Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
sPEsRY DENOUNCED IRl0ucERs
hoIesome SANDER Refuted by
Mems Fine Bearing At Every Point
visited-Campaien Of Malignity Has
Been Carried On at Every Port
Since Leaving Hampton Roads.
(By Associated Press.

| MELBOURNE, Sept. Now that
The American battleship fleets Aus
tralian visit has taken it's place as
the most notable friendly call ever
made BY the warships of one power
at the ports of another. and since
not one unpleasant incident has mar
red the demonstration. il Is proper
| 10 expose a malignant campaign from
| an unknown source. which had for
its cviden, purpose the creation OF
| friction at the fleets ports OF call
and which hight have made the cruise
10 failure instead OF success.
When the fleet was ready to leave
| Honolulu the authorities there con
| .esscd to Rear Admiral Sperry that
| they had been worried before the
| Heet arrived by information from San
| Francisco. representing the American
! Glue jackets as ruffians and dangerous
| to the peace and security Of an Or
DERBY community Much apprehen
| sion had existed until their arrival.
these officials said when the sailors
exemplary conduct had routed their
fears and left them shamefaced al
having even partly credited the de-
famation of the Americans.
Upon the ships arrival al Auck.
land the canard was discovered 20
have preceded the feet. but the order
" behavior OF the liberty parties not
0nly refuted the SANDER. but Ven
them thousands OF New Zealand
friends. After the sydney visit had
e"aed with similar success p.Cmi-
lrcLt Australian authorities laughifg
Nv referred to the abS"rdi:y of the
warnings from San FTanci3co that
the enlisted personnel o: the fleet
consisted largely of negroes ard the
undesirable European eleTcnt. TINS
had caused. they said. some OF the
authorities to suggest extraordinary
pclice precautions against the inhuN
of those who had been represented
as "barbarians." but good sense pre-
vented such an action. which doubt
less would have affronted the Amer!-
cans and led to friction.
Handled Own Offenders.
Following the practice established
on the South American cruise, the
American patrols handled such trif
ling offences as did arise, leaving
practically nothing 10 the local police
bat to regulate their own crowds.
IGoyernor General Lord NorthcOte, the
governor OF New South Wales. ana
Sir Harry Rawson, distinguished
british admiral took particular pans
20 compliment Rear Admiral Sperry
!upon the conduct of the mon. whom
al! classes regretted to see depart
| Finally al Melbourne Rear Admir-
Jal Sperry learned that similar can
ards had been foisted upon the au-
-hori;ics. with the additional false
hooJ that the men had taken pos
session Of San Francisco at the ter
! mipation of .hc South American
cruise and had overpowc.ed and ter
rorizcd the police.
This report. emanating a. did 9th
CTS from San Francisco, said tae
Rear Admiral today. 'circumstantiat
" confirmed my earlier suspicious ~
a campaign of maligniiy. promoted
w persons Sho desire to ruin tn"
good effect Of the cruise Fortunate
" II has been thwartcd by the good
sCnsc Of tho authorities. who have
| .,prcsscd the hrartirsi approval Of
tho conduct and appearance Of our
mon ! dcsirc 10 EXPOSE this cam
paign to prevent possible crcdrnc"
ri future falschoois circulating here
| or al home
| Recall Anarchist Reports.
| This recalls the circulation Of 70
roris " anarchistic plots against tn"
fleet At Rio and elsewhere. The
faIsc and alarming stories have mri
tho feet ~ every foreign port sine"
leaving Hampton Roads and tho r"
cent inventions arc much moro insi
TFrus than tho anarchist fake" Rear
Admiral Spcrry has no proof 81 ~"
IDENTITY " tho would bC trouble max
,crs. Sho have carefully covered their
tracks TIC feels that the American
big jart"is need M Enforcement from
tho f~s.i ~ their record home spcaks