The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lrrnm our rerular eorrespondent.l

saces il an acknowledgement that Tic
ministers arc prisoners, held as hos
tages and instead Of resulting IN
stopping the march of the allied ar,
NV to Pekin, is likely to hurry It, II
any thing can conquer the in'erh "a
tional iealousies and chickering's sum
GENTLY to hurry it. The War De-
nartment now knows that the press
dispatches announcing the starting
Of the army for Pekin, were premature.
It also knows considerably more about
the situation at Taku and at lien
Tsin. as it has received two long
messages from Gen. Chaliee, when
il was deemed inadvisable to make
public.
Tn view of the strong and aggreS-
siye attitude this government has ia
ken in demanding its treaty rights in
China, it becomes important for ev-
erybody to know just what those
rights are, First and foremost, OF
course. comes the obligation OF sig
natory powers to protect the person
of each others ministers, diplomatic
and consular agents. This all the
world now knows, notwlthstand ma
nv conflicting statements, the CHI
nese Government failed to do, and
there is grave doubts as to whether
il even made the attempt to do until
after it imagined it heard the tramp
of the allied army on its way to ie-
kin. Next in Importance In that Sec
ton of the treaty dealing with cltl-
+ zens of either country residing in the
other. That promised the broades'
protection, in the exact words OF the
treaty. promising to "asure to citl'
zens of the L. S. in China, and &c
Chinese in the L. 5. entire liberty o.
, conscience and exemption from. dlsa
S bility or persecution ON account o
: Their religious faith or worship IN ell
their country" 1t is not denied thai
American citizens have been butch
cred by Chinese, for no other cause
n than their practice and preaching o
: Christianity. That is another coun
= that China must settle SATISFACTORY!
with this government. To what ex
tent our commercial treaty right
have been violated is not yet definite
ly known; but every dollar of damag
with interest. Revenge is not dicta
S ting the policy Of this government
t which is asking no more and vii
take no less than what belongs to /
under its treaties with China.
Director Merriam, Of the Censu
: Bureau, could safely offer valuabl
S prize to the city that is satisfied witt
S the census returns of its population
with little danger of having to awar'
it. If there is such city, it hasn'
-" been heard from, while the dlssatisii
> ed ones are heard from hourly b.
If mail, by wire, and by word OF mouth
c and the hearing is not pleasant TO
Director Merriam and his immedlat
suhordnates. The burden of all tn
IF complaint is the same. The over
looking of thousands that. shout
have been counted. OF course, o
!" general principles, the Census Off
- ~ Gals deny that anybody was over
- looked by the enumerators, but the
/ are nevertheless a little uneasy o
g account OF the threats of bushes
= men OF several cities to have a ne
10 census taken at their own expense
/, Just to show the carelessness an
~ worthlessness of that made by the |
- S. Promineat,citizens of Cncinna
- ii, insist that Ut least 10000 name
70 were omitted in taking the Census
:: =: that city.
10 A New Yorker, who has been i
o. Cuba for nearly year thus gave hi
impression of matters over there, i
&c talk with a Washington friend
N "Strange as it may seem, the peopl
n who are now showing themselves t
&c be the best friends of the u. 5. an
70 the most grateiulior what this natio
has done for Cuba, are the ones VIII
have been given the least considera
Sc tion by the representatives of our au
la thority in the island. This is prob
ne ably more because they have nc
IN sought to obtrude upon the America
authorities than from any intentiO
of the latter to slight them. Th
g theory of our officials seems to hay
al been that the noisy demagogues, tn
" agitators who were liable to fomen
50 trouble, had to be kept in line by tn
use of the patronage Of the island
~ and the result is that the best class
Or es in Cuba have had little or nothin
rs to do with the temporary government
# For the good of Cuba it is to b
hoped that the administration vii
" come now to realize its mistake an
that these safe and reliable Cuban
- will supplant the irresponsible classe