterly
untrue. This was the day after the nsur-
rect!on had actually occurred in the islands
and carter had actually been killed.
Mr.. Thurston gives in detail the manner In
which he was betrayed by a representative of
the United press In relation to certain let
ters read by Mrs. ThurstOn to the United
press correspondent and adds; "In his letter
requesting my recall Mr Gresham sarDled
and suppressed my explanation, stating only
that claimed that the matters referred to
were news which ! had right to give out.
| had committed no intentional breach Of
diplomatic etiquette, but rendered an apology
that the matter had come through the lega-
tion, even inadvertently, and even though IL
had not been published, Mr.. Gresham imine-
dlately requested an apology In writing, stat
ing as a reason that this was personal mat
ter between myself and the president. and
that he ought to know exactly what ! said.
| submit that. IT, in defending my country
and my government against the continuous
attempts OF Mr. Cleveland and Mr.. Gr'7ha''-
to ruin and overthrow them. ] unwittingly
brushed the biGom from the cheek o. tue
delicate creature known as diplomatic etl-
auette' Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham
cIubbed her into nsensibility and drove over
her with a coach and four"
Mrs. Lease II Better.
WINDOW, MINI. Jan. 25-Mrs. Mary Il.
Lease. who was taken sick here with pneu-