St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-01
ALIEN TO THE SITUATION.
United States Officials Ready to
Draw the Quarantine Gordon
Taut.

United States Officials Ready to
Draw the Quarantine Gordon
Taut.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The arrival
of the steamer Moravia at New York
from Hamburg today after having had
twenty-five teaths on board from chol-
crime was fruitful topic of
discussion this afternoon among
the officials of the government
charged with guarding the nations
health. When shown the dispatch AS
sistant Secretary Spaulding said it
showed how necessary and timely were
the quarantine precautions taken. He
said there was no doubt that the vessel
would be held in quarantine until the
physicians should be satisfied that all
danger shall have been passed.
Speaking Of the suggestion that con-
gress be called together to enact a law
suspending immigration, Mr.. Spaulding
said that the suspension of immigration
would materially decrease the danger,
though it would be possible for cholera
to get here, even then.
1--WE are doing all that can be DONE"
he said. I'VE have established close
quarantine to protect this country at
every port. Vessels will be detained
just as long as the health officers think
necessary in each case, whether it he
one day or twenty. No vessel
will be permitted until the
there is nc possible danger. If it is de-
creed by Divine Providence that we
shall have cholera here, we cannot pre-
vent it, but it is as neal ly impossible for
it to get in as we can make it.
The state department today received
the following dispatch from the censul
at Glasgow:
Cholera confined to cases reported
among the continental Immigrants. No
contact with any passengers sent for
ward. No cholera in city"
The marine hospital service today re
ce1yed the following cablegram from
the United States consul at Liverpool:
"All Steerage passengers sailing today
efficiently qnarantined before embark
ing; al clothing and baggage thor
oughly disinfected by the sulphur proc
ess. Passengers already embarked were
pronounced perfectly safe by the local
authorities, who are thoroughly alive TO
the danger, and are taking vigorous
measures to prevent any outbreak"
Both Secretary Foster and DR.. wy
man feel that everything possible has
been done by the authorities to meet
any contingency that may arise and to
draw the Gordon of quarantine as
tight as the occasion may demand.
They are fully alive to the situation.
and Secretary Foster tonight said
that he could see nothing further
to do to prevent an invasion of the
disease. He is confident, he says, that
the state quarantine officials have been
most asSiduOuS, and will continue TO be
so in their methods of inspection and so
long as the government is satis-
fed that the state work is
thorough and complete in adj re-
spects. state officers will not be
intertered with. The secretary thinks
that ships coming from non-infected
ports and having no disease aboard
should not be delayed after due inspec-
tlon and dislnfection, if that is deemed
necessary. He added, however, that if
the United States officials are not
satisfied with the state inspection.
then he is in favor of uuar-
antining the ship until all possible dan
ger from the disease has passed. If it
should become necessary, he says, the
immigrants would be refused admission
at Ellis island and the ships papers
could be withheld, but occasion for such
action on the part of the government
he does not consider at all likely to
arise.
Surgeon General Wyman TODAY for
Warded copy of his circular in regard
to quarantine to the health officials of
Ottawa and Ontario, and asked that lie
be Informed of the presence of any
cases in tine dominion. He offered to
give the Canadians any information de-
sired as TO the action taken here to ward
Oft the disease.