The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-22
USE IN BATTLESHIPS
MORE PRACTICABLE
Mr.. Hull. Chairman of Military
Affairs Committee, Thinks II
Would Be More Judicious
to Send Cruisers
Than Coin
to China.

tRy Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, February 2l.-cha.r
man Hull. of the Military Affairs Com
mi,tee. in presenting the army appro-
priation bill to the House to-day, urged
the necessity of complete preparedness
nB to our army and navy, for trouble
IL. the Orient. He declared that any ma
tion not prepared to defend its position
in China, might MS well haul down its
flag and quit the Pacific
Speeches on tariff immigration and the
Payne customs houses bill occupied the
balance OF the day. Mr.. Hopkins tken-
tucky) uncovered many methods Of in
ducing immigration to the United States.
much OF which he declared to be de-
cidedly undesirable Mr.. Sheppard
CTexas) urged tariff reform to obviate
rctaliatory tariffs BY other nations.
Mr.. Powers (Maine) spoke against the
abolshmcnt of customs houses as mat
ter of encconomy, and Mr. Macon
(Georgia) answered his arguments, tax
ing his party to task for not favoring
the Payne bill.
patch from Pekin, which had been sent
him from the Orient, and which he
youched for as entirely accurate.
which gave an account of an Interview
between Minister Rockhill and Mr. Ma
Tnng. president OF the whiwapu. Mr.
Rockhl reminded the Chinese official
that the United States intended to re-
turn the twenty million pounds sterling,
its part OF the Boxer Indemnity.
Mr.. Hull characterized these utter
ances on the part of Mr.. lRockhili as
"injudicious."
aI do not believe that the representa-
tivcs of this government had proper
conception of the character of the Chi
nese people..' continued Mr.. Hull, when
he offered them brlbe of twenty TILL
lions pounds. or whatever the United
states share of the Chinese indemnity
| may have been. to be good.
Indicates Timidity.
..They are people that. in my iudg-
| ment, would take any such offer as that
as an indication of our being rather
more afraid of them than otherwise.
And it seems to me that a man occupy
ing his position should have let what
Il
from the government of the united
states direct, and not nave given 1t to
| the newspapers"
Mr.. Hun said he had been informed
extensively of the Chinese situation. He
| read a lengthy letter. the author OF
! which he declined to dlvulge, which re-
butted the idea that Japan was causing
trouble In China.
Mr.. Hull endorsed this view and also
| the proposition in tho letter that the
Boxer indemnity ought rather to be used
| to build battleships for the United States
than be returned to China.
| Mr.. Hull pointed out that 1t was de-
cidedly to the interest of Japan to pre-
serve order in China in order to retain her
own markets In that country. CHINA. ne
| Naid, was passing through transition
| while that is going on every government
| that has business returns with her must
| be ready to protect themselves or else
pull down their flag, leave the Pacific
| Ocean and destroy their trade.
Mr. Hopkins accused the Hungarian
government of teaching anti-Amercanisn
in this country. He.quoted Eeri' Franz
Kaltenbrunn. Councillor of the Ministry
of the Interior of Austria, who recently
visited Austrian Colonies In this country
ized and to BIO frugal, that they might
soon return to their country and also
advocated no aid from the New York
home to the Austrians except to those
who remained Austrians. He also quoted
| Rev Bella Lorlck, q Hungarian priest
officiating at JConnelsville, Ia, 10 the
same effect.
.'rhe dissemination of such sk,tements
| with their evil effect coming, as they 90.
| from the head OF both State and Church,
should not be tolerated in our land, de-
! clared Mr.. Hopkins.