Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

State Department ID to be followed by
reversal OF the foreign policy of the
President. The assumpton has been
that such would not be the case. But
there are those who think that the
sudden death of Judge Gresham will
furnish the President the opportunity
to carry ont plan which they say he
had determined upon while Mr..
Gresham was still Il member OF tho
Cabinet. Those who entertain this
view appear to believe that the Presi,
dent had discovered that his foreign
policy was failure, and that it had
rendered his administration unpopu-
lar. There are those who assert that the
President was so convinced of the neces,
'ity of change Of policy that he had
determined upon it at the expense Of
making scapegoat OF Secretary
Gresham, and of humiliating him by
claiming that the pitiful Hawaiian
policy was devised by the dead Secre,
tary of State. The outward indica,
ton that the President contemplated
such change of policy before Secre.
tary Gresham s death, is found in the
lingo speech of Don Dickinson at De,
troit, who, it is asserted, went fresh
from conference with the President
to deliver that speech, The friends
OF the administration expect that
greater yrility will be shown in the
Presidents foreign policy when the
questions relating to the disputed
bOundry between Great Britain and
Venezuela will have come up for set
tlement. 1t is as to this question that
the supporters of the Administration
declare that the President is to
give to the world his Interpretation
of the Monroe Doctrine, and is to in
dicate to Great Britain that territorial
aggression, accomplished by an ille'
gal extension of boundaries will not
be tolerated, The supporters OF the
President, who have been humiliated
at the discovery that the foreign policy
of the Administration is unpopular,
say that in consideration of the Ven
zuelan boundary question the Presi-
lent is to assert the principle of
Americanism which seems to have
been waived when the British flag was
raised at COrinto with the full know
ledge and consent of the government
of the United States The friends of
Secretary Oiney say that he has de-
voted himself to consideration of the
Venezuelan matter, and that he is
prepared to assert the American doc.
trine respecting it.
tary McAdoo will go in the Dolphin
upon tour of inspection OF the naval
militia OF the different states. 1t is
the systematic inspection made by the
assistant secretary of that branch Of
the service, and will consume, prob.
ably, more than month. The
party will go northward as far as
Boston and southwark as far as
South Carolina. The date fixed for the
inspection of the Boston reserve is
July 29.
A NOTABLE ExPLoIT--Those Kiel
maritime ceremonies opened auspi-
ciously for Uncle Sam. No large and
heavy man-of-war of the first class
had ever before made long ocean
voyage at the well-sustained speed
with which the American cruisers
New York and Columbia have Just
travelled across the Atlantic on their
way to the rendezvous at Southamp.
ton. Both of them we're known to be
very swift vessels, having attained on
their trial trips an average rate OF q
knots for the New York and 1928 for
the Columbia, But that was the result
achieved with forced draught in all
the furnaces, all the boilers in use,
and the engines working out every
pound of power of which they were ca
pable. The achievement of the Colum-
bia in steaming from New York to
in days % hours, with
three. .fourths of her boiler power under
natural draught, at an average of 1874
knots is conclusive proof that the mer-
its of this extraordinary cruiser have
not been overrsted. Their exploit was
calculated to make these two superb
American ships all the more conspcu-
ously at Kiel the observed of all OBJ
servers. The American people knew
that in these two vessels, with the
Minneapolis, they had the fastest sea-
going cruisers of their size in the
world. Now these ships have given
splendid demonstration of their stay
ing" qualities in run OF 5000 miles.
1t is certain that no vessel of like size
in the naves of Europe has undergone
such triumphant test. 1t is doubt
full if any of them would be permitted
to attempt it. Nine or ten knots is
quite rs much as the foreigners are
disposed to do in their ordinary ocean
cruising.
IMPORTATION OF MACHINERY-The
new regulations for the examination
of machinery at the Boston Custom
House have been put in shape and
transmitted to Collector Warren by
Assistant Secretary Hsmlin. They
provide in brief, for bond from the
importers for the setting up of the
machinery at its final destination, and
the payment of all duties and charges
then found due, after careful examina.
ton by custom officers.
INCREASE OF THE NAVY - Orders
have been issued by the navy depart
ment for the enlistment of landsmen,
seamen and tiremen, in accordance
with the provisions of the naval sp.
preparation act permitting an increase
of the navy by 1000 men. The lands.
men will be enlisted in New York and
the tiremen and seamen in Boston and
Philadelphia. Orders will also be
issued to the navy enlistment officers
in San Francisco to open the books
for the enlistment of men.
DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew says: my
Ideal woman Is not great talker."
What would DR.. Depew think II the
women should say their ideal man Is
not great talker?