Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-09-05
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

udV0 udu DuSy WEEK Will G44O
diplomatic branch of the Chinese COM
plication. This government being the
only one among the allied governments
that has the confidence of all the others
is necessarily compelled to take the
leading role in negotiations for a settle
ment of the Chinese trouble that will
be satisfactory to the other govern
ments-the question of what will be sat-
| isfactory to China is not being asked at
this stage of the proceedings, and may
never be asked at all. Naturally
neither the president nor members OF
the cabinet are doing any talking
about the matters now under consider
alton, but it is known that several
European powers, headed by Germany,
are stumbling blocks to the reaching
of an Immediate agreement and it is be-
lieved that Germany is Intentionally
delaying an agreement There are
several plausible surmises as to why
Germany does not wish an agreement
to be reached, the one most generally
believed being that the emperor in
tends to make war on China, If he
can do so without clashing with the
other allied powers, but is not yet
ready to declare himself to that effect.
1t was high compliment to Presi-
dent Mckinley that Russia, the govern
ment which was supposed to be most
antagonistic, should, in an official de-
claratiOn of it's attitude and intention
toward China, have endorsed his policy
so strongly, by stating it's opposition
to the partition or dismemberment
of the Chinese empire. This country
was the first to officially publish its
opposition to the acknowledgements of
China, and if dismemberment is pre-
vented it will be bees use of President
McKinley's courageous stand against
it at the beginning.
That the sensational stories of de-
feat for the allies in and around
Pekin found no credence in official
circles was shown by the order sent to
Nagasaki, Japan, for the transport
Meade, which arrived there this week
with troops, to proceed to Manila, in
accordance with President Mckinley S
previously announced determination
to send no more American troops to
China at this time.
The Democrats had their campaign
text book, which is just out, prepared
by renegade Republican, George G..
| Gorham. About one-third of it is de-
voted to so-called Imperialism, and 16
to / is practically ignored. Why Mr..
Gorham was chosen to prepare this
| book is mystery, as man who leaves
party for the reason he left the Re-
| publican party-his failure to be pro-
vided with office-is not worthy of any
party's favor. He was secretary of
the senate when that body passed
under control of the Democrats some
years ago, and when the Republicans
again got control of the senate he
was candidate for the same Office, but
owing to the opposition of number
of Republican senators he failed to get
it. From that time Mr.. GOrham has
regarded the Republican party as on
the down grade.
In asking ex-Presidents Harrison
and Cleveland to serve on the inter-
national board of arbitrators provided
for in the treaty signed at The Hague.
President Mckinley served notice upon
the European signers of the treaty
that he is not disposed to regard it as
a dead letter. An international ar
bitration board may come in handy
and prevent a big war before the
Chinese mix-up is Strengthened out.
Thomas c.. Crenshaw, state railroad
commissioner of Georgia. and OF
course Democrat, in a telegram to
the war department giving notice
of the death of his son, Captain
Frank Crenshaw, from wound re-
ceived in the Philippines, said: "He
leaves wife and four little children.
We pray for the sake of all who
have fallen there in defense of their
country's honor that the flag under
which they sacrificed their lives may
never be pulled down. y The secre-
tary of war replied by telegram, in
| which, after expressing his sympathy,
he said: 1.-The flag under which he
sacrificed his life in defense of his
| country TlS1lUlul SOV0ISlS NY WILL
! remain the emblem and guaranty OF
peace and justice throughout that land
aid your boys sacrifice, hard as it is,
will not have been in vain. -
Senator Stewart is putting some
warm questions to Mr.. Bryan on ac-
count of his reasonable language con-
corning the Philippine rebellion.
/ For instance, the senator asks: ''Does
not Mr.. Bryan know that his pledg e
to Aguinaldo to abandon the sover-
eighty of the islands and to surrender
them to him and his followers is Civ
ing aid and comfort to his rebellion!
Giving aid and comfort to the enemies
of the United States is defined by the
constitution as treason). Does he not
know that such a pledge must neces-
sarily induce the rebels in arms
against the United States to continue
their efforts until after the November
election in the hope that their FRIEND
may be elected president of the United
| r a. An,orn1 iCM Mr..