Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-29
Rebels Never Really Had
a Ghost Of a Show.
FRANCE IN DEAD EARNEST
IN VENEZUELAN MATTER
CaStrO'S Pocket Much More VuIner-
able Than His COnscience--The
Chinese Commission.
Correspondence Morning Journal.

Correspondence Morning Journal.
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 90
The defeat of the much heralded
house insurrection on the joint state
hood bill was nothing more than was
to have been expected. The bill Is
an administration measure and 1t was
not likely that 1t would be defeated.
The insurgents" made a great deal
of noise and claimed up to the last
moment that they had a bunch of
sixty republican votes in hand, more
than enough to have secured the de-
feat of the rule to bring the bill to a
vote. But the claims of the rebels
were not well founded. The vote on
the rule lacked thirty votes of being
defeated and there was little or no
prospect that the bill itself will not
pass when it was put to a vote
France Means Business.
1t is announced with a good deal
of positveness that France has decld-
ed to blockade the Venezuelan coast
and that this government win not in
terfere. This has every appearance
of being correct. The French ambas-
sador, NJ. Jusserand, has had several
conferences with Secretary Root, and
it Is though that an arrangement has
been reached whereby France will be
/ allowed to blockade the Venezuelan
coast without any protest from this
! country 1t will be remembered that
/ the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine Is
that no European power shall acquire
/ territory in this hemisphere. Now
4. ~. l.a N
coast and cause Castro a lot of trouble.
besides the loss OF prestige that he
would suffer. without in any way run
ming counter to the principles OF the
/ Monroe Doctrine II is believed that
the delay on the part of France was
/ more owing to a desire to give Ger
| many and Great Britain a fair warm
/ ing than it was out of any heslta-
/ ton about the attitude of this govern
/ ment Great Britain and Germany
/ both have an interest in the admins
/ tratlon Of the Venezuelan customs at
! this time and of course blockade Of
the coast would be a serious matter
! from their point of view. But 1t Is
understood that the two nations who.
aside from the United States. are the
most concerned, have signified their
Willingness to let France punish Vene-
zuela as she sees 1T. This, coupled with
the assurance that 1t Is understood has
/ been given her from the state depart
ment. would leave France perfectly
! free to act, and it would not be sur
! prising to hear at any time that she
! had blockaded the Venezuelan coast.
/ The chances are that If she goes In
/ for punishment. France will not stop
at declaring La Guira or some of the
/ other principal ports In a state OF
siege. but that she viii undertake to
sew up the whole Of the coast and
make Castro feel the punishment IN
/ his pocket, which is believed to be
much more vulnerable point with him
/ than his conscience.
Chinese Imperial Commission
The imperial commission that has
Just reached Washington from China
/ on a tour of inspection of the United
/ States. is one Of the most remarkable
bodies that this country has ever seen.
! AT the head are two of the most
scholarly men In the Chinese empire.
and they are accompanied by n retinua
of sixty attaches and servants that in.
/ dicated according to Chinese STAN
dards, the real importance OF the EN-.
bassy. The two heads OF the mission
cannot talk English or at least they
say they cannot and they transact all
their business with this government
through several interpreters. They
have been received by this govern
ment with all the ceremony that the
/ Chinese minister says Is due them. and
they are investigating everything In
America from the making of steel IN
+ Pittsburg to the question of coeduca-
tion in Stanford university, California.
II was pointed out by one of the secre-
taries OF the mission today that the
empress dowager had given the mis-
sion special instructions to look into
the question of female education IA
the United States. The secretary, who
is a remarkably clever and attractive
personality, said that while this might
not be regarded as very important
move in America where female educa-
tlon was taken as a matter OF course,
II was a most radical step for the
empress OF China, who has always
heretofore held with the Chinese no-
ton that female education. except OF
course I'm her own case. was not de-
sirable thing at all. or course II this
all means that China Is really waking
up and Is about TO adopt western
methods and ideas II is a momentous
event for the rest of the world. a
country with the population OF China
Is already cut out for a world power
If she ever takes the notion of being
ono. Imagine country with ten
times the population, wealth and re-
sources OF Japan putting on her dy~
mamie and warike force.
Rate Legislation Next.
Rate legislation. which haa been
taking second place during the hear