The silver lance., 1899-09-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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maintain strict supervision OF analrs
until a republican form Of government
shall have been adopted; that the
island remain garrisOned by United
States troops for the present. and that
in the future the island be vested Ill
the people Of Cuba so far as 1t reiates
to an american protectorate or annex,
alton. General Lee takes hopefui
view Of the situation and notes
steady improvement In condltlons.
No one knows when Attorney Gen
eral Griggs will make his report to the
President on the Carter case, although
there are persistent intimatiOns that 1t
will be made soon. There Is some
ground for the belief that the attorney
generals report, when 1t is forthcom-
ing. will be much broader than has
heretofore been intimated. 1t is said
In some quarters that 1t will not only
deal with the case of Captain Carter
as shown by the record. but Will point
out the connection of others with tne
case and direct special attention to
them. This, If it proves true, will ac-
count for the long period the attorney
general has given to the case. The
record is exceedingly voluminous, ana
the labor and time involved in Its ex-
animation, simply in its bearing on
Captain Carter alone. would be i'm
mense. Following out it's ramifcations
as to others would require much addi-
tional labor and time.
The secretary of the navy has di-
rected that all estimates for the re
quirements for the naval service next
year shall be submitted at once, thus
giving him three months for co-ordi-
mating them for submission to Con
gress. Accordingly, the several naval
bureaus have been active Of late pre-
pairing their final figures, and all the
estimates, with the exception Of those
relating to armor and ordnance, are in
They show in general considerable in
crease all along the line, owing to the
rapid development of the navy, the un-
precedented amount Of naval ship
building now in progress and the en-
larged demands growing out Of the
war and the acquisition of new terri
tory. The largest item is $1S.OOO,0OO.
under the head of increase Of the
navy" which is $1,000, 600 more than
any previous estimate under this head.
1t is due to the unusual number of
warships now in course of construc-
ton, aggregating fifty-four in all
classes, a total much in excess of the
number under construction at any pre-
vious time in the history of the navy.
The treasury statement shows that
the amount of net gold on hand Sep
tember LIST was $247, $50, COL. This Is
the largest amount on hand at one
time In the history of the department,
the next largest amount having been
$246, ,S73, ,026. on December 31st, 1898.
This situation is accounted for by the
fact that during the last two weeks
or more the revenues of the govern
ment, Of which from 80 to 90 per cent.
are paid in gold, have largely exceeded
the expenditures. At New York the
customs receipts, with the exception of
8 to 10 per cent. are being paid In
gold, and at other important points
the excess OF gold has been nearly or
quite as large The total receipts for
the month Of August are $49, 9,97S, 173,
of which $40. 0.546.697 came from GUS
toms; $24.237 .O39 from internal revenue,
and $5,194. .436 from miscellaneous
sources. The expenditures amount
to 45,51S,OOO, Of which $14,0S1 900
was charged to the War Department
"a. sos, 900 to the navy: $19. 10000 to
pensions. and the remainder to civil
and miscellaneous, interest and Indian
accounts. For August last year the
payments to the War Department
amounted to S24,O15.934.
General Otis order excluding Chi
nese from the Philippines is very EN-
barrassing to the administration,
which Is placed between two fires-the
Chinese government on the one hand
and the English and German govern
ments on the other. The only informa-
ton in official circles concerning Gen
eral Otis action through the protest OF
the Chinese minister. 1t Is stated at
the War Department that General Otis
has sent no notice of his order. al
though the Chinese government has
had time to instruct its representative
here to exert his influence to have the
obnoxious decision Of the general coun-
fernandez The British and German
residents In the Philippines are report
ed to have called upon their home gov
ernments to intervene on the grounds
that the order prevents them from
bringing into the islands Chinese Ia
bOrers, cooks. etc, and interferes with
the development Of their property.
The most important phase of General
Otis action is the complications which
it may cause in our friendly relations
with China The administration can
take no action until General Otis is
heard from. and surprise is expressed
that he has not more promptly report
ed an order which involves our rela-
tions with friendly government.
With about 100 commissioned places
vet to fill in the ten new regiments un-
der organization. Secretary Root finds
himself overwhelmed with applications
even greater in number than the sum
total Of those received at the begin
ming of the Spanish-American war. 1t
is said at the War Department that the
large majority of the men who held
commissions in the volunteer army in
that war are again applicants for SER
vice in the Philippine campaign, rein
forced by nearly all of those who held
non-commissioned places. This same
willingness to re-enter the service is
said to be observable among the ell
listed men, and the officials cite as a
case in point Colonel Bells regiment,
the Twenty-seventh volunteer infan-
try made up of 4S per cent. of men