Show sensational CHARGES ARE MADE BY ex consul general at canton china appears before house committee Wins hington lay hay 3 tile the couo house com on forean fore agn aff affairs airs tolay bolay listened to a statement ly former consul general at canton Cli china kina Nc Wade in reply to the charges made against him by third assistant secretary of state pierce affidavits vere presented by mr air Ic to fo show the unreliable and criminal character of those ni who ho instigated sti gated the charges hearing behind clor closed doors the hearing was b chind behind closed doors at the outset ji lh mr was iven given ten en ini minutes but this time was extended to nearly two hours and when he be had concluded members of the he committee congratulated him upon tile the show showing fur h ho had bad mado made charges against peirce mr milade charges of a sensational sat ional nature against assistant secretary of 0 state beirce it is considered quite probable that congress may take up the matter of these charges at a later date the only statement ot of record made by Tc Wade Is a letter addressed to the commit committee tea this letter wa was s dated april 26 1906 by mr and Is s in part as follows introduces a letter A little over six months ago H da D peirce assured me that I 1 was removed because the president wanted my place and for no other reason I 1 now le learn arn through the persistent industry of some anonymous person the nature ot the charges preferred against me by 11 H D pet peace ce and I 1 solemnly declare them to be false in every essential particular I 1 also solemnly declare that they are made by men who had been charged chang d before me for various offenses from murder down and that these men formed a criminal conspiracy against me to have roc me re removed because my continuance in office meant their absolutely compulsory abandonment of gf their criminal ticeen within my jurisdiction investigation a farce 1 I solemnly declare that taftt not a reputable man or firm american or fort foreign ign resident and doing business within my jurisdiction ever uttered a single word of complaint against me or my administration a fact which 11 II 11 D peirce could have easily ascertained although altho uga he was only forty eight houra in canton and he did not devote two hours of that entire time to any investigation whatever lie he quo quotes tes a certain cerlan firm of which he was a guest as ar complaining against me and gives that firm a bill of health tor for high business cha character r acter etc why he was removed A little investigation would have bhonn that thill that firm desired my removal boval moval because I 1 was largely instrumental in showing up how it had robbed ape the american railway and I 1 had stopped I 1 its ita dking so roost most effectively I 1 do not in any way directly or indirectly question the high right and privilege of tha president to remove me from tile position of consul general to which I 1 ws promoted for conspicuous excel excellence leDee 1 in the 16 name of justice I 1 reiterate the demand that piat I 1 cabled from canton china on the late date of the receipt of the wire removing me from office I 1 demand a thorough and exhaustive exhaustive investigation vesti gation at the hands OL 01 your honorable committee when the truth will be fully established or as much so as is possible after the lapse of two year suffering and persecution 1 |