The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12
IN HOTEL LOBBLES

away from the suspicion that Russia has
had something % do with the present Chi
nese uprising" said Mr. j. Charles Bur
ton, Of London. England. az the Raleigh
Hotel last evening. Mr.. Burton - a CON-
mission man. and his firm has large inter
ests in the FAR East. tie says ne has but
little acquaintance with politics Of the do
nestle or International variety. bat MS
business has made him somewhat fsmil-
Tar with the Chinese situation Russia Is
apparently. ready for every emergency.
Troops arc not far from where they ara
needed. Ii Is true that the other countries
have troops on hand. but I'm small number
Russia probably has three or four times
more than All others put together a.
can quickly have even greater numbers
/ see by the newspapers to-day that the
Dowager Empress has asked Russian pro-
lection. That looks curious 10 me-
Things don't happen by accident there.
Doubtless there was an understanding
that the lady was 10 seek Russian protec-
ton.
My own opinion of the matter is thar
Russia would not have permitted ths-a
troubles % come &c a h. a. until o..
Trans-Siberi3n Railroad vas completes
were 10 not for ne fact that England i-
AZ present involved I'm the South African
war. Were % not for the South African
war three-fourths of ths news comm
from China would De- about the aggrsssiy,
moves Of the English 70 protect her oV1
and other foreign missionaries As 10 Is
now. al the news is about Russia a0I
the other countries ]; is precious little
know about what the British government
could OF could not 10 but II stands T.
4. ~. -
TO attend Il al present.
There Is not much chance tina. N.
British army is in any serious trouble y
Africa. The guerrilla warfare probably
VIII be kept Up FOR a long iime. 10 our ir.
tense annoyance. but the large army d.
visions viii not be bothered We Will hold
all the large places and administer tho
AFFAIRS OF government from now ON"
Gen. u. Juan r. Quiros minister 81 VA
and marine and minister Of finance. and
Senior Jose Quiros. member OF the cham
Der Of deputies OF Costa RiCa. are regis.
tered at the St James. Gen. QuirOS IS
IN this country To place his sons In an
American educational institution. and Is
, accompanied by his cousin who wishes
| TO see the country. They called on the
President yesterday.
Costa Rica is doing more business with
the United States than with any other
/ foreign country" said Gen. Quiros. We
exported f0O0, 900 punches Of bananas last
| year. They all came to this country. We
exported a great deal Of coffee Most of
/ it was sold in the States. All our COM
merce Is coming this way.
There are several causes 10 which this
; can he assigned. Let me say first that
( few years ago most Of our cOmmgrcial
/ transactions were with Great Britain.
( American competition has made II pos
( sibIe to do business with the United
/ States. Your goods are great deal bet
/ ter ;han those manufactured In any 9th
/ or country American competition ms
| lowered the price OF the articles we need
/ so that we can purchase goods In This
| country at a much lover figure than I'm
! any other part OF the world. That is the
principal reason that our channels OF
! trade have been shifted from Great Brit
Z ain to America. Then we can get goods
so much more quickly from America Il
/ takes about three months 10 have an or
der filled in Great Britain. A duplicate or
der could be filed in America In ten day
| American capital is building no the
| country American capital Is coming In
| very fdDlItls isdUu - yTAifE H'i''-4
for the cultivation Of bananas. The rub
| Der industry is being developed. Thou
! sanis of acres OF land along the pro-
posed route OF the Nicaragua canal is be-
ing bought by American capital
II had a very pleasant interview with
the President. and feel confident that the
canal will be buflt This is my third visit
| to this country Is has been greatly de-
| veloped since | was here last-ten years
ago.
democracy will win out in my Ststs
because we cannot get fair show said
| Mr.. F. A. Webster, of Orangeburg, ). {,
al the St James. Mr.. Webster is mem
her Of the Republican National Commit
tee. He is an internal revenue collector.
1.-THE Democrats have everything In Their
mower. We are disqualified in a grea-
many cases We can do nothing. The
Democrats outnumber US They have thu
power They use it 10 further their OWN
ends. But outside our State the indica-
lions are good for a Republican victory
this year. I think the present sdmlnistrs-
ton will be supported Prosperity has
been having good time with us in tha
past four years. and the American peopiy
know how TO appreciate a good thing
when they have it. I have no doubt a. "a
the outcome Of the Presidential election.
Lieut.. Col. william ". Smith, Of The
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
rany. Of London. England. registered yes
terday al the Arlington. Col. Smith Is a
great deal OF a globe trotter. He h1.
been around the world a number OF timo7
and Is now completing another tour. 81.
left this city yesterday afternoon ta.
Philadelphia Wednesday he sails for Lor
don. He is in this country on pleas
ure tour.
! Col Thomas x. Lowry, street rail Iva
magnate Of Minneapolis and st. Paul mi
steam railroad proprietor and delegate
: large 10 the Philadelphia Convention iron
Minnesota. is al the shoreham Hotel H
SAYS that Minnesota would like 70 se
r william u. Washburn the Republican v"
Presidential candidate but he Is not ref
tain that the State will make an organic
fight for him.
Senior Nicolis Rivero. editor Of the III
p vaua Dlario de Ia Marina. Is al the RIG
= Hotel. He Is accompanied by his secra
! tarv and his young son. The latter v.
r be placed IN a Washington school. ser7
i Rlyero himself will remain here seYfra
7 days.
, Mr.. Charles l. Pullman. brother Of -
/, late George NJ. Pullman, g. at the Rig2
Z | Hotel.
Mrs. Mldeley. OF England il registsre
| II the St James
Judge ]. l.. stevens. n Boone Iowa
r. a guest a. the "a James.
z Capital Tending to CsHtraiizat los.
| FROM the Boston Posi
The trend u modern business. qI.'
apart from whatever unfair practices M
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