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OCTOBER 22, 1909
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ment of Messrs. Williams and Smith
by the federal grand Jury of the Dis
trict of Columbia for criminal libel.
The basis of the action is published
articles intimating that there was a
"graft" of $28,000,000 in the sale
of the Panama canal zone, to the
United Statea by the French com
pany. October 12 Judge Andoroon
dismissed the proceedings against
Williams and Smith. "That man
has read the history of our institu
tions to little purpose," said Judge
Anderson in concluding his brief,
"when he does not view with appre
hension the success of such a pro
ceeding as this to the end that citi
zens could be dragged from their
homes to the District of Columbia,
the seat of government, for .trial,
under the circumstances of his case.
The defendants are discharged."
Crane Gave It to Them "Red Hot'
Says President Taft Told Him to Do It, but Secretary
Knox Removed Him for Doing It,
Five hundred homes were de
stroyed and one h 'ndred ships were
wrecked at Key West, Florida, as
the result of a hurricane which
swept over that city. Only one life
was lost.
A St. Petersburg cablegram car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"M. Stchepkin, a constitutional dem
ocrat, has been elected to the duma
from Moscow, to fill the vacancy
created by the death of an octoberist
member. M. Brodslcy was elected
from Odessa and succeeds a consti
tutionalist, M. Pergamen, deceased.
The result of the election at Moscow
is an especially noteworthy victory
for the opposition, as the first cate
gory of voters by whom Stchepkin
was elected is composed of the more
wealthy and conservative electors
and the campaign was waged on the
issue of 'Stolypinism.' At Odessa
Brodsky is elected in the face of a
campaign of intimidation against the
Jewish,., electors byif reactionaries."
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The Nebraska boaTd of the State
Historical Society has accepted the
Bryan prize offer of $25 for the best
article on Nebraska history. A com
mittee was appointed to outline rules
for the contest.
United States Senator Flint of Cal
ifornia, whose term expires March
4, 1911, says that he will not be a
candidate for re-election, because he
is too poor.
Charles It. Crane, whom Mr. Taft
appointed minister to China, was re
called just as he was about to sail.
Earlier dispatches said that ho was
called for further instruction. An
Associated Press dispatch of later
date says:
"It is known now that the imme
diate occasion for the recall of Min
ister Crane was an articlo in the
Washington special correspondence
of the Chicago Record-Herald of
September 27, evidencing a some
what minute acquaintance with con
fidential matters supposed to bo
known only by responsible officials
in the state department, and presum
ably by Minister Crane, relative to
the attitude of the United States
government to ward the tvo treaties
recently concluded between China
and Japan. That publication was
highly objectionable to the depart
ment of state in that it disclosed the
possibility of protest on the part of
the United States against the con
summation of these treaties, and It
is known that Secretary Knox and
his associates in the department have
held Minister Crane responsible for
the disclosures. These treaties,
which would practically confer upon
the Japanese a monopoly of the min
eral developments of Manchuria and
would also make the Japanese the
virtual dictators of Chinese railway
extension in Manchuria, are regard
ed by the state department, it is
said, as destructive of the principle
of 'the open door' enunciated by the
late Secretary Hay and subscribed
to by Japan in a formal agreement
with Mr. Root when the latter was
secretary of state. The Chicago
publication was regarded as particu
larly unfortunate at this time be
cause' of the purpose of the state de
partment to have Mr. Crane take
careful soundings of the feelings en
tertained among the other foreign
ministers and ambassadors resident
in Peking before any representations
were made to the Japanese government."
Captain William Mitchell Lewis
has announced himself as a candi
date for governor of Wisconsin on
the progressive republican ticket. He
lives at Racine.
It now develops that E. H. Harri
man left to his widow $267,000,000.
Before he died he distributed among
his children and his aides $33,-000,00p.
Samuel Gompers has returned
from Europe. He was given a great
reception in New York and when he
reached Washington City 25,000 la
boring men and women met him at
the depot.
