Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-12
crrOm our Regular Correspondent,


the Presidents health beng in dan
rerous condition. He is tired, as tie
strongest man would be after gong
through what he has been through
during the last fifteen months and
the politicians give him no chance TO
rest in Washin gton, even if his pubic
duties did. His dc ct,r ordered him
to the hot springs lecause he can get
rest there, and because he believes
the baths will help the rheumatism
which has been giving the President
considerable trouble recently. That
is the whole story. He will be in
telegraphic communication with
Washington and he carried several
White House clerks with HIM III Or
der that he might attend TO any I'M
portant matters requiring hispersonal
attention, during his absence.
The Department Of State his been
officially assured, by both govern
ments, that the recent agreement be-
tween Russia and Great Britain, con-
corning their respective possessions
in China, would in no manner affect
or conflict with American Commercial
interests in China. These assurances
knock the foundations from under a
number of stores written by hair
trigger jour nalists concerning the
great danger of our losing all OF our
Chinese trade. A hair-trigger brain
often makes men say more than they
know, and it is good thing that our
governments not run on the halr-
trigger principle.
Senior de Castro, a native CUBAN
and a prominent citizen Of Havana,
who is now in " ashington, said Of
the Cub"n situation: "AnneXatlon to
tie L. S. is mquestiOnably the des-
tiny of Cuba. l know the sentiment
of the people, ard | know that nlne'
~ per cent ofthem favor annexation.
The Spaniards and the wealthy Ou'
bans. who form the bulk OF the popu-
lation, understand that unless CUBA
is annexed, there will be no peace,
no staple government, no develop
ment of resources, nothing but tur-
moi, strife. The members of the ILL.,
surgcm army alone stand out against
the union Of Cuba with this great re-
public, and they are against II purely
for selfish reasons. Cuba will he OF
untold benefit to the L. S, for when
properly developed, it is acre for acre,
the richest country on the globe"
The talk in Washington among
leading republicans and democrats
makes it practically certain that the
National conventions of both parties
will adopt planks in their platform
that will be as strongly worded
against the trusts as that which will
be adopted by the populists, who'
according TO pretent understanding,
will hold the first Of next years.
national conventions. The politicians
all realize that the trusts must be
talked against, in their platforms; but
many of them-not all In any one
party, cither-hayc no idea that any
thing shall really be done, if they can
prevent, to curtail the power OF the
trusts or to in any way injure them.
Admiral Dewey is said to have
notified the Navy Department that
he expects the situation in the Philip
pines will very shortly justify MS
starting for home with his flagship,
the Olympia. This is not official
bu: it is believed to be correct; Sec
rotary Long says that Admiral Dewey
IS at liberty TO start home whenever
The feels that pressing need for his
services has ceased to exist. 1t IN
dictates that the Admiral takes the
same hopeful view of the situation
that Washington officials have taken
since AguinaldO opened negotiations
with his requests for cessation Of the
fghting--requests which were de-
MED, because Gen. Otis believed that
the speediest way to obtain peace
was to continue fighting, a belief
fully justified by present conditions
The representatives Of Aguina'do
Ihave accepted our terms and recog-
nized the authority of The L. ). over
1.-The Philippines, but that tricky III
diyidual may delay the final surren-
der a little longer, either TO salve his
vanity or to carry oat some scheme
for his own personal profit, but every
thing points to the correctness of the
statement made week a 90 that the