The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-04
CUBA AND AMERICAN PRE-
CEDENIS.


passed resolution compelling
President Cleveland 10 recognize
the Cuban insurgents at least
gives promise that the next stea-
mer from the coast viii bring IN
teresting and important news.
Should such a resolution finally
pass both Houses of Congress ii
will mark an unusual departure
in the policy of the United States
and will set many conservative
American hearts quaking as 10
what NAV be the outcome, not
ONLY as 10 the immediate effect
of this particular incident. but
also as to the possible results IN
future international affairs in
which the United States may fig
ure.
Ever since Thomas Jefferson in
the early days OF the American
Republic put an end to the at
tempts of VI. Edmund Charles
Genest To enlist the United States
a an ally of the first French Re
public. the policy of the United
States has been one of strict neu-
trality toward all warning ma
lions. .Jeffersons policy was most
unpopular at the time, since the
timely assistance of France was
i'm Il large measure the weight
which turned the scale in favor
of the American colonies in their
struggle for independence; yet
the people of the present day can
apDreciate the wisdom of Jeffer-
sons action. Later, when the
Spanish dependencies of South
America threw off the CALLING
woke of the mother country, we
find the same strict neutrality
meeting favor with American
statesmen, although popular sym
pathv leaned strongly toward Civ
assistance to Spanish America.
Although the Republic of La
Plata. now Argentina, had mann
tanned it's independence since
1910. i'm 1918 President Monroe in
= speciaI message to Congress
stated that the stage at which
revoIutionists had Il right TO de
mand acknowledgment by neutral
mowers was when the indepen-
dence is established as a matter
of fact. so as TO leave the chance
of the opposite party 10 recover
their dominion utterly desper-
ate" And it was not till 1922
that the Spanish American repqb-
lies were recognized.
Texas might possibly be cited
as an exception. yet in 1896 Presi-
dent Jackson withheld from hast
iIv giving offense to Mexico by
recognizing plenipotentiaries of
the reyolted state. lat least until
the lapse of time az the course of
events shall have proved beyond
cavil or dispute the ability of the
people of that country (TeXas) TO
maintain their separate sovereign
ty and to uphold the government
established by them"
In view of the generally adj
mitted fact that the Cuban Re
public. as President Cleveland
stated in his message, exists
''only on paper" the conservative
Senators of the United States are
taking a great responsibility upon
themselves in seeking to force
the President to take Il step which
will at least seriously threaten
war with an European pOwer-a
weakling, To be sure, but never
theless one of the jealous Euro
pean family. With the Senate tax
ing the initiative in such radical
action. il is not probable that the
impetus which the older and more
conservative body will give can
be overcome in the House of Rep
resentatives. Intervention for the
Cubans is urged on the grounds
of humanity, and although the
plea from this standpoint is pOpu
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