Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-23

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Coghlan and his officers, Of the United
States cruiser Raleigh, were entertain
ed at the Union League Club last night.
The dining room was handsomely dec
GRATED with American and British
flags, and ten large tables were
weighted with good things for the re-
turned heroes of Manila. President
Elihu Root presided, and after speech
of welcome called for three cheers for
Admiral Dewey. They were given so
that the building seemed to throD
in sympathy. Three cheers followed
for Capt Coghlan. Almost greater
than either were the shouts of approx
al when President Root called for
"Three cheers for the men behind the
guns
Capt. Coghlan was called upon to
speak. He accepted, he said. all the
good things that have been said about
him and his men as being meant for
Admiral Dewey Every day we were
with him." he added, Eve learned more
and more to love him and more and
more how the country's interests were
safe in his hands, and how he could
do nothing but that which would re-
dound to the countrys credit. Through
all these long, weary months OF walt
ing and the most outrageous nagglng
that anybody could suffer, wearing him
to the very bone, he held himself up
and he held us up with him."
Then Can't. Coghlan told the follow
ing story of his admiral: AN officer
of our friend, Admiral Won Diederich,
came down one day to make COM
plant. 1t was my pleasure to step out
on the quarterback just as ne came
aboard 1t was partly by accident ana
partly by design. I heard him tell the
admiral about his complaint, and
heard the admiral say:
"'Tell your admiral those ships OF
his must stop when | say so. | wish
to make the blockade of this harbor
complete
1.-THE German officer replied: But we
fly the flag.
1.-THE reply of the admiral was just
like Dewey He said: Those flags can
be bought at half dollar yard any
where
There was no fun in that expression
of the admiral. He told the officer that
any one could fly German flag, and
that whole Spanish feet might come
upon him with German flags up. Then
he drew back and stroked his mustache.
He has a great habit of stroking his
mustache when he gets mad. He said:
''Tell your admiral | am blockadins
here. Now note carefully what I say
and tell your admiral that I say 1t. l
have been making this blockade as
easy for everybody as | could, but /
am getting tired Of the puerile work
here. 1t mas been of such a character
that a man would not notice it, al
though children might fight over it,
but the time has come when it must
stop. Tell your admiral that the
slightest infraction Of any rule will
mean but one thing. That will be war.
1t will be SO accepted and resented I'M
mediately. If your people are ready
for war with the United States they
can have it at any time
81 am free to admit that that almost
took my breath away. 1t came so sud
denly We had expected it all along,
but things you have been expecting al
ways come unexpectedly. AS he left
with a face about this long Indicating
by holding his hands far apart, the
German said to me: I think your adj
miral does not exactly understand
"'Not only does he understand l
told him, but he means what he says,
and you had better look out After
that they did not breathe more than
four times successfully without asking
permission"
Washington, April 22.-The German
Ambassador, DIR. Won Holleben, called
on Secretary Hay to-day, which led to
reports that attention of the State De-
partment had been called to the re-
marks of Captain Coghlan, of the cruz
ser Raleigh, at a New York banquet,
last night. relating his personal obser-
vations of the rebuke and threat adj
ministered by Admiral Dewey to the
German naval commanders at Manila.
1t was stated positively, however, that
no protest or representations were
made, as it is understood to be the
view in German quarters that this Is
matter which the authorities should
be left TO take the initiative. At the
same time it is known that Captain
Coghlan's remarks caused considerable
displeasure in high diplomatic and
naval quarters, mainly because they
are contrary 10 the policy which the
two governments have adopted Of Civ
ing as little public expression as posi-
Bile to the friction which may have oc-
Cured at Manila