Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1893 — THURSTON WILL STAY. [ARTICLE]

THURSTON WILL STAY.

Not to Be Given HU Passports by the State Department. It was stated at the State Department, says a Washington correspondent, that there was abundant ground for giving Minister Thurston his passports. Minister Thurston, representing the provisional government of Hawaii, caused to be published a reply to Blount’s report on the Hawaiian revolution, and in the statement he pointed out that Mr. Blount did not seek his evidence, although frequently charging him with boing the leader of the revolution; he denies that United

States troopß took part in the overthrow of the Queen; asserts that the American troops did not land under two davs after the revolution broke out, ana gives a complete history of the revolt that seems to show conclusively that Blount was either misinformed as to the occurrences of the revolution or misrepresented the facta. It is claimed that his letter is a breaoh of diplomacy and amply sufficient to warrant this government in immediately severing all relations with the Hawaiian Minister. Such action would be taken but for the reason that the American people might not think it fair play; that the right of any man to talk and give his side of a controversy is always conceded, and that to force Mr. Thurston to leave this country would be considered by the people a disposition not to allow the other side a hearing.