The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 9, 1899, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS, ENGLAND TO RETIRE FROM SAMOAN GROUP Exchanges Territory With Germany, Leaving That Country and Uncle Sam to Run the Trouble- some [slands. 5 2 LONDON, Nov. 8.—The Berlin correspondent of the Daily | ¥ Mail says he has learned that the Samoan arrangement contains | + secret uses relating to South Africa, whereby the plans of Cecil B 30 are advanced a step toward realization. - + e ok T TR S SR S S S S S e & 2 b 2k b 2 o o g b dh g g g g g IN, Nov. 8—It was officia | essary as the change proposed could be S W e s formal treaty, which would o et i approval of the Senate. It at the arrangement proposed ate Department. 't concerned with r of the compen- ween the other na- coaling sta- the island s will continue the privilege of er conditions equal- The 1y particu- tal point med essential to con- in order to prevent trading with Ap v as orable rred to are not of ar those ex as rtition of the marks the amoan group of of a lon gement has | two powers Pago and the le including the large islet t then shifted sther Germany ne two remain ure of these later ne- constantly commu- although they r cuts the e north by To the epartment d some 1 rom s part com- n These ustrs are near lia, being are twice the oan group, but the country the people warlike, diplomatt was due mainly to the public sentiment was from Samoa, and yield- iment Great Britain had ved the matter by taking an equivalent elsewhere. CORPORATION FORMED T0 man W. K. Vanderbilt the Chief Factor in the Company, Which Is Heavily Capitalized. NEW YORK, No The World to- morrow will say: W. K. Vanderbilt is | reported to be the chief tor in the | automobile ne. The com- called the »-American Vehicle paid the Secret. e for issulng a ce incorporation. The ation, it is sald, wil Carley of this city. of De of preside: 1 nt be s D. in Wall street. Charles R. and HOW GREAT BRITAIN IS SQUEEZED OUT OF SAMOA rning papers general- n the course of >otsdam s in any Samoan agree- ntim imputed the whole, the arrange- two sensilble and practical to Mail, expressing similar views, takes occasion to make a savage e, which, it declares, has neither “‘courage, foresight nor a sense " fcle, on tha ry, supposes that Germany has been 1 he era of “‘compensations over the South African imbrogolio®” ests that the agreement has not revealed the stipulations , and add It will be received with fury in France roused t ther anger by the threatened combina- . German, Japanese and British interests in China."” Chry thinks the time fs approaching when “it will be impos- ether to disregard the storm of anger, unparalieled in the ch {s sweeping throligh the Continent.” The treaty marks another success for Lord Salisbury’s cless Germany has driven a good bargaln and the United son to be contented.” “Under cover of the war in South Africa, Lord Salls- rth fh 1 out of Samoa. We are n prepared to say not a defensible instrument, but it is well at the outset to r z fact above stated. If Mr. Gladstone had carried out Lord latter's supporters would have called it a ‘policy of scuttle.’ aty it Is to be sald that It terminates a scandal in Samoa e to the United States as well as to German r agre s threatening the good , Wallace Flint, FEleazar Kempshall, X f many with England | patentee of valuable Inventions: the| 1 of.” | Studebakers, carriage manufacturers, of t a Samoa, Joytul South Bend, Ind.; Riker, the manufacturer of automobiles, and Col- onel A. A. Pope, head of the Pope Manu- facturing Company, makers of Colum- bia motor vehicles, and Mr. Carley have been in secret conference lately, and as | a result the $75,000,000 combine i3 a fact. Now It is proposed to form a still more glgantic organization, to include the $75 | 000,000 one and take in all other independ- ent concerns here and abroad. Representatives of Mr. Carley and the other financiers and patent holders ad- mitted yesterday that there was talk of a company to be capitalized at $200,000,000, | and that steps tending to the formation of ate De- | @ Parent organization were being taken. FROM HIS INJURIES rmany respecting the Samoan Group. s gathered, however, that if the out- of the arrangement set out in the | = WASHINGTON, Nov. $.