The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-22

their homes and their business so soon
to pay big hotel bills in Washington.
Better let them work in their own way
and their own time You will get far
more out of them in the way of leg
islation you so much desire. Little
can be done before the holidays any
way. Both houses must organize
They will have time to do that before
January l. and early in the new year
they will settle down to serious busi-
ness"
And the President will probably see
the logic of the argument. He has
big tasks On his hands this winter. He
wants Congress to do a lot of things,
that. if it does at all. it will do re-
luctantly. Accordingly it is to his dis
tinct advantage to do as little as pos
sible to incur the i'll will Of the leaders
of the party that has elevated him to
his present high official station.
THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION.
The maneuvers here over the desired
peace in the Far East have assumed
an unusually interesting stage. Pres
ident Roosevelt and Emperor William
seem TO be contending for the honor
of acting as mediator There has been
a great hubbub here within the last
few days-ever since the issue Of the
battle of the Sea of Japan became
known-with diplomats calling at the
White House to see Mr.. Roosevelt.
There has been the usual amount of
mystery connected with these visits.
One of the last was from Count Cas-
sini the Russian Ambassador, to whom
the President talked on the desira bility
of peace like a Dutch Uncle. 1t was
all in the newspapers the next morn
ing, together with the statement that
President Roosevelt would not be in A
vited to serve as mediator When the
Car was ready he would call upon
his friend. true and tried, the German
Kaiser. to mediate between him and
the Mikado. The appearance of this
was followed by a simple announce
ment from the White House that the
details of the conversation were not
made public from there The infer
ence was plain. AS only President
Roosevelt and Count Cassini were
present, if the President did not give
out the contents of the conversation,
Count Cassini must have.
1t was known in inner newspaper
circles that Count Cassini did make
the matter public. He has been es-
pecially accommodating in such mat
tiers of late to a few of his newspaper
friends and apparently took this way
of emphasizing disapproval of the lee
ture the President delivered to him
for the benefit of Emperor Nicholas. |
In times gone by Ambassadors have
been sent home for no less offenses
than that, but the Count is about to
leave anyway and therefore does not
care
The understand is general here
that Russia, when she is ready to ac-
cept peace will not ask President Roo |
sevelt to appear in the role of her good |
friend but it is said to be improbable |
that anyone will be given the oppor-
tunity to become mediator for some |
time. The Russians will delay and |
delay and take advantage of every ex-
pedient of diplomacy
CABINET CHANGES.
The most interesting bit of news the |
past week has been the announce |
ment that Charles J. Bonaparte will |
become Secretary of the Navy Ju.v J.. |
1t has been received with many signif- |
AONAAAN
one of the most radical of political |
reformers in the Republican party. He |
is almost eccentric although his abil- |
ity and brilliant attainments are rec |
ognized 1t is regarded as certain that |
he will stir the Navy Department ex-
tensively when he arrives there. Dur |
ing all his career Mr.. Bonaparte has |
been accustomed to having his own |
way. He does not wish advice and |
neither does he permit subordinates to |
block his plans. The gray admirals. |
acting as chiefs of bureaus, are very |
resourceful and have downed many an
eminent secretary. Their tussle with |
Mr. Bonaparte will be interesting
However it is know that the Pres
ioA"t has i'm in mind for transfer
to the office of Attorney General in
the course of a few months, where he
will put him to trust busting, when
Mr.. Moody has put the beef trust out |
Of business and is ready to retire AS
Attorney General Mr. Bonaparte would
be far happier than Score
tary of the Navy. He is conceded to
be great lawyer.
ERNEST G. WALKER.