Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-12
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Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington. ID. c.. April IL.
The next move in the diplomatic
game between Venezuela and the United
States is awaited with great interest by
the icreign legations here. They are
watching the course of events with some
amusement, in the case OF representa-
lives of European powers, and win
solicitude in the case of the south
American ENJOYS. No action is ex-
peetcd until after the Presidents return
from his hunting trip, and what course
he will take will be dictated largely by
DEVELOPMENTS in the meantime. The
conviction is growing that the United
States has taken an untenable position
in demanding that cases actually pend
inc before the courts of Venezuela
shall be removed from that Juris.
diction aud submitted to arbitration.
Such a demand is regarded in some
quarters as a direct rejection on the in
tegrity of the Venezuelan judiciary
which is properly resented by President
Castro's government 1t is pointed out,
for example, that if England or Ger
manv. many of whose citizens were in
terested as stock aud bondholders in the
roads involved in the Northern Securi-
ties case, should have announced while
it was pending that they would not te
bound by the decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States and demand.
ed that it should be submitted TO arbi-
tralion, howl Of indignation would
have gone up all over the land. Yet
that is lust what the United States has
done in the asphalt and other cases in
Venezuela. In the present situation
Castro is generally believed by diplo-
mats here TO have the best OF the argu-
ment and they are curious to see how
The United States will manage 10 get
out of the tangle.
The rain of this morning and the
clouds of this evening did not keep many
people from BenniDg today. The races
will close tomorrow after most success
full season and record breaking crowd is
expected to be present.
Ex-senator John NJ. Thurston, OF
Nebraska and Washington, ID. c =, will
act as chief counsel for Senator Mitchell,
of Oregon, iu the trial Of indictments
for alleged land frauds soon to be held
at Portland. Ore. Senator Mitchell will
also be represented by Attorney Bennett,
of Oregon, who will look after the lOcal
end of the defense.
The Jury in the criminal curt tAis
afternoon returned verdict of not guilty
in the case of Trumpeter Samuel r.
Young, of Troop H, 18th cavalry, Fort
Myer, who was indicted for manslaugh-
ter in connection with tue death OF
Policeman John Jacob Smith on the
evening of July 4th last.
Messrs. Shonts, Magoon- AMI Wal
lace, forming the executive committee
of the Isthmian Canal commission, had
long consultation with Secretary TAFT
today over Panama affairs. 1t has been
practically decided to create in the War
Department bureau Of administration
of is hmian canal affairs, Of which Col.
Clarence r. Edwards, at present in
charge of the insular bureau, will be the
chief. This bureau will handle all the
accounts, contracts and correspondence
of the commission in Washington. Capt.
Robert +. l.. Niche, Of the 18th
Cavalry, who has been serving as a mem
of the general staff, will be ass gned to
the insular bureau.
When the council assembled this
morning, there was debate upon a mo-
ton made by Mrs. Mary Wood Swift,
the president TO declare in formal manner
that Miss Susan B. Anthony was the
founder Of the organization. After con-
siderable debate the motion was carried
unanimously, Miss Anthony being for
mally declared the founder. The remain
der of the morning session was spent in
discussing amendments to the constltu-
ton.