Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 5, 6 January 1894 — Thurston's Bad Break. [ARTICLE]

Thurston's Bad Break.

’ 4 Tl;e conservative aud forbearing disposition of the adminis tration in dealing witb the varions i phases of the Hawaiian question has added to tlie good eti‘ect npou public opinion of the publication, early last week, of Commis sioner Blouut’s report, upon whieh the policy of llio administrution \vas largely based. It has taken Uo uoiiee of the very unnsnal and injudicious action of Mr. Thurstou, the raiuister here of the Provisional Governraent of Hawaii. in writing and giving to 1 tlie press an auswer to Blount’s report, containing lauguage that woukl not have been tolerated from a foreign rainister by any otlier govermuent iu the world. Had tlie administration upon the ap|>earance in tlie newspapei-s of Mr. Tliurston’s defense sent that gentlenian lns passports no one woukl havo had any rightto eoui plain; it woukl only bavo fol lowed preoedents set by every civilized government in the \vorld, including onr own. lt is not improbable that President i Cleveland in ignoring the bad break of Mr. Thnrston \vas intiueuced by the thonght that the Hawaiiau miuister wus (>erhaps only too au\ions to pose as a martyr. But whutever the object, on eithcr side. the fact remains that Mr. Thni-stou was guilty of au act that would have driven a foreign minister from any othōr country aml that not i tbe siightest oiheial uotice was j takeu of it by the udministratiou, aml this forl>earaiice is geueral | ly rccuguize\l as a togetber cre ditable to the administration.— Dtm.