Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-09-14
EDWARD G. DANA.
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.
SPECIAL coRREsroNpRNoE.

NeuuClnS Tnl''Pplnc roTSc-oIutis
have been issued by the war depart.
uient for the return to the United
States OF the Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments Of infantry and nine
companies of sea coast artillery, now
In the Philippines The transport Blu
ford will sail from Manila for New
York on Sept. Is with the Twenty
third and the Fitzpatrick will sail ON
the 18TH The Fitzpatrick will return
to Manila Immediately to bring back
the nine companies Of coast artillery.
She will land them at New York.
Schey Is Ready-Rear Admiral
Schey and his attorneys, Messrs. Will
son and Raynor, have completed the
preliminary work IN their case and
are now ready to 60 before the court
OF inquiry. The. will probably not
have anotk. conference to discuss
the case until the day before the court
meets. They have furnished the navy
department with list Of witnesses In
the naval service whose examination
by Admiral Schley and his counsel
was desired before the formal inves-
tigation began, and the department
sent kilograms directing these wit
, nesses to come to Washington and re-
port to Admiral Schley.
Forsyth Exonerated-Captai James
Mcqueen Forsyth's explanation Of his
apparent disregard OF the navy de-
bartment order forbidding discussion
OF the Schley case has been deemed
satisfactory. While coming east, the
captain says, he was detained over
Sunday at Kansas City, Me. He de-
clined to talk with Il reporter. II
seems, however. that he fell into pri-
yate conversation with some person
at the hotel with no idea that what
he said would be repeated In any
form His remarks were distorted
and were used to form the substance
of the alleged interview. Capt. For
syth has SO frankly avowed his deep
regret at any discretion In the pre-
misses, that the department Is satisfied
that there was no intention on his
part 'of violating the order. No action
will be taken further than to inform
Capt. Forsyth that his explanation Is
satisfactory and that the incident will
not be treated as affecting his excel
lent record.
viii WI Go?-Wu Ting-fang, the
Chinese minister, has received no off-
cial information in regard to his re-
ported coming transfer to London. Mr..
WI read the report from London in
the papers that the Chinese minister
in London had been appointed to st.
Petersburg, and that the minister at
Washington was to be transferred to
the former post. The state depart
ment does not credit the report, and
| it is denied by Mr.. Rockhill the spe-
cial commissioner of the United
States at Pekin, who has made in
| qures as to it's truth. Mr.. WI. who
has just returned to Washington from
| Narragansett Pier says that he had
no reason to suppose that LII Ching.
fang, who is the adopted son of LII
Hung Chang, would not go to st. Pet
ersburg. He was appointed to the
Russian mission, Mr.. WI explained,
before the Boxer outbreak, and Chin
ese papers of recent date said he was
| making preparations for departure
for his post.
Situation In the Isthmus-The text
OF Mr.. Hays telegram rendering to
the South American republics the
friendly offices of this government in
the adjustment of their difficulties,
has not been made public. An &C.
acknowledgement of it's receipt has been
made by the Venezuela government.
but it's purport has not been made
known. 1t is friendly in tone, and
while charging invasion by Colombian
forces on the Venezuela border and
referring to the temporary suspension
OF diplomatic intercourse which has
occurred, the way appears to be open
for explanations. Venezuela has not
declared war against Colombia. No
acknowledgment has been received
from Bogota, but this Is supposed to
be due to the reported delays in tele-
graphic communication between BO-
gotta and the coast stations. Advices
to the state department represent the
indicated in recent press dispatches.
From whom these advices were re.
ceived the department is not yet pre-
pared to disclose.
When Cubans Will Control-Gen.
Leonard Wood, mintary governor OF
Cuba, stopped in Washington for
few hours on his return to Cuba. He
sailed from Norfolk on the govern
ment steamer Kanawha. In his
opinion the Cuban constitutional con-
ventiOn has practically concluded the
important work intrusted to it and
the principal reason for his return to
Havana at this moment Is that he may
be present at the close of the conven-
tion which Is awaiting his arrival
Gen. Wood said that on the whole the
delegates approached their work in
serious and patriotic spirit and DIS.
charged the momentous task OF Great
ing a new nation most creditably. In
his opinion, it will be seven or eight
months before the Cuban government
can assume complete control of the
island. Meanwhile, as the U. S. ori-
cials are by the terms of the electoral
bill chargeable with the supervision OF
the election, it will not be possible to
completely exacuate the island until
the Cuban president has been in'
stalled.
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