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cations around Nice, which corresponded
to the changes announced in the imaginary
scheme dictated to Dreyfus.
“Then Dreyfus managed to spend long
holidavs in -usacc without oelng appar
ently found out by the German authori
ties a very suspicious sign, ror it was
almost impossible for a French officer to
remain for any length of time in the con
quered provinces without being found out.
In fact, there was considerable moral proof
cgair.st Dreyfus before the trial took place,
but no material proof.
• Colonel Sandherr, who was an Alsatian,
like Dreyfus, but intensely anti-Semitic,
determined to forge this proof. He was
convinced of the accused mans guilt but
it was necessary for the purposes of' the
courtmartial that documents should exist.
Watched Military Attaches.
“I was attached to the intelligence de
partment, my duty being to Wate i the
movements of military attaches accredited
by the powers of the triple afl'ance.
"When Colonel Sandherr told me to write
out the bordereau. 1 did so b ose
slightest compunction. I am one
m. n who are soldiers by profession, and
cling to old medieval traditions of »>>l‘tary
“”S “
“1 the Von Tausch case, for instance,
■ > , mso great sensation in Germany.
VPH. r V confessed to having
committed forgery, adding that the
a viruhimr to the infamies tli.it nc nau
been forced to do in connection with other
~ Therefore, the court decided to
Xnce him He ultimately received the
minimum punishment and has since been
released. .
Must Manufacture Evidence.
“It is nearly always necessary to manu
facture material evidence against spic.,
because otherwise they would never be
punished. The bordereau having
~n it became necessary to give it the in
dispensable air of [in authentic document
as vou know it was supposed to have been
stolen from the German embassy. Colonil
Sc iwarzkoppen, formerly German military
attache in Paris, denied ever having seen
It. What he said was perfectly true Ihe
bordereau was handed by M agent of o<>
intelligence department to the porter of
the German embassy, who was a spy in
our service. The porter gave it to another
agent named Genest, and by him it was
brought to the intelligence department and
,! , , do keted and numbered as a docu
ment obtained from the German embassy,
in the usual course. Il thus received offi
cial baptism.
•It was exclusively upon the evidence oi
the bordereau that Dreyfus was condemn
ed. The document privately shown to tho
officers of the courtmartial was f< tolled
from tiie war department during the trial
with Hie object of convincing judges should
they .show signs of wavering. It was the
letter containing the phrase 'de canaille do
D—.' Now this letter, which is genuine, and
was really written by Colonel Schwarz
koppen, did not refer to Dreylus at all.
Tin g ( neral staff was absolutely aware of
th< fa t that 1 > ' was a certaln 1 Jolfuss, a
building contractor, who years before had
supplied tile German attache witli plans of
th" fort ill*-, it ions mar Nice.”
Trie ex-major added ti.at the case against
him was quashed in defiance of all law
and justice, lie said the veiled lady who
ai pe.ired in tiie case was no other than the
Wife of t'olonel I’aty dtiClam.
CABINET TO DECIDE TOMORROW.
Commission Equally Divided as to Re
visioif of the Case.
Paris. September 21.- The cabinet met to
day and de ided to postpone its decision of
the question of tiie proposed revision of the
Dre.-, its ease untit MoiAi.ty next, owing
to the absci) e from the meeting of the
minister o; finance, M. I’eytral, and tho
mi list.q- of agriculture. M. Vigor.
it was officially announced litis afternoon
that tiie civil commission that lias been
documents in the Dreyfus
■ '■ ■■ with the view of r< porting to’ the
gov. trim n: on th. ad vis ibiHty of reopening
t. is eq la’ly divided for and against re
vision. and the government considers that
gives it full liberty of a< tion
and also of responsibility. Therefore the
■ ’ decided to Wai; until
Moml i.v, w hen a full cabinet meeting will
pile In id and the decision will be arrived at.
QUEEN WILHELMINA SPEAKS.
New Queen’s Speech from the Throne
Was Full of Patriotism.
Sept mix r 20. -Queen Wil
le’.mina. accompanied by 'Jie qu. ,-n
mother, i ; .'u. <1 the states-general parlia
ment of the Netherlands today. In (ho
ep. . eh from the throne her majesty dwelt
upon the innumerable proofs of natric t.-m
and affection for the dynasty manifested
throne, the
r. i-oil.-ction <>: whi.ii, she idled, can never
be < ffa.-.-d from her memory.
■>" ■: .. IT. i.So said ae hid iV"d the
ezar . i.- .irmaint'Ut proposal with peculiar
sympathy.
or speech promised the in
nui • , ial measures.
Will Re-Enforce Major Marchand.
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nit'hi’t ''h ol* :i company of Seiitga
!■ ■ rpshuoturs and a d«-tauhr.irnt <>f ar
ti.iery to r<-t’nfor* - Major Marchand, tiie
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milee a:»ove Kaartoum. An official denial
was subsequently issued.
