Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lErom nnr Rsgular Correspondent. !

China and Japan, which would
haye brought ali Iut state Ofaff IFS
which might have very unpleasant
to Japan h.d that war lasted JLsl
a little longer. That wOnll have
been a war with the United 5 ates
aud if j ,pan continues t. be oil
the Same mind SHE is bound IT,
have trouble with the United
States il she has a war with Russia
or any other country. Overlook
ing tue face that the United States
fought war with a much more
powerful nation about that same
thing, Japan claimed AMI still
claims the right ID time OF war to
search American vessels and 10
take IherefrOm any enemy fond.
TniS came dangerously near 10 tue
shooting point just before the
treaty of peace was signed Oet"een
China aud ,pan. Ii fact, ii tuat
document had been delay ell 40
hours there would have been a
fight, althO Igh tn 1t vas not known
at the time. Admiral Carpenter
had ii gn'i his intention to es'
cJrt au American merchant steam
ship TO prevent her dcteutIon az
japanese port, and the japanese
authorities had issued orders oil
recting the cDm mud ,ntS of the
forts at the mOath Of their htr5or
to fire upon the a n5;Ioan vessel II
that intention was carried out
Those who know Admiral Carpen'
ter need not b5 tOld what would
have happened had lie been hired
upon. He would have given those
Japs something thew tailed to gel
during their scrap with C1lna-a
taste Of real fighting; and the re-
suit would have bten another war.
IfJAp4n doesn't recede from her
ridiculous claim, that war Is mere
lyp),iponed fjr a time. 1t will be
bound to come, as the right OF
search IS one that Uncle Sam will
never concede to any nation as
long as he has man to resist 1t.
A bright newspaper man who
inst returned from trip throug b
Minnesota says: SENATOR Days
will have his state delegation to
start with, bat unless he develops
unexpected strength IN the con-
veutiOn he can't hold the votes
long. On leaving him the delega'
ton will pro badly divide between
Reed and McKlnly. The Con-
gressional delegation is committed
to Reed, but Mckinley has, l
think, a majority anon G the re-
pubhcans of the state. The people
are too busy with their crops just
now to encourage or take part lii
political agitation of any sort. /
was SUI prised to fud among the
democrats of the state a cOnsidera
BILE sentiment in favor of a third
term for Mr.. Cleveland"
1t is believed that recent happen
ings in China aud the demands
made by this government had
something to do with the Chinese
minister and his entire legation re-
turning 10 Washington from their
summer outing in the midst of one
If the warmest spells We have had f,
although that willy diplomat denies
it and says he intended when he
went away to return Just when he
did. At any rate he Is back, but
IN the absence of both the President
aud Secretary OfState his presence
in Washington will not be worth
much to his government.
Not little talk has been heard,
and 1t has not been confined to
Texans, either, concerning the
long stay Senator Mills has made
at bis Washington home. He has
been here nearly all the time since
Congress adjourned. Repeated at.
telnpts have been made by newspa-
per men to interview him on The
financial question, but none OF
them have succeeded, and If
Senator Mills, who was once a
strong silver man, has changed his
views, as some claim, be has not
taken the public into his con.
fdence. That's why there is so
much talk. His enemies say that
he is lodging the question, but it
Is only fair to Senator Mills to say
that his record is not that of a.
dodger. He has more than once
G me out of his way to express de.
c ded opinions which he kuew
would be a disadvantage to him.
Some say that be is busy writing
a book dealing with economic
subjects. At any rate he isn't
lalkiug for publication, this sum
mer.