The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-29
Several Of Those lin the
Orient Severely v
Criticised.
OVER s8OSCHARGES
AGAINST GOODNOWs
Sufficient to support5suits at Law
and Give Evidence Of Corrup- 4
tion-Cases Of Wilcox, ].
Grcener, William and Nc @ 81
Wadc-Inspection
Service. !.
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Q3y Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, y. c., March 2S.--Thel& l&
President today transmitted To- tho House
OF Representatives In response to a roso-$
luton introduced by Representative Wit
8llams. or Allsslssippj4 the report OF AS;
5slstant Secretary OF state 4Horbcrt EI[. y ...$
;Peircc, regarding the consular service in.
tho Orient. # i5 55.t II 9;3 L
81 The message Is accompanied by q letter
from Secretary Root. in which he say :88
II wish to call especia attention to one
feature OF these reports. They d dLscloses
grave misconduct on the part OF two coli--;s4
3suls formerly occupying important posts
sinGthe East. These consuls are no longer
in the servce. NJ rcgrc t to sty, however
that there are indicat ions Of othe IN cn scs VI
OF misconduct or inefffclcncy among coll- Is
tsuls In various parts o ofsthe world. We, @
fl These cases, the Secretary says, show
the necessity OF a regular inspection
service, 8 w Z. ~ S
Plenty Against Goodnow.
Sgtrhc charges made In the report against
former. Consul General #5y yGoodnow,, "a,
Shanghai, nre eighty-two lin uInber;;4 4f
some serious and some slight Some 81 ts
is stated, nre sufficient ito support suits
at law and give videnco3 OF corruption
Z in Office, # +, 8: :5 3S .i d
Thcrcp states that III Consul General I
Levi II. Wilcox. at t5IIankar,, Cannot be Il
snid to be al,seful consulitre officer. 'ss8
Regarding Mr.. Greencrs @at Vladvos-S8
}tols. the report says: 'ISy yerywhere. /.
throughout the East r received unfavor-$3
able reports OF C;leencr, II Is habits
arc said to he EXTREMELY bRd.', Other
5complnlntssof HIM are that he has faults
roative to his 3acCoun ts.isS 4, "a;
III 4NsSto sOscar r.. Willnnis,N a q Singapore. ~
NIr,Peirce says thu til two lsss
posts his record has not been linblem-SS
Slshed. I'll NAL kes part. of the RECORD cor
srespondenccl be tween tho Sultan $of LinEgeSs
sRiouw. of 1901, Y In which Consul w illiams
was alleged to- have ma al efforts to col
sloct8 i debt for Al 5Chinaman.s II Is dc ~
fensc to the artment was that io did 4
not know healrealm Of "a his consulate.
5TheSother post held by Mrs3yYi lans$uas 81
at Manila. from SO Il to 4 500. II Another
man has since been made consul general
at Singapore. ss.s 3f5$ sg si II 4 22S55
AS to the Goodno " charges, Mr.. I'ercet
says: t'Itlis unfortunate that an on1eialsy
Occupying so conspicuous a position as I
does our consul general a t Shanghai. had
been tho subject OF such scanda1ous res
ports While tho employment q G. such Il
mon as sWhite$and Derby In tho capacity
they have filled is in itself dscreditable.a
sIf there were nothing else to be salt \
regarding them, they are men O. coarse,
brutal tyne, whose language n88 tho
offices is as / learn from most reliable
grossly indecent and pros i
Sfanc." 35g 53 5i 33lz
Attorney in Own Court.
The is first charge, relating to IA !
Indicate that II the Gconsul-general or
some one 6in his office Is act
ing rs m attorney before hisBown court.
and collecting tho fees as official court
fees. None of these fees, 1t is stated
have been ACCOUNTED for to the depart
ment. "a 5 IS \. \.
The transfer of the slip Kiangsi to
American register, tho next charge, oc-@
CURED during the Boxer troubles. Mr.
Pelrcc here remarks; "Tle sale OF five
large steamers by n rich corporation to i
one OF It's employees man known 20
have only moderate means, could iardly8i
fail to arouse suspicion anu especially
SO at time when the R"ller had 50
mucl, to gain by placing the vessels un-2t 2t
der foreign flag.
There is no evidence, says the report.
that MI. GoodnoW made any lnvestiSa.
ton to sntisfy him Of the facts. but
|" a"ii fraudulent' i ono, is placed practically
beyond dispute, BY the facts that + when when Az
tho boxer troubles were over Captain
tie China Merchants Steam Navigation. q.
Company The improper issuance Of pass
port is the next charge treated OF. and
several specific Instances given. 81 SSSt
Obtained Money Improperly,
Mr .Pcirce then says:
s"But much moro grave Is the evidence ~
that Mr.. Goodnow was using the great
judicial powers which, the law. as It
stands. has Invested our ,Gonsuls ", CnlnnSS
money for himself to which he had not
the smallest shadow Of right
Another charge Is that 6;ooa1now forced r,,
Iim a eontract ] for a con isent fee by Il
threats, made by Derby, who is q,,oted
as saving in5t this connections: "GoodnoW
p;tpcrs and private eifects under q false
execution, On the other hand, ,if you
viii fix ii up with Goodnow. and keep in 9
with him, you will get Q nice thug out
Ara n aShss ], ~ ys aaadM for ths /, sane Ssr, pH, r.
m N ass III s has IS %s s psWs' sTs ann na' s
cannot go against him, warn YOU
Goodnow is consul-general, judge and (
court all In one" 4
McWade Was Boisterous,
Mr.. Pcirce charges MeWade, late con,
ennsss upon public occasion,'. the ope,-
ing OF the Caton-tlankow Railway, and
thai on another public oceason.s while
.Hurmh for Ireland," McWads B,
swore and wanted to fight.
The third was issuance OF fradnlent
Chinese certificates, and receiving i'le-
gal fees. pa S jiatf 2e
! Other charges made aSainst him were IN
that of interfering IN the affairs Of the
Chinese government, prosecuting All n
American eitizens for purposes Of revenge, Il
and sexacting o large block ~ Ice stock
rron, a company IN Canton,
regarding McWaae throughout
China, ws.s that he was notoriously cor