Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-27
TO GIVE UP HIS SHIP
Raleigh's Commander Will Not Ac-
company Her to the South
THE REPRIMAND SENT TO Him
Admiral kautzWiII Be Admonished
by the Department.
n ED FOR SECRETION

IL was oiiiIldilS Sld'eu dl bHe navy bS-
partment today that the letter of reprimand
to Capt. Coghlan of the Raleigh, on
count of his anti-German utterances in the
Union League Club, will not be made pub
lie by the department. 1t is held by some
of the officials that the communication to
Capt. Coghlan was personal matter, and
one which the department should not make
public. If Capt Coghlan himself cares to
give 1t out, however, he is at perfect lib
erty to dc SO. His action in this respect
will depend to great extent upon the char
acter of the reprimand. In view of the be-
lief that the reprimand is not specially Sc
we're, it is not improbable that Capt. Coeh-
Ian may consent to make it public 1t is
understood that the Secretary of the Navy
comedies the point that the utterances of
Capt. Coghlan, being made to a party of
civilians in private club were not of an
official character. Another reason given for
lenlency in official action is that Capt
Coghlan has officially disclaimed any in
tentlonal disrespect to the German emperor
and the German admiral, and said that he
regretted the unexpected notoriety attend
ing his remarks. AS he had rot authorized
the publication of his remarks however
and di1 not know they were to be made
public. he cid not feel that he could be held
entirely responsible for the actions of the
newspapers i'll the matter.
Will he Relieved From Command
Captain Coghlan will be relieved of the
command of the Raleigh as soon as the
festivities at Philadelphia are over. The
President, as stated yesterday, did not feel
| that it would be fair to the officers and
crew of the ship to make any change in
the command before that time but accord
ing to the present plans of the NAVY De-
partment Captain Coghlan will not accom-
pany the Raleigh on the short trip which
mas been Planned to Wilmington and Nor
folk after she leaves Philadelphia. The
cruise of the Raleigh has practically ended
and II is probable that the executive officer
Will be required to attend to the MANY
things necessary to be done to put the
snip out of commission.
/ Diplomatic Phase Settled.
The diplomatic phase of the Coghlan case
has closed entirely. The whole matter was
disposed of at the interview between Secre-
tary Hay and Ambassador Won Holleben
yesterday morning, and the visit to the
White House afterward is said to have
been merely one of courtesy on the part of
the ambassador 1t is said at the State De-
partment that the resident, just as stated
IN the Berlin dispatches, did express disap-
proVal OF Captain Coghlan's remarks and
assured the ambassador of the friendly SEN
tlmentS entertained by himself for the Ger
man emperor and the German nation. The
aIair altogether terminated very happily
1t Is said, and the German amba ssa dor was
not only fully satisfied with the correctness
OF the attitude of the United States govern
ment, but sought to mitigate the severity
OF the reprimand administ cred
Aiter the White House conference the
German ambassador advised Berlin by ca
PIE Oh the satisfactory nature of the talk,
ana todays announcement from Berlin is
the result. 1t was presumed that the am
inouncenent would come from Washington
IN view of the fact that the indiscretion for
winch the explanations We're made was bv
an American officer
1t is hoped that the outcome of the case
WIZ be an impression upon the American
o1hcers ard officials, not only of the army
ana navy, but of the diplomatic service of
the propriety of exercising greater discre-
ton in public and even semi-puhlic inter
ances Where they may touch the pride of
other nations, in view of the rapid incraaca
IN the number of points at which the inter
ests OF the United States come in contact
with them.
Admiral kautz AdmOnished
Therefore, it has been felt necessary 70
admonish Admiral Kautz to be more care
ful either in writing such letters as that
published yesterday, given out by his cousin
IN Cincinnati, or in guarding his letters
from publicity, and letter of that charsc-
ter was addressed to him yesterday. While
1t is true that theoretically a letter written
under the circumstances attending the
kautz letter may be regarded as strictly
private, yet practically the writer must ac
cept ine consequences that follow the nuhli
cation In the case of Chief Justice C1bano
pers' whose brother made public a letter
crlticlslng the Germans in Samoa the effect
wall cert tadrly be injurious to the chief ms
tice mus, though the letter was undouht
edly private communication againS+
"hlch an official protest from the German
government might not stand, yet the State
department. was bound to take notice of
tne 1act that this publication had done
nuch TO anJure the usefulness of the chief
justice and to render his retention in the
ONCE after the reconstruction of the ISL
ands government imnrnhahIe -