Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-29
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Of the oounrFn.
Washington. July 2S

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Russian and Manchurian question
is causing good deal of hilarity
here among democrats and some
uneasy wonderment among repub-
licans as to the final outcome. Ii is
known here that the remarkable
Systematically given out by Assis-
tant Secretary of State Loomis,
during the absence of Secretary
Hay, to the effect that the Kishe-
netT affair and the Manchurian
question concerning the open door
policy were intertwined and inter-
dependent, and must, therefore, be
considered togather, was inspired
by no less a parsonage than Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself. When
Secretary Hay hurried to Oyster
Bay and informed the President
that he had played the dickens"
in giving LOomis any such instruc-
tions, the President quickly side
stepped" and left poor Loomis
with the bag to hold. The veriest
tryo in diplomacy would have
known that the two questions had
no more to do with each other than
the Alaskan boundary dispute has
To do with the Breathitt county
feuds. and Assistant Secretary
Loomis probably knew it when he
was promulgating the remarkable
statement that went out to the
country. but he was Obeying the
instructions OF his chief who was
simply trying to play some politics
and got his gee leg over the
"haw" traces. Secretary Hays
recent statement To the effect that
he had obtained Russia's consent
To the open door in several impor-
tant ports in Manchuria has still
further complicated matters. He
made the unqualified statement
that he had things fixed" Now,
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambas-
sador to this country. comes out
in statement and says it isn't so,
and that Secretary Hay said
nothing to him about the matter,
and there YOU are.
So far as the Kisheneff affair is
concerned, public men here are
contrasting the actions of two men
i'm the matter. When the news of
this massacre OF Jews in Russia
came to this country, the first man
to echo the cry of horror was Mr..
William r. Hearst i'm his papers.
Although he is a gentle himself.
he Immediately began the collec-
tion of relief fund for those poor.
prosecuted people, heading the
list with II generous donation from
his own pocket. He not only did
this, but he demanded justice for
the Jews and sent "a special COM
missioner TO the scene of the mas
sacre in the person of Michael
Davitt, the well-known Irish Mem
Der of Parliament. This had the
effect of rousing Russia 10 action
in the matter. order was restored
and some of the leaders in the mas
sacre were arrested and the
Governor of the Province was dis
missed from office. Mr.. Hearst :
action was dictated by humaniiari-
aniSm and his innate love of Justice.
The action OF the President of the
United States i'm this Kisheneff
matter has laid him open to the
charge of trafiicking for votes in a
manner that is on par with the
methods of ward heeler. He first
blew cold and then he blew hot.
lie ignored the matter completely
until he was called on by . COM
nttee of influential Jews, who
asked him to present petition to
the Gar of Russia setting forth the
woes of the unfortunate Jews in
his Empire. He then proceeded to
get yery busy, He gave out state=
ments from the State Department
as to what no was going TO do, and
how he was going To do it. He
knew that the changes would be
rung on this thing through tho
press of the country until the Jews
of the country would begin TO think
that he was their greatest and best
friend and grapple them to him
with hoops of steel. He also knew
that the thing would go so far that
Russia would be compelled to take
cognizance of it and announce her
policy in the matter. Russia has
done so, and announces that she
will not receive any suggestions
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