The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07


in q letter to George E Graham he
wrote that Sampson was In Siboney
harbor the morning when the nght be-
gan" The New York Sun with its usr-
al recklessness and hatred Of Schley
pronounces that he bore false witness
against Sampson" tha is told a lie.
The Atlanta Constitution copies from a
magazine article written by Command
er s. A Staunton for Harpers maya
zine in January. 1899. He vas mag
secretary Of Admiral Sampson aboard
the New York upon the occasion in
question. What did he say as, to tine
Santiago affair and Sampson?
1T had become necessary for Admiral
Sampson to see n consult with Gen.
eral Shafter respecting future opera
tons. and as the great size and weight
OF the general made 1t difficult for him
to come to Siboney, the admiral con-
scented to go to the front to his head
quarters. The cavalry escort was really
and the admiral and staff were on the
quarterback prepared to go on shore.
The flagship was about seven miles
east of the MORO. and a mile from the
land. when the smoke in the channel
and the beginning Of sharp firing indi-
Gated that the enemy were coming out"
The Constitution avs: These para
graphs plainly show that the New York
was right off the harbor Of Sibony. had
recognized the cavalry escort sent by
General Shafter to conduct Admiral
Sampson inland to headquarters, and
that the latter and his staff were really
to go ashore when the guns Of the fleet
notified them that the enemy was COM
confederation of what Admiral Schley
said in the Graham letter."
Is not the Suns denial the lie out?
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The published statement by the state
department as to Cuban trade shows
that Cuba imported from the United
States s35. 95S. 245. and exported to the
United States $50. 592. $40. It's imports
from all other countries aggregate s33.-
592. $40. and exported to them $l1, 036, lis;
of imports the United States received
In articles the following per cent. Of all
it exported: Crude mineral oils. SO. 9S:
-four. 1913; lard. and tallow. 90: engines,
80: coffee. 81: electric machinery, 95:
sugar and brandy machinery, SO; pota-
toes. ~: agricultural implements, 81;
iron ingots. bars. sheets. ETC.. &c: sailed
or picked. 4S: paints and colors, Sc;
cattle. 80; paper and manufactures Of
81; shoes. q: cotton manufactures, T.;
olive oil. o: rice. 0: silk manufactures, 0;
wines. 0; wooden knit goods. 0.
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The debates in congress as to Philip
pine actual conditions vary much. The
tooters for the government make a des-
perate fight. Let the real truth be
sought and revealed. The proposed in
vestigation if properly, fairly conducted
will let the country know what is real
ly going on. The New York Evening
Post says:
1.-The effect Of a thorough investiga-
ton in bringing out all the facts may
be to induce the majority in congress
and the administration to make a
change Of policy consonant with the
and the free principles OF
American government. At any rate,
the partisan attempts to conceal LIE
truth and to throw suspicion on the
IlOlING VI the GREAT DOdy VI IL ats
oppose republican policy are better
calculated than anything else to encour-
age the Filipinos in their desperate
struggle"
Mark, The Evening Post is nothing OF
a democrat. but it speaks words here
"of truth and soberness." You cannot
learn from partisans what the truth IS
to the Philippines. Governor Taft
admits that the Filipinos are hostile.
and yet he talks of 5000 troops being
enough to keep them straight. Ameri-
can management has been futile. and
now it is drifting into the measures OF
Weyler in Cuba and Kitchener in South
Africa. At Manila, "a dispatch of the
2pd instant. says, there is a great diffci-
ence of opinion as to Governor Taft's
veracity. The pertinent question IS
does he tell the TRUTH
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Uncle Sam now leads the great ma
tions IN the matter of gold. In the Z.
s. treasury there were s545. 199. S75 a few
days ago. This is more than is held by
any of five great powers. The figures
for them are thus given:
Gold in French .s47S, IA. 600
Gold in Imperial treasury.
Russia 329,S37, 900
Gold in Austria-Hungary
treasury Z25,Ul,O O0
Gold in Imperial treasury,
224, $50. 900
Gold in Bank of ~England..... 172'622, 900
And yet after all how little Of the
worlds actual business is carried on by |
sold. n all these nations there is not
enough gold to meet the obligations and
transactions Of the worlds work for Il
week if it was all to be based on actual
amount OF gold.
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The New York Bookman lately writ
ing IF q new and much read book en-
titled The Making Of an American" by
q foreign born boy, now Jacob A. Risi,
begins with this very pertinent opin-
ion, that is doubtless true: