The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-29
JAMAICA GRATEFUL
Archbishop of West Indies Sends
Thanks to President Roose-
velt For American Aid.
ADMIRAL DAVIS is JUSTIFIED


Landed Men at Kingston Only After
Being Requested by Colonial Secre-
tary and Inspector of Police to Help
to Quell Threatened Mutiny-Thank-
ed by Swettenham.
Washington, Jan. 20. President
Roosevelt received this cablegram from
the Most Rev. DR.. Enos Nuttall, lord
archbishop of the West Indies and
chairman of the Kingston relief com
mittee:
1--WE all appreciate deeply American
sympathy in our distress and the
prompt visit of your men-of-war for
our succor Happily the supply of
food available for relief committee is
sufficient. 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
splendidly."
Governor Swettenham when asked
about the Davis incident said he had
not invited Rear Admiral Davis to land
sailors. Asked If he Endorsed the action
taken by Rear Admiral Davis, the gov
ernor replied, "That is a matter be-
tween myself and Rear Admiral Davis,
to whom l must refer you" The gov
ernor said his reference in his letter to
Rear Admiral Davis to a tramp pill
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lionaire was merely iocular parallel.
Secretary Metcalf made public the
correspondence between Admiral Davis
and Governor Swettenham of Jamaica.
Sent Ashore Guard For Consulate.
The correspondence shows that Adj
miral Davis landed six men to guard
and 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
(the governor being absent from the
city and at Kings House, three miles
away, fifty men were landed under
arms from the Indiana to overawe an
alleged mutiny at the penitentiary con-
tanning five 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 for his "kind assist
ance."
Swettenham sent his resignation to
Lord Elgin, secretary for the colonies,
a few days ago, it is understood here.
He had been told it would be accepta-
BILE because of the tone of the letter
he wrote to Admiral Davis, his scorn-
full treatment 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
department, addressed by Acting Sec
rotary Bacon to Charge Howard:
state Department, Washington, Jan. %.
To Esme Howard, Charge d Affaires AID
Interim. the British Embassy, Wash
ington:
sir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of yesterdays
date by which you communicate the sub
stance of the instructions received by
you from Sir Edward Grey in reference
to the Jamaica incident
l 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. 1t is
especially gratifying to the president to
feel that it has been possible for this
country to show in any practical way,
however small its friendship to COM
munity of your people in time of such
suffering and need
ROBERT BACON.
Dispatches from London say it is
felt there that Governor Swettenham's
career is ended
Foreign Secretary Grey sent the fol
lowing reply to Mr.. Bacon through
Esme Howard, the charge d'affaires of
the British embassy at Washington:
please express to the assistant sec
rotary of state my thanks for his mes
sage The friendly attitude of the pres
ident and the American government
are warmly appreciated by his maj
esty's government"
There is great CONSERVATION in Kings
ton as. result of cablegram from
London saying that all the insurance
companies disclaim liabilities for losses
incurred as result Of the earthquake
and fire.
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