Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-12-11

of the great nations and tho consequent
Awakne OF the Wurki:h governments to
the demand Of humane ciyili2 4tion. So
fer as the Iaited States government is
concerned, 1t has lcEj uuuono nothing
for the protection OF American mlsslon-
aries ard citizens in the Ottoman en-.
pire, Continuing, tho president eaSe:
Il DO not believe that ,Hg present SOM
Der prospect in Turkey Wtll be i0ug per.
mtlted 10 Offend Cnriatendom. 1T so
mars the human aud enlightened civil
il7ilJG lhHt belongs TO Ino close of the
l9tI century tDHt il seems hardly posi-.
bis that tue earnest demand OF good
people tarouE hout the Christian world
I0r Its core ctlVe treatment Will remain
unanswered President Cleveland in
dealing with the Cuban situation unel-
terdbly opposes tho recognition OF the
insurgents as belllgerents. lie believes
the 7lruatlon to be too delicate for any
intervention on the part OF the United
States at the present time, although his
message strongly hints that the ulti-
mate OUTCOME may require an aggressive
stand on the pare of the government.
With the greatest Qelicacy he devotes Il
of the situation ard points as q
the offer TO Cuba on the part
of Snsip Of genuine autonomy. The
lnsurrectiou. he declares, still continues
with oil its ,nrnIeyitles M decision
has been reached in the trial at arms.
nIf Spain has NOT re.estahlishel her au-
| thority. neither have the Insurgents vet
maae good their title To be regarded as
an in1ependent state" The preteyt
that civil government exists on the island
exrept SO far az Spain is able to main
tain If. has been practically abandoned,
| "But TINT exception being made. the
entire country is either given over to an
arcby or is subject to Il military ocCupa-
ton of one or the other party. 1t is re-
nnrfat in,lred. on reliable authority,
that at the command of the commander
in.chlsf of the Insurgents army, the put
alive Cuban government has now given
nm all attempts to exercise it, function"
Leaving that government confessedly
ont there is the best reason for supposl.
t,on II ppDears TO have been, in fact. a
enyernLept merely on paper. Presi,
1nn+ Cipyel,Dd is disoosed 10 ackpoyl-
pJgn fhr suneriorjty of the SPANISH arms
ana of the tuban tactics He SAWS.
hnweyer, unlass a speedy contest IN the
OMEN il had the policy of the Spanish
Government. not 10 interfere with the
1pstrnrtion of prooerty. will ruin the fer
tiIitv. nroducllyeness and consequent
rontmoIcial value of the island. The
message points out the many entapgling
interests uf the United States Almost
go 600 COO of American capital il invest
ed there, and the trade before the reyo-
Iution reached slOO, ,OOO, 900 annually.
Oar concern in Cuba ig therefore neither
eentimentaI nor wholly philapthropic.
m1t Wa are in many wavs both yexatiously
and at too much cost involved in the pres
ent contest, He points out the difficult
ties which we are subjected to by
reason of the MANY Cuban
residents who are uaturalized
Americans who, while aiding the ipsur-
rection through public meetings, the
n,ess war funds and other means. re-
nnire the constant vigilance of the au
tnorities of this country, With those
who struggled for a better and freer
government were combined the adven-
turous and restless element in our popu-
l.tion. who made the position of the
United States in its declared neutrality
the most difficult to maintain, These
inevitable entanglements and coneidera.
tions of philanthropy and humanity in
general have led to vehement demand
10 various quarters for some sort of a
positive intervention on the part Of the
United States, The president declares
against according belligerent rights, does
not think Spain desires to sell and dep
recate. war with Spain as a settlement
of the question. on the ground that
might is not a sufficient reason for the
country to violate its universal reputa-
tion ss the most pacific of the powers
and the desire of its people to live in
amty with all the world, The United
States, he saws, has plenty of territory
and should continue to manifest its pa.
tient endurance. which is no slight testi
monial of the regard for Spaln on the
mart of American people. while remem-
bering the part Spain has PLAYED in the
history of the western hemisphere. Nei
ther The psople nor the government of
tho United States have shut their ewes
TO the cours. of Spain in this contest.
After summing no the COMPLICATION of
international law bearing on the case,
a.