Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-01
BUSY
Is the President and Cabinet on
Chinese Complication,
STUMBLING BLOCKS APPEAR
Democratic Campaign Book Edited and Pub
liShed By a Renegade Republican.
HARRISON AND CLEVELAND A. BITRAT0RS.
The Flag of Our Country in the Defense of
Honor Must Not BE Pulled Down.
HARRISON AND CLEVELAND A BITRATOR'
The Flag of Our Country in the Defense of
Honor Must Not he Pulled Down.


Cabinet who are in Washington nave
had a busy week with the diplomatic
branch of the Chinese complication.
This government being the only one
among the allied governments that has
the confidence of all the others is nee
essarily compelled to take the leading
role in the negotiations for a settle
ment of the Chinese trouble that will
be satisfactory to the other govern
ments-the question of what will be
satisfactory to China is not being
asked at this stage of the proceedings,
and may never be asked at all.
STUMBLING BLOCKS.
Naturally neither the President ncr
members of the Cabinet are doing any
talking about the matters now under
consideration, burt it is known that
several European powers. headed by
Germany, are stumbling blocks to the
reaching of an immediate agreement,
and it is believed that Germany is in
tentionally 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 EN-
peror intends 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
HIGH COMPLIMENT.
1t was a high compliment to Presi-
| dent Mckinley that Russia, the gov
ernment which was supposed to be
most antagonistic, should in an official
declaration of its attitude and inten-
| ton toward China, have endorsed his
policy so strongly, by stating it's oppo-
stion to the partition or dismember-
ment Of the Chinese Empire This
country was the first to officially pub
lish its opposition to the dismember-
ment of China, and if dismemberment
is prevented. it will be because of
President McKinley's courageous
stand against it at the beginning.
That the sensational stories Of defeat
for the allies in and around Pekin
found no credence in official circles
was shown by the order sent to Nsga
saki, Japan, for the transport Meade
which arriver there this week with
! troops, to proceed to Manila, in ac-
cordance with President Mckinley S
previously announced determination
to send no more American troops tG
China at this time.
DEMOCRATIC TEXT BOOK.
The democrats had their campaign
| ,eXt book, which is just cut, prepared
by renegade republican, George c.
Gorham. About one-third of it is de-
voted to so-called imperialism, and IL
to is practically ignored. Why Mr.
book is mystery, as man who
leaves a party for the reason he left
the republican party-his failure to BIZ
provided with office-is not worthy o.
any party's favors. He was Secretary
of the Senate when that body passed
under control of the democrats som,
years ago and when the republican!
again got control of the Senate III
was candidate for the same office, bu
owing to the opposition of number
of republican Senators he failed to ge
it, From that time Mr.. Gorham ha
regarded the republican party as oil
the down grade.
HARRISON AND CLEVELAND.
In asking Ex-Presdents Harrison
and Cleveland to serve on the Inter
national Board of Arbitrators provd
ed for in the treaty signed at tn
Hague President Mckinley served not
ice upon the European signers of tn
treaty that he is not disposed to regar'
it as a dead letter. An internationa
arbitration board may come in hand
and prevent a big war before the Chin
ese mix-up is Strengthened out.
FLAG MUST STAY.
Thomas c. Grenshaw, State RallrHa
Commissioner of Georgia, and o
course democrat, in a telegram t
the War Department, giving notice @
the dea.h ,. his son, Capt. Frank Gren
shaw, from a wound received in th
PHILIPPINES, said. "he leaves a wifi
and four little children. We pray fo
all who have fallen there in defense {
their country's honor that the flag uI
e der which they sacrificed their live
h may never be pulled down" The Sci
e retary of War replied by telegram,
y which. after expressing his sympath
II he said: THE flag under which he sa
a rificed his life in defense of his coul
try's rightful sovereignty will rema
Il the emblem and guaranty of peace al
L justice throughout that land and yo
III boys sacrifice, hard as it is, will n
e have been in vain.
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