New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-03
WEB STE'R DAVIS RESIGNS.
WILL GO ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM
IN BEHALF OF THE Beers.

Washington April Webster Davis Assistant
Secretary of the Interior has rendered his resigna
ton He will go on the lecture platform IN the In
terest OF the Beers Mr.. Davis decided TO resign
hecause he accepted an invitation to deliver a
lecture on the South African war. and felt that
an official could not express his views with such
freedom he could as a private citizen The in
vitation was given by citizens Of Washington, and
was inspired in any way by persons directly
connected with Boer interests.
Mr. Davis said to-day:
II is purely a matter of sympathy on my part. l
went TO South Africa unprecedented, visited ooth
pie and also much OF the Beers. After seeing what
did made up my mind thaI NE caesT ,b M IN
the world struggling against the greatest en-
pre- IN Inc Morlu LOT huls' ~ - 80 UNEQUAL
The whole number of Beers, including men, wonlet =
the city Of washington and yet these brave people
have the courage 70 put up the gr5dreS' rong
/ concluded al once that my sympathies were with
american people should synpath ize with them in
their fight for justice and Independence
turn home fun two thousand men and women
1sty women the fron gathered at the station to
bid goOdby, and as the tears roIled do"H
many of their faces they made the last request OF
me that I do everything within my power upon my
return home 10 let the American people know Oh
their exact condition; 10 let them know now Iney
had been abused and outrageously misrepresented
NJ trc,,bia in pettnr their dispatches over the
cable lines they controlled absolutely oy the
gardng the situation from the Beers standpoint 10
reach the American people -.
II I, a free American did not decide 10 hsten 90
their appeals my conscience would 6urn. ana 'ne
faces of those suffering people, as brave ana as
noble God let live in any land, would haunt
me as long as live l am therefore determined
TO do everything in my humble way TO assist them
Their is just. and in God is their trust, and
in the light of the past history OF the American
people, who went through the same struggle, De-
lieve the Beers Will win.
Mr.. Davis was asked what course he would have
the people of this country pursue in order TO assist
the Beers. He replied,
Do any thing and everything within their power,
and let Great Britain and the world know tnaI the
sympathies of the American people are not with
Great Britain but with the Beers, and in the IN
terests of humanity and civilization we should lei
the world know that such an unholy war shoulu
stop and stop at once
Mr.. Davis since his return 10 this country mas
numerous invitations deliver lectures. but
so far decided TO accept only that given by the
citizens Washington. This lecture will probably
be delivered Sunday night. Mr.. Davis denied
that he brought with him a communication 70 this
Government from President KRUGER He admitted.
however that he had had several conferences with
President Mckinley but declined make public
what had passed between them. When asked as 10
whether he would go on the stump in this cam
paign in the interest of the Republican party MI
Davis said that he did not care to look into the
future and all that he had within sight at present
his lecture in Washington. He had no crtti-
cisms to make in regard 10 the Administration S
attitude toward the war in Africa.
Secretary Hitchcock said to-day that the an
complete surprise 70 him He had expected tlat
Mr.. Davis would resume his duties although he
had heard anything of him since his
return until to-day, when he was informed that
partnent that the best of feeling prevailed between
MT Davis and the other officials.