The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-07

the country In response to few Of the
numerous invitations received at the
White House he was criticised for not
staying on the job, and when he de-
cided to cut out functions and attend
to his knitting he was criticised by the
Poles for not attending their banquet
after the unwilling Of the Kosciusko
and Pulaski statues. Moreover. the
president Is every now and then re-
ported as being In near accident,
which probably gives him the shivers
in retrospect. although he broadly init
mates that most Of these almost catas-
trophies never took place. Indeed, he
took occasion not long ago to deny one
Of these tales which had his automo-
bile dashing across railroad only a
few feet ahead Of a flying express.
Representative Martin of Colorado
continues to introduce resolutions to
investigate the sale to the sugar trust
of the friar lands In the Philippines.
One Of his latest inquiries concerns
what is known as the Calamba estate.
which was in some sense the cause of
the Filipino rebellion In 1906 Mr..
Martin referred to the fact that it was
the declared purpose of the United
States in purchasing the friar lands to
| ''break them up into small holdings
for tenants" Yet newspaper dispatch
es of a month ago had said that 10000
acres Of the Calamba estate had been
sold by the government to the Dilling-
ham sugar interests Of Honolulu. He
characterized the failure to put this
land into the hands of small holders,
as originally contemplated. and the
sale of it to sugar interests 'as moth
ing short Of a crime"
The latest twist as to Colonel
Roosevelts attitude on his return to
this country is given by the prospec-
! tive meeting between him and Frank
B. Kellogg in Europe. Mr.. Kellogg has
maintained the same close relations to
the Taft administration, as he did to
that Of Mr.. Roosevelt Just before his
departure for Europe it is known that
Mr.. Kellogg was In consultation with
President Taft, and on this slim basis
of fact it is surmised in some quarters
that he bears a message from the pres
ent to the former occupant of the
White House. Much more significant
to my mind was Roosevelt's curt an
swer to the cablegram appointing him
to represent the Uniten Mates at the
funeral Of King Edward. While Presi-
dent Taft's message was warm and
! elaborate. that Of Colonel Roosevelt
consisted of but one word. Accept"
| The sting of this. if sting there was in
| it, was afterward somewhat removed
| by Colonel ROOsevelts cablegram to
| Secretary of State Knox concerning
| the same appointment. in which he
stated that he accepted gladly and
| asked that his thanks be conveyed to
the president for the appointment.
Friends of Roosevelt state that the
accept" cablegram was his first COM
munication to Taft since March 4,
| 1909 Coupled with the Pinchot inter-
view and the appointment Of John
Callan O'Laughlin as Roosevelt's pri-
vate secretary, it bears out certain stO-
ries that have been flying about Wash
ington for the last year. These stories
were to the effect that there were
strained relations between Roosevelt
and his successor. There certainly is
change from the Dear Will" days.
The significance Of the appointment
of OLaughlin can only be understood
by those who read his criticisms Of the
president for dismissing Pinchot and
who heard of the presidents resent
ment. To bear out the obvious inter-
probation of the O'Laughlin appoint
ment comes a magazine article from
| Walter Wellman, who has also been