The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-22
JUST A HALF DOLLAR A YARD.
DEWEY'S ESTIMATE OF THE GER
MAN FLAG AT MANILA.

Told Won DIedrich's EmIssnrx to
Tell Ills Admiral 10 stop His Fool
ishneSs or There would he Wnr.
COghIan Talks Of the Admiral At
the Union League Club, where
the RaIcigh's Officers Were Enter
tanned.
New York. April 2l.-Capt. J. B. Cogh-
Ian ana his officers of the United States
cruiser Raleigh were royalty entertained
tonight at the Union League Club
The dining room was handsomely deco
rated with American and British flags
and large tables were weighted with good
things for the returned heroes.
President Elihu Root presided, and, aft
er an eloquent speech of welcome, called
for three cheers for Admiral Dewey.
They were given so that the building
seemed to throb in sympathy. Three
mighty cheers followed for Capt Cogh-
Ian
Almost greater than either were the
shouts of approval when President Root
called for three cheers for the men be-
hind the guns There was perfect fu4
rore of excitement and enthusiasm.
Capt Coghlan was then called on to
speak. He was given an ovation as he
rose. He accepted it and all the good
things that have been said about him and
his men as being meant for Admiral Dew
ey.
every day we were with him." he add
ed, 1--WE learned more and more to love
him and more and more how the coun-
try's interests were safe In his hands. and
how he could do nothing but that which
would rebound to the country's credit.
Through all those long, weary months OF
waiting and the most outrageous nagging
that anybody could suffer. wearying him
to the very bone, he held himself up and
he held us up with him"
Flags Were Cheap.
| Then Capt. Coghlan told the following
story of his admiral:
IAN officer of our friend, Admiral Won
Diedrchs, came down one day to make a
complaint, It was my pleasure TO step
| out on the quarter deck just as he came
aboard. 1t was pardy by accident and
partly by design. / heard him tell the ad-
| mlral about his complaint, and l heard the
| admiral reply: Tell your admiral those
| ships of his must stop when / say so, I
! wish TO make the blockade OF this harbor
complete.
"The German officer replied: But we iy
/ the hag.'
Tho reply OF the admiral was just li,Ie
| Dewey. He said Those flags can be
| bought at a half dollar a yard anywhere
There was no fun in that expression Of
| the admiral. He told the officer that any
| one could fly German flag and that d
| whole Spanish fleet might come upon him
| with German flags up Then he drew back
| and stroked his mustaohe He has a
| great habit Of stroking his mustache when
he gets mad. He said.
Would Mean hut One Thing.
"'Tell your admiral I am blockadins
here Now note carefully what l say
and tell your admiral that / say it,
have been making this blockade as easy
for everybody as / could, but j am get
| ting tired Of the peurile work here. 1t has
| been or such a character that a man
| would not notice it, although children
| might fight over 1t, but the time has come
| when It must stop. Tell your admiral
| that the slightest infraction OF any rule
| viii mean but one thing. That will be-
war. IL will be so accepted and resented
| Immediately. If your people are ready
| for war with the United States they can
| have II any time
Il am free to admit that that almost
| took my breath away. 1t came SO sud-
utiliy' we Hdu eApectcd ~ asl along, but
| things you have been expecting always
| come unexectedly. lie left with face
| about this long" Indicating by holding up
| his hands far apart)
"'rhe German said to me: I think your
| admiral does not exactly understand.
Not only does he understand / told
| him, but he means what he says, and you
| had better look out
"After that they did not breathe moro
| than four times successfully without ask
| ing permission"