Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-02
LONDON NEWSPAPERS
Get in a Word on the Cuban Resolutions as
Passed by the Senate.

London March 1.-The Westminster
Gazette, referring to the Cuban resolution
of the United States senate saws: 1t is
difficult to think of Spain Knocking
down even to the United States, especially
at time when she has just defled Ameri-
can feeling by appointing a man with
such reputation for severity as General
Weyler to the captain generalship of
Cuba. The probabilities of the case point
to President Cleveland adopting middle
course and issuing friendly warning to
Spain, which will serve to take the wind
out of the jingoes' sails and at the same
time convince Spain that the United
States has real interests in Cuba and can
not refuse recognition of the rebels if an
amelioration of the island does not
promptly occur. If President Cleveland
Is inclined to go further. he might press
home rule on Spain, offering, maybe, to
guarantee the promises Of the Cubans
The Globe says: The senate's resolution
is another gigantic enlargement of the
Monroe doctrine, and should the house of
representatives endorse the sepates reso-
luton and President Cleveland yield to
the pressure, Spain will be brought to face
abject submission or war with a some
sensitive Spanish nation prefer the latter
sooner than sacrifice its honor, interna.
tional sympathies will be on its side. 1t
would be quite proftless, of course, to re-
mind the Chauvinist senators how keen
was American Indignation at the time of
the civil war at the idea of foreign ma
ton acceding belligerent rights to the reb
els.
hn I'm
eggs which the president thought proper
to hatch in IA highly artificial incubator in
December have produced a brood which
will give him and the statesmen of the
United States great deal of trouble as if
grows to maturity. 1t is an easy task to
stir national self conceit and pretension ia
lever neat; but 1t Is not so easy to reduce
the temperature again The steam deye-
opeu must be blown off somewhere. After
twisting the lions tail and the talk of in
terVenlng IN Turkey, it is now Cuba. For
acountV which fought stupendous war
to suppress revolt of its own citizens the
senates action goes very far indeed The
sacred right of any state to maintain its
own unity and to suppress its own rebels
without foreign intervention was what tho
north valiantly poured out its blood and
governments having subjects and terri
tories in the neighborhood of the Ameri-
can continent have no rights The Ameri.
can retort that Lincoln's government is as
good as Christina in Cuba is a bad and
dangerous argument which may carry the
United States a long way.
The Cubans, no doubt, have not been
well governed and suffer from an admins
tration which is often lax and not toe
honest. But, If the United States AFRO
gates the right to upset every government
not administered according to its ideals
as understood in the rule of public affairs
Washington and New York will have a
great deal to do and they might begin bv
reforming Venezuela The Monroe doe
trine is of uncommon flexibilitv to adam
tation, and it may say ''hands off I" to all
EUROPE and Glands on to the United
states where the transmarine possessions
Oh European power are concerned This
principle Is applied to Cuba. which is NOT
part OF the American continent TODAY
why not to Fiji, new Zealand and Ma.
nllla tomorrow?