The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-30
THE COGHLAN INCIDENT.
English Newspapers Confident That He
Told the Truth.

Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.
London, April 29.-The Coghlan Incl
dent has caused a great deal of stir on
this side of the Atlantic and has fur
nished the press of England and the
continent with a fruitful topic of dis
cussion throughout the week. The
English papers have taken enient
view of Captain Coghlan's indiscretion
and, except in the case of one or two
not seriously anti-Amercan journals.
have been disposed to find excuses for
him. The Spectator. which is typically
English, comments as follows:
Though we must join in the censure
of Captain Coshlan for his indiscretion
we must not forget that what he said
was substantially in accordance with
the facts Germans behaved at Ma
Mia in a most irritating and unfriend-
ly way to the United States. 1t was
absurd for them to expect to play the
part they played without raising feel
ing of the most intense bitterness in
such a high spirit An explosion of
this feeling was bound to come sooner
or later
The Saturday Review, in an article
characteristic of it's treatment of any
thing concerning Americans says:
Had an English captain made Cap
tain Coghlan's speech, if such "a thing
is conceivable, had a German officer
have been war; but the Americans are
treated by the world like spoiled chill
dren. We do not envy the position of
Captain Coghlan. from which we can
only escape by accepting an imputa-
ton upon his sobriety.'
The Speaker takes a more common
sense view of the matter and rejects
the brutal and insulting suggestions of
the German papers that Captain Cogh
Ian was intoxicated
The Speaker assumes that Captain
Coghlan thought he was talking in
confidence to personal friends and
members of the Union League club and
let himself go His heaviest punish
ment." the Speaker adds, will not be
any that the secretary of the navy can
intict but the consciousness that he
has unwittingly done an injury to his
own country
Referring to a speech made by the
secretary of state for the colonies, .io-
seph Chamberlain, early in the week,
eXpla ming the massng IF la 'Se i'!It-
ish force in South Africa was due to
the fact that the Beers had erected
forts at Pretoria and Johannesburg,
which is regarded as menace to Great
Britain, the Speaker declares that the
speech was quite as mischl2V1us ana
nnjustifiable as Captain Coghlan's, and
that it has given greater Offense to
to the Germans, and Mr.. Cha lper-
lain's indscretion was just as useless
as Coghlan's.
In connection with the foregoing re-
marks of Mr.. Chamberlain, another in
dication that the causes of friction be-
tween Great Britain and the TransVaal
continue increasing is given in the an
nouncement by Chamberlain yester-
day evening that Great Britain had in
formed President Kruger that the dy
Mantle concession by the Transvaai
was a breach of the London conven-
tion.
The Daily Mail, commenting upon
this statement, says:
"Kruger's sands are fast running out
and the time is approaching when Eng
land must take action"
The announcement that England and
Russia have signed self-denying
agreement regarding China, which is
intended to put an end to the conten-
ton over railway and other conces-
sons in that country, is the most i'm
portant news of the day. 1t is Off
cially confirmed here this evening.
and the papers are running it with big
headlines. The news comes on top of