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Show COVERNOR HAD TOjPOLOCIZE Swettcnham Withdraws His Letter, Confessing Sorrow for Having Written It. British Governor of Kingston Hat Been Taunht a Lesson That Should Be Lasting Officials at State De- partment Regard Incident as Closed. London. Tho International phasr Df tho Kingston incident linn been finally closed by Governor Swetten-bam Swetten-bam formally withdrawing his lottor to Hear Admiral Davis nnd express-ng express-ng regret for having written It. Swottonham's withdrawal of his lot-cr lot-cr nnd his npology followed voluminous volum-inous telegraphic communications tc him from tho colonial ofllce. Tho dls patch which has now closed tho Inci dent was sent by tho 'governor to the colonial olTlco, whenco It reached the stato department at Washington through tho foreign odlco In tho usual course. Incident Cloied. Washington. Ofllclals at tho stato dopartmont rofuso to dlscusj tho re-Prl' re-Prl' hnt Governor Swottonham has Klthdraw, his lettor- to Admiral Davis. It lw pointed out that t'n prosldont has yaken avcry mean known to ; WfWrto tunko It ovldohl that ho regard tho Kingston oplsodo as u cy!'1ncIdont, so .tho officials d SUJfii) to comment on It. |