—A cable mes- sage from General Otis this afternoon says that Major Hugh McGrath (captain Brooklyn “The Amer- s to make because it is e ic Americans ) continual fri he British Foreign statement In re- t similar to ing that the 1 hundred and ate there will be no | y to withhold our approval, pro- | certain minor conditions are in. | in tever plan Great Brit d Ge might agree upon, it w tipulated | of 'Noveleta, a month ago. Major Mc- uld be first submitted to the ratifica- | Grath was appointed to th‘: m!utli'jy acad- tion of the United States. This was nec- | emy from Wisconsin. MAKE AUTOMOBILES | Fourth Cavalry) died at Manila yester- | | day from wounds received at the battle | l | | | | “Carley has made some motable| evidence of the swordsmanship of the cavalry. The Gordon Highlanders suffered severely in the * * S * L4 * S + ® . ® . ® * @ . ® * ® . ® +* @ ' 6 | & * ® * ® * & . e e ICONFLICTING STORIES OF THE BATILES [N NATAL, Reported Anmnihilatien; el the Fiith - Baneors| Followed by British Versions That the Boers LLost Most Heavily. , eI ed e e b ebeb e e @ v N > e 3 > - This important passway is closely guarded against a sudden raid by the Boers, or damage by thelr sympa- A small party In a short while could work such extensive damage as to cut oft the country above thizers in Natal. from the sea for two weeks or more. o . PARIS, N \\'\Q\\:}‘\‘i i S\ Y, t dred horses were captured. ESTCOURT, Natal, Nov. 6.-~Mr. Burn: der the muzzles or fire of his guns. fighting. ONDON, Nov. 8—To the eyes of military experts the darkest page of the war I now being written. But even that is flluminated with bright passages, such as General White's victorlous sorties. If he can keep the British flag flying over Ladysmith until he is relieved, the cam- paign will turn a fresh page and with the advance of Sir Redvers Buller's force | the British public is promised more cheer- ful reading. This feeling of relief inspired by recent good tidings is nevertheless tinged by a | certain anxiety lest General White should again make some fatal miscalculation, in- volving a repetition of the Nicholsens Nek disaster. Her Majesty does not share this anxiety and apparently fs sanguine | of his ability to pull through successfully. | 1t js asserted that she has written to Lady White expressing sympathy with her husband In the trials and difficulties he I8 now experiencing and assuring Lady ‘White of her own undiminished confidence in his generalship. The purport of this letter has been cabled to General White by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The most Interesting news to-night Is a dispatch from Estcourt announcing the departure of a strong force of mounted troops and artillery for a destination not given In the advices. Another message announces the arrival at Estcourt and | Pietermaritzburg within the last few days of reinforcements from Durban, and that 500 troops are assembled ready for an advance to Colenso when the opportune moment arrives. The latter dispatch throws light upon the former, and the QMOMO0000#000’0’0000040’00000404000*0’00000#040004000*0#040000%0’. TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT AMERICAN WOMEN CAN DO LONDON, Nov. 8.—At the request of the Associated Press, Lady Randolph Churchill made to-day the following project of American women in England of fitting out a hospital ship § 'Y Q + (4] + [ 3 for in South African waters: Anglo-American_friendship, : : statement to American friends with regard to the force which left Estcourt Monday has doubtless reoccupied Colenso and possi- railroad toward Ladysmith, General White's sortle of Friday almost to the banks of the Tugela River encouraging its commander in the hope of joining hands with him. General Joubert, the latest | would indicate, drew in his horns after | Friday’s engagement and has since with- | drawn the southern Boer contigent, lea ing only outposts on the line from Lad smith to Colenso. The Boers who occu- pled Colenso about the middle of last week retired without damaging Bulwer bridge over the Tugela River or the rail- road as far north as the village of Nel- thrope, seven miles south of Ladysmith. Evidently they nurse a hope of eventual utilizing both in their descent on Pieter- maritzburg. Meanwhile the British are also able to use both as they have al- ready done, in running up an armored train which may at the present moment be covering the advance of the Estcourt forces. At Estcourt and Pletermaritzburg the defensive works have been greatly strengthened within the last few day: and they are now belleved capable of holding their own: against any Boer force which General Joubert could at the pres- ent juncture risk sending against either town. Both are likely to be Strengthened before the week is out by a further naval force, and even by the first detachment of General Buller's army corps. None of the troopships have arrived. The one which it was predicted might bly is now advancing cautiously up the ! advices | Botha’s Hill Cut Near Pietermaritzburg. BT T S N M M R R R S R R R R R I Nov. 8.