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: DREYFUS CASE CAUSES ANOTHER TRAGEDY; :
: : MADAME PAULMIER SHOOTS AN EDITOR:
* •
• Paris, September 23.—Madame Paulmier, wffo of M. •
Charles Ernest Paulmier, member of the chamber of depu- L xySSijSiWi *
ties, today entered the office of La Lanterne and asked to f *7 WuW
• see M. Millerand. M. Millerand was absent and M. Olliver,
• who was present, stepped forward to receive the lady, who,
• without waiting for any explanation, whipped out a revolver tWfflgSjSg*
and’fired twice. M. Olliver fell to tiie floor wounded. He was •
e taken to a hospital. y•
• Madame Paulmier was taken into custody, and when & A •
• questioned, coolly said: 1 *
e “I wished to kill M. Millerand.” —j •
She explained that La Lanterne had slandered herself W l M
and her husband because her husband had written the letter AfHm iJBOm - ,,/j
• to General Chanoine, the minister of war, with reference to zytSyilwßM .«£*’- ■ '// ■’ *
putting a stop to the attacks upon tlhe army provoked by I/
• the Dreyfus affair. •
• The military authorities have accomplished their plan of W > *
• stiffing Colonel Piequart by placing him au secret. Colonel •
• Piequart's friends have been denied admission to the prison. w 0•
• His counsel. Alaitre Labor!, has twice appeared at tiie of- *
• flee of the clerk of tiie courtmartial and applied for permis- •
sion to see his client. On both occasions he was informed y •
e that Plcquart had been placed au secret, and could be seen /
only on an order from the authorities, which order M. Ea- ,z '
bori has been unable to secure. i *
La. Liberte predicts important action by tho council on JLy 'y-y..;•
• Tuesday, which may result in the convoking of Uhe cham- ‘ •
• Everything tends to confirm tho opinion that General •
• Zurlinden, in ordering the military trial of Colonel I’icquart,
• acted entirely upon his own initiative. A Z
• The Temps declares that the cabinet had previously re- I «> 7//A|| I’Ul# ' ' *
• fused to sanction General Zurlinden’s proposal to prosecute I ’ 1 »
• Colonel Piequart, and that General Zurlinden, therefore, wait- I •
• ed until ho had resumed tho military governorship of Paris, LIEUTENANT COLONEL PICQUARD o
• when lie. acted upon his own autihority.
• Upon leaving the Lasante prison. Colonel Piequart had a portmanteau and a portfolio. He 10010 d pale and care- »
• worn. The blinds of the fiarclhe were drawn directly he entered It. . *
• A mob which had been howling outside the prison, rushed toward I'lequart as he emerg' d, shaking t■ n at- - I ' l ' o
• s'houting out against him. Another mob waited at Uhe Cheivhe-Midi A detachment of mii’taiy in bote
e cases protected Picquart.
• A majority of the papers denounce this military coup with varying degteos of severity. M. < b-mene. an. in Ihe
• Aurora charges M Brisson with cowardice or imbecility, and couples President Faun s name with that of Genera ®
• Zurlinden in the alleged plot to suppress the truth and defeat justice M. Clemenceau dwells strongly on the man- •
• vaises dhanees of the Chcrche-Midi prison and credits tiie ex-war minister with the remark. 11 net il M.Trier had •
9 not been so soft-beat ted lie would have had Dteyftis murdered.” •
• Another paper The Droits de L’Homme, abuses M. Faure with the greatest virulen e ind accuses him of employ-,
• inc M Brisson to’make a coup d’etat. It points out that President Fame’s miliiary friends hold all ihe strong posts. e
EMPRESS RULES
CHINESE EMPIRE
Old Emperor Tenders Resignation
and Surrenders All Power to
Dowager Empress.
LI HUNG CHANG RESTORED
New Order Means Increased Russian
Influence and Delay in Much
Needed Reforms.
Pekin, September 22.—An imperial edict
just issued .ieiinitely announces that the
emptror of China has resigned his pow'.r to
tiie empress (dowager i ini-t’e who has
ordered the ministers to deliver to her in
future their official reports.
It is difficult to obtain reliable informa
tion at tho palace in regard to tiie pro
ceedings. but. the recent reformatory edicts
probably caused tho change. While the
emperor was subservient and a mere llgure
hi.nl, the dowager empress pet milted him
to remain in p--.ice, but as soon as he at
tempted to act on his own initiative his
practical disposition was the result. His
principal adviser, Hang Yumoi, the (. an
tonese reformer, lied in spite of the vig
orous attempts made to arrest him, and it
is said he is now on his way to Shanghai.
'l’he effect of tile change must be great.
In all probability Li Hung Chang will bo
reinstated in power and Russian inlluenee
will increase. The hopes of reform so
ardently cherislnd liy the intelligent fa- -
lions of tin- Cliim se ai e now impossiltle
of fullillment.
Tiie suddenness of the coup is said to be
due to the desire of tiie dowager empress
to prevent tin mission of tin Marquis Ito
from biing successful. The Jai>anese
statesman recently came to f’ek n with tin
object of trying to bring about an alliance,
offensive ami defensive, between Japan
ai d China.
Tiie new order of tilings will undoubted
ly prejudice British interests in China.
It is reported today tliat the next edict
will give the full reasons for the change.
