White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-21
Peeyeti, President Wilson Withdrew
From Cardiac Club.

President Wilson formerly With
drew Monday. his recent acceptance
OF honorary membership in the mill
tary order OF the carabos, composed
of regular volunteer officers Of the
army and navy who served in the
Philippine islands in the four years
succeeding the Spanish-American
war.
Earlier in the day the president
had ordered an investigation OF yari-
Gus satires and travesties on the adj
m~inistration's policy toward the
Philippines as portrayed at a recent
banquet of the Carabaos in Wash
ington. The affair was attended By
Secretaries Redield, Daniels and
Postmaster Burleson, Justices Me
Kenna and Vendeventer Of the
/ United States supreme court. many
members of congress and hundreds
of army and navy officers.
The demand for an investigation,
together with intimations from the
White House that court-martials and
severe reprimands would not be
surprising as a result OF the banquet.
caused a sensation in army and navy
circles in the capital.
The incident first anne 10 the
presidents attention when he read
accounts of it in the newspapers.
The president felt particularly dis
pleased over the ~trayesty on the ad-
m~inistration's peace policy and criti-
cisms aimed at Secretary Bryan
when three six-foot models of battle
ships, borne BY concealed boys. were
carried into the banquet-room. IN
the muzzles of the guns were stuck
~nosegays and the milk-white dove
was perched on each fghting-top.
They we're named u. S. S. Eel
llowship.' u. S. S. Friendship" and
"U. S. S. Pifie." Another satire was
a moving picture film of a three
years pursuit of a Filipino colonel.
who time and again had escaped
capture, and hardly had been appre-
hended when he was made governor
of a province.
The performance, according to ad-
vance statements given out by the
Carabao society. was designed to
show the lack of sympathy for re-
cent developments and tendencies in
Philippine government"
1t was made plain at the White
House that while a general burlesque
of the ADMINISTRATORS peace policies
and thrusts at Secretary Bryan and
others we're deeply resented because
they came from army and navy Of
~feers, the chief objection vas to the
spirit OF hostility shown % Philip
pine independence as the problem Is
being worked out by the present adj
ministration.
Secretary Daniels. who made a
speech at the banquet. but left early
TO attend the congressional reception
said afterward that none of the
stunts" such as the bringing in of
the peace fleet" composed of battle
ship models. had taken place while
he was present.
while | was there said Daniels,
the thing | thought was particularly
offensive was the song, Damn. damn,
damn the insurrectos. Had | known
it was TO have been sung | would
have asked that 1t be eliminated from
the program or | would not have at.
tended"
The chorus OF the song. which was
sung with great zest by hundreds oil
army and navy officers present. was
as follows:
Damn, damn. damn the insurrectos
cross-eyed kikiack ladrones.
Underneath the starry flag, civilize
'em with a Krag,
And return us to our own beloved
homes.
The word '~ladrones" is the Span
ish FOR robbers" and "krag" is the
army abbrevation for the Krag-Jor-
gensen rife.
Apologies from the offenders to the
administration" will probably close
the incident.
A Gay Old Sport.
lanes g Dermott OF San Jose. ar