The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-14

meekly shouldered the blame for many
things in the past, had nothing to say,
but General Wright, in Washington to-
night, stuck to his ground in a manner
which seemed to promise to add to the
sensation.
WRIGHT HOLDS GROUND.
The new War Secretary repeated his
original remarks upon learning that
his chief had denied their accuracy.
Apparently he puts the issue right up
to President Roosevelt again.
With a double-edged stroke of his
pen, the President accused both Wright
and Loeb of giving out information
that was untrue. He denied Loeb's
statement that the cadets had been
dismissed, and could only be reinstated
by act Of Congress. He denied Wright's
statement, made later, that the cadets
had been reinstated, and that he (the
President) had signed the dismissal
order only to scare them.
PRESIDENTS STATEMENT.
The Presidents statement was as
follows:
No action whatever has been taken
by the President in the cases of the
cadets. The statements that they were
originally ordered dismissed and that
they had been ordered kept out being
equally erroneous.
AN appeal was originally made to
the President to interfere. He declined
to take any action or to interfere in
any way until the Secretary of War
had expressed his opinion, the view
of the department being, seemingly,
that the cadets should be turned out,
the Secretary not having come ITO
any final decision.
"The Secretary then notified the
President that, instead of making any
report, he would like to discuss the
matter with the President in person.
He accordingly came, and the discus
sion was held, but no final decision
was reached the Secretary stating that
he was not able to make a final and
definite recommendation as to all the
cases and preferred to make none as
regards any until he could do it as re-
CARDS all.
THE President has not yet heard
finally from the Secretary, and, there
fore, has come to no final decision.
This is the first announcement that
the President has made in the matter
at all, and he never at any time has
come to any decision, one way or the
other, excepting to state that he would
probably follow the views of the de-
partment."
When shown this in Washington,
Secretary Wright replied as follows:
'The fact is that the President APP
proved the findings at West Point and
transmitted the approval here. But
accompanying the approval was a let
ter to me, in which he said that it was
not final, and that he would like to see
me and talk the matter over with me.
Il went to Oyster Bay and talked it
over with the President, and the cadets
have been restored. l thought it best
if there was to be any punishment, It
ought to be in the academy and not
outside.
Colonel Scott is to come here to-
morrow or the next day, and we will
then arrange how the discipline is tc
be applied. Our talk will relate to this
subject, and not to any other"
Further than this Secretary Wright
would not go, but he was emphatic il
his declaration that the cadets hat
first been dismissed with the approva
Of President Roosevelt and then rein
stated with the Presidents approval
since it was following the Secretary
trip to Oyster Bay that the announce
ment of the reinstatement was made.
AS the matter rests now Wright say
the cadets are to return to the acad
envy; the President says it is not set
tied whether they are to return or moi
LOEB NOT SEEN.
1t was noticeable that the Presi
dents official statement was not give
out by Secretary Loeb as in his in
variable custom. 1t was handed to tn
newspaper men by Assistant Score
tary Forster. Rumor at the summe
capital had 1t that the President wa
very much wrought up over the Will
affair and had expressed verbal view
with even more than his usua
emphasis.
Secretary Loeb's statement that III
eight cadets had been dismissed wa
made first on July 25th, Seven new
papermen called at his ONCE IN Oyst'
Bay, according 10 their daily custom