JAMAICA.
THE DAVIS INCIDENT. A TRIBUTE TO SIR J. A. SWETTENHAM. [United Pbess AssociAticN.—Corsbigst.] LONDON, Saturday. ■- Sir Alfred Jones, the shipowner, , and President of tHe Liverpool Cfiambef-of Commerce, hait returned iroiri . Jahiaica. Hi. Mx*. he .thought .it was not riflht j for American troops to land at Kingston, and- declares that; Sir J. A. Swettenham worked splendidly! Mr* Ralph Came, who,.; was. visiting Jamaica, states that Admiral Davies told him he landed troops without the exchange of courtesies as an act of Humanity*. He . sent (.wa. officers to inforn}. Sir #. A. Swetteriham. ; >7. . Sir J, A. Swetterihalll cables ftiat the bodies of the victims of the earthquake l,u: — , t\™„ buried. 7 ;The Washington correspondent of the ."Times" states that President Roosevelt has^ conveyed to- Mr Metcalf his approval at the actio?! of Adihlral Davis, afli that. Mf Mttcali has Written JO. Admiral Davis a iettSr bt commendation. -..• - . . .. The Kingston correspondent of- the "Tribune" . states- . that as a .result of the. earthquake, tlje dlsbandmeht of tHfe Wjßsjt -Indian Regiment -has been, sus- | pended, and that the barracks, • which , were destroyed, are to be rebuilt. _________________________ i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 4 February 1907, Page 3
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