Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, d. c., July II.

will do the same. This acilOn Will DC
an innovation. The messages of the
President and Secretary of State will ex-
press their personal sympathy and will
also represent the regard of the Ameri-
can people as a whole for the wonderful
character of Pope Leo. The admins
tration feels that Pope Leo XII has
been personally friendly to this govern
ment, and since the acquisition OF great
Catholic possessions, has aided it in dis
posing of some perplexing problems.
The administration attitude toward
Leo XIII was very DELEGATE. His power
and authority were recognized in various
directions, but, of course, without open
ing diplomatic relations.
Despite the official refusal OF the
Russian government to receive the petit
ton from America, called forth by the
recent massacre of Jews at kischeneii,
it is nevertheless a fact that copy OF
that petition has been read to the Rus
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs and
now reposes in the archives of his office.
To all intents and purposes, therefore,
the object of those who circulated the
petition has been accomplished with
the soles exception that the docu-
ment will probably never reach d.
rectlv the eye of the Gar.
The State Department today made public
the correspondence regarding the sub
iect. 1t includes the instructions to
Mr. Riddle, the United States charge
d. affaires at the st. Petersburg EN-
bassy, and the letter sent to Messrs.
Levi, Wolf and Straus, acquainting them
with the fact that the Russian govern
ment had declined to receive or con-
slider the petition. President Roosevelt
believes that in spite of the refusal OF
the Russian government to receive the
Kishineff petition, the desired moral
effect has been obtained. The Cars
advisers have been enlightened on the
subject if they did not already know
how the President and people of the
United States regarded the Muscovite
brand of brutality.
With Russia's reply that she cannot
discuss her internal affairs with any
other nation, the State Department hopes
that the Kishaneff petition has become
merely a document on file in its vaults.
There has not been any expectation from
the first of any result other than this,
and although the representatives OF the
B'nai Birth may urge further action 1t
is hardly possible that any can be taken.
Comment here hinges this morning upon
conflict of statements which can
scarcely be explained save upon the
theory that some one blundered. Occa-
sion was taken by some unnamed high
official through a statement to the press
to Join the Kisheneff and Manchurian
matters in terms which could not be
anything but offensive to Russia, yet 1t
it now disclosed that the Manchurian af-
fair had already been settled, and salts
factorily, several days prior to the "high
official" statement; namely, on June 2S.
As authoratively stated yesterday, the
sole purpose of the administration in ap-
preaching the Russian Foreign Office
with the petition was to make the gen
eral sentiment of the American people
matter of record, the effect having al
ready been produced. 1t now remains
to be seen whether the promoters OF the
petition are content to allow their
efforts to lie as recorded.
The President has given directions for
the preparation of commissions for the
following promotions in the army.
Mai. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young, to be Lieut..
Gen. vice Gen. Miles, retired; Brig.
Gen. s. S. Sumner, to be Maj. Gen. vice
Gen. Davis, retired; Brig. Gen. Leon
ard S. Wood, to be Maj. Gen. vice Gen.
Young, to be promoted. Gen. Miles
will retire on August 8 and Gen. Davis
on July 26. The President has decided
upon the promotion of thirty-four col
onels now on the active list Of the army
with the advanced rank of brigadier gen.
eral upon the retirement Of Maj. Gen.
Geo. w Davis, now in command Of the
division of the Philippines. The promo
ton will be made of officers who served
with credit in the civil war with the
understanding that they will immediate
ly retire upon their own application,
making room for another promotion and
retirement.
Minister Squiers, at Havana, today
cables the State Department as follows;
Cuban Senate has approved the coal
ing station agreement. A prior dis
patch from Mr.. Squiers received this
morning says: 'House of Representa-
tives yesterday approved Senate bill"
The Post Office Department is investi-
eating the affairs of the 'tHome Pub
fishing Association" of Springfield,
Mass. a concern which has been send
ing circulars through the mails Offering
S25, 600 in prizes in guesses on the total
receipts of the post Office for the year
ended June 80, 1908.
On the authority of a member of the
Cabinet, who recently returned from
Oyster Bay, where the matter was dis
cussed by the President, it may be
definitely stated that there will be no
changes in President ROosevelts official
family until his term expires, unless i'll
health interferes.
The Director of the Mint yesterday
bought at 81. 06 cents an ounce l75, 600
ounces of silver for Philippine coinage.
John J. Newmeyer, 60 years DID, a