Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-06
FROM WASHINGTON.

Washington, D. c., September G.


Washington, d. c., September 6.
President Roosevelt will spend very
little time in Washington between now
and the opening of Congress next De
cember. He will pass through the capt.
tai on the morning of the tenth, return
ing from his southern trip, and Will be
here one or two days during the Grand
Army encampment in October. The
rest of the time he will spend at his
OYSTER Bay home. As soon as he returns
70 Long Island from the northwest t! c
President will start to work on his mea-
sage to Congress and this labor will o.
cupy most of his time until the first OF
December. During the Christmas holt
days he will go south again; Immediately
after the session of Congress closes he
will 90 on a short hunt to Colorado; and
in April or May he will 60 on five or
six weeks trip TO the Pacific coast and
the northwest. The present trip to the
south makes Secretary Cortelyou's forty
ninth presidential tour.
President Roosevelt's principal reason
for making the New England, southern
and northwestern tours is to aid the
cause of Cuban reciprocity. lie hopes
to get in closer touch with the people
and the members of Congress and Is
enough of an optimist to believe that
he will so far attain this end that when
! Congress meets again he will have n
majority instead of a minority in favor
of Cuban relief. During the New Eng
land tour he has had confidential talks
with many members of Congress and
several Senators who differed with him
on the Cuban relief question and ne be-
lieves that he has succeeded in changing
their opinions.
Count Mutsu, secretary of the Jap
anese legation here today informed the
State Department that Captain Rosehill
has left Marcus Island and that there
was no friction between him and the
japanese government durings his stay.
On arriving at the island, Captain Rose
hill was given the letter from United
States Senator Buck, which had been
brought by a japanese cruiser, and
which informed him that the United
States government recognized the claim
of the japanese government to sovereign
tvFjver the island. He remained there
about a week and then departed. Capt.
Rosehill claimed the island by right OF
discovery but failed to file his claim with
the State Department for some years.
Meanwhile some japanese went there
and began working the guano deposits.
Hearing of this Captain R0sehill started
with vessel to take possession and ii
was reported that he was going to make
war on the Japs. The presence of the
japanese gunboat and the letter from the
United States government telling him he
would not be backed up, made him
change his mind.
Relations between the United States govern
ment and the Sultan Of Turkey have been re-
established on the most friendly basis and It
is now declared that all the questions pend
ing between the two countries are IN far
way to be satisfactorily settled Minister
Ieischman has obtained an important dip
lomatic victory in securing from the Sultan
permission to conduct his negotiations with
himself. Heretofore it has been necessary
for the American Minister to deal with the
Chief Vizier who would enter into agreement
which he had no power to carry out. Thus
the negotiations-we continually blocked and
no progress was possible. BY dealing direct
ly with the Sultan this difficulty has been
obviated and the lOng-standing claims Of the
United States are now on the point Of settle
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