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hat no harm could come from a direct
.eply as to whether the Slater code was.

that no harm could come from direct
reply as to whether@th the Slater code was
used.
.The MESA ge.',' said Mr.. A1acrum..
twas sent in the State Department code,
the cipher Of the Slater CODE s{
And you claim the substance of that
dispatch was made public?'a asked Mr..
Smith.
II do.n
..Where?"
I'm Natal }
WAS it an accurate publication?''
~ 81 do not know.
Mr. Macrunl said he had never seen the
publication He had only been Informed
that the fact that The had asked leave of
absence had been printed He affirmed
that no one knew of this fact save him
self.
At this point Mr.. Howard, of Georgia,
interposed to question the utility of the
examina ton of Mr.. Macrnu1.
st looks to me- SAID he, like an
effort to concoct a sensation out of no.
thing
But the committee decided to proceed,
and in reply to some questions from Mr.
Burleson, Mr.. Macrum stated that he
had been granted leave of absence by Sec
retary Hay on November 18th. He read
to the committee q mes.-k;e from the
cable company, saying a cipher cable
sent by him to the Secretary OF State
November 18th, had been held up by the
military censor until December "a.
NO CIPHER MESSAGE ALLOWED.
Asked if other consuls had suffered any
Inconvenience in the matter OF comnu-
nicating with their home governments
Mr. Macrum said they had. The Belgian
md German consuls both told him that
NJ cinher telerrams were allowed to go
through.
r,,e,,t thnt YOUR mail had been opened?'
asked MIR. Berry, Of Kentucky
Il did not
..Did YOU mention it upon your arrival
in asNlinGton?'
81 did mot
"Wty?
II would prefer not TO answer that
question
This reply raised general laugh in the
committee room.
MIR. Adams, of Pennsylvania. then pro-
cecded to cross-Question Mr. Macrum
ra Their severely upon the duty OF consul
to remain at his post during comDllca-
tions.
Mr.. NIacrum proceeded to describe an
alleged meeting between President Steyn,
Of the Orange Free State, and Consul
stowe of Cape Town. at Which he was
present. in which he said Steyn was very
anxious that Stowe should do something
10 settle the difficulty which was brew
ing. He said that President Steyn sus-
eested an appeal to the President OF the
United States, and that Mr. stowe mad
replied that he would D. glad IL some
such thing could be DONE
And I have reason to believe that the
question was submitted to the President
of the United States" added Mr.. Macrum
.and that he returned an unfaVorable
reply
Mr.. Hit.
II was told so by Colonel Stowe:
..Was that statement in writings!
cit was.
"Have you the letter.
"No: it is in the files of the Pretoria
consulate"
MIGHT. HAVE A COPY.
After further questioning, Mr. 7Niacrum
said he might have a copy of the letter.
he could not say positively.
Subsequently, he said he thought ne
could produce it in a short time
Mr.. Niacrum went over the exchange o.
kilograms with the State Department reia-
tive to his leave. But as these were III
the cipher of the department the COM
mittee did not call for them. He stated
-hat his reason for not making report
10 fine state Department on the cond1-
lions in South Africa was that when ne
called on Assistant Secretary Hill he said
TO Mr. Hill that he understood he mad
been relieved. Mr. Hill responded that
this was true. Under such circumstances
Mr.. AIacrum said he had no report to
make to the department. He endeaEorea'
however, to see the Secretary OF state.
hut was told that Mr.. Hay was out
After hearing Mr. Macrum the commit
too went into executive session. Chairman