The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-01-31
JAMAICA GRATEFUL.
Archbishop Of West Indies Sends
Thanks to President Roose-
vet For American Aid.
ADMIRAL DAVIS is JUSTIFIED

Landed Mar at Kingston Only After
Being Requested BY Colonial secre-
tary ard Inspector Of Police to Help
to Queli Threatened Mutiny--Thani<-
ed BY swestenham.
Washington. Jan 80 President
Roosevelt received this cablegram from
the Most Rev Or Enos Nuttall lord
arehbishop Of the West Indies and
chairman Of the Kingston relief com
lnittee
I'VE all appreciate deeply American
sympathy III our distress and the
prompt visit OF your men-of-war for
ON. succor. Happily the supply Of
food available for relief committee IS
suflicie4lt After meeting the cost of
this our next great want will be the
means for making small houses habit
able. All our people are behaving
Hplendidly'
Secretary Metcalf made public the
correspondence between Admiral Davis
and Governor Swettenham Of Jamaica.
Sent Ashore Guard For Consulate.
Tire correspondence shows that Adj
nirai paws landed six men to guard
ana secure the archives Of the Ameri-
can consulate and another party of
ten men to clear away the wreckage.
Later, upon the earnest entreaty of
the colonial secretary and the inspector
Of police, who spoke for the governor
fthe governor being absent from the
city and at Kings House, three miles
sway, fifty men were landed under
arms FROM the Indiana to overawe an
alleged mutIny at the penitentiary con-
tanning i've or six hundred prisoners.
That same afternoon, upon request
Of The governor, the men were with
drawn from shore and returned to
their ships. The governor by letter
thanked Davis Or his ''lzind assist
nnce.'
Sweffenham sent his resignation to
lord Elgin, secretary for the colonies,
ii few days ago it is understood here
E5e had been told it would be aceepta-
BILE Because of the tone of the letter
he wrote to Admiral Davis, his scorn-
HiIIkfreatment of the colonial office and
his seeming lack of executive ability
to meet the emergency in Kingston.
Incident Is Closed.
The president has finally dismissed
the incident as is shown in the fol
lowing letter made public at the state
Resentment, addressed by Acting Sec
z'ekary Bacon to Charge Howard:
stale Department, Washington, Jan. %.
/. To Esnie HsAard, Charge d Affaires Ad
Interim the British Embassy, Wash
9ir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of yesterday
date by which you communicate the sub
stance of the instructions received by
you from Sir Edward Grey In reference
& to the Jamaica incident.
hasten to assure you on behalf OF the
president that this government will pay
no heed whatever to the matter and very
much appreciates the frank and ready
courtesy and consideration shown in this
dispatch by Sir Edward Grey.
can only repeat to you in this more
formal way what said to you personally
last evening assuring you of the presi-
dents sincere appreciation of the cordial
spirit shown by your government Il IS
especially gratifying to the president to
feel that it has been possible for this
country to show in any praetical way
however small, its friendship to COM
1uurify of your people in a time of such
suffering and need.
Dispatches from London say 1t is
felt there that Governor Swettenham's
career is ended
The international phase of the Kings
tom. Incident has been finally closed