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FRANCE IS AFRAID
OF WAR AT HOME
Morocco Conference and Possibil
ity of Clash with Germany
Restrains Her.
Meanwhile the Venezuelan Presi
dent Grows Cool Toward
Yankee Envoy.
pedal to The Jcornal,
Chicago, Jan. 20.A Washington
special to the Chicago Tribune says:
I heaping insult upon contumely,
President Castro has outraged French
dignity to the point where ap. immedi
ate apology must be forthcoming, with
adequate reparation to M. Taigny, the
Prea ch charge d'affaires, or gutas will
be booming along the Venezuelan
coast.
The only thing which causes France
to hesitate in the administration of
sunimary chastisement to Venezuela is
the conference over Morocco in pro
gress at Algeciras.
I some ways it is remarkable that
two questions, arising in connection
with countries thousands of miles apart
aw4 so widely dissimilar, should affect
the ability of a powerful nation like
France to avenge an insult with the
promptness necessary for its complete
obliteration. But the government at
Paris does not know what the Moroc
can conference may brintt forth. It
may be a peaceful adjustment of the
differences with Germany it may be
,war, tho this depends upon the attitude
'or Great Britain.
I this state of nervous ignorance it
would be the height of folly, from the
point of view of some of the French
statesmen, who participated in* the
cabinet deliberations in Paris today, to
embark uppn an adventure in South
Amerca which might arouse illfeeling
in the United States and affect the
action of the American delegates in the
discussion at Algeciras. Morocco is
of far greater importance to France
i than Venezuela and, besides, is a sub
1 ject of immmediate concern, whereas,
the Venezuelan question can be al
lowed to dribble along with threats
until the Algeciras conference is ended.
Then France caict devote herself with a
1 free hand to administering the spank
ing to President Castro, which her peo
ple and the government of the United
Statese believe he should receive.
Ambassador Jusserand, representing
the French government, has received
EUROPE'S TANGLE HALTS?
5#ANKINGD| tASTRO
explanation of hi* exclusion ittorn]
Venezuela.'There is no question in the
mind of the French ambassador or in
that of a ny official, including Secretary
Root, with,-whom he talked, that Presi-
de'n't Castro seized the opportunity to
further offend France.
OASTBO COOL TOWABD AMEBIOA
Venezuela 's Trouble with Prance
Threatens to Invol ve United States.
Washington, Jan. 20.Three French
warships are now off the Venezuelan
coast, prepared to deliver the answer of
France to President Castro's treatment
of M. Taigny, the French representa
tive at Caracas, by a naval demonstra*
tion in Venezuelan waters. Two ad
ditional warBhips will join them as soon
as they can ma ke the trip across the
Atlantic.
Meanwhile the delicacy of the situa
tion at Caracas is greatly increased by
news which has recently reached here
from the Venezuelan capital regarding
the attitude-President Castro now ap
pears to -be assuming toward Mr. Rus
selL the American minister.
America May Act.
Unless this attitude is radically modi
fied, it may be necessary to dispatch
an American warship even nearer the
Venezuelan coast than has already been
planned. President Castro will be given
to understand that any treatment of an
American representative such as that
accorded M. Taigny will not be toler
ated by the Washington government.
The only cause which can be assigned
here for President Castro's coolness to
ward Mr. Eussell is that the former
official insists upon regarding as per
sonal rather than official the efforts
which Mr. Bussell, acting under instruc
tions from Washington, has made to
assist a peaceful settlement of the Fran
co-Venezuelan troubles.
The request of the French govern
ment that its interests in Venezuela be
looked after by Mr. Bussell was imme
diately granted for the reason that
such a request is invariably granted by
a friendly power, however difficult the
task.
-France has adopted a simple program
for her treatment of the Venezuelan
situation. I provides for an immediate
and comprehensive apology by Presi
dent Castro for his treatment of M.
Taigny, which treatment the Paris of
ficials regard as "insulting" and "in-
tolerable?' Until this apology is made
discussion of the claims and other
grievances which France has against
Venezuela will be withheld.
A Act of War.
The French government regards the
action of President Castro's agents in
a Guayra in refusing to ""permit M.
-Taigny to return ashore after he had
boarded a French liner as an. act of
war. France demands that her repre
sentative shall receive the same treat
ment at Caracas as is given the Vene
zuelan representative at Paris.
It appears.that three important dis
patches, containing instructions far
M. Taigny, never reached him, and the
supposition is that they were inter
cepted by the Venezuelan government.
