The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-03

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John Barrett. formerly United States Min
| lister to Siam. reached ST. Louis yesterda!
TO consult with the oficials OF the Louisian'
Purchase Exposition Company as 10 TN
| best methods of interesting the nations o
the East in the ST. Louis Worlds Fair
NJ. Barrett went the circle which tn
| distinguished guests OF the Exposition Com
| pany always take. He took luncheon
the MONDAY Club with officials and Di
| rectors OF the company. took q trolley rid
| in the Transit Company's car Electra ou
| to the Country Club for dinner and epen
| the evening doing the suburban resorts
| in the company Of Worlds Fair officials an'
directors.
1t is taken for granted that II everything
Is satisfactory both to the company and T.
Mr.. Barrett. he will be commissioned u
represent the Exposition Company In ms
Orient. which embraces. on Mr.. Barrett's
own definition. China. Japan, Korea, Siam
Eastern Siberia. the Philippines. Persia
Turkey I'm Asia. British India. the Dutch
possessions in Java and Sumatra. and the
French possessions OF Cambodia-
Mr.. Barrett is at present a delegate TO the
Mexico October o. William I. Buchanan
who preceded Mr.. Barrett recently as q
distinguished guest. is also a member oi
this congress. They were appointed py
President Mckinley along with ex-senator
Henry G. Davis OF West Virginia. Nolney
W. Foster OF Chicago and Charles NJ. Pep
per OF Washington. ID. c. These delegates
between American States. commercially and
socially.
MIR. BARRETT VISITS
MERCHANTs' EXCHANGE.
Mr.. Barrett was introduced on the hoo-
Of the Merchants Exchange by Vice Presi-
dent Corwin H. Spencer. and later In the
morning attended a meeting Of the Foreign
Relations Committee. at which were Presi-
dent Francis Vice President Spencer. J. C..
Van Blarcom. W. T. Haarstick and John
d. Davis. At this meeting Mr.. Barrett ex-
pounded his ideas as to the best methods OF
inducing Oriental governments TO make ex-
h!bits and to otherwise participate In the
Fair.
To-day Mr.. Barrett will hold a confer
ence with the millers OF St. Louis in the
directors room of the Merchants Ex-
change to discuss steps to prevent the i'm
position of an import duty on wheat in
China This Is one Of the measures pro-
posed for the payment Of the Chinese In
demnity. Mr.. Barrett will remain in st.
Louis until next Monday.
Il came here at the request Of the Expo
sition oficials to discuss the best way of
approaching the Asiatic countries" he said
yesterday, land shall be glad to give such
advice without reference to a position with
the company.
"a person commissioned to perform such
a service abroad would work with and
through the Ministers Of the United States
to the countries believe Japan and China
could be induced to make a great exhibit at
the St. Louis Worlds Fair China Ia still
thankful for the kind attitude which the
United States maintained during the Boxer
troubles.
The st. Louis Worlds Fair should also
have a great Philippine exhibit. not a Mid
way concession. but a straight out exh.3it
Of the resources and industries Of these
islands"
SECRETARY STEVENS
GOES TO BUFFALO.
Secretary Walter B. Stevens OF the Expo
sition Company Is in the East on business
connected with the Worlds Fair. regarding
which no Information has been vouchsafed
at Worlds Fair headquarters. A dispatch
received from Buffalo yesterday announces
that he spent two hours yesterday at the
Pan-American Exposition.
He declined to state the occasion for his
short sojourn in Buffalo," says the dis
patch. He characterized as without foun-
dation a rumor that he had come to offer
the director generalship to Professor Hen
ry s. Pritchett. Mr.. stevens's visit was en-
tirely unexpected. and he did not appear at
he called at the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition building and went to dinner with
Jose de Olivsres. official representative OF
the Worlds Fair at the exposition
PURCHASE BOUNDARIES
MAY BE DECIDED.
1t is not unlikely that the Worlds Fair
cfficials will bring pressure to bear at
for the final and authoritative
decision OF the controverted question of the
boundaries Of the Louisiana Purchase The
effort probably will be for the naming Of
a commission which shall deal not with the
question of territorial acquisition in the
United States in its entirety, but solely
with the question OF the extent Of the LOU
lsiana Purchase. All previous commissions
have considered the flnal acquisition Of ter
ritory, and for that reason have placed
Texas outside the Purchase because II was
finally annexed In 1sl5 The frst title of
the United States to Texas was founded on
the Purchase 30 also wita Oregon. Ameri-
car claims to this territory, before the
nnal extinction Of British claims, in ls4s.
were in a measure based on the Louisia ma
Purchase. and for that reason that terri
tory may be included In the Purchase. The
desired commission II ta fix the bounda ries
Of all the land TO which the Louisiana Pur-
chase gave the United States a title. cloud
ed or clear. no matter when the Tertiary
was finally acquired by the United sta,e.
with q clear title
CARTER
ANSWE ERS An INQUIRY.
a letter was received yesterdav Sror,