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Show GOVERNOR HAD to jurat Swettenham Withdraws His Letter, Confessing Sorrow for Having Written It. British Governor of Kingston Has Been Taught.a Lesson That Should Be Lasting Officials at State De. partment Regard Incident as Closed. London. Tho international phase of tho Kingston incident hns been Anally closed by Governor Swettenham Swetten-ham formally withdrawing his lettci to Rear Admiral Davis and express-ng express-ng regret for having written it. Swettenhnm's withdrawal of bis let-cr let-cr and his npology followed voluminous volum-inous telegraphic communications tc him from tho colonial ofllce. Tho dts patch which has now closed tho inci dont was sent by tho governor to the colonial ofllce, whence it reached the Btato department nt Washington through tho foreign ofllce in the usual course. Incident Closed. Washington. Officials at tho state department refuse to discuss tho roport ro-port that Govornor Swettenham ha? withdrawn his letter to Admiral Davis. It is pointed out that the president has taken every mcan known to him to make It evident that ho regards tho Kingston episode ns a closed Incident, so the officials decllno de-cllno to comment on it. |