The wording of tiie present edict is not
yet obtainable, but it is, in efti-et, that the
emperor requested the dowager empress to
assume power, tills b* .ng the third time
the request has been made.
The Marquis Ito, in an interview before
the edict was issued, said tiie emperor re
ceived him yesterday in the most < ordi.il
manner ami said he hoped to have tho
advantage of the advice of the marquis in
the reforms which his majesty intended
to undertake.
Tiie marquis even then feared that the .
inaction ami .-onservatism of the < liinese |
officials would nullify the reforms, although
he believed the emperor was acting in
good faith.
IS AT HOME ON THE THRONE.
Dowager Empress Has Survived Three
Dynasties Already.
W ishington, September 23.-The Chinese
minister, Mr. Wu Ting Fang, todaj re
c-ived a cablo dispatch from tiie < 'liinese
foreign office at Peking giving the t'. xt
of tiie edict issued by tie- emperor yes
terday in which, owing to tiie critical condi
tion of Chinese affairs, lie cabs ba< K to
power the empress dowager and commits
to her hands the direction of the vast
affairs of the empire. Tiie edict, freely
translated from the cipher cable, is as
follows:
"Now that ('Aina is disturbed, and there
is need that all business shall be done well,
we the emperor, agitated from morning’
to evening for the welfare of all affairs
ami fi arl ul lest errors may occur, observ
ing from tiie beginning of tiie reign of
Tung Chi, that the empress dowager has
twice given instructions to the emperor
each time with signal ability and success,
so we now, considering th'- important in
terest of the empire, iiave begged the em
press dowager to give to tiie emperor the
benefit of her ripe experiem-e and her in
struction. Tho dowager empress has been
pleased to accede to this request. There
fore, it is to bo the good fortune of the
whole <%ipire that this auspicious event
is brought about. From today tiie em
press dowager conducts tiie business in
tho imperial apartments, and on the Sth
day of the present month (Chinese calendar,
meaning today English calendar) we will
take all the princes and ministers to per
form tho ceremony in tho Chin-Chung pal
ace. Let the yamen (foreign office) prepare’
that tho ceremony may lie performed with
titling iionors.”
Chinese Minister Talks.
Tiie Chinese minister was seen at tho
legation today and talked freely concerning
tho edict. He said there was no secrecy
THE WEEKLY CONSTTTUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898.
about It. nothing to indicate that it was
a triumph of one foreign element over an
other. and tliat its essential purpose was
to strengthen China herself at a time when
serious foreign problems were present'd.
It was quite natural, he said, tliat tiie
dowager empress should Is- i-alb d to the
aid of the emperor, owing to dynastic rea-
The present dowager has survived three
dynasties, beginning- with that of l-imi'/eror
Ilsien Fung. She was the sceoml wife of
tiie emperoi and bore him a son. Tung
Cid. who, on tiie death of bis father, be
came emperor. The latter was an infant
ruler and the mother, then and now dow
ager empress, directed for him the vast af
fairs of the empire. On his .l ath without
issue the dowager elected her m ph'-w.
Kwang Hsu, to become emperor, and his
reign is now in progress. He was a child
wlien lie took the throne, twenty-iour
years ago. ami up to nine years ago tiie
dowagt r directed affairs for him. acting
much as tiie queen regent of Spain acts
for the boy king. It is this dowager em
press who’ is i.ow recall' d to Hie active
assistance of tho emperor.
This, the Chinese minister points out, is
a nalural move toward ilia st renal honing
of the hands of tint emperor, giving him
that same aid which tiie dowager empress
gave while the emperor and bis predeces
sor were infant rulers.
Will Not Benefit Russia.
Concerning the report tliat the empress's
return to power was a coup d'aetat favora
ble to Russia, tile mini li-r do ; not . on
sider the move favorable to any power as
against any other. Its effect, he says,
will be tow.urd strict imparti •!i: v In
China's treatment Itussia, Great Bri
tain, German.v, France and tli I’n.t' 4
States. Japan and the whole W":iil >’t
large.
During tiie former regency of tin em
press she hud shown marked fra ishi i
tor tin English, so tli't In tiie op! :i 1 > of
tiie minister it was unfair to pre urn - .1
had English pm-ju<l: As to n < t.
upon Li Hung Chang, the minister saal
the dowager empress had long admired
tiie rugged ability of the old stat in.in.
but lie <ii<l not tiiink this woub.< result
the return of Li to the foreign office, i.'om
which post he was 1 ently r •
it was mder.st »i to foi itlm m
; t prob.ibl the minister b
Prime Li will continue in ms nominal
post as imperial secretary.
Tiie minist'-i speaks wuh special satis
fa tion to a con < sion ■ ■ h' signed a
snort time ago, by wiia .1 an American
syndicate will build a rai.road from Han
kow to Canton, a distance ot bt>-' m.ies.
It is understood mat among Hie names of
those, inti rested in 1:11s . on-osion are me
lie. Ki\:ffi-rs, Morgans, \ underb.l.s, l.iae
and ex-Alayor Hugh Grant, oi New lora.
