The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
July %, 1900.
lCvmmunicated).

acceptance by Secretary Hay and
other members of the cabinet of
everything said to them by the
Chinese Minister as gospel truth,
is regarded as suspicious. AL
though scoiled at by the entire
diplomatic corps and doubted by
the public, Mr.. Hay has accepted
the cablegram alleged to be from
Minister Conger and saying that
he and the other foreign ministers
in Pekin were all right on the 18th
inst, but in need Of help, as gen,
uiue, and the other members of
the cabinet have even gone so far
is to throw boquetS at Mr.. Hay
by publicly saying that his get
ting that message was great
l diplomatic triumph. Diplomatic
/ tiddleStiCkS! That mes sage,
whether fake or genuine, was Sc
cured 10y the Chinese Minister for
1 purposes of his own, and if there
iS,any triumph about it, the credit
is his. 1t is whispered among
/ European diplomats in Washing,
ton that the administration has
undertaken the contract of keep
( ing the present Chinese govern
ment in power, regardless of any
decision Of the powers which are
assembling an army in China for
allied action. 1t is difficult to
believe that Mr. Mckinley has
made any such agreement. His
own imperial schemes are quite
enough to keep him busy, without
his tackling those Of China.
Senator Wellington, who some
time ago declared that he would
not support Mckinley for re.
election, is still throwing nuts to
the administration which it can
not or will not crack. The Srna-
tor said, while in Washington. a
day or two ago, "If the situation
in the Philippines is as favorable
as he administration would have
us believe, there is no reason why
twelve or fifteen thousand men
could not be sent from there to
service in China, | think that
would be Americas fair quota of
the International force for the re-
lief Of pckin and beyond the
protection of American life and
property, this country has no bust,
ness to interfere with the affairs
of the Chinese empire. American
soldiers should never form a part
of an army for the conquest of
China. The European powers
have sowed the wind and are now
reaping the whirlwind. They
have been looking for trouble in
China for a long time and now
they have it. The fire they have
kindled is a hot one, and this
government should look we'll to it
that American troops are not used
as a eats paw for the pulling out
Of European cheStnutS
Secretary Root now says that
the administration hopes to hand
Cuba over to the CubanS within
the next eight or ten months, but
there are still men who believe
that the island will have a string
to it when it is turned over to the
Cubans, and that secret schemes
for annexation are being worked
and encouraged by the GniS-
tration for the purpose of making
it appear when the time is ripe
that the demand for annexation
comes from the CubanS. General
Wood had very little to say about
annexation when he was in Wash
ington last week, and that little
was not important, although he
was cornered by one newspaper
man and made to acknowledge
that he believed large majority
of CubanS now favored an indie.
pendent government rather than
annexation. The administration
knows that its attitude towards
Cuba is being closely watched by
the people, and that any act which
even seems to imply that good
faith would not be kept with the
CubauS, would make thousands
of anti.McKinley votes. Ifthere
is to be any trickery it will be
carefully concealed until after
election.
1t seems to be a little early in
the campaign for Boss IIanna's
henchmen to be putting out fakes,
but all the same they are doing
it. Several men known to be
close to Hanna have been filling
mp Washington newspaper men
with stories about how worried
the old man. was because Of the
refusal Of some of the heaviest
contributors to his campaign fund
four years ago to give "A cent this
year, and Of his fear that the Ma
tiOnal Committee would have to
Skimp its campaign plans for lack
of money. The object Of these
stories is to create the impression
among the Democrats that the
Republicans are going to be short
of campaign money this year. 1t
is, of course, absolute tommyrot.