—Information has been received in diplomatic circles that in Friday’s battle near Ladysmith the Fifth Lancers were annihilated. Six hundred of them were killed, wounded or taken prisoners. d, proprietor of the Railway Hotel at Lady- smith, has arrived here with a companion, having eluded the Boer outposts by night, riding along Kaffir paths. He confirms the report that when General White requested that the women and chil- dren be permitted to depart General Joubert replied that he would only allow them to get away un- Mr. Burnard views the situation gravely and says that none of the British artillery is apparently able to cope with the Boer siege guns. LONDON, Nov. 9.—A dispatch from Durban gives details which, though rather indefinite, | seem to show that the Natal volunteers are moving the big guns, which are not sufficiently mo- bile for field use, from Estcourt to Pietermaritzburg to assist in the defense of the latter in the event of an attack. Advices from Naauwpoort, Cape Colony, filed Monday morning, say that on learning that the Boers were relaying the rails at Norvals Pont-the Railway Department the pre- vious day destroyed the culvert between Arundel and Tweedale. DURBAN, Nov. 5.—Other information confirms the statement of native eye-witnesses de- scribing the severity of the fighting on both Friday and Saturday at Ladysmith. The natives as- sert that the Boers were so cut up that they howled for mercy on the field and bodies. ILadysmith is crowded with Boer prisoners and wounded, the latter presenting horrible “The time for fitting out the Maine is so brief that T am glad to avail myself of the Associated Press to set project fairly before the American public. The interest manifested by Americans has already taken such tangible form from New York to San Francisco that I am sure that an intimation that what remaining work there is to do must be done immediately will spur the American public into a ready response to our needs. reason, for the project of sending a hospital ship to the Cape. We have had oratory and societies for the promotion of This is the golden opportunity to put that expression of good will into tangible form. It is especlally the province of American women to promote this cause, but it {s woman’ the suffering. American people are more adept at it, we belleve, than any others. American woman’s ship. We are not only to aid the suffering, but are to show the world that American women can do that good work better than any one else can do it. I am going to the Cape In the Maine, not because my son is there, for he will be a thousand miles away, but because I want the generous efforts of American contributors to be carried out under the personal supervision of a member of an executive committee. any kind of friction between the American nurses whom Mrs. Whitelaw Reid is sending out on British officials, in case such friction should arise. mittee would do the same. The Maine will be a success and we hope American will within the next few days insure that success beyond a doubt.” 040404040 + 0+ 040+ 0404040+ 040404040+ 0+ 0+ 04+ 0+0+0+0+ 040404040+ 0+ O+ 0+ 0404040+ I am going because I think I may prevent 1 contribute that much time and service gladly, and all our com- contributions, already glven so generously, . © + 3 i @ + & + @ T @ + L2 + ® . & . & £ @ * © 34 3 + @ 9 © * 14 . £4 . L4 + ® Ak ® . & . © + ® . 