The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-25

quietly by for solid year and seeing
thosc Armenians massacred, because
lht1 are ,hrisui MS While she was ohc
OF ine very agencies agreeing TO pro 90
/ 90 n, and while she had the power IN
her hands amy day to 40 a.
so say. Mr.. President, regardless
or What Great Britain might have
thought. N I had had my way, ] would
have mcmorialized Russia TO take pos
session of Armenia. AZ once. and would
have declared that the United states
/ would hack her in the doing Of it. SO
/ ial 5s American citizens are concerned,
! would protect them there at any cost.
/ W. never agreed that The Dardanelles
snouia Dc closed TO che Unitcd States.
no WATERS CLOSED
There cannot be found a line IN the
| pohcy OF the United States that ever
! pcfmitted any great naWgdbie water 10
Dc closed 10 us-nOt one
on the contrary We have been ready
20 20 70 war al any time 10 keep navi-
| taDie waters open 20 our ships. We have
gwen no assent TO the agreement Of Euro
ptan nations that the Dardanellcs should
be closed. And If it were necessary TO
ptolect American citizens and their prop
tfty, would order United States ships,
ln spite OF forts, In spite Of agreements.
20 SAN uD the Dardanelies. plant them
solves before Constantinople and demand
that American citizens shall have the
protection 10 which they are entitled.
(Applause)
Mr President, / think that one Of the
grdniest things i'm all Of the history
OF Great Britain is That she does protect
hcf subjects everywhere. anywhere, and
under all circumstances. I do not won
der that British subject loves his
country.
BRITISH SUBJECTS PROTECTED.
This little incident with which you are
all familiar is a marvellous Illustration
OF the protection which Great Britain
gives 10 her subjects. The King Of Abys-
sinia TOOK British subject named Camp
DELL about twenty years ago, carried him
up 20 the Fortress Of Magella, on the
heights of rock mountain. and put him
INTO dungeon. without cause assigned.
II took six months for Great Britain TO
find that out. Then Great Britain de-
manded his immediate release. King
Iheobaldt refused the release. In less
than ten days after that refusal was
received 10000 English soldiers, including
1000 SepOys. We're on board ships Of war
and were sailing down the coast. Nnru
they reached the coast they were dis
embarked. marched across that tcrrlnia
country distance Of seven hundred
miles unocrl "a burning sun, up the noun
tain, up 90 the very heights IN 'front.' OF
The frOwning dungeon men gave battle,
battered down The iron gates Of The stone
walls, reached down into the dungeon
and lifted out of 10 that one British
subject-king Theobaldt killing himself
with his own pistol Then they carried
put him ON board a whte-winged ship,
and sped him 20 his home IN safety.
WHAT 1T COST
"That cost Great Britain s25.000000 and
made General Napier Lord Napier Of
Magdalena. That was great thing for
country TO dO-a country that can see
an across the ocean. an across the land,
and away UP tle mountain height and
down in the darksOmc dungeon, her one
subject. and has an arm long enough
The same ocean, the same land. up the
same mountain height, down TO the same
dungeon. and then lift him out and carry
him home 10 MS own country and friends.
I'm Gods name who would not die
for country that would do that
well, Mr.. President our country viii
do IT, and our country ought TO do il.
and an that i ask in this concurrent
resolution of ours is that country shall
model itself after Great Britain In this
one thing. The life OF an American
citizen must be protected wherever he
may be. whether in Great Britain or i'm
Turkey cloud applause IN the gal
leres).
CTHER BUSINESS.
At . o'clock the unfinished business,
the House bond bin. with the free-coinage
substitute, was laid before the Senate.
IL was temporarily laid aside.
A substitute for The Armenian resolu-
ZION, .Qnered ny MI can. was tabled,
tOfOre telegraphed was adopted
Mr.. Jones (Dem). of Arkansas. in
charge of the free-cOinage substitute to
the bond bin, asked unanimous consent
that the vote on n be taken next Thurs
day at ! o'clock. but Mr.. Allen ROpD. OF
Nebraska. objected.
subsequently Mr. Jones gave notice
that he would ask the Senate to remain
in session next Thursday until the uu-
finished business was disposed Of
Senate BIN appropriatng 5000 for the
purchase of lands adjoining the United
States naval station at Port Royal S. c.,
was passed.
After a short executive session the
Senate adiOurnes until Monday
There was a fair attendance of mem |
bers when, at Il. NJ. the House met |
for the first pension session of the Fifty |
fourth Congress
Among the thirteen bills which received |
favorable consideration We're Senate bin |
granting a pension Of SO per month 90 |
The widow of the late Brigadier-General |
and Representative William COgswelI. of |
Massachusetts. and House bin increasing |
TO- S12 per month the pension OF the |
widow of The late Colonel William Du- |
ancy
AZ 1880 j.. NJ. the House adjourned |
til Monday.