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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
4
The Daily Virginian announces subscription prices and delivery areas in Norfolk Portsmouth Berkley Suffolk and nearby towns. It outlines advertising rates for spaces and notices and notes submission handling and special representatives in New York City and general non responsibility for return of manuscripts.
The Wolfert’s Roost state press notes Free Cuba agitation and a defeated amendment to reduce the whiskey tax to seventy cents. It mentions English investors buying East Tennessee coal mines as a done deal and cites Walter Kittridge living at Rees’s Ferry NHW after drafting. Dispatches claim Havana insults toward American citizens. Grover Cleveland is praised by the Washington Post.
A Berlin paper inspired by Prince Bismarck warns of U S strength surpassing Europe in war and culture. It calls annexation moves toward Hawaii a test and predicts a future clash with Spain Japan and England. It doubts Kaiser would invite trouble but asserts Uncle Sam can defend himself if needed.
Secretary Sherman relays Japan's protest against annexing Hawaii. Japan argues maintaining the status quo aids Pacific power interests and warns annexation could jeopardize Japanese subjects' rights under Hawaiian treaties and laws. It also suggests annexation may delay Japan's claims and liabilities under existing stipulations.
The Herald reiterates support for annexation but shows less enthusiasm than earlier. It warns Japan sees Hawaii status quo as vital to Pacific interests and urges administration to acknowledge Japan's rights. Dialogue questions administration response and domestic reaction to the treaty issue.
A tumultuous editorial discussion portrays the civil service act as a Democratic reform augmented by Republican resistance. The piece cites Democratic support in Toledo and New York circles, condemns spoils-style manipulation, and warns of moves to repeal or weaken the merit system as pressures mount against reform.
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