Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-11
From Washington.
oorrssp 5udenss OF the Alexsndris Gasettes
Washington, March IL.

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The perennial Japanese war-scsre,
which has bloomed 10 all it's glory dur
| ing the past few days, was badly FROST
bitten today. Former Secretary OF State
Foster and Keishire Matsui, counselor of
the Japanese embassy, both played Jack
Fross with the dire prophecies, and when
they finished the war scare was In sad
need of a ray of Sunshine. 81 cannot
express too emphatic an opinion" ssid
the former secretary of stats, "about
this Japanese war-scare. Only this
morning / received letter from an
| American friend in japan, deploring
the sgsitation in this country. dc
saws that 1t Is doing untold harm to
American influence in Japan. The
Japanese want to be our friends. There
are q few agitstors and demagoguea over
there, but the Japanese are a sensible
and level headed race and can easiiy
| sse the holIownesB of the anti-Americsn
talk. Counselor Mstsui of the Japanese
Embassy denied absolutely that there is
any tsusiou between the embassy aud the
State Department as result of Japsn's
| rejection OF the Knox plan for neutrall.
cation of the Msnchurisn railroad. He
| added "Only the pleasau,est relations
exist between the Japanese Embassy and
the American State Department, and
any report to the contrary can be ridi-
| cnled."
Secretary of State Knox today re.
ceived report from Professor b. o.
Emory, chairman OF the tariff board, and
CHARLES NJ. Pepper, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, who returned
today from q visit to Ottawa where they
consulted with the Canadian government
officials regarding the tariff relations
between the United States and the
| Dominion. The two American commits.
sioners consulted with their colleagues
of the tariff board today and prepared
their report for submission to the State
Department. Any information SO to
what 1t contains must come from that
department. Unoficislly, however, it is
learned that the Canadian government
at the present moment is disposed to
stand pat. Canada is perfectly willing
to enter iut, reciprocity treaty vita
The United States but it points out that
even the minimum rates of the Amerl-
eau tariff upon many Canadian products
are now 80 high as to prohibit inpora.
| ton from Canada to the United States
ssPne cattle herdsrs are renting our
land for a quarter Of q cent 40 scre;
that's why we are coming to the nation
al government for this bond issue. With
1 all due respect to Mr.. Pinchtt, he iS re-
i spopsible fox the failure of the rec!ans-
ton projects to pay IS we'll as was ex-
pected of them."
Representative Taylor (dem. Oolo.,)
msde this assertion today to the House
WAYS and means committee in the course
OF an argument urging the passage of the
Mondeli hill which provides for the
bond issue TO complete the irrigation en-.
tsrprises already begun.
With Arthur P. Davis, chief engineer
of .he reclamation service again on the
stand the congressional conservation
| Investigating c6cmmlIt'e Eeconvsned To- ,.
day, Davis 10 being examined aa 10 tne
restorations and reRithtrawals by Bal
Iinger of water power sites formerly re-
served by Secretary of the Ittsrior 1ar'
6eld. The reclamation service was con
, cerued 10 the examination OF these iaGo'
! under Garfield, and Davis, as chief en-
eineer, was personally acquainted with
the ground In big rqmber OF csses o.
water power sites. 1t vas brought oul
, early 10 the examination today thai
there were tao methods Of withdrawal
frst, under the reclamation act, and
: second, under the so-salled Supervisory
, nower'' of the secretary OF the interior
a | The early part Of Davis's examination BY
Attorney Pepper vas technical In it!
character, relating to administration ant
, PROCEDURE in the service. Testimony al
j. to facts dizsc,ly at variance with thos'
q | contained In tbs presidents letter o
s ptember IS, 1909, t. Secretary Bal
finger, generating him from charges o
! maladministra!iou IL office was present.
ed to the committee.
, A report recommending the passage
OF the Senate bill for the admission OF
, Arizona and New Mexico to statehood
was adopted today by the Senate com.
mit.ee en- territories. Senator BsverIdge
planned to submit the report to tae
Senate today but the eaRly adjournment
will delay the presentation until next
week. The bill gives each territory
; ,6G0, 900 acres of land with which to
pay territorial bends validated BY sn act
, of Congress In 1895. All other debts
, will have to be borne by the people OF
! the new states. The time OF residence
in either ststs required TO gain citizen
ship was increased from ak months to
one year. No English test of the con.
stitution such as is now required by the
3 laws of Arizona, ia called for by the bill
, and so voters in the states will not be
subject to that ordeal. The BsVeridge
bill will be offered 10 the Senate as q
. substitute for the Hamilton bill which
has bsen passed BY the House. The
vote In the committee on the bill wss on
{ strict party lines, the republicans favor.
, ing and tie democrats opposing 1t.
Another of President Tsfps legislative
measures. the bill providing for $780,
600, 6S1 bond issue for reclamation work,
is in difficulties today, following the
statement Of former Secretary of the In.
, terror Garfield, On the stand in the BALM.
ger-Piuchot investigation yesterday that
the issue is absolutely unnecessary.
The Hou,e committee on ways and
means has been struggling with the TAFT
recommendation which is embodied In q