Milford chronicle., 1905-07-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

a for representation at the Peace Confer
Il ence at Portsmouth. The note from he
4 was received at Washington and addressed
in identical terms to the other power
: stating that she would not agree to an!
settlement of the questions at issue be
e tween Russia and Japan that did not rec
{ ognize her sovereign claims in Manchuria
The note has been forwarded to the Presi
dent at Oyster Bay. A similar warning
, for it is nothing less in tone, has been
sent by the Chinese government to st.
? Petersburg and to Tokyo. Whatever
[ China has to say on the subject probably
will have but little weight, but the mere
fact that she has thought it necessary to
address such a note to the negotiating
powers and to define her position to the
rest of the world indicates that she has
not all the faith she might have in the
assurances Of Japan that her war against
Russia was not for territorial aggradise-
ment and that she intended to return in
tact whatever territory Of China she
wrested from the Russians on the main
land, China will of course be assured Of
the moral support of this government in
preserving her integrity, but it would be
la little curious if the Portsmouth confer
ence brought about any agreement be-
tween Japan and Russia that would call
for a warning on the subject from the
United States and the other powers.
The work Of the coming session Of Con-
gress probably will be too great to admit
of any extensive investigation into the
question of tariff revision. There are
several subjects in which the President is
deeply interested and tariff revision is
one of them. The Panama canal and
railway rate revision are two others and /
there probably will be good deal to do
in the Philippines as a result Of Secretary |
Tafts trip there Just what will have to
be done to meet the Treasury deficit is
not yet clear. Possibly a reimposition of
the Spanish War or an increase of the in
ternal revenue taxes may be adopted, but
as much as the executive would like a
thorough overhauling Of the tariff sched-
nles, it is probable that this will have to
be put off in favor OF some more speedy
remedy.
The investigation into the cotton leak
makes it more likely each day that there
will be original prosecutions of those re-
3ponsible. Morgan Beach, the attorney
or the District and the acting Attorney
General have been in conference and it is
hought that the case can be brought into
he original court. President Roosevelt is
.nxious that the case be carried to the
INIT as warning to others in the gov
rnment service that the penalty of easy
money" is the pententiary. 1t seems GER
in that Holmes winnings as the result
f advance information were large, prob
bly, above a quarter of a million dollars
he officers of the law are doing their
,est to secure information on which to
ndict him and perhaps others guilty of
in the profits and it is not
hought that the guilty ones viii get off
ny easier than the people who we're in
icted as the result of the Postofiice in
1t is no surprise to those acquainted
18th him to find that the will OF the late
ecretary Hay, presented for probate,
mounts to over a million dollars. Mr..
lay was a wealthy man and though he
we'd quietly, his entertainments of for
ign diplomats were on scale possible
My to a man more than comfortably
ell off. His will was short and drawn
] the simple but unmistakable style that
larked all his literary compositions.
1ith the exception Of three personal be-
nests, it leaves all of his property to his
idow.
The first report OF the special commits
oners sent abroad by the Department of
ommerce and Labor to study trade con-
tions, has been received in Washington.
is from Chas. NJ. Pepper in Canada and
sals with the cotton manufacturing in
Istry there The report states that there -
rs been an all round advance in manu- r
ctured cotton goods in Canada amount
2 on an average to 10 per cent. This
e manufacturers claim does not offset
e advance in the price of raw cotton in
e United States. But Canada impor-
lions of raw cotton have steadily in
,ased in the past seven years in spite Of
e import tax, though the imports Of
cotton goods from the
lited States have increased more than vi
million dollars each year in excess Of
, imports Of raw cotton.
chairman Shonts of the Panama Canal Cal
nmission and the newly appointed TT
Ell engineer John F. Stevens have u
ted for the Isthmus to take their first ia