Tile min.sier s.giie.l inis jiiat
Indore tne Spanish war broke out, au I
tins led t" some <le!ay in beginning work
oil til'- road. Now. however, ae is inform
ed tliat lite Ann. ri'.'m engine, rs are about,
to start for t iieir surveys of t lie line.-. ami
t.iie construction will be pushed from tins
time forward.
Emperor’s Life in Danger.
London, September 23.—According to spe
cial dispatches receiv d from Peking, mem
bers of the European community t lit re be
lieve the life of tiie emp. >r of China is
in danger. 11 is added that the dowager
empress desires to place Prince Kung's
grandson on tiie throne. Tho emperor, it
is added, realises tho strength of the con
spiracy against him and tins order. 4 tiie
guards al the palace to bo strengthened.
WAS A DISAGREEABLE SHOCK
Proclamation Is Interpreted as a Fresh
Defeat for British Policy.
Lon lon, S ‘ptember 24.—Tiie re. ■ nt dramat
ic development of tiie Chinest puzzle < .ime
as a disagreeable shock to the people of
Gr<at Britain, ami tlu-ir chagrin was in
tensified by tiie fact tII.IT t'liey were rev l
ing in their apparent diplomatic triumpn
in Lie disgrace of Li Hung t'hmg ami the
wane of Russan inlluenee. N": only in
Great Britain, but abroad, tile queen dow
ager's proclamation is interpreted as a
fresh defeat for British policy and as an
act of revenge upon the part of England's
arch enemy. I.i Hung Ch.-wig.
It is generally believed that the mission
of the .Marquis Ho, the Japanese states
man, to China for the purpose of attempt
ing to bring about an offensive and defen
sive alliance between Japan ami China,
was tiie last straw which roused the ti
gress in the empress dowager and enabled
the Russian party, led by Li Hung Chang,
to regain its influence. It is well known
that the Chinese, in spite of their defeat
in the war with Japan, still regard tiie
Japanese as inferior beings, and (’ho in
tense hatred of tiie dowager empress for
anything Japanese is also an acknowledged
fact.
Advices received here from the European
capitals indicate that political circles an
ticipate the reinstatement of Li Hung
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I Chang in power, and that tin- reactionary
I wave in China wil 1 1 id a closer under
standing between tile United Slates, Great
Britain ami Japan, resulting in a combined
measure, ■in reforms. Tile French news
. papers rejoice at ( ie prospect of i.i Hung
Chang's return to potter simply because it
would be unph asani for Great Britain
• The Temps, referring o the reform edicts
! of tin- emperor of China, says;
"His reform i.g ard r v.as marked by
i more zeal t'hall ai. 1, ,n. To suggest tliat
I the mandarins publish their ae< "Uiits of
receipts and . wai like pluck
ing out their souls. '
Impatient To Hear from Fasho* a.
The impatienee iieii' to learn the out
come of die jourm y <, Gem "al S.r ll' i
b'.rl Kit'hiner to lalioiia is in nowise
allayed, and although the press on both
sides of the eh.inm 1 : cairn r ihj s week,
yet anxiety is evidem i in Great Britain
in regard to tip. eft■•ct which the deter
mined action of G ai. :’ il Kite aim r will
have upon Frame, in v.i.v. of the critical
political situation in 1 at country. There
are fears tli.it the Fn ii h authorities may
seek a foreign diver.. 1011 from their inter
nal strife.
Tiie J'arisian mm. p;i pel’s. however,
adopted n more , ami," uiiisin ■■ tom-, and in
stead >,f declaring ...y \ til' f'lvncn flag
Will never b< low. * I at 1' i. iioda. thev
11.>w iiui f"rw.oil ' e occupation of that
place by Major Mar. hand as a lever by
which Frame may be able to obtain ad
van (ge elsewhere. Tin Eil.i.r. for ex
ample, says:
“Great Britain must buy our renuncia
tion of our cl.alias ><here. as she bought
Germany s.”
Tiie Temps also ueekires that tho ques
tion now is siuiiilv one of corning to an
agievim ut as to < onditions of exchange.
The alarming situation in France rivets
tiie attention of Korop". Tne excitement
is increasing hourly, new revelations and
developments are expected ami a military
coup d’etat would not stirpr.i. anybody.
The weaknir’:-’ of .Mr. Hr: son, th ■ premier,
over th»' afla.r of Lletiti. nant Colonel Pie
quart. w!>o is now In secret confim-im nt
In th" military -iron of Chereijie Midi,
pi.i... I there. a;e. u "'itli. without the
ki >wl< lg< of tin i vi'rinnent, and in spite
of t . lad’ t int he wis in th'- hands of a
. , qui t ■ ' even his own
personal friends. t\ 10 e ill him a coward
and a dolt, whih ei n les of a r< vis
ion of tile Hi yl'u. .... accuse him of be
ing a hypocrite ami of .having sold himself
t, ( a Dreyfus symlicat.', an organization
whirl! undoubtedly ..■x l .-:s.
