The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-08
FLABBY BACKBONE
DESTROYS TRADE.
France and Germany Do What
Is Denied to This Country.
THEY SELL TO THE TRANsvAAL
While Our own Shippers Are Not Allowed
To Deliver Any Goods Attitude
OF Repu olican Press Toward
Dewey.

Dewey.
Washington, May 5.--While Secretary
Hay Is threatening to plunge the coun-
try into war with Turkey in order to
make political capital with the mis-
sionaries, who, General Lew Wallace
says, have presented unjust and
enormously exaggerated claim against
Turkey, American commerce is suffer-
ing in South Africa without a word
of protest being heard from this govern
ment. The large and growing trade
between the United States and the
Transvaal has been put a stop to, while
that of France, Germany and other
countries proceed without delay. The
London Times states in it's special cor
renspondence from Lorenzo Marques,
that: "The republican governments
continue to buy enormous supplies Of
provisions. Practically all the goods
brought on the German and French
lines are landed direct into trucks and
promptly dispatched to the Transvaal.
The Herzog is discharging about 5000
TONS"
In other words, German and French
Observation-Disclosures, etc.-can be
landed in Delagoa Bay and forwarded
without interruption, and in any guam
tity, to Pretoria, whereas American
products, such as flour, wheat and the
like. are still held up by. the British
cruisers. American industries are
paralayzed so far as concerns the South
African trade, while French and Ger
man trade goes on without the smallest
interference. The reason for this may
well be asked. Can 1t be the same
cause which leads the administration to
side with Britain against the two little
republics fighting so manfully for their
liberty? Or is 1t from pure want of
backbone?
When England began to seize vessels
carrying food supplies to Delagoa Bay.
and incidentally captured American and
German cargoes, the German govern
ment promptly demanded not only an
explanation, but a guarantee against
further interference of q similar charac-
ter, while the United States govern
ment contented itself with a languid
and half-hearted protest. The result,
as might have been expected, Is that
the German trade has been promptly
guaranteed against further obstruction,
and the American trade is still suspen-
ded, without any present prospect of
release. German products, according
to the London Times, are pouring into
the Transvaal through Delago Bay
and French products also-but Ameri-
can products are still held at Durham
and Cape Town, while our shippers can
no longer contract to deliver and, there
fore, cannot sell. The administration
q NM OF Iaor hof
never gained anything
from Great Britain, while a show of
spunk rapidly brings her to terms.
Witness Cleveland's Venezuela message
which gained in moment what the
United States had vainly been asking
courteously for, for years.
From special correspondents, this city
learns the extent Of the enthusiasm in
Chicago over Admiral Dewey despite
that painful efforts of the Republican
press to belittle his visit there just as
1t belittled his visit to Atlanta. In
fact, 1t was this latter fact that set
the admiral so hard against Mckinley
and made him say that he would do
anything to down him. He held the
president responsible for the attitude of
the Republican papers and 1t may be
said that he appears to have been
entirely justified in so doing. The chief
metropolis of the trans-Allegheny coun-
try goes wild over him. Banners hail
ing him as Our next president" are
stretched across the streets Of the
Windy City; two hundred thousand
country patriots rush in from neigh
boring counties and states to see the
great loved little man. Yet, If we were
to believe the administration organs,
the event is a disappointment and a
deadly frost. They unite in swearing
that few strangers were in Chicago,
that those who were there came in in
response to green goods" circulars,
and that the crowds were apathetic and
cheerless.
Perhaps the Republican press and
party managers are justifiable in this
attempt to minimize a grave menace to
their hopes. But they cannot indulge
in 1t without exposing the truth of their
precarious situation to the country. The
masses everywhere are impressed with
the fact that 1t is the Republican and
not the Democratic party which is
perturbed by the appearance Of Admiral
Dewey in the field of national politics.
Even though he has announced himself
as Democrat. he will draw heavily
on the Republican vote. If he is nomi-
mated as running mate with Mr.. Bryan,
1t Is feared that he will draw enough
votes to make the election of his ticket
sure. II he runs Independently, 1t is
feared that he will draw enough to
defeat Mckinley Hence the effort to
make II appear that he ia in his dota ge
and that his popularity is waning.