The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-06


Washington, June 5.-The president and
officials OF the war department gre stln
doing everything In thelr power to locate
the leak through which the papers In the
case Of Lieutenant Arnold and Sergeant
Edwards reached the public They are
working arictly hut It Is known that they
have been deeply stirred MP by the expose
made 10y senator Cuberson. ana that they
will leave no stone unturned In their Of.
forts TO find some one TO punish
Further interesting Developments arc
confidently looked for, and In some quar-
tiers it Is thought that ono Of these de.
vclcpments may be the retirement OF Gem
cral Miles All save Que of the war de-
partment chiefs. through whose office the
papers PASSED have explicitly denied that
they gave out copies Of tho documents.
That one Is General Miles, He is absent
on official duty In Kansas and SO far no
news has come from him, although II is
barely possible that the war department
has not communicated with him on the
subject In Wow Of the bitter feeling nj
ready existing between the president, Sec
Rotary Root and the desk warriors of the
department on one side and General Miles
on the other, there Is every reason TO be
would be glad to fnsten The giving out Of
the papers on Miles. II Is hntcd that even
though no more Information is gained
than Is at hand w the president viii
order court oi Inquiry unless General
Miles should forestan such action and ask
for such n court himself, In any evcut, IL
is practically certain that the president,
II he can md even the slightest Of conuec'
tlon between General Miles aud the giving
ont Of the papers Will Immediately execute
his threat to arbitrarily place Miles ON the
retired ilst II will he remembered thar ne
only refrained from executing this threar
some weeks ago because Miles fr.5nda
promised that the commanding general
would make no further efforts to "embar-
rass" the administration.
One of the very interesting features of
the situation IA rumor to the effect that
Miles has in his possession large amount
OF Information regarding the conduct Of the
war In the Philippines. the publication OF
which would do more 10 harm the admin
saseessesooeosse ssssessSee'
in the common belief that the Nicaragua
route was the only one to he considered
The United states had been deferred from
cmbarkng on that project, and IN the llShi
of events the fatos seemed 20 have inter
fered to prevent MS from making mistake
4 The Panama route was only forty nin'
miles long white that OF Nicaragua was ISL
miles In length.
you build your canal said he. 20
! provide for the passage of ships from ocean
TO ocean In the least possible time ana at
| the least expense"
PURPOSE OF THE CANAL.
canal constructed on such lines, he in
sisted. meant success He said he wa
looking at the proposition for us CONNER
cial advantages as well as It's advantages
az means Of defense.
I'VE are to build this canal for th'
world" said ne. I'VE are TO build cana
for the commerce Of the world and We
must take into account tho business at
tracted to It from the world
BY stubborn facts and by findings Of th'
best engineers 10 the country he had beer
compelled to change his views, which orig
inally had been IN favor or the Nicaragua
route
MIR. Hanna referred to the seismic d's
turbances IN the canal region and suggese'
that those disturbances ought 40 cause 'N'
American congress to pause ard consia'
the suggested danger seriously "t Ie
tered to the maps arranged around 1871
walls of the chamber showing the hninp'
Of active and inactive volcanoes N in
canal region. demonstrating INIT thet
we're more volcanoes ia the neishoorho'
OF the Nicaragca route than ia that OF I'd
Panama route lie maintained thot IN
cost OF the Nicaragua canal wonld be VA
ucnscly greater in point Of construeuo
ana operation than The Panama canal au
said he was prepared 20 demonstrate Una
the Nicaragua canal could not be operate
at night.
Mr.. Hanna said that IN many respects ~
same conditions Applied TO both the Nica
ragua and the Panama canals.
Discussing the spooner substitute he de
nied emphatlcaly that It was subterfug
intended 10 delay or procrastlnate. lie eA
| planned that II the president were not SAT
isaed with the Panama canal company
title he could proceed 20 build the cana
by the Nicaragua route, provided thHt al
conditions and concessions were shisla'
tory 1t was understood, Of course Una
the United states did not propose TO 3
ahead with the canal project except W"
, clean sheet BY either route he believe
r the canal would be a power fDf the pea'
Of the world and be had no fear Of any II
/ terference with the United states or an
of its citizens engaged IN the canal Of
struetion by any foreign power.
/ Sir. Hanna, after speaking an hour an
! a quarter, pleaded fatigue saying he woni
continue tomorrow, yielding the door 10 VI
d Mitchell (ore) another member Of the j
I teroceanIc canal committee.
8 The Oregon senator declared that u
construction OF the canal was demane
. by the American people In tone Ia