Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 41, 4 November 1893 — ONE ON J.L. STEVENS. [ARTICLE]

ONE ON J.L. STEVENS.

! — I VND POOK WILTZF. STANTON S BLUNDERNAVAL OFFICEBS STILL WOXDEBING WHT HE DID IT. New York. Oct. 26.—Tlie Herahi‘s corresponbent at \\;»shing- ] ton -telegraplis: A day’s reflection ; on the latest Bmziliau iucident | has not atforded a singl- idea to j officials here whieh ean bo used j as an excose for Bear Admiral Stautou’s strauge blunder iu salnting the commanding officer of the insurgeut fleet. The iuore officials think of it the iuore iuexplicable his conduct appears. The blnnder is all the more reniarkable from the fact that the Newark has a bright set of offi cers, several cf whom have takeu a special course in international law, and it is assumed, as a matter of course, that some of them must have called the Admirai’s attention to his mistake. But wbether such advice was given or not the departraent holds him alone resp.onsible and will eontinue to do so nntil some more satisfactory explanation than anything yet offered is given. I learn the following particulars: On entering the harbor of Eio the Newark fired twenty-one guns in honor of the Brazilian flag flying from the fort. The fort promptly returnedthe salute, and ActingKear Admiral Stauton then fired a salute of fifteen guns in honor of the Admiral eommanding the revolutionary forces. Such a salute is always customary when a foreign vessel enters a harbor and finds otber vessels of the countiy visited in the port. The salute to tho senior naval comrnander present always follows the salute fired in honor of the country; but in this case Bnizil has no naval vessels in Rio harbor. The insurgent sbips were in no sense to considered in tbe light of Brazilian vessels, and the proper thing for acting Rear-Ad-miral Stanton to have done was simply to end firing with the national salute responded to by the loyal forts. Since the action of the President in ordering Stanton’s datacbment SecretariesGresham and Herbert have verbally informed Minister Mendonca that the President regrets the error made by actiug Rear-Admiral Stanton and that the amende honorable will, in due eourse, be made. The f.*ll>wing is from the HercUd'i corre9poudent at Montevideo: The Hemld't correspondent in Rio Janeiro sends word that the report that Rear Admiral Stanton of the United Stales crusier Xewark hadbeen d**tacbed andordered t>\ \Vashington for a»luting Admiral Meilo and payiog an official eall U> the leader nf the insurgents was receivrd with surprise. Frum the outbreak ol the revolutioo Admiral Mello faas received recoguition from the ship« of foreign natioos in the harbor of Rio. All the commandere of tbe foreign war sbipe bave exchanged fraak and oourteous notes witb him.