This is regarded as a very serious
phase of the situation and wili be thor
oly investigated by Mr. Russell. Care
also will be taken to insure the delivery
without interception of all dispatches to
Mr. Russell.
American Dispatch Delayed!
One dispatch sent Mr. Russell- last
Sunday had not been delivered to him
up to the time the last dispatch was
sent by him to the state department.
This is being inquired into by the de
partment.
5" It can be announced that a French
demonstration in Venezuelan waters un-
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WW. BTXSSEIX,
*i United States Minister to Venezuela.
DEPEW DECLARED
TO HAKE APHASIA
Friends Say Senator's Mind Is
Affected as Was Admiral
Sampson's.
Journal Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 20.Setoator
Chauncey M. Depew's friends have
been informed, it is reported here, that
the disease from which the senator is
suffering is aphasia, combined with a
melancholia or morbid fear that every
body has turned against him.
The attack of aphasia, which is the
impairment or loss of the faculty of un
derstanding or expressing spoken or
written language independently of any
failure or paralysis of the faculties, wa*
.first noticed, about Christmas time. The
senator, it' is reported here, was sud
denly seized while at dinner one night.
For a moment he as incapable ot ex
pressing himself.
The first attack as of but short du
ration. It was followed by other at
tacks that have lasted longer.
A friend of the senator went to see
him a day or two ago. is a mrw
who has had intimate personal _.rela*
tions with the senator. The 'senator
did not know him at first. His Blind
''Ume/fw^^^Ss^^^^wtp.
cBatted anfntateSlr^with'?ifii^ irJka^f
an hoitr and displayed ^ail of bis
time ability as a conversationalist.
Seized at Capital.
The senator came to Washington on
Tuesday. came unexpectedly. N
one of bi8 household here expected him.
announced that he would go to the
senate the next day. Instead, ho took
a train at noon and hurried to New
York.
I is reported that he was seized with
a severe attack of his affliction, while
on the way to the capital and that his
relatives thought it best to take him
to New York and seek a medical con
sultation. According to the dispntches,
that consultation as held yesterday.
It is reported here that n"o one is al
lowed vO see the senator except the im
mediate members'of his family. Miss
Pauldingj his niece, is with him. She
does not allow his secretaries to see
him at times. She 'has taken entire
charge of his affairs.
Condition a Secret.
The senator's real condition is a
closely guarded secret. His intimate
friends here, are much concerned at the
reports that have come concerning his
condition, and, altho they have not
been told all the particulars of the sen
ator's breakdown, they know that he
is a very sick man.
The attacks of aphasia are said to be
recurrent^ Sometimes they last but
a short time, and sometimes they last
for several hours. The condition is
described by a friend who saw tho
senator recently.
"The senator will be talking ration
ally aad, ptrhaps with some of his old
spirit. Suddenly, his eyes will become
bJauk and ho will be powerless to con
tinue the conversation. This condition
will last for different periods, but it re
curs more and more frequently."
Senator Pears Attack.
The senator is oppressed with the
fear that people are waltingto attack
him for alleged misdeeds. wanted
to go to the senate and started to go,
but he constantly referred to the fact
that the senators might not receive
him cordially. Many old associates of
the Benator 's have tried to argue 'to
him that these fears are. groundless,
but they have failed.
Miss Paulding and his other", rela
tives afcd his closeset friends have op
posed any public appearance by the
senator. They have thought this best
because they feared that the senator
might have an attack of his malady
and they ardently desire to save him
that annoyance and humiliation.
It is not expected here that Senator
Depew will return to his duties in the
se'n'ate soon.
It is recalled in Washington that Ad
miral Sampson suffered from aphasia.
The symptoms, similar to those of Sen
ator Depew, were first noticed while he
was on duty at the. Boston/navy yard
after his return from the Spanish war.
"There is really nothing more the
matter wih- Senator Depew than a
slight cold," said Charles C. Paulding,
Mr. Depew's nephew. The senator p-:
and I took a short ride in the park this
morning. I told him of the alarming
rumors about him and he laughed
heartily. Senator Depew is in his 73d
year and must be careful. is not
going to resign his.seat.in the. United
States senate."
RAILROADS FOR ISLANDS.
Washington, Jan. 20.Bids were opened
at the bureau of insular affairs of the
war department today for1
concessionary
contracts or grants %0 b made by the
Philippine government for the construc
tion, maintenance and operation of rail
roads in the Philippine islands as pro
vided by act of congress.