8¢ . ® + Four hun- | B B e S S o) covered their reach Cape Town at the earliest on Mon- day is as yet unannounced, and even when it does arrive there it will have three days' steaming to reach Durban. | As many as six transports, with 4500 troops, were expected to be in Cape Town | harbor by this time, but the War Office | last evening issued a statement to the | effect that the only arrivals at Cape | Town were the Sumatra, from Durban, | with wounded; the Southern Cross, from | Gibraltar, with mules, and the colller Wenvoe. Of course, it is possible that dispatch boats have been sent to meet the troopships with instructions to proceed direct to Durban, and in that event the War Office statement that not one has ar- rived at Cape Town would be accurate, even though several should be half way between Cape Town and Durban. The situation looks brighter at Mafe- king, where the Boers are apparently dis- heartened at the unexpected resistance, a large body of their force having been detached to the south to assist fn the in- vestment of Kimberley, around which the cordon is drawing tighter. Evidently thel | | Boers intend to make a concentrated ef- fort to capture Kimberley and that arch- enemy, Cecil Rhodes. The reported departure of a Boer con- tingent from Pretoria, with German ar- | tillery gunners, moving in a southerly direction, Is taken to mean co-operation in | the invasion of the northern part of | Cape Colony, an undertaking which has | thus far not progressed very rapidly. Reports of a treacherous use of the white flag by the Boers, coming from native sources, are not received with | complete credulity, but at the same time | | | | the There is but one motive, one s function to foster and nourish The Malne is to be essentially an | | Saturday and the PHO+O4T40+0 440404040404 0+ 04O+ | United States navy, ps DEWEY DIFFERS FROM LIEUTENANT CALKINS Admiral Objects to the Statement That There Were Neither Mines Nor Terpedo - Boats in Manila Bay. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING- | TON HOTEL., WASHINGTON, Nov Admiral Dewey has yielded to the temp- tations of the letter-writing habit to the extent of an exception to the report of the operations in Manila Bay written oy Lieutenant C. G. Cal s, navigating offi- cer of the Olympia, and published in the June issue of the Naval Institute. It has been Dewey’s custom to let pass unnoticed all reports, correct and inco rect, of the battle of Manila, when | the article by Lieute al ap- peared in the Institute he broke his ru and wrote to the Chief of the Bureau o Navigation, Admiral Crowninshield, ask- ng that his official report of the battle be published in the Institute, as the one by Lieutenant Calkins differed from it in several particulars. In the last issue of the Institute Dewey's report appeared, with a letter from Admiral Crownin- shield and Dewey’s letter to It seems from the two a there was quite a differen between the admiral and officer in figuring on the probable tions of a small boat that put out the shore and lay across the bows of ating | Olympia during the fight. The adnm | s in his report that it was there apparent intention” of u s; Lieutenant Calkins market boat. The admiral such intruders; Lieutenant Calkins savs there was but onme. The admiral also speaks of mines exploded ahead of the flagship, but Lieutenant Calkins writes that, on the authority of one of the Span- | ish captains, there were no mines and no | torpedo-boats in the harbor. | In regard to these differences the ad- | miral has made his first attempt at pub- llcation in the following to Admiral Crowninshield: There has come to my notice a coy United States Naval Institute, which an article by Lieutenant Carlos G. ng to b erations in Manila fcal ace the o during command of the United States naval forces there. It has not been my cus- tom to notice numerous incorrect accounts of those operations, nor do I desire to engage in | any controversy with the writer of the paper mentioned, in matters of opinion, but as the article has appeared in a publication which is | understood to have the official sanction of the | department, and as it contains statements as facts, conflicting with my official reports, I | consider it necessary to ask that the depart- | ment will request the Naval Institute (0 publish in its next issue my official report of the bat- tle of Manila Bay, which is absolutely correct | in all essentials. | In his official report the admiral stated that—“Early in the engagement two launches put out toward the Olympia | with the apparent ‘intention of using tor- | pedoes. One was sunk and the other was | disabled by our fire, and was beached be- | fore an opportunity occurred to fire the | torpedoes. While advancing to the at- | tack two mines were exploded ahead of | the flagship, too far to be effective.” | Lieutenant Calkins in his account says: unt N\ [ B e e e o e e e e ae o dn ol e on 4 their reiteration is making an unfavorable | impression. One paper asks sarcastically whether President Kruger's reference in his message to America to ‘‘staggering humanity’’ meant the use of the Boer white flag. NO LATE NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR| LONDON, Nov. 9.