The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-05-16
BOwEN-LOOMIS INQUIRY
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he will be bounced" in the language
of the street again, from the diplo-
matte service. OF course, a similar
fate would await Mr.. Loomis should
Mr.. Bowen make good" but the As
sistant Secretary processes absolute
confidence in his ability to satisfy the
President OF the propriety of all his
acts while serving the United States
as Minister to Venezuela
Mr.. Bowen's prospective return to
Washington is in pursuance of Mr..
Loomis's request; that is to say, he
requested Secretary Taft to summon
him to the capital in order that the is
sue could be decided at short range.
Mr.. Taft was quick to recognize the
wisdom of such a course, and the Min
lister and Assistant Secretary are likely
to confront each other within 10 days or
fortnight. What happens then doubt
less will more than compensate such
officials and diplomats as are impatient
at the absence of daily sensational
developments. The charges against
Mr.. Loomis were cited in the course of
letter to Secretary Taft from Min
lister Bowen. 1t is believed in some
quarters that Mr.. Bowen did not in
tend to prefer any formal accusations
against the Assistant Secretary, but
Mr.. Taft seems to have taken the view
that the matter could not be ignored.
| WASHINGTON, April 2S.-It was
| disclosed today that Mr.. Bowen has
not felt kindly toward Mr.. Loomis
ever since he was appointed his sue
cessor at Caracas in the summer of
1901. A State Department official who
always has his eyes open, said this aft
ernoon: Mr.. Bowen was in Paris
when HIS appointment was announced.
He Immediately gave out an interview
to the effect that the relations between
). the United States and Venezuela would
now be of a cordial character, and that
there never would have been any trou-
BILE had the American Minister been a
man of judgment. tact and discretion.
1 That, Of course was a reflection on
Mr.. Loomis, although up to that time
the two men had never met. Since
then, in his capacity as Assistant or
Acting Secretary of State, Mr.. Loomis
has had occasion to transmit various
instructions Of the department to Mr..
Bowen, which the latter did not like,
and the result has been that his dis
like for Mr.. Loomis did not diminish.
Why he showed i'll feeling against the
Assistant Secretary in the beginning
am at loss to understand. 1t seems
to me that his so-called charges
against Mr.. Loomis were inspired by
his personal hostility against the man
However, we will know all about il
when Mr.. Bowen gets to Washington
Mr.. Loomis said this afternoon that
he had nothing to add to the statement
J he gave out last night. He would have
more to say when Mr.. Bowen arrived
but not now.
1t is quite certain that Mr.. Bower
will not return to Caracas as Amer
lean Minister, except perhaps to pre-
sent his letters Of recall, for 1t is up
: derstood that even If his explanation
is satisfactory and he is to remain II
the diplomatic service, his usefulness
in Caracas will have been impaired
and it will be necessary to carry on
the State Departments original plan
formed before the publication of thu
attack upon Mr.. LOOMS, and transfe
) Mr.. Bowen to either Columbia or Chill
: or perhaps to Brazil In the event tina
Ambassador Thompson is sent to Mexi
2 CO as he desires.