CZAR DECHHES^
TO TEMPT DEMI
TTT
Fearful of Attack, He Blesses the
Waters While Secure in*
3 His Palace.
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Journal Special Service.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 20.The czar at
tended the annual ceremony of blessing
the waters, but not in St! Petersburg,
in whicn he as nearly killed at the
ceremony a year ago, from a charge of
canister fired rpm a cannon. Instead,
the ceremony was performed within the
security of Tsarskoe-SelOj whero Bol
shio Prood, a small lake the center
of the park, was the scene of the bene
diction by his majesty. The grand
dukes, General Trepoff,' General Igna
tieft, Prince Cliakrabon of Siam and a
crowd of officials assembled at the pal
.ace. Accompanying the czar, they
marched in procession thru lines of
troops, headed by ecclesiastics carry"
ing ikons and- banners, to the lake,
where the usual impressive solemnities
were carried out.
This is the first occasion the czar
ever blessed the waters* away from the
capital, altho the ceremony, is not un
precedented.
SOCIALISTSINYITE
POLICE ATTACKS
Berlin Propagandists Will Try to
Provoke Clash at Sunday
Meetings.
Berlin. Jan. 20.The socialists' meet
ings, to protest against the Prussian
election law, are giving the authorities
great concern, owing to the excesses at
Hamburg. Ninety-three meetings have
been called- in Berlin arid its suburbs,
and will be addressed by Herr Bebel,
the socialist leader, and other members
of the reichstag.
It is stated that the speakers have
been instructed by the socialist execu
tive committee to use the sharpest lan
guage possible in order to cause the
Eolice to disband the mfeetingSj this
eing regarded as excellent propaganda
material for the socialists.
The military and police are making
extensive preparations for tomorrow
when the Russian "red Sunday" of
Jan. 22 last will be celebrated. The
officers are rejecting all invitations for
this evening and tomorrow, having re
ceived orders to report at 9 o'clock
this evening for twenty-four hours'
duty.
The police president has issued a:
proclamation, which today is placarded
everywhere* warning the peoplft^aga."-
,T-. ^Jim- -t^te^e.]-tt&itbtMtitt.^*%Jfr$i
nelcL since any riotous dei^na#tEfci
"will be suppressed with'&' exiienM*
measures admissible under the Iaw,^'
and ''under the circumstances innocent
persons might suffer harm to life and
health."
The Vorwaerts, organ of the socialr
ists, ironically thanks the police presi
dent for assisting in giving emphasis to
the demonstrations.
CHICAGO ALMOST SWELTERS.
Chicago, Jan. 20.This was, with one
exception, the' warmest winter day ex
perienced In this city sinoe the estab
lishment of the weather bureau, the tem
perature reaching sixty-two. In 1876 a
January
day attained a temperature of
sixty-five, which is the record for winter.
A decided fall in temperature is promised
within twenty-four hours.
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STATEHOOD FIGHT
Speaker 'Cannon Apparently Ex
jj|cjs Bill Will Pass With-
~\H out Amendment.
Total Collapse of 'War on the
"President Is Now at
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i i\ By W. W. Jrmane
Washington, Jan. 20.The decision
of Speaker Cannon to have the state
hood bill reported to the house next
Tuesday is believed to indicate that
the speaker is now convinced the bill
can be put thru that body without
amendment. spent'near ly a week
feeling the members out, and has been
most deliberate in all his movements.
The coming up' of urgent bills day af
ter day gave him a splendid opportuni
for this deliberation, and enabled
him to verify in several ways the round
up of members as reported by [Represen
tative Watson of Indiana, the repub-"
lican whip.
.Bate Bill Tuesday, Too.
The' rate bill will be reported* to the
house also on Tuesday, according to
present plans, but it is understood that
statehood is to be considered, first. This
decision, however, is subject to change,
as the speaker may see the necessity
for change. vT
His determination 'to have the bill
reported probably marks the final col
lapse of tne organized movement, start
ed along half a dozen different lines,
against the president about ten days
ago.
This will not beTthe only, movement
of this kind that will take place during
the present session of congress, but for
a starter it was rather aTiusky propo
sition and attracted., a good deal of at
tention. -v
Firm Hold ob. the People.?^ JC
The dying out oft the noise shows the
president still firS* in the affections
and-confidence of the people. thinks
he will be able also to withstand tne
other assaults that he knows
^0^^1966.
