Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-25
Secretary MetcaIf Finds Prece-
dent for landing Of American
Sailors After Kingston Earth
quake and Fire,
TEXT OF CORRESPONDENCE
REACHES WASHINGTON
Another British West Indian
Governor Welcomed Aid from
United States Ships in Hour
of PERIL
tBy Morning journal Special Leased wire. ]

OF Peril,
[By Morning journal Special Leased wireI
Washington, Jan. 4.-President
Roosevelt tonight received cable
gram from Most Rev. Dr. Enos Nut
tai. lord archbishop of the West Indies
and chairman of the Kingston relief
committee. rendering his thanks for
the prompt visit of the American war
ships under Rear Admiral Davis The
message follows:
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 availa-
hlee for the relief committee is suffi-
cient After meeting the cost of this
our next great want will be the means
for making small houses habitable
All our people are behaving splen-
didly.'
The receipt today of the official fur
text of the correspondence between
Rear Admiral Davis and Governor
Swettenham. which did not differ from
abe communication transmitted by
the Associated Press last sunday night,
caused the naval officials again t.
study the situation to see If Admiral
Davis had in any way tTansgreSsed the
bounds IF prophet, 10 his visit 10
Kingston. They not only found
precedent for his landing men from
his ships to preserve order strangely
enough in the case of another British
island In the West Indies, but also saw
nothing i'm the whole affair to warrant
the letter addressed to him by Gov
ernor Swettenham. secretary Met
calf late this afternoon gave out the
statement bearing on the
subject:
''The department has received the
full text of the correspondence be
tween Rear Admiral Davis commando
ing the squadron of naval vessels
which visited Kingston Jamaica, after
The earthquake, and Sir Alexander .
Swettenham, governor of Jamaica.
From this correspondence It APP /
pears that Admiral Davis landed
larty Of six to guard ana secure the I
trchives of the American consulate, /
md another party of ten men Tor IN" /
purpose of clearing away the wreck I
lge Later. on the earnest cntreaty or /
he colonial secretary and the luspec-
or of police. who spoke Tor the gov
'rnor, (the governor being absent
rom lit CITY anu dl iNiAir7f' /
ome three miles distantJ, nifty men
we're landed under arms from the In
llama to overawc an alleged mutlhy
It the penitentiarY containing IlNe OF
tx hundred prisoners. Admiral ia +
is then proceeded boy carriage To Visit
he governor at Kings House ana
ound him living with his family in
ents and was accompanied To- the
itv bv the governor. That same after
,oon. on the request of the governor
he men were Withdrawn from shore
nd returned to their ships.
"Tbe action of admiral Davis iu
7nding. under the circumstances. is
.ot without precedeut. there being
.unerous cases TO Justify It. and as an
nridant q copv of "a report by Rear
.dmtraI r " Meade United States
NV In landing mon at Port of Spain,
.r ','rC'''q hy the ~. g"Verno. of the island OF
,,trjdod .U,,.sssinp his gratitude for
he actton is shown herewith:
:, ,Sir.II have the honor to repre-
emf to tbe department that about q 30
ir[ ~, !" W, M nfarcb "a fire was discovered
, tho ,,it,, of port of Spain. Trinidad, ,
-birb soon Increased to such an cN-
snt maj If seemed likely that the
,bole citv would bo destroyed. or ,
srs ,ycrc efvnn tn New York. the
'aiS.t,,, ma tba Cincinnati. to pre-
,,., -, i.,,d Grc rarffss when the sig-
Oh sto,,id he ,,aJa An officer was f
ienatcbad IN o1,I.. consulate with offers Z
r i,geietance but before his return i
49, G,.n IA spre,d M such alarming
,.l.,,g.,.tidrs ti,st Tho signal was made q
-. ~ ,,..,.tiee to land AT once.
e.. .G,,. t,,,ndr.d blue Jackets and ,
,..,,t,,.0 0,,s r1,,ripos. we're landed from +
H. N.v, WI and dftv men from +
,o of No otb,r .hius. an under the +
49,. 'l..'.,5 ~ S''0 is,,,.napf Commander ,
.,.tgt H., ,,.r,,ff,. ofdcer of this r.