The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-31
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
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When Mr., Mckinley left this city some |
time ago to go to his little front porch IN |
Canton, Ohio, he airily said in answer /
to question, that all danger at Pekii |
WIS over, and that there would be no
more trouble in China When he made |
that statement he knew that there was 4
then In the state department a MESSAGE .
from Minister Conger saying that the /
situation was desperate and that help '
should he sent at once and notify the le- 4
cations by signal.
The matter was discussed and 1t was I
decided TO consult some OF the other diplo-
mats here. Here is where England got
her work in once more on this pro- British ,
administration. Thst country, through us
representative here. protested strenuous
y against any action being taken by tho
United states that England could not
join in, and that was obviously oul Of tho
question, SIS all her available men were
somewhat busy down in the Transvaal.
England knew that II the United states
should make any such move that this
country would be assisted by both Russia
and JapHn, and that those countries would
have frst claim on the territory that sac
had set her eyes on and intended to
gobble.
Hence, because England does rot want
Russia and japan to get in ahead of her III
| the< land grabbing business, she uses
Uncle Sam as cats paw and allows, not
only her own, but every one of the repre-
sentatives of foreign governments In
China to be butchered, together with the
innocent women and children. in such
carnival of slaughter as has staggered the
civilized world. This l say, and | reiter
ate 1t, can be laid at the door OF this pro-
British administration.
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Another thing this administration will
have to answer for is the speeches of such
men as John Barrett, late minister TO
Siam; Henry Cabot Lodge and Hon.
Charles DENLY late minister to China
and later commissioner 10 the Philippines.
in which they all come squarely cut and
say that 1t is high time that the United
States should, as a world power begin 10
buy chips in the international game called
the partition of the Chinese empire. Up
to that time the people OF China had
looked upon the United States as enc of
their best friends. AS a country that was
so we'll grounded in the love OF repuD-
lican institutions that we would hayo
nothing to do with the militarism neces-
sary to protect a so-called sphere OF
influence" in China. They believed that
this was one country that did NOT looN
WIN tpNGlOuS eyes On IuelT uOlu -lus luooe
speeches opened their eyes They saw
clearly that the present administrator
was as deep in the mud as was Great
Britain in the mlre, that they had nothing
TO expect from this country.
When the catsclysm came they had no
! favors TO show to this country. Our peo-
I pie were murdered with the balance OF the
helpless To the imperiali5tc tendencies
Of the republican party alone can be at
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and his family and the people in his lie ga
ticn And the mastery inactiyencs3 of
the administration in the face Of all that
has happened is enough to disgust hor-
ror- stricken world. The people of This
administration have as good an opp1r-
tunity to judge Of the seriousness Of tho
situation over there as any man in he
country. They have seen how he Chit
nese reorganized army can fight; they
have noted that their gun fire is as deadly
as any in the world in the use o. modern
arms; they have seen that there are hun
dreds Of thousands Of the fighters to he
overcome before there can be peace in
that country and security for foreign life
, and property,
Yet what do they the head men Of this
administration Instead OF sending an
army of 25, 900 or 40, 1000 men to China
from the men now In the Pm lippines. and
WHO NOuIu nave Tedtueu LUeIE III Il Wtth
, time, they send over a handful to be
butchered with the balance OF the men in
the beseiged city of Tlen Tsn. They
then order several thous nd more from
= this country to 60 over there, aud It VIII
take them until the latter part Of Septem-
Der to reach the scene Of action
In the meantime, what is 10 become OF
the men who are now surrounded bv
lords of the yellow devils armed vi h
: 9 hos ri n n
world?
They give here as the reason why the
men can not be sent from the Philippines,
! that General Macarthur says he can not
spare them, that. in fact. he needs more
men than he now has in order TO hold
what he has taken from the Filipino'.
Then why did this administration promul-
gate the miserable lie that the island OF
n LuZon, and in fact all the islands of tle
t Philippine archipelago, had been 'paci-
e ied?" What has become OF that state
ment given out by General Otis, with the
!. full sanction Of the administration Can
@ any man of good sound sense note all
o these things and then say that this adm n =
istratou is toting fair with the people
of this country? II they will make falls
' statements about one thing. will they not
, tu lNe same ABOUT OncTS DOeS " no.
actually sicken a sure enough man 10
, note the webbing, vacillating, weak,
y hypocrtical way in which Mckinley goes
), at every question that requires the
strength and robustness OF manhood;
q Here We have agreed to accept our share
r Of the work in compelling peace and re-
| storing order in China. Every other
country Is preparing TO send from 25.0CO
q, 10 10000 men to that country. We have
+. ordered, so far, about 10000 men to that
. country. and they can not possibly get
there before September or October. AMI
#, We announce 70 the world that this mum
p, her is all We have 10 send, that We can
{. take no more from the Philippines or from
: Cuba or from Puerto Rico. Why doesn't
Mckinley call congress together ard lei
It act? Let him lay the facts before con-
= gress and Il viii do the rest
But he will do nothing Of the kind
!. When he was compelled 20 hustle b9ct
here from his front porch TALKS WITH the
trust magnates OF the country he admitted
7. that his presence WIS necessary IN TIE
q. capital Of the Nation or he would no. have
: come II is believed that his intention
was when he got here 10 advocate the
calling Of an extra session, but his adj
: visers told him the truth concernng his
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