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Mw-Mexican-
Ooitrtiittee. f:
are sure
to_.come. His confident belief that the
fibn,
iebple are with him on rate legisla
which caused all the recent agita
tioh, brings out one of1
the strong points
in his character-an abiding faith that
in the long run the/people -will,not sup
port a sham or be misled by it.
|^.2Conr\'of
i B|*e 'Wil.\4g.
When the rate bill ijomes up for de
bate in the hotfse, thei republicans will
suport the amended Hepburn bill .and
democrats will support a bill of their
own, a very radical measure. These
two reports will come from the commit
tee, and there wBlJ debate lasting
perhaps a meek^men a jpllcall which
will, pass the biaby*lmost unanimous^
voteir:. Then it Jpw go] to the sena,tej
when Jt^e JKOabw will Ijegir
It i a House,
Washiniftoni Jan. 20.B... Bi NRodey,
formerrtr delegate to congress 4roiH.Nw
Mexico^ appeared ^beforevthea house1
com
mittee on territories today^and deUv-
e'red* a Speech -4n favor of- the joint,
statehood bill, cfrbieh gave the demo
cratic and republican members of the
committee an opportunity for a final
tilt on the statehood question.
Mr. Rodey was repeatedly, interrupt
ed by questions from members of .the
committee" and by heated arguments de
signed to bring out the attitude of the
administration on statehood.
Representative Lloyd (Mo.) asked
Mr. Rodey if it was not true that the
president and speaker of the house
were forcing-the joint statehood issue.
Continued on 2d Page, 5th Column.
THE ELEPHANT THAT CAME TO US.
'i JJnele SamAwfully nice elephant!_
SAYS ROOSEVELT
WILL BUN AGAIN
Says
Jacob Riis, Close Friend,
President May Enter
^It^Raceinim if^f
W&^J. \T-&M$n
Joum*l Speoial Berrioe.^ ^rUw.* rrfa
Toledo, Ohio,'.Tan. 20."If duty de
manded Roosevelt to continue this fight
he would do it. I know he decs not
want to become a candidate for an
other term, but at the bottom of his
heart Ke believes in, the people and
will fight for them." v.
This as the statement by Jacob A.
Riis, close friend of President Roose
velt', in an interview on the war, be
tween special privileged interests on
one side and the people on the other,
which Mr. Riis predicts. This war, Mr.
Riis says, may last three, five and even
ten years before the people are victor-
ious.- It will wipe out partizanship in
partiesthe first indications of which,
says Mr. Riis, will be seen at the con
gressional elections to be held in 1907.
DEOIH BANDIT
SHOOTS TO tlLL
Mysterious Highwayman Fatally
/Wounds Peter Johnson on
Railroad Tracks.
Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Minn., Ja^_S0^Peter John
son is dying at the WestDuluth police
headquarters. is a w-oodsman who
has lived around here for ten years.
Last night as_he was going out on the
Northern Pacific track, and passing
thru a rock cut, he says a. tall dark man
approached him. They, spoke and the
man suddenly said, "Have ou got any
money?" Johnson replied that he had
not, when, he said, the man pulled a
gun, held it to his breast, and fired.
According to Johnson's story, this
as about 8 o'clock. managed to
crawl off the track and then lay there
until-7 o'clock this"Tnorning before be
ing found. The night was not cold,
but when-found he. had suffered severe
ly from the exposure and as wet and
cold. The bullet entered his body just
about an inch below the heart. Physi
cians say nothing but extraordinary
vitality can save Turn.
t. CLOOD'S MAYOR MAY
BOH FOR RE-ELECTION
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Speoial to The Journal.
St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. #0:A eojn-'
mittee, representative of^-'the (lerman,
(Citwens^has asEed Mayor'John N". Ben
sen to run again for mayor at the April
election.
The committee stated that the order
for Sunday' closing of saloons as hear
tily approved and the citizens wanted
him to continue in charge of the mu
nicipal affairs the coming year.
Whi le no definite reply as given,
Mayor Bensen did not refuse to become
a candidate for re-election, and it is
believed he will consent to enter the
field in the spring.
WOOD TO SUCCEED CORBIN.
Manila, Jan. 20.Major General Leonard
Wood will succeed Major General Corbin
in command of the military division of
the Philippines on Feb. 1. Major Gen
eral Corbin will leave on Feb. 2 for Hong
kong, sailing thence for San Francisco on
Feb. 9 on the Pacific Mail steamer Korea
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IXTXE E. WBIOHT,
Fint United States Ambaaiador
Japan.