The Best t’resci’iinioii (or Chills
an<! Fevi'i’is 11 l."ttb ol Ceovi.’s I asi I:l.i:ss Chill
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MUSSULMANS STILL HAVE ARMS.
Sultan's General Refuses To Turn Guns
Over to Admiral Noel.
I Gandia. Island of (Tele. September 19.
i Edhi rn Pasha, the Turk .-n governor, lias
• ju.-t li’i'i a proclniim on publicly r. a-l, say
; ing that by order o’.' the sultajl all arms
' must be surrendered to the committee
' formed for that purpose.
The disarmament of the Mussulmans,
however, has been delayed, Djeved I’.isha,
the Turkish military commander, demand
ing tiiat the arms io. delivered on board a
Turkish warship. A linirai Noel, the Brit
ish naval commander, insists tliat they bo
handed to a British guard.
Cubans Returning- Home.
Meridla, Mexico, .September 20.—Several
hundred Cubans, mostly well-to-do people
who have been here since the war in the
island began, have returned and more will
go back shortly, There are no operations
,n J, nequm on a oiuit of the fluctua
tions in price. Planters are awaiting news
of the progress ol tne big ileal in New
York for controlling tho market.
Ministerial Nominees Win.
London. S pt'-mber pt S.» ' al dispatches
from .M.idrul ay tile provincial councils
(le'-tion lias result"! in tin- return of the
' minis.ii ri.il nominees, ex. ep; at Bilbao,
! where th. Bisque p. tr:"i Sarana has been
elected by au overwhelming majority. Se
rious street disorders attended the elec-
Steamer Officers Ate Convicted.
j London. Septomn. 1 l;i J. A. J.igo, for
merly chief officer of tiie White Star line
I steamer Britannic, and John Kynaston,
who was third ollie, r of the s ime steamer,
both of whom have been convict'-1 01 rob
bing tiie mails on board tne Britannic,
were sentenced today, the former to eight
years and the latter to one year's imprison
ment at hard labor.
Curzon Elevated to the Peerage.
London, September 23.—1 t is officially an
nounced that lion. George N. Curzon, re
cently under parliamentary secretary for
j the foreign office, who is to succeed the
I Earl of Elgin as viceroy of India, lias been
elevated to the peerage'as Baron Curzon of
Kedleston. Mr. Curzon married .Miss Lei
ter, of Chicago.
Chile Delivers Ultimatum.
Buenos Ayres, Septemlier 22. I’ll Tiempo
says Chile lias given Argent na five days
In which to accept unrestricti <1 arbitration
of tile boundary dispute between Hie two
countries.
Will Submit to Arbitration.
Buenos Ayres. September 23.—An agree
ment l»etween Chile and Argentina to sub
mit the boundary disputes between the
two countries to arbitration has been
signed.
RUSSIA REMAINS
FRIENDLY 10 US
Count Cassini Declares That
His Government Has
Not Changed,
CZAR CALLS FOR PEACE
Russian Ambassador Discusses the Sit
uation in the East, the Siberian
/ Railroad and Other Live
Topics of the Present
Time.
Hartford, N. J., September 19.—A special
to The Times from Narragansett. Pier
gives an interview with Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador, in which he says:
There .has l> cn absolutely no change
in Russian sentiment or policy toward
tiie United States, nor does there exist
a reason for such a change within my
knowledge. Russian policy does not
conflict with the interests of the Unit
ed States In any part of tho world,
no more in China than in England.
Russia seeks only peaceful and friend
ly relations with all other nations.
The correspondent reminded tiie ambas
sador that tiie American people wore now
asked by English writers to believe that
some of the continental powers had sought
to arrange for international Intervention
on behalf of Spain in the recent war and
that, this plan of action had been defeated
by the refusal of Great Britain to be a [tar
ty to It, or even <-onsent to see other pow
ers engage in it, thereby placing this coun
try under a new and special obligation to
the British people.
I never heard that there was such
a proposition by any of the powers,
said Count Cassini, on the contrary,
all the [lowers carefully maintained
their neutrality throughout the war be
tween the United States and Spain.
Coming to the question of Russian devel
opment in 1 he Orient. Count Cassini said:
Don't Build Railroads for Fun.
In building the Siberian railroad it
was found tint t'he route necessary to
lie followed in reaching Vladivostoek
was a difficult one, especially so by the
'•xistence of areas of almost impassable
marshes. Tlhe engineering problems
presented by that route were practi
cally insurmountable. We also lound
tliat it was absolute])’ necessary to
cross Chinese Manchuria in order to
obtain an lee-free port, which was es
sential to enable the railroad to be
a commercially successful enterprise.
Our I’aeilie port of Vladivnstock, on
the Siberian coast, is closed liy ice dur
ing tiie winter mon'Jiis. We ar" not
building a railroad simply for the [>ur
p"S( of laying down steel rails or tor
Hie fun of the tiling, it must have
traffic whi n it is built in order tn jus
tify th' investment, and so we sought >
terminus, to t!i<- southward, where th"
ships of all nations could come at all
seasons of th" yar. We obtained from
the Chinee’'.’ government a lease of ter
ritory for a term of years, like Hie
lease of Kiaou Chou by the Germans
ami 'Wei-11 li-Wei liy the Bri’Uln
in miking tho arrangement w,- were
not animated by hostile purposes toward
auv other power. Tiie ’illy silt" and
certain revemie which the Chim se gov
, , nient ,■■ . 1 ■ is its maritime cus-
toms and a portion of these were pledg
ed for the payment of our loan to Chi
na. The administration of the maritime
. i;s;:ini.~ Is in the hamls of an English
man, Sir Robert Hart, but we did not
undertake to remove or disturb Sir
Robert Hart.
