The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-07-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
NAsn!NGrnN. d. C.. July 23rd.

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NAsniNGroS. d. C., July 23rd.
MIR EDlToE:-Is there a secret under
standing between the administrator and
the government of China? The acceptance
hy Secretary II " All the other members
of the Cabinet of everything said to them
by the Chinese Minister as gospel truth
is regarded rs suspicious. Although
scolfcd at by the entire diplomatic corps
and doubted Ivy the public, Mr.. Hay has
accepted the cab!egram alleged to be from
Minister Conger and saying that he and
the other foreign ministers III Pckin were
all right. en- the 18th inst. but in need of
help. as genuine, and the other members
of the Cabinet have even gone SO far as to
throw bouquets at NJ. Hay by publicly
saying that bis getting that message WAS
a great diplomatic triumph. diplomatic
tiddlcstick That message, whether fake
or genuine, was secured by the Chinese
minister for purposes of his own, and il
there was any triumph about it, the credit
is his 1t is whispered among European
diplomats in Washing ton that the admin
straton has undertaken the contract OF
keeping the present Chinese government
in power, re gardltss of any decision of the
powers which are assembling an army IN
China for allied action. Il is difficult 10
believe that NJ. Mckinley has made any
such agreement. HIS OWN imperial
schemes are quite enough to keep him
very busy. without his tackiing those Of
China
Senator Wellington, Who sometime ago
declared that he would not support Me
Kinlcy for re election, is still throwing
nuts to the administration which it cannot
or will not crack The Senator said,
while in Washington, & day or two ago:
If the situation III the Philippines is as
favorable Us the administration would
twelve or fifteen thousand men could not
be sent from there to service in China. l
think that would be Americas fair quota
of the international force for the relief Of
Pekin. and beyond the protection of
American life and property, this country
has no business to Interfere with the at
fairs of the Chinese empire. American
soldiers should never form Il part of an
army for the conquest of China The
European powers have sowcd the wind
and are now reaping the whirlwind. They
have been looking for trouble in China
for Il long time, and now they have it.
and this government shnu.i look well to
it that American troops are no. used as a
catspaw for the pulling out of European
chcstnuts'
Secretary Root now says that the ad
ministration hopes to hand Cuba over to
the Cuhans within the neNt eight or ten
months, but there are still men who be-
lievc that the island will have string to
il when it is handed over to the Cubans
and that secret schemes for annexation
are being worked and encouraged by the
administration for the purpose of making
it appear when the time is ripe, that the
Cubans Gen Wood had very little to
say about annexation whel he in
Washin TtGn last week, and that little was
not important, although he was corncrcd
by one newspaper man and made to ac
knowledge that h" believed Il large major
ity of Cuh:;t> now favored an independent
government, rather than annexation. The
miuiStratinn knows that its attitude to-
wards Coba is being closely watched by
the people. and that an act which even
seems to- imply that good faith would not
| be kept with the Cuhans, would make
thousands Of anti Mckinley votes. lfthere
| is to &c any ,rrkerv, ii will he concealed
| until after election.
1t seems to hc i irtic early in the cam
plign FOX Boss Ianna.> hrnchmtn to be
| putting out fakes, blt IL. The same they
| are gcinL i: Several ncE known to be
| close t. Hanna have bcc4 filing up Wash
| n4ton newspaper mcn With stories about
| how worried the odd man WAS because
| of III" refusal of some of the heaviest IN
| tribu;ers to his campaign fl- four years
ago to give 4 cent this year, AMI Of his
| fear t,at tn" National Committee would
| have to Skmp It's compaign plans for lack
| of money. The object Of these stories is
10 create the impression am ing the &c 40
Gratis that the republicans are going to be
short Of campaign money this year. 1t is,
| Of course. absolute tommyrot Hanna
| spent IS coo, 600 four Years ago, aHl he
expects to spend uliie Is Il,.ta or more
| tnis year and IL" XMAS ia~t where to
| 20 to ret it. Ii his victims H. not come
| down without sTGccZiu- nc !.noA~ exact
| ly how hard to squeeze thcm to get what
| he wants He must thinll that the demo
Gratis are cnS;l,' guided indeed if h. thinks
it possible to make thci,l bcicve that the
favored trusts which have pro!itcd So
largely by iIaaua Legislation. vii! allow
the Hanna Committee to lack money to
buy another election.
Governor Smith takes no vacation.
| lie is always attending to business. His
| friends are importunting him to ease up
and take rest. but he says he hasn't
time Maryland never had a more in
du~tri0uS, painstaking, conscientious
| Governor. than he who now fills the Of
fee, and there is nothing the N%srng = is
proudcr of than the fact that the people
now recognize the honesty of the claims
! we made for him Scar HH Messenger