The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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" hau ordered their Ministers 10 remain
le IN Pekin, should turn out to mea,
Is that deal had heen made betwee,
l. i'uSsIa and China there wonld h.,
o very little suppose IN Washington
k where the proba .ility OF one or NOR,
Z 81 the Powers supposed to be acting
!. IN concert against China making
= some sort Of a ECKER on their own
hook Tor their @. benefit has been
= recognized from th@ fist a. one Of
the most preHeN ~ things about the
r whole business.
Ncither this 2 ,crpment nor the
Chinese Nini,ie be-, received any
official notification ct the APPOINT
ment OF Ii Hung Ginning to be an Ell.
''y Tor the purpose ct suing Tor
peace There is nothing improbable
however, about such an appointment.
ont II made it is not likely 10 stop
any OF the warIIkc preparations on
the part Of the Powers. II present
plans are carried ont before the end
OF September there will be nearly a |
quarter OF million foreign troops in |
Emma, OF which less than ten
thousand will be Americans. Lii
hung Chang'S request that this gov
eminent endeavor to prevent the
landing Of British troops at Shanghai
VIII be Ignored, as it i, the recogniz
ed night OF any nation to land armed
forces III another country when it i,
considered necessary to protect the
lives and property Of It's citizens =
Much depends upon how a thing +,
done. For Cuban or Spaniard or
anybody else, to call the average
American liar means to get knock
ri down, yet in effect they are con- n
SANITY calling our government a liar c
ma cheat and the most that any -
American does about it /, to scratch
MS head and wonder if the talker has
got 1t straight. Following are word,
iSed by Mr.. Roderick Alvarez. Of
havana. in a Washington hotel.
'hile discussing the announced in -
entlon Of our government to with
raw from Cuba next year: IF the c
etter class Of the Cubans and the %
panlSh on the Island believed that d
lie l. ). had any intention Of turn.
y the Island over to the Cuban,
Oh would see scatteration and re-
oval OF everything movable that 80.
ould surprise You The fact of the
after Is, we all think that the T.. :
III be IN control oi the Island for n
e next ten years. 1t is not safe 10
IN the Island over to people ut
fIy incapable OF self government" r.
rs usual, the Carnegie and Beth Ey
hem Companies submitted bids for
PpIymg amor to war ships which
Vlded the lot required and made the may
zee the same y new bidder. the -
dvalc Steel Co., Of Pennsylvania. :,
tered the contest with a lower bid. l.
t setting longer time for the de-
cry OF the arnor and failing to
'clly that the armor would be made Grad
the krupp process Secretary
ng must decide whether he viii Wi
'ept either Of these bids or exer
e the authority conferred upon him
the last naval Appropriation Bill
establish a government plant for
king armor. He will take M the
tier as soon as he returns 10
ashington. |
representative Allen ("Priyate
'n"), of Mississippi, whose de-
-ed aspiration for seat in the -,
ate caused him to make promises II
esstating his retirement from the d"
Use at the close of his present term. III II,
'n't appear to be at all downcast T ,o''
his early return to private life. "a
was in Washington this week, o's
speaking Of his retirement he -
q; 81 hate to quit forSome reas- Anal,
but the fact is that "A man must tucI
out sooner or later, and 1 do not w
to hang on until | get to the w
larchal stage. After sixteen Fl
5 of the legislative grind one is Su
fled in letting others serve the AS
Itry.' Speaking Of the possIbil-
II az extra session Of Congress,
Allen was inclined to be a little =
tstlc about the ~izzarl with
n Washington has been wresu- II
for week. tie said: There and
much change Of an extra session nm
ongress, but in view Of Washing Ul
we'll merited reputation as
ner resort, have 40 doubt the
bers AMI Senators would be glad Ol
summoned here to enjoy this Gle
y weather" The thermometer and
dancing around in the upper
les while Nh Allen talked. :
. Albert Cobb, Of Augusta, Ga, of
2 Of those who believes there Oo'"'
ooner or later be big rush Of Uo.
hunters to the abandoned placer Conn,
in Northern Georgia. While
Is In Washington day or two .Io1s.
e said Long years ago plenty -