Not Hostile to Other Nations.
We are rep'i'sented as hostile to the
interests of other nations in China, but
we b.ivii objected to or sought to pre
vent other nations from Increasing their
commercial privileges in that country.
Wlien the English acquired an extension
of territory msir Hong Kong, we said
nothing airainst it, anil the Germans
have had a free band in the Shan Tung
peninsula, where they have obtained very
valuable privileges. J'Tiriherm u’e, it
should i>e rimembi red that Russia and
CTnna have a common boundary, some
9,<"io kilometers tni-irly tl.OtiO miles) In
extent, so the; We have a elos" rela
tion to China, exceeding that of any
other power.
In regard to the future of China, he said:
There will be m> partition of China.
There wire four hundred ami twenty
nine millions of tyople in that country
wlien the l ist effort was made to ob
tain a count of them. It. is a huge pop
ulation In a vast country. But I do not
< x|i< ' 1 I > see it divide.l. In extending
the great Siberian r.ciway to tiie Yel
low se i. tiie purpose of Russia was not
to acquire or annex Cliim se territory,
bin to si < urea <’omnierct.il outlet for
Siberia and t • provide necessary com
mercial fm iliti's for our vast northeast
ern territory as well as for the parts <if
China tlirougli which tile railway will
pass.
Upon the subject of the Philippines tho
ambassador bail no opinion to express, his
attitude being that merely of an observer
of what is happening in that part of the
w Tid. The Russian government does not
concern itself with those parts of China, or
with outlying Islands remote from its bor
ders.
SIGNS TREATY WITH RUSSIA.
China Gives the Czar the Sole Right
to Port Arthur Harbor.
London. Septemb'r 22.—A dispatch to
The Globe from Hong Kong. published
this afternoon, purports to give details
of the secret convention signed at Pekin
on March 27th. It appears that tsung
li-yar.n 11, the Chinese foreign office,
thereby concluded an agreement with St.
Petersburg by which China ced'd Port
Arthur and Ta-Lien-Wan. stipulating that
only Russian and Chinese warships enter
or dock .it Port Arthur.
Russia, it also appears, gets tiie exclu
sive use of tiie inner harbor of Ta-Lien-
Wan. tiie sole administration of tiie ceded
territories and a tract of land north of Ta-
Lien-Wan is designated as a buffer bell.
Sherman Is Recovering’.
Washington, September 22.— Ex-Secretary
Slierman lias so far recovered Horn his
illness tiiat his physician, Dr. Frink Hy
att. ins h ft tho city for a few days. On
his advice Mr. Slierman has abandoned his
speech-making plans in Ohio.
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BUSHED TO MANILA
Navy Yard Is Ordered to Push
Repairs on the Oregon
and Ipwa.
EARLY START TO BE MADE
Kaiser’s Warships Are Being Gathered
South of the Philippine Group
and McKinley Determines
To Be Fully Prepared
for Any Move.
Washington, September 19.—The navy de
partment is rushing preparations for the
start of the big battleships Oregon and
lowa to Honolulu ami orders have been
sent to the New York navy yard to have
the mechanics work overtime on tho&o
ships. The purpose is to have them start on
their long voyage by the eml of tne [.res
ent month, and according to. the department
calculations they will arrive at their desti
nation by the end of January. There is
little effort now to conceal the fact that
the department will have the ships met at
Honolulu by a dispatch boat witli orders to
turn their prows westward to Manila.
Battleships of this character are not
needed to keep the Filipino insurgents in
order, and their assembling at Manila in
conjunction with the dispatch of lie ivy re
enforecments of troops for the Amerlcin
land forces cannot but be regarded as sig
nificant.
In well informed circles here it is
said that the real purpose of the pres
ident in making these preparations is
to insure the peace commissioners
against any interference in their work
of disposing of the future of the Phil
ippine islands according to their best
judgment.
Not having disclosed hm plans respecting
the islands outside of Luzon, the seat of
the capital of the group, the president still
reserves for the American peace commis
sioner the right to dispose of the remain
der of the islands as they may deem b"-t.
long line of curious ineidents, to a T h
one of the great European powers b i. be n
a party, has beyon l question done much
to cause a feeling of uneasiness on the part
of the administration as tending to show a
purpose to interfi re in our free action in
the I’hiiippines. and this has only I" i n
slightly diminished by apparently ir.ink dis
claimers ot' an ulterior purpose, because
tne incidents continue quieilj and In a
manner calculated to avoid attr.i ’ting at
tention.
