The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
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Secretary sherman, IN Il 10
justify his own turn around towards
annexation, made q diplomatic break
and gave away y state secret. He said
that under ordinary circumstances he
was opposed to annexation, but when
he learned that a scheme was on foot
to put Hawaii in possession Of Japan,
he favored annexation. Thereby hangs
the whole story Of the hurrying up OF
the treaty for the annexation OF
Hawaii, which President Mckinley
sent to ehc senate last week. II would
have come in time anyway, but the ad-
minissration recently learned OF u plot
on the part Of Japanese on the island
and the friends Of the ex.queen, who is
in Washington, and who made an
opera bouGe protest against the ratit-
cation Of the treaty, to overthrow the
prsse~t government Of Hawaii and set
up one Of their own, with the ultimate
design Of turning the island over to
japan, and that caused the treaty to
60 to the senate much earlier than 1t
would otherwise have gone. The
Japanese government has all along de.
MED that II had any grabbing intention
toward Hawai-, and its denial may
have been perfectly honest aud it may
have been entirely ignorant Of the plo,
10 overthrow the Hawaiian govern.
ment. As the information concerning
that plot was secret and was not men.
toned In the presidents message &C.
c~oMpanying the treaty, diplomats re-
gard 1t as . bad break on the part Of
Secretary Sherman 70 have publicly
mentioned IL, and the Japanese minis
ter regards his having done so As al
most an insult to his country and ID
consequently somewhat d~isRruntled
There isn't opposition enough to thu
treaty In the senate TO prevent 1t,
~raHfsstion, but there is enough u
make the debate quite lengthy, so It Il
iMsnded to allow II to 60 over to tn,
rcgalar session.
No stronger plea for some action OF
the psrt Of This government that will
restore peace to Cuba has been pu
forth than Is contained In an oflicia
report prepared by the agricultural de
partment, showing Ourt trade with Cub,
for a period Of years. For the tisca
year 1903, our commerce with Cub;
amounted 70 $l02 1854, 2O4; for the fisca
year 1895 IL had dropped to "a, 54S, $40
and estimate for the fiscal year lS9
place h less than go, OOO, 900.
The administration is moving yer,
leisurely towards the Inauguration q
it's Cuban policy. Gen. Woodfsrd. q
N. T., has been nominated minister /
Spain, and the official statement mad
that x-Csngressman Aldrich, Of Ills.
will shortly be nominated consul. gen
eral to Cuba. But there is little proba
bility that either Of them will be- a
their post inside Of u month, amt tn
new poiiCy - uot w pc Stutteu UNI
Gen. Woodford gets to Madrid. Il.
port says the policy will be TO rcques
Spain to withdraw its troops and allO,
Cuba to have home rule under a sy,
tenn similar to that la vogue in Canad,
and that Spain Is willing, provided tbs
this government can persuade the n
bellious Cubans to accept and agree
assume the debt OF Cuba.
Senator Morgan called attention I
the failure Of the tariff bill to provid
for the repeal of the income tax, In
posed by the Wilson tariff bill and d.
clared to be unconstitutional by the 9,
preme court. He said he was glad ths
the bill did not provide for Its repea
because IL 1t were left upon the statu,
book, a change In the court migt
cause it to be sustained.
Quite number Of the senators VIII
helped to knock out the Pettigre.
antitrust amendment 10 the tariff bill