New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-01
H0w ro DEL. WITH .lgAMGA.
WHAT AMERICAN srIrRHsPEcT RroUlaEs
Just HOW MUCH rHnsrpENT noEnoE MEANT
ny Els FAMOUS DocrnIHE.
Commissioner George n. Batcs' IN Tug NOll''-y -
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% rs s nSsd sstes Britain and Germany have
I'm fact from 1872 20 ahe sssrried on toIeraby
s sRxssntS nanspai government IN ne district q ARs
aud fhey hRve also from time 10 time
ar or 10 nreserye Tire peace in the various naye
wars whether right OF wrong q Is 700 late 70 Ss
cuss the question q . ~ Alter an active
ana continued intervention Of more than Yen eass 40
shall maks ourselves felt or shah rselro ilOH N''
There has been much discussion whether intsryenton
In samoan affairs Is within the nMI@ ,sat when iRe
Moroe doctrine found rs expression 10 to ia"ons
message Of is2S che only poh coud cause any
were IN Central and South America ana
a the West india isa s nny H a. tho present time
must necessarily seek 10 ascertain me nSSdhsd
cple and not the mere terms 70 wn." nhIlsnropc de-
s 10 preserve tho Central and South Amsnss Esa n
lies from European n,erie,essSce E,poposn system
tfhn this hemisphere as might be danges2uS 20
peace and safety. In plain ianga as wbtc r Mon
ton S Sna mot S mnd Fl you'd Be- absurd Apply this
doctrine n any ecnISSd s sRsde o1 rom rs operation
sucS group Of islands as Samoa Il Is 9ny tnnd no.
to remember that Mr. Monroe "a pls nc osy Would come
When Hawaii ana samoa would DO more closely So ~
nsctcd with National Interests tnsh bee sn
ING The Monroe doctrine rule Of sxrresssosse sn9
NOT Of exclusion 1t was .rtss tSaes them spp
sSSdeS would not be submitted to- Doubtless eop Nc
have entered into bis Sp Be io ord into
taton az he powers Of this Goyornmene % lor nv
10 1850 sueh interference by % @ more detr
mental to the peace and safety Of The United e .ssns
than that which was spprehsndea IN 1o Sastlciiary
s,mea but Mr. Monroe bulded wiser than 10 Hneg;
Il WAS against an extension. t q INC he urotted
but 70 any portion Of is hesphsrs and nd The ssn nH sst
course Our diplomacy nsgsSSe estrn ne e as merely
continertas Dr. wharton during tie iasr losr
YEAR the learned legal adviser Of the STATE DoHsrx
Classics our action respecting Hawaii so ana sAn
among special spplicatons OF ms os rassona
or Of EXPRESSION tho Monroe doctrine is to Be %Sa
to exclude ssmos. we may trust h me IsSit,maeiy
pscpsa 10 naS ss s0 q isss win adjust itself 2 our
changed condition and protect our nsu snd cermsny
When not content with desiring as much as they can
seize OF the earth have sctnsg e na, ~ Die
solemn covenant TO divide and make rsrt'on VI sne
sea
orR INTEREST IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PAolFAv
Tho question: What interest have We In samoa
not n difncult ono 10 answer. In the nrst place, N
arc committed to the samoans TO see 70 II thae no
Anal disposition Of their Government shan % msdo
w,tho,t our assent The diplomats Correspondence
an this subject between Government ana tne Gov
srpmonts Of Great Britain and Germany, and The con-
duct OF our ofhoal representatives IN s sh hat
susceptible Of no other interpretation LSm tbs
nasltlon thet no adjustment Of the internal AFFAIRS
81 samoa should be made except by he consent = S%a
ths position It Is impossible for US 10 reoat WIthoul
dsbonor. ... a.. ~. rrotcotion
of tho pcrsons and property Of our own ein5sns fcs S
ing IN that country. IL has been aoundanny a DC
s"S1saat,ng soesied samoan Government
but above and beyond The mere property Interests e
OF sor he p1sSerySon Of The neutrality Of This
group We require naval t and e9n s .sp souS
ba had Of THIS than the fact that having In 1ehI e
Sausted the supply OF coal which We sent TO The bar
Sor al paeo Pago during President Grants admlnls
tr",Io our single naval vessel at Apis was oSsed %
send 26oo miles TO sydney for coal and when events
eS, sr ysSsss 70 samoa Il was also necessary TO
send a LzvAl vessel Is storeshp, Win oo@ rs
but the browning interest of the United states u
preserving tho neutrality Of samoa grows ost o. ls
sready stated but can be bctier appreciated BY OBJ.
