The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-12-09

right to exercise thesupervisiou recognizes
, by our treaty of 1796 over our commerce OF
the high seas. very large part Of which. i,
It's traffic between the Atlantic and the Gu.
Estates, and between ali Of them and tn,
states on the Pacific. passes through tn,
waters which wash the shores of Cuba
The exercise of this super vision coul(
scarce fail to lead. If not to abuses, Ger.
tainlv to collisions perilous to the peaceful
reia ions of the two states. There can b
little doubt as to what result such su-
pervision would before long draw this ma.
tion 1t would be unworthy of the United
states to inaugurate the possibilities 81
such results by measures of question able
right or expediency or b. any indirection.
While according the equal belligerent
rignts defined By public law to each party
In our ports ofsfav0rs would be imposed
on both. which, while nOminally equal
would weigh heavily in behalf of Spain her
SELF Possessing navy and controlling the
ports OF Cuba her maritime rights could be
asserted not only for the military invest
ment of the island. but up to the margin Of
our own territorial waters and a condition
Of things would exist for W ich the Cubans
| within their own domain could no. hupe to
create parallel: while its creation through
aid or sympathy from within our domain
would be even more impossible than now,
| with the additional Obligations of inter-
national neutrality we would perforcc as
sumer
Against Interventioa Now.
The enforcement of this enlarged and
onerOus code of neutrality would only be
influential within our own jurisdictio, by
land and sea and applicable by our own in
strumentalitfeS It could impart to the
| united States no jurisdiction between
spain and the insurgents 1t wO lid give the
| United States no right of intervention to
enforce the conduct of the strife within the
go
| the international code of war
For these reasons I regard the recO- nj
ton OF the belligerency of the Cuban iusur-
gents as now unwise and therefore mad
missabie. Should that step hereafter be
deemed wise as measure OF right and duty
the executive will take it.
Intervention upon hum unitarian grounds
has been frequently suggested and has not
failed to receive my most anxious and earu-
es: consideration. But should such 4 step
be now taken when it is apparent that a
hopeful change has supervened in the pol
icy of Spain toward Cuba:
That the government of Sagasta has en-
tered upon a course from which recession
with honor is impossible. can hJrdlv be
questioned; that In the few weeks it mas eN-
listed 1t has made earnest of the sincerity
of its professions Is undeniable. 1 shall not
impugn it's sincerity. nor should impa nee
be suffered to embarraSs it in the task II
hoo uhuCA saASh H 10 uOuCStlS uuc 10 spain
and to our friendly relations with Spain
that she should be given a reasonable chance
to realize her expectatl Ons and to prove the
asserted efhcacy of the new order of things
to which she stands irrevOCab.y com mited.
She has recalled the comma der whose
brutal orders infiamed the American mind
and shocked the civilized world. She has
modified the horrible order of cOncentra-
ton and has undertaken to care for the
helpless and permit those who desire to re-
sumo the cultivation of their fields to do 80.
and assures them of the protection of the
Spanish government in their lawful Occu-
patiOnS She has just released the Com
petitor prisoners heretofore sentenced to
death. and who have been the subject OF
repeated diplomatic correspondence dur
ing bOtn this and the preceding administra-
ton. Not single American citizen is now
under arrest or in confinement in Cuba. of
whom this government has any knowledge.
Tho Policy OF this Country.
The near future will demonstrate whether
the indispensable condition of righteous
peace just alike to the Cubans and to Spain,
as we'll as equitable to all our interests so in
timately involved in the welfare of Cuba is
likely to be attained If not, the exigency
of further and other action by the United
States will remain to be taken. When tina
time comes that action will be determined
in the line of the indisputabie right and
duty. 1t will be faced without misgiving
or hesitancy, in the light of the obligation
this government owes to itself to the peo-
pie who have contided to it the protection
of their interests and honor, and to hui
mainly
Sure of the right keeping free from all
OfenSe ourselves, actuated only by upright
and patriotic consider. tons moved neither
by passion nor selfishness, the government
will continue its waite hful care over the
rights and property of American citizens,
and will abate none of its efforts to bring
about by peaceful agencies a peace which
shall be honorable and enduring. If it, shall
hereafter be duty imposed by OR obiga-
tons to ourselves. to civilization and hu-
mainly, to intervene with force it shall be
without fault on our part. and only because
the necessity for such action will be so lear
as to command the support and approval of
the civilized world
Hawalrs Annexation Urged
By a special message dated the 10th day
of June last l laid before the Senate treaty
signed that day BY the plenipotentiaries of
the United States and of the republic of Ha-
wall. having for its purpose the inCOrpOra-
ton of the Hawaiian islands as an integral
part of the United States. and under its
sovereignty.
That treaty was unanimously ratified
without amendment by the Senate and Pres
ident of the Republic Of Hawaii on the 10th
of September last. and only awaits the fa-
vorable action of the American Senate to
effect the complete absorption of the islands
into the domains of the United States
What the conditions of such a union shall
be, the political relation thereof to the
United States, the character of the local
administration. the quality and degree of
the elective franchise of the inhabitants,
the extension of the federal laws to the ter
ritory or the enactment of special laws to
At the peculiar CO ,dition thereof the regu-
lation of needs of labor therein. and all
matters upon which the treaty acts, has
wisely been relegated To Congress
If the treaty is confirmed. as every con-
sideration of dignity and honor requires,
the wisdom of Congress will see to it that
avoiding abrupt assimilation of elements
perhaps hardly yet fitted to share in the
highest franchises of citizenship, and hav-
ing due regard to the geographical condi-
tons the most just provisions for self rule
in local matters with the largest political
liberties as an integral part of our nation
will be accorded to the Hawaiians. No less
Is due to people who. after nearly five
years of demonstrated capacity to fulfill