The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-02

NEW YORK, May 1.-The Times pub
ussrs an elaborate article declaring
,b,, secretary of war Roots address at
che Grant dinner last Friday night, In
which he limited at the possibility of
,,r to maintain the Monroe doctrine,
ans Called forth by an intrigue con-
corning the Danish west India Islands.
. ocpcars that H. H. Rogers. Of the
e,,ndard on Company. made verbal
o,raemcnt with Denmark that If he
ssould negotiate sale OF the islands
w. would receive n commission Of ten
".- cent Of the purchase price. Cap
,aI, ". Won Christmas Direnck-Ho-
Sn,asId has also been acting as agent
=, ,he Danish government. All accounts
oer., that Denmark is very anxious TO
20, nd OF her West Indian possessions.
NJ rogers and Captain Christmas hav-
I1r ouarrels and the former having de-
cIared that 1t was in his power to de-
,oot any negotiations that did not rec
ognlae his rights as agent Captain
christmas advised Secretary Hay OF a
MAN 10 exchange the islands with Ger
many for territory in Europe. He states
tss, unless Congress acts on the Dam
I'D, yost India. islands matter before
Inn, l. a scheme will be carried out to
exchange the islands with Germany for
tho whole or n part of North schleswig.
which with Holsteln, was taken from
Denmark by Germany in 1867, and
which country 1t has always been the
f,r1cst hope Of all Danes TO recover.
c. wbi+o,s Annaarance Significant.
"ss, ,,,5-,,, /, n,,,. ;, mo-, IN This conn
.-,. ~ ., secretnry White. Of the American
s,,bassy in London, has also to do with
tnIs matter OF the sale Of the Danish
Wss, india islands, according to the
T,r,s, Mr. White was the agent of the
Trn,,ad states in Denmark during the
rogotIatlons and to him the Danish
,,oyrrnpent named the price 1t wanted
yo- IN, stands. between $s,OOOOOO and
:, oon Olo
Mr. White, it is said, failed to tell the
stain d.pgrtment that the United States
,rog,d hove to buy the islands during
t,fs sss.ion NJ Congress or abandon all
hon, forever of getting possession OF
tbam and that he also did not Impress
upon the state department the fact that
falling the negotiations with the United
s,,tes Germany was sure to get pos
sess sion OF the islands. either through
rpssiou or ieasa. It is to make these
matters more clear to the state depart
ment while Congress is still in session
that Mfr. White was summoned hero.
Negotiations Taken. Up,
II was not until the early part of 1899
that negotiations concerning the Danish
west indian islands were taken up. At
,bst time CAPTAIN Christmas was So
tourniDg In Germany as a retired cap
tain OF the Danish navy. He had just
returned from a trip to the Danish West
india islands, where he had been max
ing maps OF the harbors and fOrtlnca-
tons there. He was approached by
syndicate Of Germans, who asked him
to use his influence in Copenhagen to
obtain from the Danish government
contract with Germany, by which the
latter could purchase the island of 81.
John.
Captain Christmas was not slow In
asserting that this would be next to i'm
possible, for the reason that the United
States would neither allow Denmark 70
sell the island to a foreign power nor
would 1t allow Germany to purchase 1t
because Of the Monroe doctrine.
c,,or,o 80 ASr,ir.1 Won z,rzov.
IN MS report 10 inc Daulsh govern