The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-09
GENERAL BRAGG
GOES TO CHINA
Old WarhOrse Made Havana Ton
Hot to Hold Him.
TRANSFERRED TO RONGEOve
CONSUL GENERAL RUBLEE Will
TAKE CUBAN POST

U1ASHINGTON. Oct. S.-Edwar5
W Bragg, consul general al Esr.
ma, has been transferred 70 a.
post Of consul general al Hongkon-
taking the place Of William 4. RubTos
who has been transferred 10 The 49,.
sulate at Havana. The plan 10 fran.
fer the general has been in corta-,
platiOn for almost three months D,
WAS fully decided that it was p...s
sary 10 make the change, and the orI,.
question was where General Rrs..
could be placed without Substance
loss to himself. for il is dlticplt :.
find in the consular service a Dositf,,,
paying as we'll as this. The oA5riai
salary Of the place is $1,000 per annur,
but there are fees attached, much ~
which go to the consul general Wbieb
swell the total compensation 10 abouf
$1,000 a year.
Bragg's Letter.
Although il is realized that Gens-si
Bragg has been guilty OF a lack -
judgment at least in allowing 10 as
cape from him a rather contemptuons
criticism Of the Cuban people. In vier
OF the fact that ne was not directly -.
sponsible for its publication. the urasi.
dent decided 20 look on his case Win
lenient eye. Early in July General
Bragg wrote a letter 10 his wife al
her home in this country, in Wbieb
he used this language:
Uncle Sam might as well try IA
make whistle out of a pigs tail as Ia
try TO make something out Of the Latin
race"
The letter was published on July a
A few days later the Cuban govern.
ment asked Mr.. Squiers, our minister
TO Havana, If the quotation was an.
thentic. intimating that il il were so
General Bragg probably had destroyed
his usefulness at Havana.
Admitted Writing It.
BY direction of the state department
Mr.. Squiers called on General Bragg
for an explanation. He at once al
mitted the authenticity Of the quota.
ton. but held he had a right 10 write
what he pleased in a purely personal
letter TO his own family, and without
discussing tia question with the gen
eral, the state department decided that
a change must be made, and set about
TO find another place for General
Bragg. About two weeks ago this was
found through the willingness Of United
States Consul General William A. Rub
lee. at Hongkong. China, 10 change his
post for that at Havana. The delay in
making the announcement Of the
change has been caused by the neces-
sity of arranging the details of the
transfer. 1t is understood now that
these have been perfected, and that
the change will take place as soon as
Mr. Rublee can reach Havana.
Salary About the Same.
Mr. Rublee's post ar HongkOng is sal
aried at 5000 per annum, and his nOta-
rial fees. to all of which he is entitled
amounted last year TO $l,047, so that
General Bragg propably will not lose
very much by the change.
The new appointee at Havana, like
General Bragg, is a Wisconsin man
He is a son of the late Horace Rublee.
former editor and part owner Of the
Milwaukee, Sentinel He was originally
appointed as United States consul al
Prague, Austria, in 1890, and retired
from that post in 1888. He entered the
consular service in 1901. going directly
to HongkOng as consul general His
record in that Office IS said at the state
department TO be excellent.