The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

Washington, February 21.-Chsir
man Hull, of the military affairs COM
mittee, in presenting the army appro-
priation bill to the house today, urged
the necessity of complete preparedness
as to our army and navy, for trouble
in the Orient. He declared that any
nation not prepared to defend its po-
sition in China, might as well haul
down it's flag and quit the Pacific.
Speeches on tariff, emigration and
the Payne customs houses bill con-
sumed the balance Of the day. Mr..
Hopkins (Ky) uncovered many meth
DDS of inducing immigration to the
United States, much Of which he de-
clared to be decidedly undesirable. Mr..
Sheppard (Texas) urged tariff reform
to obviate retaliatory affairs by other
nations Mr.. Powers (Maine) spoke
against abolishment of customs houses
as matter of economy, and Mr. Ma
con (Ga) answered his arguments,
taking his party to task for not favor
| ing the Payne bill.
, l l.
patch from Pekin, which had been
sent him from the Orient, and which
he vouched for as 'entirely accurate,
which gave an account of an inter-
view between Minister Rockhill and
Mr.. Ma Tung, president of the WaiWu-
Dill. Mr.. ROckhill reminded the Chi
, nese official that the United States
= intended to return the twenty-m1l.lon
mounds sterling. it's part of the boxer
, indemnity.
: Mr.. Hull characterized these utter
= ances on the part of Mr. Rockhlil As
i 'iniudicious." 81 do not believe that
l the representative of this government
had a proper conception of the charac-
ter of the Chinese people" continued
Mr.. Hull, when he offered them
bribe of twenty million pounds, OF
: whatever the United States share OF
the Chinese indemnity may have been
to be good"
II They are a people that in my judg
~ ment would take any such analr a.
FL that as indication of our being rathel
IF more afraid of them than otherwise
n And il seems to me that man Occu
ID pying his position should have lie
whatever information was necessar,
re come from the government OF TN
~ United States direct, and not nave CIV
r. en- it to the newspapers.
70 Mr.. Hull said he had been informe'
I extensively of the Chinese SITUATION
Id He read lengthy letter, the autho
re of which he declined TO olVuiss
1e which rebutted the idea that Japa1
to vas causing trouble in China NJ!
n; Hu1, endorsed this view and also th
-. nroposition in the letter that the BOX
- or indemnity ought rather to be use
re 70 build battleships for the Unite
e. States than be returned to China.
n Mr.. Hull pointed out that 1t wa
We decidedly to the interest Of Japan {
it nreserye order in China in order [
en- retain her own markets in that cour
+rv China, he said, was passlh
"a through a transition from ancient
I modern civilization, "and while ina.
ed going on every government tnat ns
re business relations with her must
w ready to protect themselves or else pu
no down their flag, leave the facli
70 ocean and destroy their trade.
al ,Ir. Hopkins accused the Hungaria
~ government of teaching anti-Amer1ca'
I'D ism in This country. He quoted lie
ne. Franz Kalteonbrounne, counclllor
sp- the ministry of the interior OF Au
pm sria. who recently visited Austria
lb- colonies in this country, and urg'
n them not to become American cltlze
and to be frugal that they might sof
led return to their country and also adv
cen Gated no aid from the New York nor
ich to the Austrians except those who
nj ns- mained Austriana He also quot
res Rev. Bella Lorick, a Hungarian prle
,Dd ~ oficiating at Connellsville, Pa. to I
bic same effect.
rue "The dissemination of such sta
ro-' ments with their evil effect coming
and they do from the head of both sts
and church should not be toleTatea
or our land" declared Mr.. HOPKINS.
is1I The house adjourned until tomorro
the c
and Springfield, ILL.,, Feo. @I.-ro'oAA