Show I I HINT AT WAR VIAR 0 Possible Conflict to Uphold Ih hold the Monroe Doctrine t INTRIGUE OF 4 I f SCHEME TO SECURE CURE THE DANISH WEST w INDIES 1 I Bargain Between Denmark and a Representative of the Standard Oil Company the Latter too Be ne 10 Per Cent of the Purchase t Price For Negotiating the Sale I New York May L IThe The Times Ti M pub publishes lishes Jl l hes an elaborate article declaring that Secretary of War Roots add I at the Grant cleat dinner last Friday night tn In he ho hinted at the possibility of or orto war to maintain tho the Monroe doctrine was Wk called forth by an intrigue con coit cOrning the franish West India islands It I appears app r that H H Rogers of or the Standard Oil on company made a verbal agreement with Denmark that It if he should negotiate a sole cole of tho the islands ila he be should receive r ve a 8 commission of at 10 per pei bent ent nt of ot the purchase price piles Cap tain taht W von on Christmas has bu also been acting cUng as agent ageel ace of the Danish government All AU accounts agree that Denmark is Ii very TexT V anxious to get rid of ot her West Indian possession Mr Rogers Rogert and L Captain Christmas Christine having quarreled acad the former having declared that It was wag wa in his power to defeat any neco o uti ns that did not recognize his right a agent ent Captain Christmas ad vi ed Secretary Hay of a plan to ex change the islands landa i with ith Germany Genn ny for territory in Europe He states staten that unless congress co s acts on the Parish West Wes eM India islands Island matter before June JUlie 1 1 a scheme be carried out to ex en change the Ula tit islands with Germany for fur the whole or a part of North wig which with Holstein was waa taken from Denmark by Germany Y in 1867 1667 and SUd which country it has always been en the fondest hope of all Danes Dance to re cover Secretary Whites Return The sudden sodden n appearance in this coun try Qt of Secretary White of the Amer Sean Jean embassy in London has also ateo to do de with this matter of the sale sole of the Danish West India islands island according to t the Times Mr White was the agent of the United States in Diet Den mark during the negotiations and anti to him the Danish government named the price it wanted for the islands be tween and Mr White It is said failed to tell the otate department that the United States e would have to buy the islands during this of congress or abandon all hope hore forever of getting possession P of them and that he also hid did not impress upon the state s te depart ment mem the fact that toot failing falling the lS With the United States Ger Gee Germany many was sure to get possession posse ston of the either through cession ston ce or lease It is fg to mate make e those matters more clear to the state department while congress con ress 1 is iA still in session ae lon that Mr White was summoned here hereIt herec hereIt c It was riot not until the early lirly part of 1899 that concerning the Danish West Indian Stands islands i were taken Op iii At A t that time Captain Christmas was 88 58 in Germany as a re tired captain of or the Danish navy He had just returned from front a trip to the Danish West India islands where he had baa bond been making maps of the harbors Sad and d fortifications B there He was ap a apro iut pro chod by a syndicate of Germans GenTians who asked him to use his influence In in Copenhagen to obtain from Irma the Dan teh Ish government nt a contract with Ger Get Germany many by which the latter could pur put chase chaM the island of St John t I I J l J I Will W Enforce Monroe Doctrine Captain Christmas was waa not slow in a asserting erting ting that this would be next to for the reason son re that the Jutted States would neither allow Denmark Penmark to sell the island to o a for foreign foren eign en power nor would m it allow Ger Ocr Germany many to purchase it because of the Monroe doctrine In his bin report to the Danish govern government ment Captain Christmas Christinas attaches tIn fir proposition of the syndicate to hit pa 1 ileth This shows MOS that the head of f the toH was wae Admiral von on Zirzow of the idle royal navy nY and that he and others of et the syndicate had in an of the ced or sate saJe sa e of the island to Germany bought up options of or all aU the tand lanti adjacent to the harbors so in the event of ot the acquisition of t the Inland by Germany he be and the ers of the syndicate stood in the po position of virtual owners of ot the land and could QUId dictate to the pur power I When the imp of or this was pointed painted out to Admiral von I he ho asked Captain Christmas i to obtain other concessions for the L yn among them to furm form a Ger Car I coI y onith island lelend under the Danish 11 g and J to use the I 1 a n a coaling station for Ger Ocr German German man war wax vessels I Captain while apparently felling falling f in with their scheme Ibid b d the whole matter before fore b Minister in 18 1 its Woe true light The outcome of or this f w Ww uj that permission t on was denied on diplomatic grounds gro the Danish I gov government go recognizing that should any complications arise the sale of the to the United States would be next t to impassible This led hat to Cap tIn tain Christmas coming coining to America V Interviewed the President Captain according to the t had an interview with President y and end poI ed out the th import anton o ot of pu the As a Secretary S Whits wits was sent I from London to negotiate otia directly with Denmark rk His Hid mission became known I to Mr Rogers on his 10 I 1 per cent commission slon and declaring that he would prevent a sale to the I United States Stales unless unie s he Ito received Rogers Rog rs became involved in a quarrel rel nt with Captain Christmas There Thereupon Thereupon Thereupon upon tile tue captain r to Secretary Hep H the entire Dry tU ry of German in ine e It Ic swans 9 that Denmark i Is II now din Tamed po to imako mako the tha deal with Germany It las has beun boin said I by these t who are ar arck e ck to too the Danish tIMa t King Kh will wiil not allow the th e United States to t the Monroe doc dor doctrine doctrine trine as a bar bat to 00 other countries He Hew H e w l maintain n that Chat he hen has already given given given en the Monroe sufficient coo con consideration in that he be offered a number numbe r of tat e to sell like 1100 islands to the th e re United States and every time the ne me negotiations have fallen through h on ac no account count of the failure of congress to t o notify the tot |