The Disciples of Christ, otherwise
known as the Christian church or the
"Campbellites," celebrated their cen
tennial at Pittsburg, Pa., from Octo
ber 11 to October 19.
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Following is an Associated Press
dispatch:
Washington, October 12. Charles
R. Crane of Chicago, minister desig
nate to China, today was practically
deposed by a demand from Secretary
Knox for his resignation.
Thus a new chapter in American
diplomacy was written. A citizen
chosen with special regard for his
qualifications for the post was re
called before he had embarked from
San Francisco and discharged from
his high office because of alleged in
discreet disclosures through the
nress. Moreover, this minister,
breaking through all the old tradi
tions, insisted on defending himself
from the aspersions cast upon him
by the secretary of state by the issu
ance of a statement which most peo
ple here comment upon as certain to
be embarrassing to the administra
tion. The history of this extraordinary
affair, which began about a week ago
with the announcement that Minis
ter Crane had been stopped at San
Francisco at the moment of embark
ation for his post by a demand from
Secretary Knox for his return to
Washington, reached at least its first
crisis today, when the secretary, in
a formal statement, announced that
Minister Crane's resignation had
been invited, and the minister desig
nate replied in a formal statement
that while his resignation already
had been tendered to the president,
ho felt himself unjustly treated.
Moreover, Mr. Crane, in his state
ment, reflected severoly upon tho offi
cials of tho state department, charg
ing that not only had they refrained
from giving him tho instructions
usually issued to a minister or am
bassador about to leave for his post,
but that ho had been denied access
to them even after ho had mado re
peated appointments with thorn.
Ho enters a sweeping denial of
ino cuurge mat no gave out a
newspaper story which is said to bo
tho causo of his deposition, nnd
places squarely upon the shouldors
of President Taft the responsibility
for tho various utterances ho has
made regarding conditions in the far
east which have aroused the iro of
Secretary Knox nnd for final action
upon his resignation.
Mr. Crane's statement is as fol
lows: "The statement issued by tho de
partment of state is slightly inaccu
rate in. saying that the secretary has
informed -mo that my resignation will
bo accepted. Tho letter I recoived
from Mr. Knox at noon today says
that ho has recommended to the
president that the president accept
my resignation. Beforo this letter
had been received by mo I had al
ready sent to the president, through
his secretary, Mr. Carpenter, tho fol
lowing telegram:
"'Washington, D. C, Oct. 12,
1909. President William H. Taft:
Tho state department objects to cer
tain things I have done in tho effort
to carry out my understanding of
your wishes as expressed by you it
me.
" 'I have carefully considered tho
entire matter. In my judgment no
mistake has been made, .except as
the department has made it a mis
take. However, I did not and can
not guarantee to make no mistakes,
unless I have the cordial support and
co-operation of the government.
" 'The manner in which the de
partment has proceeded and is pro
ceeding is inconsistent with my own
self-respect, and my conception of
the dignity of the position, and with
the understanding I have received
from you, and under all the circum
stances have decided to await Infor
mation as to your wishes beforo tak
ing action. You will understand, of
course, that my resignation is in your
hands.
" 'CHARLES R. CRANE.'
"The statement of the department
is further inaccurate that I 'gave out
a newspaper story' ahout tho prepar
ation of a protest in regard to the
agreement between China and Japan.
It would have been accurate if the
statement had said, as was indicated
in its closing paragraph, that a brief
conversation of mine with a news
paper representative contributed to
the publication by him of a discus
sion of this agreement, and the pos
sibility of a protest by tho govern
ment, and that the department re
garded this conversation as 'Indis
creet.' The publication referred to
did not mention my name, nor in
my judgment would it have been a
mistake If the department of state
had not chosen to vouch for its ac
curacy and given to it an official sig
nificance by its own conduct.
"It certainly contained nothing of
substance that was not a matter of
common knowledge deducable by any
competent newspaper reporter from
facts commonly known.
"As an illustration of this the New
(Continued on Page 14)
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