The Portland daily press., 1895-04-04
War-Like Sentiments Expressed by
Names Senator.
HE WOULD SEIZE BOTH CANADA
AND CUBA.
And Annex Hawaii-He is Firm Believer
in Vigorous Foreign Policy Even if it
Resulted in Little Fighting.
(Lewiston Journal.)

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consents to be interviewed he always has
something interesting TO say. and some
thing warm A Journal reporter approached
him Wednesday. with some questi obs as
to our foreignspolicy and he found the SEN
ator had some very emphatic and timely
views on the subject, and moresthan that.
/ altorceful way of.expressing them. His
remarks will attract attention.
| "Pease give us your views as to the con-
duct Of our foreign affairs, any conclusions
or suggestions occurring to you,'' asked
| the reporter.
''My fundamental objections of that con-
duct isl said he Senator. that it is not
aggreasively American; that it yields too
much and TOO often to Great Britain; thar
it sacrifices our interests, and takes no adj
vantage of our opportunities"
Can you give any Illustrations"
| "Many, and I'll not confine myself to the
present administration of these affairs. San
| Domingo offered us and President Grant
urged upon the Senate the Importance of
accepting it. Sumner bitterly and success
| fully opposed. There never has been day
since in which we have not regretted this
action. Great Britain has perfect Gordon
of ports naval and coal stations, all around
us. while we have comparatively none.'
where are we to secure them:"
"We must have some in the Pacific ocean,
| if we are ever to be commercial.power in
| those water, and no doubts but that we
are. The Hawaiian Islands. in these re-
CARDS, are Very Important to us. We have
had an open mouth for this plum for sey en-
ty-fye years.,it ripened and. at nearly the
| close of President Harrison's s term of office,
| fell into it. Mr.. Cleveland expelled it thu
moment he came into power. Pearl Har-
Dor. the best in the whole Pacific. was ceded
to US in our last treaty with those Islands.
An expenditure of two hundred thousand
| dollars will make it perfect. capabla sof
| floating the entire war fleet of England
and yet nothing is done. The islands are
treated with insult and contempt. Sup
pose they show their humanity by placing
4 themselves under the protec tion of Great
Britain, can we in the face of our reject
ions, claim and maintain the claim that
4 this cession was complete? If the Nica-
ragua canal is constructed, and il viii be,
/ these islands are an absolute necessity to
u.s. Is it wise for US to disregard our pres
ent opportunities?
'tLet US look backward once more. In 1884
| President Arthur negotiated a treaty with
| Nicaragua and Costa Rica, BY the terms of
i which all necessary cessions were made
us, ard agreed to construct the canal. 1t
/ was considered in the Senate Senator
Bayard who was very shortly to become
Mr.. Cleveland's Secretary IF State vigor-
ously shook over the Democratic heads the
spook of the dead Clayton Bulwer treaty
land frightened enough of them to prevent
the obtaining. the required two-ihird's vote
for ratification though it only lacked two
and the moment Mr. Cleveland became
President he withdrew the treaty. If it
had then been re- tilted the canal would now
have been constructed and owned by oul
government. What a lost opportunity this
was! We owe it to Eng land and Bayard's
threat which she had ever hestated 10
violate at her own sweet will.
Il think, and have reason to that Mr.
| Cleveland Has Always regretted this ac-
| ton, for he has been and is now apparently
in favor of thisss....sscanal. England
is evidently intriguing again with this pro-
/ ject in her pressing demands upon Mica
raga. in her aggressive.policy with yenezu-
ella, in her refusal to permit any citizen of
the American States to act as one of the
arhritators, in evenb there shall be arbitra-
ton. This is deliberate insult to us, and
think this administration indicates a
purpose to uphold the Monroe doctrine. and
| to maintain our dignity in these regards
am aware thar the English Minister of
State says it was not the purpose tosexclue
as arbitrator any citizen of our country
but. as boys say, That is TOO thin' We
haven't forg often that in the Halifax ar
bitration, England named one arbitrato or,
we one, and England practically the third
and that.as consequence e.we paid IS, $780,
900 for nothing This is Eng lands way of
doing business
well. Senator, what would you do about
| it?''
~ would not submit to any insult, to
any aggrcssions on orr rights, to any ,vio-
lation of the Monroe doctrine to any inter
| ference with Hawaii, or Samoa so far as
| our interests concerned, or with our
project of constructing the Nicaragua CD
nal.''
what would be your policy as the fu-
ture2's
II must be brief, for l an spinning this
out to the weariness of your readers
Il would annex the Hawaiian Islands
at once, improve and fortify Pearl Harbor,
lay cable froEa there to the Pacific coast.
l would maintain our coaling sta tion in
Pago Pago against the world. l would reach
out to take whatever in our orinion was
or might be necessary to our future COM
mprcial supremacy. being careful not to
violate the law of nations, and able to JUS
tify our conduct. If Spain. by her actions
at any time, justified US in SO doing, I
would seize and holdCuba against he world.
This island has been nothing but sponee
to be squeezed by Spain. utterly regardless
of the intere SITS of the people living there.
Annexed to our country it would sooH be-
come a paradise. AS the residents are en-
tirely fit for American citizenship. regard
the acquisition of Cuba as imreratively de-
manded commercially and politically. John
Quincy Admas, Secretary OF State in 1925
said, it seems sealcely possible TO resist
the conviction that the annexation of Cuba
to our federal republic will he indespensa-
BILE to the continuance and integrity of the
Union ITSELF
Il would accept Canada as soon she
was ready to come to us, and would not
offer her Inducements to stay away, as this
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