The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-04
NOTES FROM Washington
items of Intelligence Relating to
Affairs at the National
Capital.
EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY.
Attitude of the Admi Illustration n IN the
Chinese Anair-The Natural Result
of Impe perialism-The Democratic
Declaration on Issues Empha-
aixed.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.l l
The practical certainty that the for
tign inhabitants of Peking have been
murdered turns the eyes Of the coun-
try on Washington, to see what course
the administration will take. Natural
ly the Indignation over the outrage
causes various expressions of strong
feeling, but it is generally recognized
that the administration is in a peculiar
| position. Almost any step that it takes
will expose it to criticism from the vast
number of people who have been view
ing with alarm the policy of imperial
| ism.
1t is unoflicially given out in admins
tration circles that troops will be
rushed to China and that severe punish
nent will be meted out to the nation
which has been guilty of allowing the
murder of our minister and many
American citizens.
Still, it is explicitly pointed out that
no war will be declared against China.
no matter how many troops it takes
to carry out the intentions of the ad-
ninistration, and that Cinnamon will
aot be deported from this country while
hostilities are going on.
This sounds very much like the ad-
ministration's way of doing things.
1t is now carrying on one Unauthorized
war in the Philippines under another
term. 1t is doing in the Philippines
what it denounced in 1898 as criminal
aggression"
1t is said just now that the admins
tration has no intention whatever of
helping in the partition of China, but
will only act with the other powers to
punish that nation for the attack upon
our citizens. But this assurance will
not 90 very far with those who have
watched McKinley's course in the last
two years. The administration has a
very optimistic and facile way of mini
mizing its imperialistic performances
beforehand.
On the Administrations.
Ex-Congressman James Hamilton
Lewis puts the whole Chinese trouble
squarely up to the administration. He
says:
II charge the Chinese outbreak di-
rectly upon the republican administra-
ton. 1t is the direct result of the an
nouncement made by this government
that the United States intended to en-
ter into the division OF China. Since
these assertions China has viewed US
as invaders. Its assaults upon us are
because of that feeling of our hostility
to them.
During the last IS years wherever
missionaries have been killed it has de-
veloped that they had violated some
|, sacred ritual of the Chinese faith. 9th
er nations besides the Chinese visit the
offender with death for such desecra-
tions.
5 at is apparent for the first time in
5 the present generation that the Chi
5 nese government has given sanction to
5 dn assault upon Americans and for
S eigners generally.
This is because our missionaries and
ambassadors were regarded as the ad-
vance guard of force determined to
appropriate the Chinese empire"
: Mr.. Lewis goes on to point out that
so long as we kept aloof from alliances
, with the continental powers the Chi
: nese government treated our people
. with consideration and gave us trade
: privileges.
1t was only when this administration
was beguiled by England into an un
derstanding that she would be helped
> In her policy of despoiling China that
> the trouble began.
Among others Mr.. Lewis quotes ex
i Minister DENLY, while a member OF the
l Philippine commission, speaking fol
S the administration. as saying that thu
: time had come when we should joir
l. other powers in appropriating a re
spectacle sphere of China to ourselves.
l. Senator Lodge recently said that ou
government should "bear its responsi
: bilities in China and participate will
C the nations of the world in the division
of that empire from the base of tn
Philippines
Fruits of Imperialism.
p Mr.. Lewis remarks that we are nov
,r reapng the fruits of the harvest sow
s. by this administration while under tn
= influence of its dream of imperialism
II He says:
: I'VE must take one Of two courses
II Humiliatingly step out of China wit
dead Americans unavenged. or procee
a to revenge the infamy by marching ou
y, armies into a country which can ban
- together a standing army equal I
every man. woman aud child we hav
,e in the United States and still not begi
as to exhaust their surplus"
n. 1t is clear that if war is to be mad
a In China We ere both unprepared an
anable 70 reach q vistery, while losiu