New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-05

I w nat have there I. rath ! would
: say whai had there for ii Is beyond human ken
to know what we have there now since Mr. Cleve-
eye in the integrity Of his Intentions find hard to
he caml began to surrender what of our advantages
The advent Of Mr. Cleveland to power in both his
Administrations found this country a position
TTupIrssne and momentous advantage regarding the
In 1885 treaty was before the Senate which would
nave insured the completion Of the canal a; Mic
| 9ragua brought the commerce Of the world by
! doors. joined two coast lines. and made
| Of the Eastern Pacific an American lake. The SEN
axe $1,000 eager TO ratify this treaty and the country
eager 10 avail itself OF the benefits that would
thu coun np WHICH wq had ron ae the of
esht o GsTerar6 b br f25dgn pSfy wnSh b hs
We have today disappointment and failure where
me- NE acheyemeni Of glorious enterprise fun OF
TWO years ago another treaty lay before the Sen
: cOunrymen beyond the seas. the sovereignty OF
! Hawaii. pass by for a moment the shameful story
! in name against our countrymen there intrigles
! which inspired TO murder. | pass by also the story
necL9n there which insures the neutrality Of those
sands ana the protection of our Interests !
| great which we can call our own-Mdway
Island a small unnhabited coral reef, discovered
still because MIR C:eveiand could moi give it away
TWO GROUPS UNABsoRBED.
out Of the vast aggregate Of island territory which
darkens the chart of the Pacific west OF the 10th
| meridian there remains to-day only important
!
positions in the North and South Pacific Hawaii
and samoa where must pass that rich traffic to
| Australia and to the Indies to which the parting Of
birth
degrading these two groups there has been writ
ten my friends there Is still being written a chapter
discredable and unparalleled in our diplomatic his
tory.
/ ! say sn being written. and to what degree Of
AMUSEMENT the Nation Is now being carried by
Of h ec Poy Of h STATE S We ne nS f
to know, Hut We do know this, that SO far as il has
become known it has excited the ridicule and CON
! tempt of other nations and the quick condemna ton
of our own. 81 far as regards the opinion OF other
nations, we need not much concern ourselves. bI'
| We have serious grievance in our own mstreat-
l speak first of the question of Samoa, not be
cause 1t is tn most important. but because IT Is
wri,,ed so rtto nninrs,ood as his Who knows how
/ II that relations there few years aso
actually cost us in lives and treasure the price itself
of war? Who knows the point Of honor behind ali
this and the material Interests at stake? The letter
dent does enlighten was it designed to do
So Apparently it is directed against the present
The Berlin act. Really it is directed agains, our
WHO'S poGy whGh 9aS orGGSn us i aSd Mr. cros
am o. the duties of their high Offices be- indeed 10
Paeie e by the 3reccing Admnstra;lon r. as re-
CARDS Samoa. they wish not only to undo TINS nut
by President Grant by Secretaries FISH and Evarts as
well by BENJAMIN Harrison and James g. Biaine.
pretences and let them honestly avow the reason
| we have not time for details but this much should
be known hat the bern aci had rs occasion IN
! ana comes very near being his creation Dur
/ ing "A conference which he had summoned at Wash,
| ngton to discuss Samoan ann7 the agreed
basis OF the preservation Of the neutrality Of the
| islands German squadron seized them. deporici
the King and ourag e6usy violated the ireaty right.
OF American citizens. The anront was Migrant II not
bea For ws sS Kan G h nT % ana his @
tary Of state sax mute The country ciiIei
thu s6 i0 were e' sem, and ,cPc@ 70 The hunicrns
! incompetency Of the Administration Under the
appropriated s10oD for the protection Of our inter
csts and the occupation Of our harbor there Ger
ences which she had high-handel.y broken up And
President Harrison ana SECRETARY H,anH Win nr
| as we'll for the respect due the action OF their
dent ana his secretary OF state, are apparently
| strangers. went on with the conference. ana ap,
| American the lamcnted William Walter Phelps.
there %1s the astu,e man Sn o eaTns and Of
| heart. They worked long ana aboriousy' anu the
| act the result.
| WHAT 1T GAVE THE sAMOANS
So much for the genesis OF the Berlin act II re-
stored the status quo the time of the conference
| al Washington gave back their King 70 the Same
| ans for whose exile were morally respoAsibl".
and humaney saved from German retrlbuion the
life Of Mataafa. who had won our everlasting graft
de by the heroic efforts his people In saving the
lives Of our officers and men during the storm
1t has given the Samoans an honest judiciary ani
| the most important official under the treaty, and
| the foreigners Of Apa excellent local seli-gov,
cams equi,abiy ara satisfactorily t. all
M2s Gr to u.s. act %q' bar sea tn ms con
| frmation OF the titles to land in PAg Page which
otherwise-I can affirm this au;horItat'ye.y- Great
Britain and Germany would have prevented
| ignoring all these benefits Secretary Gresham az
snmed by us in IT'S inaIn'cnancs. Figures viii show
that the expenditures PROPERLY T. beschargsi to It
collars ss AZ, iYr o 1'y d % ,cl0 600 too great
But it is upon the charge tina, the act is IAN en-
tang!ng alliance REGARDING matters renote rom rom
mon which the changes rung in all reference to
our rhis is a deceptive ana a dishonest cry This
act departure from the poiicy We nave PnrSnl
| dic,ion from the agreement under which Apia was
| previously governed. or in which we nave raTAcl-
Pom ,be proposal OF 81 Bsyard himself the FIRST
conference. il IS not an entanslms alahre 'l,e
relation to tho politics Of Europe, but with affairs
IN r %nGp the distngused secretary state
be corrected in his ge2graphy samoa samoa Is not lr,
moi I' And il is therefore within that declaration
which the names OF ASa IN e any 6rr Ser
! tary OF State has meant 50 much but which to hm
iWn are bound by mat peculiar relationship toward
those people. first assumed when Wik's. over nifty
sisientiy maintained sort Of moral suzeralnty
as it has called in Hawaii we are nound by
spon4ihiities assumed, by interest as wei as by
| honor We are bound by our right to me mag
| niGccn, ha rb1r there which We cannot permit TO
he imperiiIei by transfer Of Samoan sovereignty
| TO unfriendly hands. ,,,.,, 49,.
| We are bound by citizens established t"re.
,bn cannot be aba ndoned to the discriminating laws
| ", onr commercial rivals. We are bound by the
| memory Of the ships that were los. OF me HNta
| ~, wont ouf n death the REEFS or AI'a as
ar,osr as anv ever offered up in battle for their
| eomn,rv Above, all are bound, ! repeat. by what
| we owe to the Samoans themseves t2r whose pres
| en- condition we are chiefly responsible
SOME DIPLOMATIC HISTORY.
,ra IN This connection assuming the full response
huitv for what I.say wish to make statement OF
| rcrsonal experience. / shall betray no commences
ror the facts have long since been in the
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