The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-29
RECEIVER FOR CUBA.
NEW SCHEME OF SETTLEMENT OF
THE CUBAN QUESTION.

settlement of the Cuban troubles wa
offered to the president recently by ReE
resentative Beach of Ohio. He propose
that the government of the Unite
States intervene on the ground Of hu
manity, the interruption Of commerce
and the destruction of property. II
argues that such action would be JUST
h fed because it has been clearly demon
strated that Spain cannot put down tn,
instruction and that the Spanish au
! thorities could not preserve peace anC
: prevent similar outbreaks even if il
were possible to secure the surrender OF
, the insurgents now in the field. At the
same time it is admitted that the bust.
ness interests of Cuba and the property
holders distrust the leaders of the in.
surrection quite as much as the Span
iards and that it is the judgment of
those most competent to express an
opinion that anarchy would follow in
dependence and that the commercial
and industrial interests would suffer
quite as much as If not more than they
are suffering now.
These circumstances and conditions.
Mr.. Beach submits Justify the Inter
vention of the United States, which,
next TO Spain, is party with the lar
gest interest, and that the easiest solu-
ton OF the situation would be to have
receiver appointed, just as would be
done If the directors of firm or corpora
ton were engaged in q quarrel which
was causing the destruction of the prop
/ ny nd he ;,,t - a.
ers. 1t is believed that Brazil, Venezue-
la, Colombia, the Central American re.
| publics and other governments of Amer
lea would unite with the United States
in such proceeding and join in rec
ommendation for the appointment of
President Diaz as the receiver of the
property. He has the absolute conf
dence OF all concerned, he has been alb
solutely neutral throughout the strug-
gle, he is of Spanish descent, he has
shown an administrative ability that is
without precedent in the Spanish Amer
lean countries, he understands the Span
lsh character thoroughly and is more
competent to govern Cuba than any
Anglo-Saxon that could be named.
While this proposition is made with. !
out consulting Mexico and even without |
the knowledge of Mr. Romero, the |
minister Of that republic at Washing |
ton, 1T is believed by those who under
stand the attitude of the Mexican gov
eminent that President Diaz would |
readily accept the responsibility pro-
vided such an arrangement would be
agreeable 70 both the Spanish govern
ment and the leaders of the insurgents.
lie would not, however, be party to
any movement that would place Cuba
under his jurisdiction by force. 1t is
known that the Mexican government
offered some suggestions to the Spanish
ministry regarding the treatment of
Cuba year or two ago, but they were
not acted upon, and it is not known
whether they were ever seriously con-
sidered.
Spain Is so jealous of the United
States and so suspicious of our designs
concerning Cuba that such solution
might relieve her from embarrassment
ana of1er an honorable escape from her
present dilemma. 1t is demonstrated
that she cannot conquer Cuba. 1t is
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the struggle much longer because of
financial exhaustion. and the preju-
dice OF the Spanish people against
the United States is so intense that no
ministry would dare turn the colony
over to our jurisdiction on any terms.
But there is no such prejudice against
Mexico, and the same objections would
not apply. There are anumber of prece-
dents for such q settlement. During
the fight for the independence of Greece
the powers of Europe interfered in the
name Of humanity and selected Prince
George OF Denmark as the ruler of that
country. A similar proceeding took
place in Crete. The Turkish provinces
OF Bosnia and Herzegovina were by the
treaty of Berlin in 1878 handed over to
the government of Austria for admins
tration and military occupation. These
provinces were at that time in rebellion
against the sultan, and in his attempts
to subdue them the countries were being
rapidly destroyed. 1t being clear that
Turkey could not conquer them without
their utter destruction and the extermi-
nation Of the population, the European
powers interfered, and the two prov
lnces have since been successfully gov
erned by an Austrian archduke and pay
tribute to Turkey. They have prospered
They have increased in pop
ulation and wealth, and the present
government is satisfactory to all con-
cerned. Egypt is another illustration.
Great Britain interfered to protect her
commercial interests there and the Suez
canal aad has practically governed the
country in the name of the khedive for
many years. The conditions in Cuba at
present are very much like those that
existed in Bosnia in 1878 a similar
arrangement can be justified ON the
same grounds.
The active sympathies of nearly all
the American republics have been with
the insurgents in Cuba since the revo-
luton began. The only exceptions are
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