Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-25
GERMANY PROTESTS.
Formal Complaint Against Cap
tain COgh|an's Remarks
HAY M|N|MHES THE MAT TER
Berlin Understands. However, That he
Expresses Strong DlsappioYal."
NO REASON TO FEAR TROUBLE
There May lie some Embarrassmcnt
However, I'm Executing the Round
OF Receptions Planned for the
Raleigh.
NO REASON TO FEAR TROUBLE.
Raleigh n.

| WASHINGTON, April 2t--The GcrnraH
Government has entered formal protest
| against the language used by Captain
! Coghlan. Of the cruiser Raleigh, at tho
Union League Club banquet. in New
York, last Friday night. and also his re- :
marks on Saturday night before the Army
and Navy Club.
The protest was lodged with Secretary
! Hay through the German Ambassador
Herr Won Holloben
Secretary Hay replied that the LAM
suage appeared to have been used at q
dinner in a club. and so could not be re-
garded as an official or public utterance
In the sense that would warrant tho
State Department in acting. However.
the Navy Department was fully compe-
| tent to take such action as tho casa
/ seemed to require.
I GERMANY WILL. WAIT.
| With this statement the Ambassadors
was content for the time at least. and
Will doubtless await reasonable length
Of time upon. the Nayy Department
There are seml-ofticial intmations that
| the Ambassador viii not so much cons
Germ himself with the course Of Captain
| Coghlan as with the course OF the United
I States in dealing with Coghlan. The Ger
| man Ambassador stated to-day that thu
\ poem recited by Captain Coghlan was
100 disgusting TO be noticed"
COURSE or NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Though relieved from accountability TO
the State Department directly by secrc-
tary Hays attitude, the Navy Depart
ment, as it has been indicated, must deal
with the case. Captain Coghlan can be
called to account on several charges. pre-
| suming that he has been correctly re-
| ported and he admits the utterances Az
! IN CommOdore Meado's case, II he standg
! mute ANA the newspaper men refuse To
testlty. the Navy Department can pro-
! ceed no further. The charges which
would most probably be brought against
| 'aptaan Cogalan IN case ghe affair went
| 10 cOurt-martial would be conduct un-
| becoming an officer Ii Is said that tho
ohlc'r will proceed with dellberatlon In
mailing any statement he may care to
submit TO the department.
THE RALEIGH RECEPTIONS.
In the mean while. unpleasant sugges-
lions are arising as TO the embarrass-
4 ment that might follow the execution OF
1 80 AN"Ah VI Ittfltlhur alitNQN planned
I Tor the Raleigh. Tho German Ambassa-
dor appeared at the State Department az
noon to-day. for the purpose Of making
! IdFther representations to Secretary Hay
| touching the conduct Of Captain Coghlan,
so that the utterances Of Captain Coghlan
. at the Army ana Navy club. as published
\ IN yesterday evenings papers. were re-
sarded as an additional offence. An cfforr
was made to ascertain whether the United
states Government intended 10 do any,
thing oitcialy in view OF subsequent DO
Velopments in the case
/ HAYS POSITION.
secretary Hay has not changed hls po-
/ sition IN any degree. lie deprecated the
} lack Of tact ana the bad taste shown by
| captain C0ghan, and he did not hesl-
tate To let that be known TO the German
Ambassador. but he stil held that tho
case was one that required treatment by
methods Of naval discipline only. and with
which the State Department could not
concern itself
THERE MAY BE DIsCORD.
4 The German Ambassador VIII c0mmunl.
I cate the departments views 10 the For
| eign Office at Berlin The officials on
! both sides realize that this episode may
( grow into a very great source Of dscord
I unless treated discreetly and c0Olly. Our
/ officials are somewhat surprised at the
J Importance allhtIfN 10 the incident by
! the German Government IL is said thar
! our OWN government has ignored many
utteranccs by German officers OF senti-
ments FAR more nimlcal t0 the United
| states than was the talk OF Captain
! Coghan 10 Germany.
MEETINGS 50 FAR AGREEABLE.
After the conference between Secretary
| Hay ana the German Ambassador. this
noon. 81 was stated In an authoritative
quarter that there was no reason 10 view
the Coghlan anair in too serious light
or as presenting grave international COM
plicatiOns. The meetings to-day II was
stated. had been mutually agreeable. Tn,
main feature OF the State Department
conference was that establishing that
the German Government expects this
government TO deal with the Coghian az
fair according to the gravity OF the Of
fence, ana the United States In turn
gives assurance that eyery just expccta-
ton IN this respect will be performed.
COMMENT IN BERLIN.
BERLIN. April 2i.-It is announced in a
semi-ofiiclal. note that the United states
Secretary Of State. Colonel John Hay has
expressed 20 the German Ambassador at
Washington. Or. Won Iioliebcn, his strong
disapprOyal OF the Conduct OF Captain
Joseph B. Coghlan." OF the United states
cruiser Raleigh.
lhlS afternoon newspapers here contain
few comments on Captain C0ghlan's re-
marks. and they generally .ake a calm
view OF the after-dinner speech and con-
slider the incident closed. particularly in
view OF the semi-oficial note published
here, announcing the strong disapproval
OF the United States Secretary OF State of
the Captains conduct. coupled with tho
dignifted tone Of the American press on
the subject, who.i is regarded az being
noteworthy. and as testlfying TO the I'M
proved Communication relations.
CALL FOR SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
The Vosssche Zeitung is an exception
TO this rule. and pron0unces itself in ia
vor OF demanding severe punishment fop
Captain Coghan
In Official circles the Coghlan Incident
Is regarded mildly as an "Aushuss der
Weintaune" expression Of wine humor)
representative of the Foreign Once
said 20 the correspondent or The Associ-
ated Press here: The American G0yern-
ment has promptly and efficiently done all
We could reasonably expect. This alone.
even II IL were not for other indications.
shows W that the American Government
I'm no vay Identifies itself with the uffer.