Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
WARRINGTON LETTER.
trrom our Regular Correspondent

ference with the President, ut Lake
Champlain, at the latter's request, has
increased the number of those who
believe that the army of $4,000 men
which the administration is preparing
to have at Manila inside of ninety
days will have new commander.
Opinion differs as TO whether General
Merritt was sent for to be offered
this command himself or to advise
the President as TO who would be the
best man to give it to. Although not
one word derogatory to General
Otis has been heard in official circles,
the opinion that he will be supplant-
ed before the beginning Of the pro
| jected active campaign against the
/ Filipinos, which is TO be started n
soon as he rainy season will permit
probably November-is steadily
increasing in Washington. The re-
cruiting of ten additional regiments
which will bring the volunteer forc'
nearly up 10 the $4,000 limit set by
Congress, indicates a determination
OH the part of the administration Il
push ting, mr. n more vigorously II
the roAi c.mlaigh gainst the F'ilipl
uos than has yet /" On done, and Tho
determination is commended by ex-
pansionists and anti-cxpansionst'
alike, MS everybody is anxious t" have
the fighting ended over there, regard
less of what is Afterwards done will
the Islands.
Secretary Wilson, who has just re
turned from trip to the Pacific coast
reports the people of the west al
practically unanimous in favor Of the
retention If the Philippines by the l
s., as a necessary adjunct to our al
ready large and rapidly increasing
trade with China and Japan. lie
SAYS the people of the west under
stand this question much better TIL"
do those of the east.
Germany isn't satisfied with fight
ing the importation of American bee
openly, but insists in fighting it in al
sorts Of ways. One of those ways II
explained in report, just received
at the Department Of State, from ou'
Consul General to Berlin. 1t relates
to a recent decree of the German
government, prohibiting the I'm
portation of fresh beef from Belgium
! into Germany. OF this decree the
Consul General wrote: LAS BelPium
has no surplus home grown beef sup
ply to export anywhere 1t was at
once evident that the decree was II
reality aimed at American beef and
was ocaSioned by the fact that the
Belgian government, which has toi
several years past prohibited the I'M
portaiion of live cattle from the L
S. has recently rescinded that re-
striction, leaving the butchers of that
country free to import at certain de-
signated ports American cattle for
immediate straightforward, unless pre-
vented by new regulations, to export
the meat thus obtained across the
frontier into Germany SO far as
BELGIUM is concerned, this decree
will not iniure American Interests
because it prohibits traffic that does
not exist. The Consul General says
| fu rthcr; Where the decree Will DO
American interests most injury N IN
Der mark, which country is ready 10
follow Belgium's lead in American
cattle. but hesilates to do so for fear
that Germany will, in such event,
promptly shut out fresh meat I'M
ports FROM Denmark, and thereby
d estroy trade which is OF real I'M
portance to Scandinavia, the German
imports of beef and veal from Den
mark and SwedeA having reached a
total of l9,556,4ll pounds III 1888
The German d, cree has therefore the
direct eject Of excluding American
cat,le from Denmark, which country
there is good reason to believe, would
otherwise admit them rs readily as
England has done for years and
Belgium has now consented TO do. "
Major john r. Hof. Chlet Sur
geon of Military Department OF
Porto Rico, isn't one of the military
opponents Of women nurses tor the
army. On the contrary, he thinks
so well Of them that. in an official re-
port TO Surgeon General S'ernberg,
highly commencing the services OF
Miss Chandler and Miss Bouigny,
who are nurses under him, he wrote,
"GOd bless them"
Surgeons Of the U. S. Marine Hos
pital Service, who have been investi'
eating the yellow fever since last
November, state their belief In an
official report to Surgeon General