Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-19

J.ci are u nuInltrE 0I uirn II rNIrH',-
si military experience. Intulus experts
anl capitalists, whosr piiTlDf" y tn
form u company ani ultimately s"rusN.
control of a portion OT tLr vas, gold
fields of the S1uIh African republic,
Agents OF the IFoUu'"F a.- ROW work
Ing In the West. nnh t. snII, cxirnt IN
til. East. with view ~ securing re-
cruiis and u ship for ilia expedition. II
1. prol'o--t. Hs faT ~ Iussihl- To hnvr
each r-ruii Ia ,-IuiP himself Tlir
main isD.iy of recruits viii H. com
posed Of hardened IrhnIlrTsiUrn. lU.
.iinn rshicrs. TOwhpyr. miners nu'l
daring adv-ntunrrs. mot unlike the
Rough Riders of tli. Spanish war. II
il stated thnt the plans nT'' - fnF coM-
fici.d o., io -nnbl" I'll" expedition Ia
s'nri upon comparatively short notlrc.
II II riniInc,i ihai the United STATES
government would iE' pnw-TirSs &" pFr-
ven; the starting of III" outfit 10y reason
Of the precautions iU H. aiken to prove
that iiilhG-icrinE expedition Il not
intended.
In Ills annual rcI'1Ti To tile srcF-inry
Of the navy. Chief Constructor Heb
born lay. special sir,-s- upon the i'm
porianc" OF continuing iiIr work nf i'm.
provin. III" plants nj the various navy
yards. Under the head Of new con.
-iructIon the report sets out the fact
that contract. for the morr imporian,
ships authorized 10y the last Congress
could not II. let. t->,n,i-- OF the liinitn-
ton placed upon the cost OF the nrinor.
Nevertheless. complete specifications
for these vessels hiv. been prepared.
and are Included In the report. -Four.
teen vessels. with the exception OF the
Chesapeake aud Princeton. torps-lc
boats or tugs. wcrr added TO the navy
durin. the last fiscal year: four Span
isii vessels sunk during the war were
raised and added. and seventeen small
Gunhoats wcrr purchased or captured
on the Asiniic station nnd placed on
the list. ON the other hand for'y-onr
vessels wcr" dropped from the naval
list. Including the American line char
tered ships. q number Of auxiliary YES.
sells sold. the rcvcnu. cutters and light
house vessels turned hack into their
old service. and n couple OF monitors.
ON July LIST there were building for the
navy foriy-cicht new vessels, In nddi-
iion TO those enumerated.
The foliowin: statement was Issued
| by the State Department Thursday:
| The President has received large
! number OF petitions signed by many
citizens OF distinction. requesting him
I to tender the mediation Of III. United
States TO settle the difference existing
1 between the government Of Great Brit.
ain and that Of the Transvnal. lie has
received other petitions on the same
! subject. some OF them desiring him to
make common cause with Great Brit
ain to redress the wrongs alleged TO
have been suffered by the titlandcrs.
| and especially by American citizens In
| the Trnnsvaal. and others wishing
him to assist the Beers against alleged
! aggression. II Is understood that thc
President does not think II cXpr,licnt
| to take action In any OF these dircr-
| tions. As TO takin: sides with either
| party In the dispute. 1t Is not 10 bc
| thought OF. AS TO mediation. the rrrs-
idcnt has received no Intimation from
| either OF the countries that the media
| tion OF the United States would he nc.
! ccptcd. and in the absence Of such in
| timation from both parties. there Il
| nothing In the rules Of international
| usage to Justify an offer OF mediation
| in the present circumstances. II Is
known that the President sincerely
| hopes and desires that hostiltics may
| he avoided. but II unfortunately they
| should come to pass the efforts OF this
government will bc directcd-ns they
| are Mt prescnt--ro seeing that neither
our national interests nor those OF our
citizens shall suffer unnecessary in
Jury.
Senator Davis of Minnesota Is under
stood to believe that the next Congress
will not provide for the ultmntc dis
position of Cuba and the Philippines.
says the correspondent of the Chicago
Record. 1t is understood that the
President believes that Cuba and the
Philippines should be. for the prcScn,.
left in control of the executive. This
opinion seems to he shared by most of
the administration Republican scna-
tors who have had talks with the Pres
idcnt. This may lie said to he the
chief reason why the administration Is
so earnest in securing the support of
the people in its Philippine policy.
The President knows that all of the
islands will eventually have their fate
settled by Congress. He thinks that
now Is tn" time for Congress to deal
with Porto Rico and Hawaii. He
thinks the time has not arrived to deal
with the other islands. With this con-
victiou he must necessarily go before
the people. seeking their confidence to
support the wisdom and ability of the
administration to deal with the re-
naming islands until such time as 1t
Is best for Congress to act. This
would leave the ultimate government
of these islands a direct and tangible
issue In the next presidential cam
paign. congressman and presidential
electors could be voted OH with the
knowledge that they were for or
against the holding of these islands.
This would give the whole people If
the United States a voice In the mat
ter. II the matter should be settled
In Congress 1t would he done by n
Congress not elected OH this issue and
by nn executive not specifically in
structpd by the whole federal elcctOr-
ate. Senator Davis. as chairman Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
will probably introduce the measure
providing for the civil government Of
Hawaii and Porto Rico which win
have the APPROVAL of the executive. In