Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1899 — DEWEY’S HOT WORDS. [ARTICLE]

DEWEY’S HOT WORDS.

Told German Admiral We Were Ready to Fight the World. In a letter from Nice to the Chicago Record, Jo*. L. Stickney gives Admiral Dewey’* account of the incident with Admiral Von Diederichs in Manila bay. Admiral Dewey is quoted as saying: “Admiral Von Diederichs sent his flog lieutenant to me with a list of complaints that he wished to make against the w.iy I treated the ships under his command. They had exhausted my patience. 1 had been forbearing in the extreme, and this protest of complaint was too much. The German officer who brought the message was on the afterdeck, and when I read it I stepped to the door of my cabin. He came to meet me and stood in the doorway. As nearly as I can remember my exact words were: ‘What is it you want? Do you want war? You know what that means. If you do you can have it Iti five minutes. We are a peaceable people, but we have got into a fight now and we are ready to go on. If necessary we are ready to fight the world. You may tell Admiral Diederichs that I am blockading this bay, and that I shall take such steps as are the right and the duty of the blockading officer.’ ”