The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-26
WE NAY ANNEX CUBA
ADMlNi STRATlON FAvORS THE AC-
QUESTION OF TERRITORY

IL Is Prophesied That Cuba VIII BE Ours
Within Six Months-Good Grounds For
the observation-disclosures Is Impelled by
Duty and Interest.
Cuba Is to be dependency of the
United States
1t is TO be acquired. peacefully if pos
sible during the Mckinley administra
ton
This is the real, the sensational sig
niticance of the message which the pres
ident sent TO congress concerning Gu,
ban affairs
Apparently the only purpose of the
message was 20 call the attention of
congress to the unfortunate situation of
our citizens in the island and 10 ask
for an appropriation, 10 be expended
under the direction of the PRESIDENT
for providing them with food and medi-
cines
But this was the nominal purpose of
the message Behind it lies an inten-
ton which, if executed, will change 10 "a
most momentous degree the traditional
policy of this government. 1t is de-
termination TO annex both Hawaii and
Cuba, to strengthen our strategic out
posts, to go out 10 the sea for an extern
sion of our jurisdiction, our commerce,
our empire.
This policy has not yet been dis
closed. 1t will not be disclosed till the
suspicious moment arrives. That 1T
now exists may even be denied But
the events of the coming six months
will amply justify the statements made
in this dispatch.
Our eyes are turned toward Cuba,
both from motives of duty and self in
terest, and only one thing can divert
them and postpone the inevitable sep
aration of the island from Spain and its
falling within the jurisdiction Of the
United States. That is speedy and
complete restoration of order in Cuba
by the Spanish government.
If Spain is to save Cuba for herself
she must move promptly and effectively.
For more than year President Nc
Kinley has been a close student of the
Cuban question. The Cuban plank in
the ST. Louis platform was adopted with
his knowledge and consent His sympa-
thies have naturally been with the Gu
ban struggle for liberty. The sympa-
thies of an individual and the duty of a
conscientious ruler are far apart The
one may inspire action, the other re-
strain within the limits of conservatism.
But in this case it is conviction as to
where his duty lies that impels the
president to the adoption of the general
policy outlined here.
The keynote to the whole situation is
found in the fact that Spain has ruled
| Cuba only with the sword; that she rules
now only with the sword, and that
even if the present insurrection be sup
pressed nothing but military power,
constantly employed, will serve to keep
| the island in subsection.
An empire that can rule colony only
| by force does not deserve to keep 1T and
| cannot keep it. The world has outgrown
| those despotic systems in which col
| ony may be perpetually ground under
the iron heel of military power.
J With these things in mind, and re-
! Numbering also that this nation has
more than once served notice upon the
world that if Cuba be lost to Spain the
island must not fall under the jurisdic
ton of any other power than the United
States, the president has endeavored t6
inform himself concerning the actual
situation. He has become convinced
Spain is powerless to suppress the insur
rection and to restore and maintain
order.
He has become convinced that 1T is
only question of time when Spain's
financial troubles or the absolutely in
tolerable condition of affairs in the is
land will make it impossible for Cuba
longer to remain under the foreign yoke
In other words. if it is the manifest
destiny of Cuba TO escape from the juris
diction of Spain, if the fates and y
pulses of people are stronger than the
desires and the powers of governments
and dynasties. why should not the enc
come before ruin engulfs the whole is
land and in time to save a part of i'm
pending loss of life and suffering?-
Walter Wellman in Chicago Times Her
aid.
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