The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-07
AT THE NATIONAL CIPATAL.

The events Of the past week, in con.
uection with our foreign relations, have
been calculated I create a feeling OF
satisfaction in administration circles.
A~guinaldo has been driven out OF his
so.called capital and his army broken
up into scattered bodies which must
hereafter fight as guerillas II at all, and
IL 10 confidently expected that Aguinsl.
do will save his carcass by getting out
Of American jurisdiction at the frat op.
p%ortunity. il no has not already done
". About the middle Of the week
there was much uneasiness because OF
the news that American and English
warships had fred On some Of the ma.
tives OF Samoa. who were apparently
supported by the German officials
there, least the mix.up should lead to
trouble with Germany; but instead Of
trouble, 1t seems likely that 1t will lead
70 a satisfactory strengthening out Of the
whole kinky Samoan business, as rep.
r~esentatives of Germany, Great Britain
and United States, the three parties to
the treaty under which Samoa has been
governed for some years, have agreed
u the appointment Of a Joint High
Commission, authorized to make IA new
arrangement for the government of the
Samoan islands that will be permanent,
aud it is hoped, satisfactory.
A new indication Of the existence of
real brotherly feeling between Ameri.
cans and Englishmen was given by the
suggestion, made in the Committee
that is arranging the parades which are
To be a feature Of the big Peace Jubilee,
to be held in Washington May 22,26,
that a special British feature be provid.
ed for in the parade of the Twenty
fourth, which will be the anniversary
of Queen Victoiia's birthday, in honor
of that day. The suggestion was re
ceived with enthusiasm and immediat,
steps to carry 1t into effect were takeI
by appointing Il subcommittee to con
fer with Sir Julian Paunceforte, tn
British Ambassador, for the purpose o
securing his cooperation. BY the way
this Peace Jubilee is going to be quit
a spectacular event, and it will be hel
when Washington is at its best, fror
the sightseeing point Of view.
It did not take Secretary Hay NOR
than about two minutes to convince tn
two Cubsns sent to Washington to tr
to get the %, OOO, 900, promised throug
General Gomez, to the Cuban soldier
increased, or the consent Of the Pres
dent to an issue of bonds by the Cuba
assembly. that they had wasted Il
mouey on the trip, The substance
Secretary Hays remarks might be thu
expressed: "Not a cent more; not
bond." The delegates, or whatev'
you might call them started for hon
without having seen the President
all, having been assured by Secreta'
Hav that it was useless for them to II
The assistant Attorney General I
the Post Office Department, has deci
ed two specific chain.letter scheme
one Offering a trip to the Paris Exp
,itiou, and the other an SO kodak,
be illegal, and the W decisions see
to cover nearly all the schemes OF u
sort now being advertised.
According TO Representative ol'
stead, of Pa, "the paramount quest''
before the citizsns of this great count
to-day, is the seating of B. +. Robbers
member elect from Utah. to the ne
Congress" Containing Nj. Olmste
"a: The way I hAppsnsd' to kso
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