Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24
HINT GIVEN COGHLAN.
Gallant Commander of the Ra.
leigh Talks Too Freely to
Suit Washington.
ORDERED TO GO ABOARD HIS SHIP.

| Where He Can Talk to the Winds and the
German Authorities Cannot Hear Him
| What He Said at a Couple of Banquets
| About the Kaissr's Men ut Manila
| Dewey's Message TO the German Naval
| Commander.
| New York. April 24-To all appear
ances Captain Coghlan, of the cruiser
| Raleigh is under the 6ispleasure of the
Washington authorities for talking TOP
plainly. 1t appears that the aforesaid
Washington authorities are very much
| embarrassed by the captains plain talk
Friday night about the Yanko-Germap
incidents at Manila last summer. It is
particularly unfortunate from the
standpoint OF the authorities, that just
at this time. with the Samoan question
on hand and friction between the two
governments regarding tariff questions.
a United States naval officer should so
plainly and publicly have expressed
himself regarding the action OF the Ger
man commander at Manila last year.
Captain Ordered Aboard ship.
So. as it appears. Captain Coghlau
received a ia ther peremptory reminder
Saturday night that silence is golden"
especially in a national officer. The
captain was to have been one of the
guests at the Montauk club in Brook
lyn. AT Il p. m. after Depew had
spoken. u telegram was received from
Captain Coghlan from the Army and
Navy club saying that he would be at
the Montauk club within a quarter of
an hour. Half an hour later a sec
ond telegram was received from the
RaIeigh's captain, in which i4e said that
he had received orders from Washing
ton to report to his shipsat once to go to
sea. 1t was also said that he received
the order just as he was leaving the
Army and Navy club for the Montauk.
Reiterates What He Had Said.
Perhaps the authorities at Washing
ton had been informed of the captains
speech at the Army and Navy club Sat
urday night In this speech the cap
tain reiterated what he had said at the
Union League club Friday night. adding
however. that the newspapers distorted
what he said to some extent. The cap
tain in explaining to the Army and
Navy people said: Il feel inclined to
say only few words this evening be-
cause what I said last night was taken
umbrage at by some one at Washing
ton who protested what I said. What
/ did say last night was true and what
said 1 will say again. [Great ap-
plause.l l said it because I felt it. L
am certain we all felt that we were
being nagged at Manila. We were near
ly nagged TO death. There is such a
thing as being nagged too far-and. d-n
'enl, we were ready for them. ="
Very Near Killing at One Time.
THE admiral was a man who could |
stand it long time. But when the mo-
ment came he stopped it. and they |
never moved a hair afterward.' Stop
ping few minutes and looking about |
at his auditors Captain Coghlan raised |
his hands. and placing the palms close |
together said: Il did think at one time |
that we We're that close to killing him. |
LGreat applause One word, one act.
would have done it Here Captain !
Coghlan stopped and was about tocease
when the audience cried:
Go on: go on" II do not care to go on
and repeat what / said last night. al
though / am willing to do it