The times., 1897-08-11
JUDGE DAY CALLED BACK
The President Requests Him to
Cut Short His Vacation.
SPANISH AFFAIRS THE CAUSE
Mr.. Mckinley Alarmed Over Sec
retary Sherman's Interviews On
the Death of CaDoyas-Assistant
Secretary 10 Resume Charge of
Foreign Affairs.

A telegram was received as the State
Department yesterday which announced
that Judge Day, Assistant Secretary of
State, VIII arrive in this city in a day or
two Co resume his supervision OF foreign
affairs 1t was the intention or Judge bay
to Indulge n q longer vacation and the
telegram was surprise to the officials.
1t created considerable speculation in the
department, but the CONSENSUS OF opinion
was that the vacation Of the Assistant Sec
retary had been cut short at the request
OF the President, who, it is said, Is very
much annoyed over the interviews Secre-
tary Sherman is reported to have given.
Judge Day Will when he arrives. as here
tofore, assume full charge OF all foreign
affairs and the Administ ra ton hopes by
this action to prevent Mr. Sherman from
venting his views in rega rd to state matters
in the manner he has been doing of late.
THIS viii rot prevent the venerable Secre-
taFy from talking If he desires, but when
the countries OF Europe become aware of
the fact that Nr. Sherman is Secretary
in name only. and that Judge Day is the
actual head of the department, they may
NOS attach any Importance to what dipio-
mats regard as curious utterances from
the head ofthe State Department.
\ diplomat said last night that when lie
heard tuat Judge Day would soon take
charge again he was not in the least sur
pTised, and he believed that the President
had requested Judge Day TO do this. He
added chat the memory of Mr.. She fman Is
so uncertain tha he is apt at any time un-
Intentionally 10 say or do something that
viii he diSpIeasipg to foreign countries.
In his old age" said the diplomat,
MI sherman is forgetting the statecraft
for which he has been noted for two score
years, and he seems to remember only that
he is an American, ana he is that frora
head TO f0Jt 1t is for this Reason that he
has probably been indiscreet when taking
to inteCriewers Five years ago no man
on earth could have got from John Sher
man such remarks as he made a few days
ago relative To Spain. BIS Statecraft would
have prevented him from uttering his real
sentiments He would have concealed his
feelings as an American behind il, but
now as he becomes infirm his natural
feelings overcome those of the diplomat, md
he speaks from his heart aud not the head
Just as soon as Judge Day returns You
may expect TO learn that MI. Sherman
Will leave Washington for more recreation
It was not his or the Administrations in
tention that Mr.. Sherman should return
to Washington this summer and he prob
ably would not have done so had it mt
been for the return Of Whitelaw Reid and
John ". Foster The rumors regarding
whitelaw Reid being the successor of Mr..
Sherman disturbed the Secretary very
much, and the controversy over the BerinE
Sea Letter has also worried him. He VIII
not admit that age is growing on him and
he honestly believes that his faculties are
unimpaired and Just aS good as they We're
twenty years age, when he was a power
in the Senate and the country"