Connecticut western news., 1907-01-31
JAMAICA GRATEFUL
Archbishop of West Indies Sends Thanks to President Ro0Se-
 welt For American Aid.
ADMIRAL DAVIS IS JUSTIFIED

Landed Men at Kingston Only After Being Requested by Colonial Secre- tafy and Inspector of Police to Help to Quell Threatened Mutiny-Thank- cd by Swsttenham.
 Washington, Jan. 30. - 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:
 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."
 Secretary Metcalf made public the correspondence between Admiral Davis and Governor Swettenham of Jamaica.
 Sent Ashore Guard For Consulate.
 The correspondence shows that Ad- 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 1,nfv o1, frnrr a city and at Kings House, three miles away), fifty men were landed under arms fro,xi the Indiana to overawe an alleged mutiny at the penitentiary con- taining Ave 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 1t would be accepta- ble 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 retary Bacon to Charge Howard:
 State Department, Washington. Jan. 22. To Esme Howard, Charge d'Affaires Ad Interim the British Embassy, Wash ington:
 Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday 8 date by which you communicate the sub- stance of the instructions received by you from Sir Edward Grey in reference to the Jamaica incident.
 I 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 te feel that 1t has been possible for this country to show in any practical way however small, it's friendship to a com munity of your people in a time of such suffering and need.
 ROBERT BACON.
 Dispatches from London say it is felt there that Governor Swettenham's career is ended.
 The international phase of the Kings ton incident has been finally closed by Governor Swettenham formally withdrawing his letter to Rear Admi ral Davis and expressing his regret for having written 1t.
 Foreign Secretary Grey sent the fol lowing reply to MT. Bacon through Esme Howard, the charge d'affaires ot the British embassy at Washington:
 Please express to the assistant sec retary 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 consternation in Kings ton as a result of cablegram from London saying that all the insurance companies disclaim liabilities for losses incurred as a result of the earthquake and fire.
 ss In an interview cabled from the West Indies Sir Alfred Jones denied the charges of cruelty made by the American refugees from Kingston. He declared that he attended first to the natives who had lost everything in the disaster. His statement is corroborat ed by letters from others printed iI the New York newspapers.
 NEGLECT AT KINGSTON.