Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
JUST LIKE ADMIRAL DEWEY.
The Too Aggressive German Admiral
Diedrich Brought Up With
a Round Turn.

New York, April 22.-Capt. j. B.
Coghlan and his officers of the United
States cruiser Raleigh were enter
tanned at the Union League club last
some decorated with American and
British flags, and ten large tables were
weighted down with good things for
the returned heroes of Manila.
Cheers for Dewey and His Men.
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 throb in sympathy. Three cheers
followed for Capt. Coghlan. Almost
greater than either were the shouts of
approval 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 mis- men as being meant fol
Loved Him More and More.
Every day we were with him. he
added, I'VE learned more and more tc
love him and more and more how the
cOuntry's interests were safe in his
hands, and how he would 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 any
body could suffer, wearing him to the
very bone, he held himself up and he
half-dollar yard anywhere
4 Thrilling story.
Then Capt. CoghIan told the follow
ing story of his admiral:
AN officer of our friend, Admiral
Won Diedrich, came down one day tc
make a complaint. 1t was my pleasure
to step out on the quarterback just as
he came aboard. 1t was partly by ac-
cident and partly by design. l heard
him tell the admiral about his COM
plant, and L heard the admiral reply:
$50 Tell Your Admiral"
"'Tell your admiral those ships of
his must stop when 1 say SO. l wish
to make ths blockade of this harboI
complete"
The German officer replied:
But, we fly the flag.
1.-THE reply of the admiral was just
Ike Dewey. He said:
"'ThOse flags can be bought at
half-dollar a yard anywhere
No Fun in His Tones.
f,,o Ia+
sion of the admiral. fie told the Of
fcer that any one could fly German
flag, and that whole Spanish fleet
might come upon him with German
flags up. Then he drew back and
stroked his mustache. He has great
habit of stroking his mustache when
he gets mad. He said:
"Note Carefully What L Say"
"'Tell your admiral I am blockading
here. Now note carefully what [ say,
and tell your admiral that | say it. l
have been making this blockade as
easy for everybody as L could, but l
am getting tired of the puerile work
here. 1t has been of such q character
that 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 inr-
If your people are ready
for war with the United States they
can have it at any time
The Expected Came Unexpectedly.
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 up his hands far apart, the
German said to me:
Perfect Understanding.
az think your admiral does not I'M
derstand.'
MOT 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