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DOES ROOSEVELT PLAN
TO SELL PHILIPPINES?
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UNSAFE CHICAGO
WAKENS TO PERILS
Death to Burglars in Battle with
Detectives Assailants of
Women Sentenced.
Chicago, Jan. 20.One burglar was
killed and another fatally wounded ear
ly today at Des Plaines, a suburb of
Chicago, in a battle between detectives
of the Chicago & North-Western rail
road and five men detected in an at
tempt to steal from a repair shop of
the railway company.
The detectives had surrounded the
shop and the fight began when the_
thieves attempted to escape with- the"
plunder.~ The three men not wounded
escaped after'they had exhausted their
l.hWninvtioji.1
%vr Octogenarian Sentenced.
"The law laid an iron hand yesterday
on offenders of the class who have ter
rorized Chicago recently by their armed
hold-ups and attacks on women. In
one case an octogenarian, in spite of
the plea of his attorneys that his life
race as nearly run, was sentenced to
ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
Jn another court three youths under
10 years of age were sentenced to pris
on for life after having been convicted
of an armed robbery.
a *n,,Ad
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wa foun guilty of attacking a little
girl. Altho 86 years of age he was given
a sentence that, if he could live that
long, would free him from prison at
the age of 185.
Peter Brady* Joseph Hase and Law
rence Roscoe were the youths sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life. The
life sentence was inflicted under that
portion of the statute which provides
such imprisonment when revolvers are
carried in such attacks. The three boys
were convicted of eight robberies in
one night. The largest amount of money
secured by them as booty was $1.
Unsafe Streets.
Another case, showing how unsafe it
is for women and girls to be on the
streets of Chicago after dark, was
brought to l^ght by the grand jury re
turning an indictment against Sam
Williams, a negro, on complaint of Mar
garet O'Donoghue, a 15-year-old girl.
Miss O'Donoghue testified that she
as attacked while on her way home
and dragged into an alley at West
Madison and Sangamon streets by a
negro and a white man. She fought
bravely to save the $3 she had re
ceived as her week's salary. After forc
ing the victim into the darkest part of
the alley the men almost tore her cloth
ing into shreds before they found the
money.
KIPLING WRECKED
CREW NEAR DEATH
No More Will This Schooner Sail
the Seven SeasRescue
Thrilling*.
New York, Jan. 20.-An account of a
strange and thrilling rescue of seven
seamen from the shipwrecked schooner
Kipling was brought here today by the
steamer Maine from London. The
steamer found the Kipling on Jan. 11,
near the British coast, sinking from the
effects of the pounding of huge waves,
and? sent a boat to take off the Kip
ling's crew. It stood alongside the
schooner, sometimes rising to the level
of the decks and then dropping far be
low them with the roll of the waves.
Every man on the Kipling had safely
jumped into this bobbing boat, and the
oars had been dipped to row away,
when the schooner swung'around so
that her bowsprit as directly over the
lifeboat. Simultaneously a sea rose be
neath the boat, carrying it up, and
crushing it against the bowsprit, which
struck it directly across the midship
section. In the midst of snapping oars
and flying splinters the seven seamen
from the Kipling leaped up to the bow
sprit, throwing their arms about avail
able supports and with their feet try
ing to kick the lifeboat free from its
ferilou position. This they did, but the
ifeboat swept clear of the schooner,
leaving them clinging to the bowsprit.
I the bottom of the boat one res
cuer lay, unconscious, having been
struck on the head during the collision,
and the boat itself so badly damaged
that itf was in danger of sinking. It
.was rowed back to the Maine while
the crew of the Kipling clambered
back to the deck of their vessel again.
The Maine, however, sent a second life
boat to the schooner and this time the
shipwrecked men were safely taken
aboard the steamer.
The Kipling had been crippled for
twenty days before sighting the Maine.
She was bound for America.
AY, WEEK OCfcl* -WAS*/
The Sunday JFourna!
Is the Sunday Paper that
whole northwest is talking
about.
14 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
WRIGHT MAY KAKE
DEAL WITH JAPAN
Transfer of Islands to Nippon
May Be Part of Envoy's'
Jfe-ii* v.s% Duties."
3 *f 2-js'^
Governor General of Eastern Pos-
.v sessions Might Dicker
Crane's Resolution.
