The Japanese minister is reported to have declared that "annexation must not be recognized. Japan must oppose it to the utmost."
In spite of this the Senate is going right ahead with the business of the treaty.
In the mean while the Secretary of the Navy is making all the ships at his command ready for service, so that we shall not be altogether unprepared to defend ourselves if occasion arises.
There is not very much to tell in regard to the strike. No settlement has been reached, and there is not much likelihood that the miners and masters will come to any understanding at present.
We told you that some of the miners had stood out against the offer of better wages, and refused to go to work until the condition of their fellows throughout the country had been improved.
All the miners have not been as brave and loyal as these men.
In some parts of Western Virginia, such excellent wages have been offered to the men, that they have weakened and gone back to work in spite of the fact that the labor agitators have been constantly urging them to remain firm.
They have been telling the men that they will secure great benefits if they will only hold together.