Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-07-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 26, 1895

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towards the acquisition of another
desirable piece of real estate, when
Gen. Miles hoisted cold Glory" on
Porto Rico, and, whatever may be
done with other captured territory,
it is certain that Porto Rico is going
to be ours to keep. In addition to
the troops with Gen. Miles, two
other armies are to be landed at
different points in Porto Rico at
once. Then the three armies will
capture all of the smaller places
before moving in concert on the
heavily fortified town of San Juan.
Three weeks is the outside estimate
of the length of the campaign, al
though President McKinley's desire
that San Juan shall be taken with
out infantry assaults upon the
breastworks, if possible, may
lengthen the campaign.
For reasons satisfactory to him
self, President Mckinley has de-
ferred sailing of Commodore Wat
sons fleet for the coast of Spain.
The presumption is that he is Civ
ing Spain al opportunity to sue for
peace, although neither he nor any
member of his cabinet has said any
thing upon which to base that pre-
sumption. Secretary Long, when
asked the direct question, when
Commodore Watson's fleet would
start for Spain, said: Whenever
the President issues the order.'
The encouraging news from Gen.
Skaters army has destroyed the
last vestige of the yellow fever
scare. A considerable number of
our men over there have the fever,
but there have been very few deaths
from it.
The trouble about the yellow
journal story of how the War De-
partment got euchred when it con-
tracted with a Spanish steamship
company for the transportation of
the surrendered Spanish soldiers
from Santiago to Spain was the
usual one it wasn't true. The
Spanish steamship company will get
no advantage whatever out of the
contract beyond the cash paid for
the transportation, while the War
Department made sure by placing
this contract that no complaint
could be made against us in con-
nection with the treatment of the
prisoners on the voyage, and that
there would be no trouble about
their being landed in Spain. The
contract specifically stated that no
vessels belonging to the company
would be allowed to leave block
AIDED ports to perform tae service
provided for.
1t is the opinion ta President
Mckinley and members of his cab
met that the friction between Gen.
Shafter, and Gen. Garcia, who COM
mands the Cuban insurgents in the
Santiago district, which led to Gar
cia withdrawing his troops and an
nouncing that he had rendered his
resignation to Gen. Gomez, the
commander-in-chief of the insur-
gents, IS more the result of mis-
understanding than anything else.
Gen. Shaeters instructions are to
treat the insurgents courteously
and kindly and not to expect too
much from Chem in a military way.
1t is nonsense for Garcia to pretend
to be disgruntled because Santiago
was not turned over to the insur-
gents. 1t has beer made plain to
him and all of the other insurgent
leaders that the L. S. intended! to
assume military control of Cuba as
fast as it came into our possession,
and to retain that control until such
time as all the residents of Cuba
could be given an opportunity to
express themselves as to how and
by whom they would be governed.
1t was because of doubt that the
insurgents represented majority
of the residents of Cuba that Presi-
dent Mckinley strove SO hard and
successfully to prevent Congress
providing for the recognition of the
insurgent government.
The L. S. sells more wheat and
flour to Japan than do all other
countries combined, and the official
figures in a report from U. S. Con-
sui Harris, at Nagasaki, shows a
steady and healthy growth in this
trade. OF wheat we sent in 1895,
only 4S4 80 lbs, but in 1896, it
had grown to 2,451, $3.50 lbs, and in
1897 to II, 467, ,466 lbs. OF flour we
sent in 1898, 13,S66,9 $40 lbs, in
1896. 81 ,4OS, 81 lbs, and in 1897,
81 ,O94 $40.
That a protective tariff does not |
prevent the growth of our export