soryns & slobo or map than from any S!tse
payer Hawaii sad % 3 the 10y Of 06 maritime ,Ss
aonnos e the PsesS ,o THE sy T H. ue direction
OF tho trade winds making Honolulu necessary point
Of call for all vesselS bound to and rom our western
tho evere6anglng conditions Of trAnsPaclnc com,
But sve now o. sss two SD srs Sds rs most
line 's sosrso iS ns sI between tie samoan Snd
ugss sHd o TS@ls And vert i there fs s
Ssde q that port yo0 already Be- sSi;9t Oo SRS 3,
cali Under ali cxistlng dssIySsIascs IN iss6 thor
were landed az Apia over 100000 wortn OF Amsilean
during the nine wecks Of my stay In thas vicinity
saw S Ealing ships nsoSa their s, csSsSss e TSe
position Of Apis makes 4 distributing point Tor
portion q 9ss dcmsSG for
goods that keeps pace with the civilization which con
nusy snars he circle q hu@ ,SosN wants 1sn,. with
AuStraiia win open up msrkets more than sufficient
sssor o.. surplus SEodaSsiGp' Which Sns nS5
our producers 70 distribute 70 the world
rather Than {, ,;. and SSsr e ,v Esss %Ss
waiting for tho alternate sbb and how Of the domestic
demand.
IT'S RELATION 10 IsTHMIAN CANALS.
| The construction Of an IEthmtan canal 10 NV
n mero matter of dme and when the worlds
commerce floats through such channel II needs no
prophet to assure US that Hawaii win resign to Samoa
Tho Rev of the maritime dominion Of the Pacific Surely
no argument Is needed 10 show what will then lie tho
value OF healthy autonomous nationality, planted
almost in tho centre Of the Western ocean, whore the
commerce witch we yet hope to SEQ carried on under
s nd r sgd o 81 DS se Il 'qRR 16a
be said that American foresight N 80 lost ana Amer
Sarod p'G tSs right s &c uas Sa' upon
neutrality, We should hesitate to enforce II promptly
beyond ali mere material considerations, there e IN
voyed National self respect As before stated nc
possible distinct can DO drawn between our Sns
OF an IsthmiaD canal We have unQuaunedg com
mitted ourselves TO the mantenAnce, by force, y
/ necessary, Of tho Independence OF Hawaii, II
has been repeatedly assorted that its position make.
Il part OF the American system. The uniform tone
Of our diplomatic utterances on this subject rendeB
IL needless to do moro than 10 refer 10 few OF thu
late expressions OF our Government
Considerations already stated require that the san'
policy should equally apply TO samoa
/ fused 10 Interfere against tho annexation
of tho Now-Hebridcs, then agtatnd In Australia
bec anso they weres allied rather 20 Australia thar
lPolyneda. But he added that tho circumstances wert
different with Hawaii and Samoa, which had so rs
IentiIIe them to entrance, by treaty stplatons am
establishing forms OF competent sofgovernment int
1.-The family of nntons.p
The examln alton Of the diplohatic history Of tht
Samoan question is beyond the limits OF this paper
Of our treaty lntil now we have assumed the rgh
10 insist upon Samoan autonomy, Nay, more. W.
lhaye by official utterances and action led Samoa Il
rely upon orr assurances; we have tied the hands