Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 8, 10 January 1894 — Thurston's DeniaL [ARTICLE]

Thurston's DeniaL

Mr. Thureton’s reply to the report of Mr Blonnt is ven; lame j ; aiwl dtsproves noth:ng that Mr. | \ Blonot has cbarged agamst Stev- j j ens and the provisional govern- | rae»t Thureton. the minister of the provisiona! government, ean be expeoted to give only a biased • » v ,\ eonĪTOcal report o( the pro- ] ceed;ngs that have kicked up such rumpus in the United ; States. i Mr Tfaurston says, when the | comraiflee of safety was told by j Stevens that he iutended to land , troops aad he was informed that the committee was not_ ready to | act aud replied tbat he would : land them whether tbe committee was ready or not. “tbe troops j i were landed to protect Americnn citizens and property iu the event 1of the impending aud inevitable conflict betweeu the Queen aud the citizens” aud that the eommittee had no knowledge of i “where the troops were going or j what they were going to do.” Mr Thnrstou is mighty cute but not cute enough. The | “American citizens’ of whom he ! speaks are the annexationists who ■ j created all the trouble. As resi- j dents of Hawaii they protested against tbo new coustitution promulgated by the Queen, and as former citizens of the United States they organized a j provisional government “pending ! annexation with tbe United | States.Theae are the persons and theirs the property protected bv Amenean mariues whose destination aid purpose were nuknown to those to be defended “pending” the “inevitable eonflict” that never occurred. Thurston bandles his uutruths mo t injudiciously. There is not a doubt in the mind of any sensible man that there was a distinct understanding between Stevens and the annexationists aud the : late administratiou. The story T in Stevens’ paper a year ago showed he was in tonch with the revolutionists and when the Harrison administration assured him that Hawaii would be received in case of revolution he made a mess of the whole affair—so far as the plot of the annexationists is concerned. Had no such assurances heen received there 'woukl have been no provisional government “pend- j ing annexation.” There are other flaws in his letter whieh may T be mentioned later, but these are enough to destroy any value its author intended to give it. There is not a line in it uf snfficient importanee to modify the instructions of the minister to Hawaii. The wrong must be undone.— Harris- ! burg Patriot. ■