The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-01-26
NOTES FR0H WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

Gen. ChaHee Retires-Lieut. Cen.
Chanee on Jan. l. rendered his reslg-
nation as chief Of stafi L. :. A. 10
take effect Immediately and il was
accepted By the president. Gen.
ChaIee does not go On The retired list
until Feb. I, but he desired TO relin-
| Quish the duties OF Chief ~ STAN that
| he might have a l. dJys leave OF ab.
sence before retiring from ac-iya ser
vice. Gen. John C.. Bates. now assist
! ant chief OF stan. Will succeed him as
chief OF staff
Philippines Tariff-Th- Philippine
! tariff bill was passed 10y -he house
! substantially as il came from III ways
! and means committee. The vote was
| 25S 20 Il. Rice was made subj-ct 10
| the same tarif as sugar and tobacco.
! 25 percent CT the DiUg.ey rates. and
! one or two changes were made as d
! language. An effort sustained By the
/ Democrats, bur opposed By al buf
| three Republicans. was initiated by
| Mr.. Mccall OF Massachusetts 10 com
nit the United States to rha policy OF
| granting independence - the Philip
! pine islands as soon 3> their inh0bi-
tans can be prepared log s-lf-goyern.
ment.
More Transports Nesdea-A re-
/ ma-kable exposition o5 the fatal
weakness OF the praseu- army trans
! port resources in case II var is con
tanned in a paper prepared by the
general stan. transmitted 5y secretary
OF War Taft 10 Senator Gail.rrer
chairman OF the merchant marine
commission. I'm the course Of It's
/ work the general :. an has discovered
that even the present limited military
force could roJ be transported over
sea in case OF war with a foreign
country. or to defend the insular pos.
sessions unless there should BE- an
immediate and great Increase in the
number of American steam ships. suit
able for transport service Il is point
ed out that foreign shipping could not
be drawn upon in time If var. because
Of the neutrality laws. Sd that under
present conditions "Iu- QuicN. first
blow, so very and increasingly import.
ant. cannot be struck ~ ali This
report stated tha two sizes 0t Esr.
chant steamships are desirable tor
transport service ships nj $500 ions
and Of 300 tons grOss register vessels
OF medium dimensions The speel
which both the navy and the var d..
partments have determined upon as
desirable for troop transport i sCs.
tanned sea rate OF y Knots.
Schemes of lmmigrsnts-Ta re-
spOnse to the Sulzer resolution passed
by the house, Secretary Netcalf OF the
department Of commerce and labor
recently sent to the house the report
of Special Immigrant Inspector Mar.
Gus Braun. Mr.. Braun declares thar
Immigrants. undesirable ones are con
stantly brought into rhA country in
large numbers by the concerted &c.
tion OF some European governments
and its agencies. by bankers schemes
of all sorts" He declares that while
these governments have laws osten.
sibly intended 10 restrict emigration
they actually encourage II By keeping
alive the patriotic spirit for he IA
tharland in the minds OF these colo
nists' by representing hat unless they
adhere TO the principles OF home pa
triOtism their governments would
leave them without protection in
"barbaric America This IS espe-
cially true Mr. Braun says, in italy
and Hungary He cites the fact that
s5O,OOO,OOO was sent last year from
the United States 10 AUstro-Hungary
alone from these immigrants. Not 4
single promise which the new Hun
garian immigrant law guaranteed has
been kept. | experienced the bewild-
erng spectacle" Mr. Braun SAYS, of
hundreds upon hundreds Of agents Ii
censed by the Hungarian government
carrying on and conducting an almost
unheard Of campaign TO get immi-
grants in direct anu open violation OF
their laws"
In Favor of New Ensland-The ma
tional board oil trade is doing things
to the satisfaction OF the New Eng
land delegation participating in its de-
liberations. The other day the or
ganization adopted a resolution. re-
ported from the committee on tariff
and reciprocity by Eugene y Foss,
representing the Boston chamber OF
commerce. in favor of a maximum and
minimum tariff: accepted a Comprom-
ise conservative railroad rate resolu-
tion prepared by the New England
delegation; approved the minority re-
port from the committee on federal
regulation OF life insurance made by
Charles :. Hamliu Of Boston. and in
dorsed the Gallinger ship subsidy bill
upon the recommendation OF Henry
W.. Peabody of Boston, chairman Of
the committee on merchant marine.
After due delberation Mr.. FosS re-
ported from the committee. Of which
ne was chairman a resolution declar-