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Show .! GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CLASH j I The British Governor of Jamaica and a I United States Rear Admiral Do Not Work ,v in Harmony Latter Told to Leave British Brit-ish Territory Criticisms of American Rivalry Its Great Success Its Peaceable Peace-able Attitude What It Could and Would Do if Pressed to Battle Dewey and Schley Rear Admiral Davis Justifiied in Landing His Only Mission Was to Aid in Relieving the Distressed and in , Soothing the Sufferers. A ' (Written for the lntermountain Catholic.) The little incident which occurred in Kingston vhon Governor Swettenham requested Rear Ad- Juiral Davis to mind his own affairs may have been misunderstood, or exaggerated. There is. however, how-ever, no mistaking or exaggerating the words of the Id tor in which ihe Governor told the Rear Admiral Ad-miral that "it was his duty to ask him to re-embark , ihe working party and all parties which the Rear 'Admiral's kindness prompetd him to land.' At lKme and abroad the criticisms of the press and government officials are guarded. The English .press, and its Inch officials were creatlv alarmed. v. lost the wounded pride of this nation might resent t "the insult and demand a humiliating apology. Great wars, for example that of the Franco-Prussian war. ' fhad their origin in less serious and previous mat- , 1srs. National pride once wounded and humiliated . ' i only 'oo ready to resent. Hence the humiliating j ;, attitude of the English press in asking the for- . , f- hearajiee of t he American people. The very i thought of war with America fills them with coii- U-lernation, and so weli'it may, for war with Amer- I I , yjO. J? something more serious and more far-reach- i(ig.V-.i,s consequences than war with the Boers, , i f anyNKuropean country. In all wars England X: ' .-."d to louk.lo America - jVr her " a nay- pfrie; '- f V---ned mats and other edibles. Without an Amer-. f a'l'an supply of" raw cotton her mills would soon i , tose, and what is worse, without American credit '' i ' to hack her up she would lose her prestige and K'ou become bankrupt. English statesmen realize ilns. and hence instead of courting hostility are j' ' jdways ready to make concessions, as they term it, 4 to their "American cousins." or the other branch of r ihe Anglo-Saxon race. On this side of the Atlantic there are no grave apprehensions as to the result j f war, "or does the cousinship enter very deeply t i"0 the American heart, if the casus belli should firise, and which would result, as it did with Spain, " in reducing England to a second-class power. The policy of llp American nation is peace, and j jJ as it was fully established during the late war be-t', be-t', iween Russia anl Japan, whilst England became I'. the ally of Japan and secretly encouraged Japan to commence hostilities and continue the war. because be-cause of the old wounds that were never healed' up. America- remained neutral and became the real pcacemakr in the end. 1 1-1 the commercial world today America stands as the great rival of England, not oidy in her colonies colo-nies but in England. Ireland and Scotland. Ameri-manufactures Ameri-manufactures are sold in every mart. This suc- ;vfasful rivalry, naturally, has excited a national V ealousy. But is it not an honest rivalry in the inter y est of trade where Yankee shrewdness and genius -m av(1 been, or soon will be, victorious iu every great commercial center in the civilized world, not excepting ex-cepting London. This conquest is one of peace, fairly won by genius, talent and enterprise, and not by the bayonet or men-of-war. There was no display dis-play of our navy in pushing our trade, no menace offered to foreign nations in measuring lances wilh them in the commercial world, no desire to iu-cur iu-cur the hostility of any nation when competing with them in trade, nor, least of all, was there any disposition to yield to warlike ihreats directly or indirectly aimed against the commercial interests. r foreign trade acquired Jin honest competition. Yet whilst pursuing her triumphant commercial march in a peaseable attitude, before no rival does America Iremble, or dread warlike threats, in the extension of her commercial interests.-Why interests.-Why should she pale before any rival '. The maritime population of the United States exceeds tli3t of Great Britain. In the war with Spain George Dewey, on May 1. .$frS, in Manila Ray. annihilated the Spanish Asiatic squadron, whilst Winfield-Scott Schley, on July of the same year, off Santiago Bay, sent Cervera's fleet 1 to a watery grave. The science and bravery dis- p played by those naval officers and commanders were seldom, perhaps never, surpassed, not exeept-! exeept-! ing that of Xelson and his officers at Trafalgar in On a short notice and great emergency the 1 nited States, by issuing a call to arms, could re- 'ruit twenty intelligent, strong, and brave men to ' i every one England could enlist. The martial spirit every citizen of the United States is never want ing or hidden when a crisis is come. Xorth and ; South. East and West, faithful to the motto. "E 1 j phiribus unum." are ready to shoulder their guns fin defense of their liberty, and country's just de-niands. de-niands. The American nation seeks the friendship ;"?d courts the good will of all rivals, but war or j threats of war she never fears. j .Going back to ihe little incident at Kingston, j I vliere the preferred generosity of the United States I v.as ret used and its representative, with the willing 1 hand who landed in British territory in the name Continued on Page 5. I GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CLASH. Continued from Page 1. j of humanity, were ordered to re-embark, something j more than a simple apology is needed. 1 here is j no questioning the gentlemanly deportment of Rear j Admiral Davis. His letter to Governor Sweden- i ham proves it. Possibly he exceeded the bounds of j international law, or courtesies. On this point we j simply quote John Westlake. who is a professor of i I international law at ihe I diversity of Cambridge, and who was the representative of Great Britain at the international court of arbitration at The Hague. He makes a clear statement. When asked for his opinion he said: "f am unable to see any justification in international inter-national law for the action of Governor Swelten-hani. Swelten-hani. It was rather informal on the part of Admiral Ad-miral Davis if he did not ask for the governor's pormissiem before; landing men. but the landing of men, though ihey were armed, was not even a technical breach of international law. as it was apparent ap-parent that there was no design to exert American authority." The British press seem to be unanimous .in condemning con-demning the action of the governor, because it may have wounded the susceptibilities of the Americans. Amer-icans. And why not; A careful perusal of (!ov-ernor (!ov-ernor Swettenham's reply to Rear Admiral Davis' courtly letter of explanation can not fail to show, if not a hostile', at least "a mind your own : business'' busi-ness'' spirit. This has been confirmed by his action ac-tion last October when he refused permission to laborers to leave Jamaica to work on the Panama canal unless certain demands made by him wen; conceded. The dispatch tells the demands: j . "He refused to permit the recruiting of laborers I unless five shillings per head was paid to the island government for the laborers, anel also the sum of t.oOi) for the agent's license. After considerable discussion the demand was granted. The Governor then insisled that the United States guarantee to' compensate tin laborers for any damage or injury they might sustain during their employment on the canal. The demand was positively refused." j All this would indicate a spirit of hostility to- ) wards a friendly nation by one of the highest offi- j cials of a rival nation. It unmasks the claims of ! cousinship -and proves that the Governor of Ja- j inaica would, if ho dared, give more peremptory, j and insulting orders, when "he found his duty to j ask the representatives of our government to re- I embark." The action taken by Rear Admiral Davis j in landing for the alleviation of suffering human- ! ity. was good in hnv and morals, and appeals to (he j common sense of humanity. 11 is letter will raise j him in the public estimation of every loyal citizen. There may be some who. truckling to Angloihaniac j influence, will find fault with the 'Rear Admiral's hasty action, but they Jire no part of ihe vox populi j who are ever ready to maintain with a strong hand j our national dignity against all arrogant and over- j bearing rivals. F. D. j |