The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-02
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1 WAgHfsGTCS. April z5.-~s-The CughIan
q 1Dc3deut" Is the way II viii be known in
eeafe department circles until II h for
epfssn. ~ brave and a gallant officer.
sut very indixcreet IN his public utter
s~aces." liz what they say OF the captain
1 q the cruiser Raleigh at the navy depart
! snen. "Buily Boy with glass eye. Hoch
les Kaiser Is ssse customary form of
1nJutatian 10 the gallant captain by hin -
eocisses at the Army and Navy Club.
No one thinks far q moment. ether
American or foreigner. that -'the Cogfian
incident ss galns 10 enbroil this govern
went In any difficulty with that Of the
German emperor. Bat Vince uur extreme
pefnotisns and our sense Of the broadly
exaggerated az humur arr seldom apprsl
.csated by any foreign peepie. ard since al
zach things tend 10 breed bad feeling
Uben good ones are most desired. the I'M
e46ent" Is much regretted.
Probably the English editor who said
fhas Coghsan was "a wild frfshmau'- and
= such was rot 20 he held accountable asd
n German editor who explained the ut
tesances by saying thar they wer spoken
affer a hilsrtous hanaset. al whiei. wine
aowed freely warc both partly right II
upsmbers Of she tTnf.n League Club we're
rot 20 fond 81 talking outside OF their
club house OF what is said and douv By
ahetr guests. who suppoAed they were
BE- % many sesssationy IN the New York.
papers. Hut In this particular case II can
hardly be said that any one outside OF
official life has expressed any great
amount Of sorrow because Capt. Cozhinn
aid tribute to the bravery and intrepid
ity OF Admiral Dewey or In Eood-hu-
norsA sort Of q way p0ted q little fun
Ct the German emperor.
What the German ambassador II said 10
hive taken umbrage Al and called the at
tention Of the state department to. as
being not quite the proper thing for an
officer OF friendly nation IN say about
the divine ruler of another nation. then at
peace with all the world. was this sem
teuce: THE officers of a certain nation
81 Manila (ths context OF the remainder
q hts remarks showing plainly that Ger
many was MEANT constantly nagged the
American naval forces. hat we were ready
for them, and damn them. they knew II. :"
Almost the same words were repeated by
Capt. Coghian the next night at the Army
and Navy Club.
ssMoch der Kaiser DiA 10.
However serious a breach Of official eth
Quette this might be considered. these ut
teranees are not the real thorn In the flesh
Of the representatives OF Germany at the
national capital or at Berlin Capt Cogh-
Ian was the lion Of the evening. and when
everybody at tho reception was feeling
particularly good. nothing would do for
these gay social boys but that the captain
OF the Raleigh should sing them a song.
Now, the captain of the cruiser that
helped 90 sink the ships Of Admiral Nom
tejo had never sung a song In his life. But
IN the long harhor duty I'm Manila bay he
had many times ana OF heard the sailors
Of the Raleigh sing at the top OF their
voices a song that seemed to particularly
1t the occasion and was intended TO be a
good humored expression OF the average
Yankee sailors ideas upon the alleged de
vine right Of kings. Capt. coghlan had