Mr. Willis to Mr.
Gresham.
Legation of the United States,
Honolulu, May 7, 1895.
(Received May 21.)
No. 107.]Sir: In my No. 105, of the 2d instant, I
informed you of the receipt of your No. 65, of February 21 last, in
regard to Mr. Thurston, late Hawaiian minister at Washington, and the
communication of its contents to this Government.
I have the honor now to inclose herewith copy of a note from this
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Government, dated the 3d
instant and received to-day, the substance of which was sent you by
telegram of this date.
I also inclose copy of my note of acknowledgment.
With assurances, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No.
107.]
Mr. Hatch to Mr.
Willis.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Honolulu, May
3, 1895.
Sir: Referring to our interview on the 30th
ultimo, in which you intimated that the President of the United
States would be pleased if the Hawaiian minister at Washington
should be recalled for personal reasons, and upon which occasion you
read to me a dispatch from the Secretary of State to yourself on
this subject, dated February 21, but which had been sent to Japan by
mistake, I have the honor to inform you that Mr. Thurston is now in
Hawaii and will not return to the post of Hawaiian minister at
Washington.
I regret extremely that the presence in Washington of the late
minister is no longer agreeable, and that the matters referred to by
the Secretary of State should have been considered of sufficient
gravity to call for the action taken.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in No.
107.]
Mr. Willis to Mr.
Hatch.
Legation of the United States,
Honolulu, May
7, 1895.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt to-day of your note of the 3d instant relating to the
termination of the mission of Hon. L. A. Thurston, late minister
from your Government to the United States. From it I quote the
following:
Referring to our interview on the 30th ultimo, in which you
intimated that the President of the United States would he
pleased if the Hawaiian minister at Washington should he
recalled, for personal reasons, and upon which occasion you
read to me a dispatch from the Secretary of State to
yourself on this subject, dated February 21, but which had
been sent to Japan by mistake, * * *
As this passage may lead to a misconception of what occurred, of
which I have already informed my Government, you will permit me to
recall the fact that the interview referred to by you was limited to
the reading of the dispatch of my Government, an explanation of its
apparent miscarriage to Hongkong, and the declaration that the
regret expressed in the dispatch at the incident was shared by
me.
I will at once transmit your note to my Government for its
consideration.
With assurances, etc.,
