Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-19
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Waahinnton Sent 10

Depsftment the United States is run
ming q diplomat factory. In about
thirty days it will export its first out
put. Some months ago large number
of would-be consuls of the United States
we're subjected to severe examination.
Many hunked, but sufficient number
got good enough grades to be given ap-
Doinlments, Under the reorganization
of the consular service, by which 1t is
planned to promote promising young
sters up to the well-psyiDg jobs, it was
decided to bring the vintage of 1907 to
Washington for special instruction.
Every day one OF the high-brewed bureau
chiefs marches into the school room and
delivered long lecture on citizenship,
accounts, the constitution, or official
etiquette. The embryo statesmen must
listen and appear interested, for it may
be that the Instructor of today may be
the officials booster, or executioneer, IN
future years.
According to predictions made by the
American delegates to the Hague in dig
patches to the State Department, the
Peace Conference, now in session there,
will adjourn about October 8. Although
Joseph FL. Choate. chairman Of the dele
CATION, has failed, after diplomatic
struggle, to have the Hague adopt plan
for the organization of a permanent court
of arbitration, the unselfshness of the
American government 10 the matter, it
is believed in Washington will appeal to
the world. While other countries we're
defeating the proposition, because of the
possibility that they would not have q
representative in the court, II WAS plain
that America desired no partisan to sit
on the court to try any possible case that
might involve her interests, but was
wiling to leave all questions to be de-
termined BY a unbiased, impartial court
one having continuity of precedents and
broadness of close association.
Two appeals were made to TIE federal
government today, under the Erdmsnn
act to settle railroad labor troubles. One
was from the Missouri Pacific system,
which is threatened with strike by
engineers, and the other from the Chi
cago, st. Paul and Great Western,
which Is having trouble with the boiler
makers and machine shop men. The
appeals we're addressed to Commissioner
of Labor, Charles P, Neill, and Chair
man Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Knapp will be 10 ST.
Paul today to take care of the latter case.
Neill left here today for st. Louis and
will strive to settle the Missouri Pacific
matter.
The government is after an alleged
paper trust. The Department ofJustice
has several experts in the field, and
officials OF the department hope that
they may have the results of the investl-
CATION in hand for consideration before
the first of the year. When the attorney
general receives a copy of the resolution
adopted yesterday ia New York by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation, calling for prosecution of a
combination among paper manufacturers,
he will ANNOUNCE the action already
taken by the government ard solicit the
aid of the association in the investigation.
The Department OF Justice is wonder.
ing whether it has been the victim OF
sharp practice. 1t secured the volun-
tary dissolution of paper trust, May
III, 1906, after an action in equity had
been begun, December 1904, in the
United States courts in Minnesota, un-
der direction of Attorney General Moody,
az the result OF 40 Investigation conducted
by his predecessor, Philander O. Knox.
The General Paper Company, ss the
trust was known, appealed to the Su-
preme Court OF the United States from
the order of the circuit court OF Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, calling for the pro-
duction of books and papers. When it
lost. March IL, 1905, the trust consented
to an entry Of dissolution, which was
then entered. Officials are now debat-
ing whether the government, in view OF
the fact that it had won victory in the
highest tribunal, should not have gone
ahead and reauifed the production of
books and papers from the trgst, in order
TO avoid Just such contingency as It is
feared has arisen. The investigation
into the paper manufacturing business
will be pushed with unusual zeal.
SO great has been the drought this
summer in central and northern Mexico,
that large quantities of corn, beans and
cotton must be imported into that sec
ton in order to prevent actual suffering,
according to consular reports to this gov
eznment.
As an evidence Of the good feeling
being nurtured By the countries of
South America for one another, Ecuadt r
yesterday celebrated with great fesVor
the independence Day of Chill, accord
ing to dispatch the State Department
today received from u. S. Minister Will
lam G. Fox, at Quito. The minister
explained that the big celebration was
in return for the celebration of the Ecua-
dorean Independence Day by Chill.
Yuan Shih-K'ai, viceroy of Chihili
province, for the Chinese government,
has formally expressed his appreciation
10 the American government OF the
cordial reception extended TO Col. Ii
Ting Hahn and others of the Chinese
delegation to attend the naval and mill
tary display at the jamestown Exposition
last spring. Minister Rockhill, at Peking,
has forwarded to the State Department a
copy of s note which he has received
from the vieerOy.