, 1872-10-22
WASHINGTON.
What is Said About a Change in the
Indian Policy.
The Credit MobiIier Business to be
Investigated by Congress-


Our Relations with Cuba
spretat beepaleh to Tic Chicago Tribune.
CUBAN RELATIONS.
WksHtsor6Y, b.. Oh 0ot: 2l.-The manifest
i11,pdtienee which exists III influential Ad1inis-
tt6tion 4iy;ies e With tsgd to the condition Of
a9airs in Cuba has III III wise besn Diminished
by the tendencies Of events in that jalsnd during
the summer, and especially by the recent st@est
ind Imprisonment Of Henderson. The state
Depa1tmet.t here has become vast receptacle
for complaints, official aud unofficial AS to the
high.banasd eutragss committed by the Spanish
diba1 auth9titiss eh Americans and
idno1jcsn property; the Art8rican Consular
ryp1aaentativssss III Guba rse their lack 81 p66ef
to protect ouf 6itlaAns. ftom :lh2fogsnesH' their
functions being simply coi1dnea to commercial
matters. However, they represent that Hhefe
they have made personal representations to the
Spanish authorities on behalf Of American eltl-
zens travelling or having business in the Island,
their representations have,. in. almost every Ill
stance, been. disregarded, or treated
with busitlve contempt, It, IL claimed
by Cuban sympathizers that, h6twat@.
standing the short session, Congress, this
winter, will be compelled to take some action
with regard to Cuba which it neglected to do
last session. The synpathies of the House
FOREIGN Affairs Committee, with ita Chairman,
General Banks, hre favorable to sttoh policy
in this direction gs xjll either 8uarhntss i'm.
naunty to american titi5ens in Cubs IN the nrst
wa sstond the It sRs'4n e veil Aqtnofss fno@ tHs ss
President has always been faVorabie TO
adopting stringent measures for the Protectnona Ion
| Of American interests in this quarter; but that
| he has been controlled BY a conservative lnhu-
! euce. which seems yet to be very potent. 1t ls
even clAimed th.t this same influence procured
the .lteration Of the paragraph Id the President's
last annual message; which tue !atter e WIo59 a TIL
given Congress some encot1rag cement in deter
mining firm policy with regard to this trohole'
@ On the other hand, the Spanish representatives
! here consider tloif Government the aggrieved
partv in iii these troubles. They claim that the
national sympathies Of all Americans, whether
resident in the island Of not, are with the Cuoa9
| iusureents, and that without such sympathy ana
aid in other md more substantial forms, the
| Crbans would long since hive subsded in their
demonstrations, and that there would now
be peace where all is discord and turbulence:
They point to tile difficulties With England
lust settled BY the Geneva Conference
| a. precisely tho case which Spain can make
| against onr Government on the Cuban count
aud Us an offset to the tremendous claims which
are now being filed before the Spanish American
Commission On account Of the dameges n
Aicted to the property Of United STATES c't'-
It is predicted that the Wdbhingten: Treaty
now being out Of the way, and tho State Depart:
ment having no further fea1s Of: failure IN tbs
this winter, which Will give encouragement for
apeeQy settlement OF the whoie cuDan qoes~
tion. = = -.
TEE 1EnlAE-FoL1cY: - -4-1l
Commissioner Walker denies thettruth Of The
reports that there is to be any change IN the In
dian policy Of the Administration. He says as q
matter of fact the original policy waB never car
ried into effect. This contemplated two simple
features: FIRST, to protect all those Indians !I
fully observed their obligations to the Govern
ment; and, second, to punish the others who
left their reserva atfons and preyed upon
the property Of the whites. The first
part Of tho policy has been pretty edectnally y
With regard to this latter feature it is now pro.
posed to work as follows: There are several
tribes Of Indians who have thus far proved in
t1actible notwithstanding all kindly advances
Quoted. 1t is thought this course will prove OF
the most advantage, as these Indians are then
short Of supplies and can be easily reached
with our caralrv. Their ponies are also then IN
bad condition 1rom Mans o. 1000, an9 noe oapa. m
bic OF being USED TOT .. fbn ea.
stances, defencelees ae me Anuaeas ~ @ are, If If
thought to be mistaken Poncy. u z1e% t1 o. Pae1
events thus pocy VII Dc ~ sEs y
ter, If there ere any oep1eaatlons " us'ns ~:
There iB disposition, on the part OF num-
bsr Of Southern Congressmen, to maze an enoIt,
this wnter to obtain G9!enmen' aa % n ,%; pGaa;1
of the James RIVER nnd'hanswha mat @ .as spas II
an old and faTor1te route ana seneme, ahn w. w.
rebellion broke out and al enterprises o. IN Iali
character were abandoned It is thought tha1 Ia;
the commercial situation thls winter wy y
be extremely advantageous 70 tne success y, !
this scheme. The arguments IN 1tS 1atot are
nearer and more. direct route Tor the shlpmena'
Of Western staples to the sea-noa1a, ena an 1us
let which through Its completlon Will ieS91att