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ment and claims to the property.
The War Department has made pub
lie letter from General Wood, dated
July %, 1903. in which he asks that
the charges made against him by
Major Runcie, in which he requests
that the matter be referred to the in
spector general of the army for such
action as may be required under the
circumstances, or to anv other au-
thority which the War Department
may deem proper. He further says:
Il enclose herewith statement of
the facts in the case, together with
true copies of letters. extracts from
letters, ETC., bearing on the subject.
The statement enclosed gives the ad-
dresses of most of the persons who
have more or less knowledge of the
affair. 1t will be noted that many of
the letters are confidential in charac-
ter, the originals of which are in the
confidential official files of the secre-
tary Of war;"
So many, perplexing and important
have become the cases arising in the
State Department involving the deter
mination of citizenship, that Assistant
Solicitor Frederick Van Dine has COM
piled in a 400-page volume all the de-
cisions of state and national courts and
OF the department itself bearing on the
matter. The volume is to be placed in
the hands of United States consuls. i'm
migration inspectors and other United
States officials who are called upon to
pass upon questions of citizenship. The
publication of the work Is deemed es-
sential because of the fact that this sub
ject has increased in Importance in the
United States with the development OF
the nation as world power. The great
extension of commerce which has
marked the past decade and the recent
additions. to our territory have made
Inevitable a broader compact with the
nations Of the world and have compli-
Gated the relations with the govern
ments and citizens of other countries
In both houses of Congress there
seems to be a strong sentiment in IA
vor Of continuing the enlargement of
the navy. The President spoke of such
enlargement. in his message, as one of
the genuine needs" and advised that
no parsimonious treatment should be
given this subject. There Is little
doubt that conflict Of no mean d.
mensions will arise between the sup
porters of navy appropriations and
those who clamor for the river and
harbor bill. The percentage of increase
Of appropriations has been less for
rivers and harbors than that for any
appropriation except the Indians. The
low state Of the treasury makes II nee
essary to decide on some form of econ
omy, thus decreasing the chances for
the river and harbor bill. The repre-
sentatives from the interior states de-
clare that quite enough has been ex-
pended on the navy OF late and that the
need OF improving rivers and harbors
should outweigh the ambitious extern
sions Of the navy.
The Commission on International
Exchange has received from Professor
jerks the conclusions Of the monetary
commission of Japan regarding the
proposals OF the American commission
for a uniform coinage system based
upon the gold exchange standard for
China. The resolutions declare that
the chaotic condition Of the currency as
It now exists In China Is disadvantage
GUS not to China alone but to those
countries thai have commercial rela-
tions with her. and that definite and
uniform currency system should be
speedily instituted and actually put into
operation throughout the whole empire
or Mt least In those parts Of It that are
Of commercial importance II possible
It Is desirable that this system should
be on the single gold standard. Inas-
much rs the currency reform cannot
be started on perfect system II In re-
garded as advisable to adopt the sug..
gestions of the American commission
as q matter Of expediency. II II aug
gested also that the ratio for China OF
80 to 1 between gold and silver coins
should be adopted for other silvsr-us-