The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-07-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July %, 1900.

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Of the Cabinet of everything said {
them 10y the Chinese Minister as gospt
truth, is regarded as suspicious. AL
though scofied at by the entire diplo
matte crops and doubted by the public
Mr. Hay has accepted the cablegran
alleged to be from Minister Conger ant
saying that he and the other foreign
ministers in Pekin were all right. OF
the 18th inst. but i'm need of help, a
genuine, and the other members of tn,
Cabinet have even gone so far as t.
throw bouquets at Mr.. Hay by publicly
saying that his getting that messag,
was great diplomatic triumph
Diplomatic fiddlestick That message
whether fake or genuine, was secured
10y the Chinese minister for purposes
OF his own, and if there was any
triumph about it, the credit is his. II
is whispered among European diplo-
mats in Washington that the admins
tration has undertaken the contract of
keeping the present Chinese govern
ment In power, regardless of any de-
clslon OF the powers which are assemb-
ling an army in China for allied action.
1t is difficult to believe that Mr..
Mckinley has made any such agree
ment. His own imperial schemes are
quite enough to keep him busy, with
out his tackling those Of China.
Senator Wellington, who sometime
ago declared that he would not support
Mckinley for reelection, is still throw
ing nuts to the administration which
1t cannot or will not crack. The Sena-
tor said, while in Washington, a day
or two ago: "If the situation in the
Philippines is as favorable as the adj
mlnlstration whould have US believe.
there Is no reason why twelve or fifteen
thousand mon could not be sent from
there to service in China. think that
would be Americans fair quota of the
international force for the relief of
Pekin, and beyond the protection of
American Life and property, this coun-
try has no business to interfere with
the affairs of the Chinese empire.
American soldiers should never form a
part OF an army for the conquest Of
CHINA. The European powers have
sowed the wind and are now reaping
the whirlwind. They have been look.
ing for trouble in China for a long
time, and now they have it. The fire
they have kindled is hot one. and
ms government should look well to il
mat American troops are not used as a
'atspaw for the pulling out of European
;hestnuts."
Secretary Root now says that the
hopes to hand Cuba
'ver to the Cubans within the next
light or ten months, but there are still
nen who blieve that the island will
ave string to it when it is turned
yer to the Cubans, and that secret
chemes for annexation are being
'orked and encouraged by the admin
'uation Tor the purpose of making it
ppear when the time is ripe. that the
emand for annexation comes from the
uoans. Gen. Wood had very little TO
~ about annexation when he WAS in
'ashlngton last week, and that little {
as not important, although he was
by one newspaper man and I
ade to acknowledge that he believed
large majority of Cubans now favored
independent government. rather
an annexation. The administration
lows that its attitude towards Cuba
being closely watched by the people
ID that any act which even seems to
ply that good faith would not be
pt with the Cubans, would make
ousands Of anti-McKinley votes. If
ere Is to be any trickery, it will be
'efully concealed until after election 1
I seems to be a little early in the
npaign for Boss Hanna's hencbmen
be putting out fakes, but all the
ne they are doing it, Several men Z
own to be close to Hanna have been g
ing up Washington newspaper men
II stories about how worried the Y
q man" was because OF the refusal
ONE OF the heaviest contributors TO
campaign fund four years ago to
cent this year, and of his fear
the National Committee would
to skimp its campaign plank for L(
OF money. The object of these
les Is to create the impression sol
ng the Democrats that the Repub. las
Is are going to be short of campaign
ey this year. 1t is, of course, abso-
tommyrot. Hanna spent $s,OOO,-
four years ago, and he expects to
q quite as much or more this wear,
he knows just where TO 90 10 oct G.
II his victims do not come down
out squeezing, he knows exactly
hard to squeeze them to get what
ants. He must think the Demo.
are easily gulled indeed, if he -
Is II possible to make them believe
the favored trusts which have IT
ad sn lor,ral,, -. II