Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
United States Consuls' Reports
on Chinese Conditions Are
Startling
WORST HAS NOT BEEN TOLD
Report Concerning Clash Between
President and Foraker Declared to Be
unfair-President is chasrined-Ne'-
sons New Land Bill confuses the
Senate to La Foilette's.


from American consular officers IN
China which reached the state depart
ment yesterday, Say that at Marking
the famine is ten times worse than
anything known in that part OF the
empire Tor the last forty years.
The Chinese officials admit their In
ability to cope with the situation. the
rovernm emit is trying to help the starv-
ing people to keep their cattle and 70
this end is taking their oxen and buff
taloes in pawn for two taels each, Keep
ing them thus until next spring, when
II will return them.
Consul Haynes, at Marking, declares
that wins .tever aid may be extended by
this government in the present crisis
will certainly do much to dispel the III
feeling recently aroused by the boy
colt. the exclusion act, etc.
Consul General Rodgers, at Shang-
hal. advises the department that the
reports MS to the conditions appearing
In the newspapers, both foreign and
chinese, are for the most part sus-
tained ty the investigations made by
American naval officers. Furthermore,
he says, an inquiry which he has made
thru entirely private sources, gives the
general conclusion that the famine by
March will be regarded as severe, and
perhaps more so than that of 1878, by
which ten million lives were lost.
The report OF Mr.. Rodgers Is accom-
panied ty statement by DR. Henry M.
woods of the Southern Presbyterian
mission at iIwai-an-fu, who estimates
that l0,toO,00o people are affected by
the famine. 100000 Of whom are
starving.
Dr. Woods says there are at present
more th,ln 100000 refugees at Tsing-
kiang-pu huddled in mat sheds and
that the pitiful sight is daily witnessed
OF parents offering their children for
sale at from 50 to 81 each. Brigandage
and robt cry, he adds. are everywhere
rife.
He declares that the influence OF the
famine conditions upon current affairs
can now be plainly seen in the unrest
and discomfort Of the people.
From many places, he says, come
news. OF riots OF greater or less degree.
white In Kiang-si state bordering on
actual rebellion is on. and so serious
has the situation become that a goodly
portion Of the available military force
OF the Iiang- kiang yanen is now IN
the aield.
..H~ oAnr1,ydAas
my deliberate opinion IS that the
next fevr months will see the develop
ment OF dangerous things in this part
Of China. and that such conditions and
circumstances will have a great effect
upon foreign interests, political as well
as commercial"
President Roosevelt is greatly cha
erined over some Of the distorted re-
ports of ais clash with Senator Foraker
at the dinner of the Gridiron club, Sat
urday night. The matter remains the
chief topic Of discussion in the capital
today and interest was famed by the
publication OF the following Statement.
by the officers Of the Gridiron club re-
lating to q particular version Of the
episode.
can article purporting to describe
one OF the incidents at the dinner of the
Gridiron club, was printed in several
newspapers. It is the invariable rule
OF the club that no reports of speeches
OF Its guests shall be printed, and it
places its guests on honor In that re-
gard. The story was not printed in
any newspaper that was represented at
the dinner, either by q member of the
club or els a guest.
"The executive COMMITTEES OF the
Gridiron, club desires to say that the
story is false and misleading. This
story carries the assertion that the
president, in a running comment on the
features of the dinner, said. All coons
look alike to me- and that Senator For
aker quoted the line and added, and
all persons look alike to me- What
happened was that the president read
from thu, clubs joke, which appeared
under cartoon Of Senator Foraker,
quoted 1t, and then added, and all
white persons look alike to me Also
and went on with his speech"
As,to clearing up the matter and al
lay the sensation that the story has
caused i'll washington, it has had only
the opposite effect There is no denial
that the president and Foraker en-
gagged in a wordy clash.
SIS
Senator Nelson has introduced bill
preventing the alienation of public
lands containing coal, oil and asphalt,
and providing for their development by
a system Of leases. His bill is similar
10 - ho oef In
week by Senator La Toilette. Imme-
diately s.fter Mr., Nelson introduced his
bill It was made known to all interest
ed senator's that it is the administra-
tion measure intended to make effec-
tive the presidents recommendations
in his message. 1t has been revised
and approved by the president. AS
the same, announcement has been made
with reference to Mr.. La F'ollette's bill,
there was much curiosity among sena-
tors as 10 how there could be two adj
ion bills along the same lines.
Altho the subsidy bill was reported
to the house by a series of suspicious
steps, it has not had an easy time of
it since then, and the prospect now is
that If put thru at all it will be only
after serious amendment. j. ]. Hill
and E. Fl. Hartman are principally re-
sponsibl. for the repeated black eyes
which have been given to the bill of
late.
Mr.. Watson, OF Indiana, the repub-
lican whip Of the house, who has un-
dertaken the work of putting thru the
Hill Hartman Spreckels donation.
nnao 1 canvass Of the republican side.