The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-19

HOW ABOUT CuD0!
Docsu't Want Cuba.
Cuba has q degraded hybrid popla-
&ion. lite higher element chiefly Of the
Spanish race, which has no sympathy
with Germanic ideas and II in q state Of
chronic tumult and revolution. Presi-
dent Polk authorized an offer Of $780,
1000 to Spain for Cuba In the interest
Of the slave breeders OF the south. but
It was peremptorily rejected by Spain
and was never approved by the people.
There is no sentiment anywhere. except
among the buccaneers and freebooters
who would profit by piracy. In favor OF
the annexation of Cuba. Nor Ia there
any gain or glory or advantage to &C.
crue TO the United States by Is acquisi-
tion."
"Would Newfoundland be desirable?"
Newfoundland is a separate crown
colony with perhaps 100000 Inhabitants.
gaining precarious subsistence by
fishing and agriculture. having an IN
significant commerce and trifiing man.
ufacturing Industries. 1t Is an outlying
precinct of the polar regions: a suburb
OF the article circle. ! have never
heard its annexation to the United
States seriously suggested, and II there
are ten citizens In favor Of such a
scheme ! should be gratified to know
their residence and nativity"
Hos No Use for Hawaii.
"What with regard to Hawail?"
"The Hawaiian episode is one OF the
most scandalous chapters in American
diplomacy. 1t was begOtten In sin and
brought forth in iniquity. Every Incl
dent has been corrupt. The treaties
have been public crimes. They reek
with infamy. Bribery, intrigue. per-
sonal and official dishonor have marked
every step In the degrading transac-
tions. Public interest has been the
mask which the shameless impudence
of a few selfish adventurers endeavored
to promote their own guilty. fortunes at
the expense Of the national treasury
and the well-being OF the people of both
countries. Two administrations have
competed with each other in discredita-
bile emulation to ostenSbly advance
American interests, but actually to pro-
tect greedy gang Of sharpers and
thieves in their schemes OF speculation
and plunder. SO the public ear has
been assailed with an incessant din
about the necessity Of forttfying Pearl
Harbor, securing a coaling station for
our navy and annexing the Sandwich
Islands in order to protect our western
coast from the depredations Of foreign
powers. 1t Is to the credit Of the COM
mon sense Of the American people that
they have not yielded to this mercenary
clamor, and that they perceive the alb
surdity Of maintaining costly establish
ments upon a group of islands inhabit-
ed by an alien race 1000 miles from our
Shores"
willing to Take Canada.
"Are you opposed to any further in
crease Of territory"
"The objections to the annexation OF
distant, detached and incompatible re-
gions do not apply to Canada. An i'm
aginary line separates the dominion
from the United States. It's physical
features are the same. Much Of it's ter
ritory IS unoccupied, and would afford
room for our surplus population. That
portion which is inhabited has institu-
dustry, comerce and manufactures are
similar, and its destiny Is Identical.
The welfare Of both countries would be
promoted by voluntary political union,
ais they are already united by their rail-
road and telegraph systems and by
their navigaible waters. The annexa-
ton of Canada would not violate the
traditions Of our history. and would be
in accordance with the impulse Of fed
Grafton which is the irresistible ten
dency Of the Anglo-American race. The
league Of English-speaking peoples
based upon the code Of Christianity,
which asserts the moral unity Of man.
kind"
In reply to the question, ''Will Uncle
Sam eventually rule the North Ameri-
can continent?" ex-senator ingalls,
said:
"The construction Of the isthmus
canal breaking down the barrier be-
and changing the immemorial pathway
Of the worlds commerce. renders the
continuation of our supremacy south
ward inevitable. The canal, whether at
Panama, Nicaragua or Tehuantepec,
must be our southern boundary. This
is manifest destiny. As the inreconcili-
able populations retire they may be
replaced by Africans from the southern
states, who will eventually colonize in
some tropical region under the protec-
tion Of the United States. Eventually
we shall rule the North American con-
tfrrent, and by the assertion Of the Mon
roe doctrine, direct the destinies of the