The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15

able reply. No reply was received TO
this. On the 18th OF November I again
wired the department. stating that
could not leave without permission;
that / would forfeit my post & the rsa-
sons which / would make % the de-
partment did not prove satisfac-
!>Sory. This cable was delayed BY the
censor until the Cd OF December, when
had advices that It had Just been for
warded. on the 18TH OF November I
again filed cable, Stating that three
Of my cables had been unanswered. and
stating that a substitute would answer
as consul during my absence, and re-
quested reply. To this received a
reply Immediately, which was q reitsra-
tion Of the reply Of my first cable.
Upon receipt Of this reply which was on
the Goth of November, Immediately
wrote to the department accepting the
refusal to grant my leave, and stating
In that letter that would abide by the
decision OF the department and attempt
to convey an intelligent idea for the de-
partment's guidance on conditions there
in mall dispatches. on the 9Th OF De-
cember received a reply from the de-
partment to my cablegram of the 18th,
which had been informed two days
previously had Just been forwarded. It
read as follows;
His Home Coming.
avon NAV come home. Put After
burv temporarily In charge. Depart
nsnt viii sepd man from mere.
aTh,s was signed Hay, Thereupon
eabled the department as follows:
6.saIl 18th bv Naples.'
..rrhia cab,eRram Yas sent on the sth
ann IN the meantime I prepared to 60.
A few days later I received telegram
from Mr.. Hollis consul at Delagoa Bay,
sts3Inp,G that M had been instructed to
core 10 Pretoria TO take charge OF my
once during nv absence. and until a
man sboul6 arrive from washington.
NJ Hollis arrivpd on the 18th OF De-
cen,ber and was thoroughly posted in
,ba ,1,,,,,s ~ tina. oe1ce and intro
5ncsa hin, 10 the heads Of all the gov
e,n,,.,t d,nartnents and 10 my consul
is,. co,,ssores lief Pretoria the night
~ necen5ter is went straight TO
p.,,. Dot,gsd tbn 6anartment OF my
nrsssnce there While waiting for the
Ameriean line boat to sail for New
YORK arrived In washington on
Monday. tie 9Th of February, and re-
poripd to Assistant Secretary Hnl, OF
the state department, who officially in
formed mn that Secretary Hays son
had been appolpted in my place and
that bc was on his way to Pretoria.
tsT appreciated the seriousness Of the
conditions IN South Africa to the extent
tbnt an INV way TO washington, bellev-
Ing that was stlll the consul to Pre-
.,n-,o.-T raf,,srd. n, mike IN sta tament
,bst wouId In any way involve the de-
nart,nent or embarrass II. Ny one OBJ
lp,,t was 10 Law the information before
IN dsnartmpnt rs to the true state of
sTsir. in south Africa. II the depart
ment thought these facts were of
v.,ne suaicIent to warrant the expense
of the trim 1 had taken expected to be
rernnerated and return to Pretoria,
isov,ny tbs departnent to act as 1t saw
a, nnon the facts which laid before 1t.
: kick AGAINST Secretary Hay.
.t..,oaa ~ ,hts 7 And that Secretary
5a, ,rhs,hsr acting upop the reports
~ @ he nswsnaners or upon advice from
,ba british government or some other
,no,,va 7 da moi know saw fit not to
m.Sit MN could pres.nt my reasons
IN M nsrson. and had a silent or connlyIng
n.I,nsr ~ dIscrpdItinp reports OF my
aa,cIaI ,c,, come home to find an
o,tsnnt has b.en made to tear down
~. r.sr,ona, rpputatlon. / wish to
s,ate rIgh, here that when 1 accepted
S,v', ,av ,,ost ~ !, conspI ! knew nothing of
any secret ,ni alliance e,S Set%es ,Se, had sesn