Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-20
is A WOMAN
DIPLOMAT.
SideIightS on a Dominican Plan
That Failed Mrs. Reader
Heroine.

agreement with MIR. and Mrs. Athole Il.
Reader respecting amy Santo Domingo
matters. In Il statement published Sat
| urday Mrs. Ella K. Reader had de-
| clarcd that Mr.. Cromwell had acted as
| counsel for her husband and herself in
It venture by which they had under
taken ia secure financial relief for the
republic of Santo Iuniugo in return
for valuable concessions. Mrs. Reader
declared that tile project was stopped
on the Of contamination by Il dis
closure of / to he authorities at Wash
llgton and consequent dispatch of an
agent of the United States government
TO Santo Domingo.
Mr. Cromwell said:
Il supplement- my explicit denial
with the statement that | never have
had amy employment, understanding or
agreement with Mr.. and Mrs. Reader
respecting any Santo Domingo matters
and have ub information as to what
WAS done or not done bv them in Santo
Domingo"
The Charge made 10y Senator Morgan
of Alabama that William Nelson Crom-
well. whom various PanamanS have
said was the guiding star of the 18TH
milan revolution. negotiated the inter
vcutiou Of the United States in Santo
Domingo has brought interesting dcvel-
opmentS here.
senator Morgan sail:
Morales wanted Ia cnga@e the Read
crS as his agents to negotiate a treaty
with the l'nitrl States. There is
nothing wrong about that, nor is it
Unprecedented. BurlinGamc was en-
gagged for the purpose by China in Il
famous instance.
Header sailed for Santo Domingo to
get the treaty, but mark this; He
knew what the treaty was to contain
before he sailed. His counsel was
Cromwell. The treaty which Morales
wanted the Readers to negotiate was =;
much better treaty than the one We
aftcrWard got. 1t provided that six
commissioners should be appointed. one
hv carh Of several different govern
ment>. to collect The revenues and dis
charge the debts of the government.
Morales was 10 sell SANTANA bay to us
for S|1.OuU,UOO. He was to get n million
ana Il half out of the revenue receipts
to run the government, and if that did
not suffice he was TO disband his
standing army ana reduce his expenses
until Il million and Il half did cove
the expenses"
Mr.. and Mrs. .AthDlc i. Reader. the
South American mine oWucrs. whose
plans 10 get concessions from Presi-
dent Morales. senator Morgan said,
were frustrated by the intervention Of
this country, turned up in New York.
elaborated ON Senator Morgan's story
and added that Mr.. Cromwell had been
their legal adviser with respect to their
dominican enterprises, the failure of
which followed the arrival of Com
maudrr Dillingham; and the signing of
the now famous MISUNDERSTANDING
agreement"
1t was arranged that Mrs. Reader
should br fiscal agent in this country
for President Morales: that Mr.. Reader
should take hold of the Santo Domingo
end uf tln negotiations: that President
Morales should hand over to the Read
erS TIN" bay Of SANTANA. which the
Readers might ur might not hand over
to President Roosevelt rs Il coaling sta
tiou. From There Mrs. Reader takes
t' tI" llin H~ follows:
"AIr. l'rloz and Mr.. Reader arrived
at SHuto Domingo on the Both of De
ccmoor 1901, AMID We're met on the boat
10y General Morales. Perez called up-
OH Morales oil Friday evening, as ar
ranged, and returned to my husband
about II O'Clock with the news that ~
erEiItin- WAS most satisfactory and
tlat president Morales was ready to
Keep his PROMISE and had agreed gen
orally lp o'crything Mr.. Reader re-
quirrd.
q MONDAY. Jan. ., when he called
at the plI0ro. .Alr. Sanchez informed
him that iiry had Il communication
from Mr.. Dawson not to proceed with
Inc Ecadcr negotiations, but to deal di-
rect with Washington, and that Il spe-
..1l commissioner was leaving Wash
u2tou within twenty-four hours for
Sautu Domingo city. President Mo-
IaIes seemed confused and upset and
said;
"'What can | do: am frightened
Of the big %sticls," and ! dare not under
present circumstances offend President
Roosevelt.
ION Jan. II Commander Dillingham;
arrived ut Santo Domingo city with
the United States gUnboat Castiue. and
Immediately proceeded with his uego-
tiationS with President Morales I'm con-
Junction with United States Minister
Dawson
CourEd's Nci&hbor Held For Murder.
FONDA, y. Y. March 2u-Sherif
Dodds aud District Attorney Maxwell
spent the day an ,\rau~yilIo making
further Investigation into the murder
of Peter Conrad. the Ucll known farm
err, whose body WI> found in Il COW
stable. Daniel ..uliru. a neighbor Of
Conrad. is h,id FOB the county Jail sus-