Soon after congress convened Sena-,
tor W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts
introduced" a resolution in the senate!,
authorizing the president to negotiate
with world powers to the end that the
"integrity of the Philippines should
be preserved if they should receive
their independence.'' Whethers thi
meant that the administration really
intends ^to declare the independence of'^v.^
our^ eastern possessions or arrange for
N mercy because of his great age! exchange. The idea has strongly sua*
MI ehowa. ^^la8'''Ht^^d vriweii^nVKgested''its^.'.rto the American authwi-
,s
their transfer to Japan or some otherCv
world power again is conjecture. There"*-'**-"V
is reason to believe the administration/'''^
may intend the independence of the".
islands, as as suggested today, as the
piece de resistance of the Roosevelt
administration just before its close, and
that the real reason for Governor
Wright's selection for, ambassador to/
Japan is to arrange with the Japanese
emperor an amicable understanding un-*
der the provisions of the Crane resolu
tion.
Rumor in London. '*l-
Birmingham, Jan. 20.The corre
spondent of the Post at London, who
has unique sources of news in regard
to the diplomatic affairs, todav tele
graphs:
There is a growing belief in well
informed quarters that Japan may soon
acquire the Philippines by purchase or
4-+^ir,^ nies, and it is not impossible that the
proposal, whiefe. it is known has been
made to AmenoS by Japan, though it
may be officially denied^:-will be seri
ously considered at Washington."
BUSS TARIFFS BAR'!
-AMERICAN GOODS
New Duties, Quietly Imposed,
Will Shut Out American
Machinery. ..i
Special to The Journal. __
-Chicago, Jan. 20.William E. Curtis,
in a Washington special to the Record
Herald, says:
Notwithstanding its troubles abroad
and its disturbances at home, the Rus
sian government has continued to per
form its functions, and the ministry
of foreign relations and the department
of commerce have been doing business
just as usual. Some of their recent
transactions seriously affect important
interests in the United States, altho
no one in this country seems to be
aware of the fact and our embassy and
consulate at St. Petersburg have not
informed the state department on the
subject
The duties upon machinery, electrical
supplies and other articles which are
shipped in large quantities from the
United States to Russia after March 1
will be Jaxed nearly 100 per cent more
than at present. The duties are to be
raised for the protection of American,
German and other .manufacturers who
have been induced to build factories
and invest capital in the Russian em
pire. This is the second time that the
Russian government has increased, its
import duties upon such merchandise
for the same reason, and the manufact
urers of the United States are the prin
cipal sufferers. If Ambassador Meyer
Consul General Watts at St. Peters
burg are aware of this fact, they have *&
not reported it to the department of
state.
Last year our direct exports to Rus
sia were about $16,000,000, but OUT in
direct exports thru Hamburg and other
European* markets were very much
larger. Hamburg, being a free port,
where there are no custom houses, is
the great distributing point for eastern
Europe, and nearly all the large manu
facturers in the United States have
agencies there to receive and tranship
goods intended for Russia, Austria a"mi
other parts of Europe.
Germany agrees to admit agricultur
al products from Russia at her mini
mum rates of duty and Russia recipro
cates" by giving the manifacturers of
Germany the benefit of the minimum
duties of her tariff. Hence German?
manufactures of machinery, engines,
motors, copper ynrei electrical supplies
and agricultural implements of all
kinds, will have a great advantage over
American manufacturers who produce
the* same things.
W are to be shut out of the German
market also altho that government is
perfectly willing to meet us .half way
and give us* the same advantages for
our agricultural products that she has
given to Russia. It is almost certain
that the Russian government would do
the same if we could make a treaty of
reciprocity. But the senate would ratify
it andthe house of representatives would
not agree to the reduction in our tariff
rates on any articles, no matter how
much we might gain thereby.
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Journal Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 20.Behind the d
cision of the Roosevelt administration
to send Governor General Luke
Wright of the Philippines as the first
ambassador to Japan lies a story of
administration policy which as et has
not been told.
President Roosevelt, it is asserted by
close advisers of the administration, ifc,
convinced that the best thing the Unit
ed States can do with the Philippines is %&
to get rid of them on the best terms
that can be negotiated ^and under the H^
best'possible conditions obtainable for
the^ integrity of the Philippine islands
either for their ultimate indepen
dence, or at least that th ey may be
come a united colony of one 01 the
great world powers.
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