The age-herald., 1901-08-14
The RenuhIlo unnratefuI.

The Republic Ungrateful.
 Whilst certain element of American life is yelling at Admiral schley and try ing to hound him to death because he won the naval battle of Santiago, 1t is refreshing to note that the British Parlia- ment has voted a gift of s500OoO in cash money to Lord Roberts. in recognition Of his services in South Africa a man said last night.
 The American government allows hireling. named Maclay. in the Brooklyn navy yard to perpetuate in type the vilest islander against Schley, and the government itself makes a medal com- memorating Santiago, bearing the profile of an officer who was twelve miles away when Schley won the most memorable naval victory since Trafalgar; but Great Britain. in the name of the King, If you please. makes a gift of a half million of money to noble lord for do- ing not one-half as much as was done by the American citizen-we are all com moners in this country, praise God'
 "Schley, the American-the noble Amer ican, if not the American nobleman-is forced at last to appeal to the American government for a court Of inqulry' Ill the honest effort to save his own good name from official aspersion, and his ap- peal is answered by-what? packed court. Harsh words. these. but it's time for harsh words The Age-Herald yester- day printed conspicuously, as became the occasion, statement from the Boston Herald that Admiral Howison Is an open and ayowed partisan of Admiral Sampson and we all know Admiral Benham to be such a partisan That leaves only one possible fair man on the board or ln- ouiry. It requires no perspicacity to tell what the verdict will be.
 "I was in Washington the other day that is to say, at the end Of last Weeh, and whilst nearly everybody Is out ol town, still there are enough men or iorce there to reflect prevailing opinion Ihat opinion is that Schley will get the short end of the stick.
 Isn't it lamentable isn't 1t mournful, that the great mass of the American peo- ple can foretell, discount and conoemh' weeks ahead, the decision of high court of inquiry composed of American aa- mirals7
 "I am prepared now, today, to write In substance the decision of the Schley court of inquiry which is to be delivered 10 the President months hence. It will be agalhse schley-it will give the credit for the vic- tory of Santiago to man who was twelve miles from where the battle was fought when it was fought.
 .In the old country they do things dif- ferently-they do so many things govern mental differently and better over tnere' They give Lord Roberts half million dollars as a present; years ago they gave him sooo.OOo. That was after Candahar. And the noble Irishman deserved IL aii' to say nothing of his patent of nopihty' so cherished above all things by every one of the Kings subjects
 "But the point Is this Admiral Scniey' who is being blackguarded by ever rap scallion in the Republic, and who IS 10 appear before an official court whose de- cision Is already arrived at, did more TOT the nation in two hours at Santiago than Lord Roberts did for Great Britain In fourteen months In South Africa Yet 
 Lord Roberts gets an earldom and hail million dollars. Schley gets-abuse!
 "Iarking back; the restoration of Grant to tht army list was bitterly opposed In Congress, and the greatest soldier Of this age, es the Duke of Cambridge styled him, would have died hard-pressed for little ready money had not friends come to his assistance The British Parliament gave the Duke of Wellington four mil lions of dollars, together with the princeiy rural estate of strathsfieldsaye, and that noble palace, Apsley House. at the Princes Gate entrance to Hyde Park seen and admired by every American who ever visited London.
 "There was a horrible howl in this coun- trv when it was first proposed to give the widow of Abraham Lincoln $5coo. The sum of s25,Ooo a year is pledged for ever to the descendants of Wellington. Weliing- ton destroyed Napoleon. If Grant did any thing he preserved this Republic from destructionl"