Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-07-30
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COMMUNICATED.
wAsHrsoroN, July q, 1908.
The diplomatic mix-up Of the re
publican admintration ON the Rus
sian and Manchurian question is
casing good deal Of hilarity here
among republicans as TO the final
outcome. 1t is known here that the
remarkable statement lately given
out by Assistant Secretary Oh State
LOOMS, during the absence ofSecre-
tary Hay, to the effect that the Kis-
heneff affair and the Manehurian
question concerning the open door
policy were interwined and interde-
pendent, and must, therefore, be
considered together, was inspired
by no less parsonage them Presi-
sident Roosevelt himself. When
Secretary Hay hurried TO Oyster
Bay and informed the President
that be had played the dickens
in giving Loomis any such instruc.
tions, Che President quickly side
stepped and left poor Ioomis with
the bag to hold. The veriest tyro
in diplomacy would have known
that the two questions had no more
TO do with each other than the Alas
kan boundary dispute has to do with
the Breathitt county feuds, and As.
sistant Secretary LOOMS probably
knew Il when he was promulgating
the remarkable statement that went
out TO the country, but hewas obey
ing the Instructions Of his chief who
was simply trying 10 play some
politics and got his gee leg over
the 'haw traces Secretary Hay 8
recent statement to the effect that he
had obtained Russia IS consent tothe
open door Ia several important ports
In Manchuria has still further com.
plicated matters. fIe made the I'M
qualified statement that he bad
things fixed. Now. Count Gas.
SIM, the Russian ADassador 10 this
country, comes out in a statement
and says IL ism I so, and that Score
tary Hay said nothing to him about
the matter, and there you are.
So far as the Kisheneff affairs ID
concerned. public men hereare con
trasting the actions Of two men in
the matter, When the news Of this
massacre Of Jews in Russia came 10
this country, thefrst man toechothe
cry Of horror was Mr. William II.
Hearst in his papers. Although he
is gentle himself, he Immediately
began the collection OF relief fund
for those poor, prosecuted people,
heading the list with q generous
donation from his own pocket. He
not only did this, but be demanded
justice for the Jews and sent d spe
Girl commissioner to thescen Of the
massacre in the person OF Michael
Dayitt, the well-known Irish Mem.
Der of Parliament. This had the
effect Of rousing Rusnia to action in
the matter, order was restored and
some Of the leaders in the massacre
were arrested and the Governor OF
the Province was dismissed from
Office. Mr.. Hearst's action was die
tated by humanitarianism and bis
innate love Of justice. The action Of
the President Of the United States
10 this Kisheneff matter has laid him
open to the charge OF trafficking for
votes in o manner that is on d par
With the methods Of d ward heller.
He first blew cold and then he blew
hot. He ignored the matter cmnule-
tely untilhe was called on BY commit.
teesof influential Jews, who asked
him 70 present petition TO the Car
Of Russia setting forth fhe woes 81
the unfortunate Jews IN his Empir1s. /
He then proceeded to getyery busy
He gave out statements from the
State Department as to what he was
going TO do, and how he was going
10 do II He knew that Tile changes
world be rung on this thing through
The press 81 the country until the
Iews q the country would begin