Such, for instance, is the gathering
of naval vessels to the south of the
Philippine group, tne only explanation
of which, coming from native sources,
it is true, but still bearing marks ol
genuineness, is a purpose of acquiring
either by seizure or by some secret
pact with the Spanish government the
important islan 1 of Palawan.
This p.’irtii’ular island forms one ride of
the gateway through which must pass all
of Lie extensive < ommerv- that 11 ••>)’.< be
tween Australia, Micronesia and ’.(’ffiern
i 'liiaa. The pas tge is narrow and if the
islands of the Philippine group are to b"
retained, outside of Luzon, this islaa.l of
Palawan must he k. pt as forming on ■ .-id ■
of the gateway. It is g th'-ed ’.hat I’, is
the purpose of the president theieioi • t >
prevent the alienation by Sjiaiii ot any o:
the P lilipi’ine group and that these prepa
r’aflons, Irx ■ ' " military, arc bit
st.’i'S toward the ex"' ii’!"'ii of his [Uirpose.
With tiie addition of bis (!■' t of tiie b at
tleships Admiral Dewey will have ji fore"
only second to that of Gr at Hrit iln in
eastern waters, while on shore G'-neral Otw
will have a more nuim rou army than any
European power save Russia.
MORE TROOPS TO GO TO MA. -A.
Regiments Now on the Slope Will Be
Sent to General Otis.
Wa sb Ing 1" n. September 19. I n*' war le
nartmeiit today ord ‘red Hie following regi
ments, now at s.m Francisco, to M in la:
[•'lftv-fir.-t low;. Twenti-. th Kansas, First
Tennessee. First Washington, a detach
ment ol' tiie Second Oregon, four compa
nies of the Twenty-third infantry an.l re
cruits for the Tint.li Pennsylvania, First
Nebraska and First Colorado.
it was stated at the war department
tliat no emergency has ari.sen which made
It necessary to send th.- troops now at
San Francisco to Mania, but tiie order
issued today was in accordance witli tiie
general plan ot tin department regarding
a garrison for the Philippines. That plan
of garrison duty includes 20,000 men for
the I‘lilllippines. 12.500 for Porto Rico and
60.000 for Cuba. The troops 10 b; sent to
Manila under today’s order will till tho
complement for that station. 'l’he troops
would have been sent before, it is said, ex
cept that the department was awaiting the
return of tiie transports, 'l ie order direct
ing th© movement of troops from San
Francisco contains the following:
The quartermasters' department will
furnish the necessary transportation,
especial care being taken to provide suf
ficient space and the subsistence and
medical departments are eliarged with
providing ample and suitable supplies
furnished by their respective d"pnrt
ments, to secure the comfort, well-being
and health of the troops en route.
Bv command of
MAJOR GENERAL MILES.
AUGUSTI REACHES SPAIN.
Former Captain General Uses His
Tongue Quite Freely.
Madrid. September 22.—Genera! Augii- |.
the former captain general of the i liilip
[li'iie islands, who has Just aiiii"*' at »i
--uuia. Spain, from Manila, in an interview
is quoted as discussing the Philippine ques
tion in an interesting manner, lie is al
leged to have said:
"Before 1 left Spain I knew the situa
tion in Ole Philippine islands was ;.. ,ve.
Senor Moret. the niiiiXyr o: Lie colonies
in the last cabinet of S"nor Sag isla, r<
marked to me when the wav with the
I'nit**'! States broke out chat there woui I
be a. terrible slate of tilings.”
Continuing, Genera! Augusti d-serib 4
Admiral Montejo's fleet as some "oil
wooden ships” and said they "came to -Ma
nila practically pursued by Dewey. He
then said: ... < .
"Our batteries bred at me Amem-.ms. b .t
our guns were mounted on talse plates and
after the first shot they became u>e..-s-.
At daybreak we were in the power of Hie
Americans and au hour afterwards .no
Spanish licet had ceased to exist.
"Dewey summoned me to suirendei: I
refused and he threatened to raze the
town. 1 replied: 'Raze it. but so long as 1
live the Spamsh flag will float on the ruins
of Manila.'
"Dewev repeated ills summons to surren
der. and 1 again refused. Dewey t.h< n
bombarded tho town ’nd Aianua su’’ien
dered. ,
"But, considering my presence no longer
necessary, 1. asked Hie government for tier
mission to go home, as my positim had
become by no means easy. .1 think 1 have
<lone my duty as a soldier and a Span
iard."
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Good People of Hawaii Find the
American Soldier a Tough
Proposition.
THEY ASK FOR PROTECTION
Gardens Are Raided and Vegetables
Are Carried Away by Men Wear-
ing U. S. Uniforms.
Honolulu, September 12, via San I'ran
clsco, September 20.—The' American so!
diers in Honolulu are causing the good
people of this once peaceful commum y
much worry. Acts of vamiallsm are b -
coming frequent and General King has
lssu"d orders for a court of inquiry lo in
vestigate alleged lawless acts commit!-<1
by .soldiers and to a.-a s the amount of
damage caused. Chinese fruit growers and
vegetable gardeners have bvil i.’ivorito
victims of Hie soldiers am! their g.ud n:>
have been raided and destroyed.