—There is practically no further news from the seat of this morning. It is asserted under Sunday date from Estcourt that General White received a message from Sir Redvers Bul- ler on Saturday. So far, however, no mes- sage appears to have been received in London from General White concerning Thursday's and Friday’'s sorties. A special dispatch from Pietermaritz- burg, dated Sunday, says: “It is confi- dently expected that railway communica-~ tion will be restored with Ladysmith within a few hours.” Further details from Mafeking. carry- | executing the domestl LIEUTENANT C. G. CALKINS, Officer of the Olympia. ast as our line got fairly engaged a dis- red. A small steam ad and a big Spanish rn advanced from the Point, sed the bows d then turned toward the or that formidable it one interpreta- was a torpedo- as such. Sec- up her range and the target in nds were fired while the ma- ed with »pea ugh no longer able to use any weapon. She the at Sangley ntinued to draw the fire ars, In spite of the keen re- high av until the ed that the launch was no but or humble market anned by Filip by the direc at the Canac bound to Manila g! mily residing The Oriental manner of routine amid the shock the heroic 1 of an > littorat. and thunder of battle elimi from an 4 f amazing rashne: After re g this m to its 1 st terms it becomes necessary to strike out all rumors of a second mythical torpedo- No respon- found to locate or de- Perhaps the erasing a out the report of cubmarine ahead of the Olympia before the ships opened fire. Such an explosion, miles ahead of our ad- vance, should indicate nothing but panic. ainst testimony any sincere eye-wit- t of Captain Concha, comm n de Austria on May This intelligent and disinterested observer denies the existence of any submarine mines nce of any improvised torpedo-boat This statement leaves some of us illusions of vision or mem- nesses stands t Lieutenant Calkins is now in charge of the hydrographic office in this city. His attention wa ed to the letter of the dm vesterday, but he would -ict d.s- the subject. article for the Institu ymitted as finally corre It was simply my own impressions and what I had heard of the operations. I saw the boat spoken of, and T learned afterward what it was. The admiral does not say it was a torpedo-boat, or that cither of them was a torpedo-boat: he says two boats were there with the ap- parent intention of using torpedoes. I thought I saw mines exploded before we went into action, but I afterward learned there were no mines, and I gave my reason for my belief in what T wrote. “I saw the last number of the Institute and read the admiral’s letter, but that is all I know of the affair. What £ wrote I wrote in good faith. As I say. it does not purport to be absolutely correct. It is a record of what I saw and what I learned. but it is not official, nor do I wish to contradict any statements made in the official report.' c was not he said. { & t ] $ © t 0‘0@000@‘6‘i & Former Navigating B e i S S R R = = S o | ing events up to October 27, indicate that the Boer firing was easing off, the garri. son was in high spirits and the siege be- coming a farce. The correspondent says that the people were in the habit of shou ing from the housetops *‘ware shells and that rabbit holes had been excavated in .the town into which the men would dive when the smoke of the Boers’' big gun was seen. General Cronje is accused of dropping shells in the direction of the women'’s laager. According to a dispatch from Kuruman, British Bechuanaland, dated Monday, Cole onel Plummer's column, marching from Fort Tuli to the relief of Mafeking, had reached Asvogelkop, ten miles north of Lobatsi, on October 18, and was nearing Mafeking. BOER STORY OF BATTLE OF NICHOLSENS NEK CAPE TOWN, Nov. 5, Sunday.—The fole lowing is an official description from Pree