New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-18
NFAPRY RFPT RLTCS FRIENDLY
PRAISES FOR THIS COI%TRYs POLICY FROM
THE PRESS OF HAYTT AND
GANTO DOMINGO

Tn. republics ~ Hav'i and Ssnto Domingo have
become nezhhors % the United States. sin'" 'h"Y
stand h.t7een the 'uoan province ~ Sanilgo al
ready occupied hy Aner!o1rs and Porto Rico = ~
therefore interesting u-~ful and gratifying - know
that publc opinion IN tho netEhborinE republics
=. expressed in their newspapers. Is favorable 10
tho pole, which tho United s'a'.' apparently I'm.
tend m pirsla n regard N 10 t~o spanish islands
m The VET Indies.
These rapers entertain ~. same opinion ~ hat
policy a. that proclaimed ny an American states
man who SAD IN conversation with correspond
eni ~ IL Matin." ~ Paris. w" did NOT seek tho
war We have intsr'ered 10 give Cuba better
government and ~ therefore sand rnorally 20
sponsao % the civilized world for the character o.
IT'S government, Tho insurgents may he able 20 rs
tabish one tha, AFFORD 20 he responsible FOR:
but = no'. our responsibility continues
Tn, rrc American symrathies manifested IN the
press NJ if,vtf and Sanfo Domingo are the mora Inn
poriant % noce because thev give hope ~ an easy
and friendly se.'lement 81 TWO questions now pend
Ing between ~ United states and tho Two
puhl!c. on tho oue hand. Hayti Will hav. 70
Justify or pay Tor 80 intrusion nsde by some ~
i,s citiZens upon American property N Navassa
Island TO ownership 81 which Is claimed by
Hayu on the other hand. the United states Will
have to discuss tho complaint Of the Government
Of santo DOMINGO. which holds the American au-
thorities responsible for the hbustsrng expedition
~ tho Fani'a. a steamer which returned - Mobile
after the failure Of the expedition. and which tbs
American Government vas led to believe was en-
gagged In the Cuban service. and not IN that Of con-
splrators against tho Dominican Government.
To Matin." n daily paper Of Port Prince.
Hayti after mentioning pro-Spanish sentiments In
Europe the beginning Of tho war. and tho
change which occurred after tho news OF the hrst
American Successes asks: How is It that with
out having to deplore tho loss 81 single sailor.
that extraordinary people counts now to It's credi,
ono OF the finest feats OF arms which history has
ever registered? How II It that. In less than ono
month and a half. tho United States. which was
Represented az having no Meet caused tho Star
Spanglcd Banner 10 As at the masts ~ more than
sixty naval vessels In the Antilles Sea. while tho
spaniards do not dare TO risk a single ono OF their
ships In that where Is 10 be- found the pearl Of
her colonies, How. L. u that the American
diplomats have succeeded in tho confusion OF war.
In persuadlng European Powers recently TO con-
cude with them treaties Of friendship and OF com
mcrrs so advantageous 10 the United States? Let
Uaytan diplomats mediate on these facts. and
study them attentlvely as an obJec,-lesson.
Thl, lesson was learned by another Port-au-
Prince paper. the Revue Generate. which i'm
agncd that the integrity OF tho republic might
he endangered by the ambition OF neighborng Pow
ers and which wrote: AN attack coup do
main is ever possible from those who possess brute
force. We must be prepared for IT, Let us request
our Minister OF War tn send without delay mill.
tary commission charged to study tho best means
~ rand lOrti0cation Tor the Mole Of N.cnolaS.
Let US send our troops there and place at their
had a brave and energct, nan OF experience.
who knows thoroughly European tactics" II ap-
p.ars according TO the Same paper. that this has
been done and that troops have been sent to gar
rson the Mole St Nicholas. That precauton. az
shown I'm the above words from the Revue
Generate" Is directed against European and not
against American interference.
In the republic Of Santo Domingo there seems to
be no more fear OF the alleged territorial ambition
OF the United States than exists In Hayu and deep
.vmpathy il felt there for the Humanitarian policy
OF the great Northern Republic The paper ~,
Cibao" says among other things. In long edi-
,oral: observe the attitude OF the United states
from the beginning Of the war and you vii! OBJ
.erve that II could not have been more noble. dig
nIaed and more disintcrcsted. as well as more
h.,adci.i IN the Cubans We do not blame
span TO whom we are united by the bonds Of race.
customs religion and language. But before every
tning we are Domnlcans and men OF liberal Ideas,
and as such We ardcntly desire the independence
OF Cuba whose insurrection had for Its iden an
nexaton to the United States. where we could say
WAS also the soul OF Cuba Ibre"
Another paper Of Ssnto Domingo. "El Eco ia Ia
orinion" says in regard to Porto Rico and the
phninnnes The United states will he justified in
retaining them ms "A war indemnity, an act which
VIII not be new illogical. as shown In tho his
tory OF war The high spirit OF the Americans Will
solve the difficulty w!thou. inJurng the renown
md honor which havc been acquired by the people
NJ the United States. which Gan be called tho peo-
PIE OF right Justice and liberty