Tiie Ha w ui na commissi'Ut is holding <1 ifly
s'.-Sions, but nothing is given out for publi
cation.
The commission will probably not leave
r or y in a, .... .. ~ .......... September 23d.
Senator Morgan, in an interview, is
quoted is saying’
Only a Territorial Government.
1 have always been <n favor of a state
government for Hawaii and am so still.
Speaking for niy.'df, however, and not
for Hu' commission, 1 am inclinied to
think that you wiil have only a t'-rrl
torial government at. presunt. You have
not asked for state government and I
doubt very tinii-.i if the commission will
recommend one.
You will 111 ike your own laws, sub
ject to the approval of congress. Tiie
territory of Hawaii has a grea; future
before it amt with th" increase of
population and business that must
come from annexation and ill that Is
Implied by it, the road to statehood
cannot b,. a long one. Th" opening j>.
the Nicaraguan carnal, an enterprise
which must be ■■ irrb'd to consumma
tion in a very short period, wii. still
further advance the prosperity of th©
Islands.
A mass meeting of natives ylll bo held
this evening, when resolutions asking for
the restoration of Liliuokaianl will be
ado'pted.
’l’he chamber of commerce, im a memorial
asks for a territorial form of government,
while the bar association wants th" judi
cial sy. tom of th,' islands to remain.
Land Laws Unchanged.
Senator Cullom has announced that the
land laws of the United States do not apply
to the public lands of Hawaii. Th" local
land laws remal'n in force. Mr. Dole, for
the time being, still signs as "president of
the republh' of Hawaii” and processes of
court will run a.s heretofore.
Princess Kaulani’s reception in honor of
tiie American-Hawaiian commission, given
at Aiinahau on the 7th. was a brilliant su>
eess. General Merriam am! staff, General
K ■ .i ff Colo Barbel
government officials, army and navy offi
cers, cx-Queen Liliuokaianl and several
humlr'.d promiment society people of tho
city attended.
The Hawaiian archipelago is now the
mi.itary district ot Hawaii, department of
California. An order creating tnls distra t,
ilateil September 4’h, has just be< u [iromul
gated bj Majot G< nera 1 Merriam.. The or
, . a, to :
ennment to be adopt< .1 here an lou 1
ius military upplhuition no turtner
( ■’u,, .. than ali indie > t ion that the Islands
are a part of the territory of Hie United
States and are being treat' d in exactly tne
safne way as all other territory of the re
public is.
MERRIAM BACK FROM HAWAII.
Ccmmander of the Department of Cali
fornia Returns to the States.
San Francisco, September 20.—The steam
er Australia arrived in port today from
Hawaii. General Merriam, commander of
the department of California., who has
been in Honolulu, was one of the pas
sengers. He was accompanied on the voy
age by Lieutenants Graves and Bennett,
of his staff.
Everything was quiet in Honolulu when
Hie st< liner left. The people were jubilant
over th" annexation and w< re int< r
ing themselves In an effort to make th©
government of Hie island, similar to that oi.
the United Stales.
The officers of the Australia say that the
Arizona, with troops for Aianila, sail'4
September llt'h, and the Seandla,
troops and treasure, was to h ave on Tin •
day, September 13th.
The Australia brought jive sick soldiers.
SOME INDIGNANT HAWAHANS.
They Meet and Resolve To Undo All
That Has Been Done.
San Francisco, September 21.—The steam
ship Alameda arrived today from Austra
lian points vio Honolulu. Advices from
Hie latter place under date of September
lull say tiiat lh< congressional commis
sioners are tinishing their >rk aii'l • \p "t
to leave for Washington September 2AL
The commissioners are now being deluv• <1
with petitions ami memorials from tin na
tive llav’.Hinns. The sentiment of the na
tives appears to be dlvldeil. One fact >n
desires the restoration of the que< it, while
Hie other accepts the new order of affairs
and asks for certain rights under the form
of government.
The natives wiio favor restoration field
a mass meeting on Se[>tember 12th and
adopted a memorial, which was preseuied
to tile commissioners. ’l'iie memorial al
leges that tb.e annexation treaty nas failed,
and tiie joint resolution is inetfeeiiw bc
cause it was not passed by the p if
Hie Hawaii.in islands or the rept'esi rit.ilive
of tiie legislator!. Tne ineilloriai eoueiudes
by asking tliat tiie constitutional govern
ment of January 1(1, is l .".;, be restored under
tiie protection of the United States ot
America. Among the speakers at. tne mass
meeting was Robert W Wilcox, the revo
lutionist, wiio a few weeks ag> took tiio
oath of allegiance to qualify himself for a
full pardon lor past misdeeds.
Pointing to the United Slates flag over
the gon rnnieiit building, lie said; "It is
useless tp say tliat the flag over there will
not come down again. Ii was up bi for ■,
and it come down, it will l.e shown that
annexation vote was carried through by a
handful of foreign! rs. If America loves us,
wliy were not Hawaiians placed on th©
commission? We are not represented there.
Tiie next thing we shall not be able to
vote."
