Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-15

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Gcent rule.
AS soon as we are in possession OF
Cuba and have pacified the island il
Will be necessary to give aid and Iii
rection to it's people to form gov
ernment for themselves. This should
be undertaken at the earliest moment
consistent with safety and assured sue
cess. 1t is important that our re-
lations with this people shall be of the
most friendly character and our com
mercial relations close and reciprocal
1t should be our duty to assist in every
proper way to build up the waste
places of the island, encourage the
industry of the people, and assist them
to form a government which shall
be free and Independent. thus realizing
the best aspirations of the Cuban
people. Spanish rule must be replaced
by Just, benevolent and humane gov
ernment, created by the people of Gu
ba. capable of performing all internal
obligations, and which shall encourage
thrift. industry and prosperity an.l
promote peace and good will among all
of the inhabitants. whatever may have
been their relations in the past. Mel.
ther revenge nor passion should have o
there is complete tranquility in tho
island and stable Government IN
augurated, military occupation will DC
continued
On the lot, of September. 1897. q
conflict took place at Lattimer. Pa.
between body of striking miners and
the Sheriff of Luzerne County and his
deputies. in which twenty two miners
It'll 4 a
were Austrian ard Hungarian sub
jects. This deplorable event naturally
aroused the solicitudc of the Austro.
Hungarian Government, which, OF tho
assumption that the killing and wounl-
In" involved the uniustiliabie misuse of
authority. claimed reparation for the
sufferers. Apart from the searching
investigation and peremptory action OF
the authorities of Pennsylvania. the
Federal Executive took aDDrOpriate
steps to learn the merits of the urgent
complaint of a friendly power. The
Sheriff and his deputies. having been
indicted for murder. were tried and
acquitted alter protracted proceedings
and the hearing of hundreds or wit
resses. on the ground that the killing
was in the line of their official duty to
uphold law and pre- serve public order
in the state. A representative of the
Department of Justice attended the
trial ard reported its course fully.
With all the facts in its possession,
this Government expects TO reach Il
harmonious understanding on the sub
ject with that of Austria-Hungary,
Notwithstanding the renewed claim OF
the latter. after the result of the trial.
for indemnity for its injured subjects.
| trust that Belgian restrictions on
United States originally adopted as
day be relaxed as to their present
sanitary precaution. will at an early
features of hardship and discrimina
ton. so rs to admit live cattle under
due regulation OF their slaughter after
landing.
am hopeful too. of favorable change
in the Belgian treatment of our prs-
served and salted meats. The growth
of direct trade between the two cOun-
tries. pot alnre for Belgian conSump-
ton and Belgian products, but by way
of transit from and to other Cont
mental states. has been both encourag-
ing and beneficial
No effort will be shared to enlarge
it's advantages by seeking the removal
of needless mpediments and by ar
rangemeuts for increased commercial
exchanges.
The Nicaragua Canal Commission.
urder the chairmanship of Rear Ad-
miral John c. Walker appointed July
81. 1897. under the authority of a pro-
vision in the Surdry Civil act of June
1 of that year, has nearly completed
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haustive inquiry into the proper route.
the feasibility and the cost of con-
struction of an interoceanic canal by Il
Nicaraguan route will be laid before
you.
Nevertheless 1t appears that the
Government OF Nicaragua, as one Of
it's last sovereign acts before merg
ing it's powers III those of the newly
rcrmed United States of Central Ameri.
ca. has granted an optional concession
TO another association, to become ef-
fective on the expiration of the present
grant II does not appear what sur
veys have been made or what route
Is proposed under the present conting-
ent grant so that an examination OF
the feasibility of its plans is necessar-
lily not embraced in the report of the
Canal Commission. All these circum-
stances suggest the urgency of some
definite action by the Congress at this
session. if the labors of the past are
to be utilized and the linking of the
Atlantic and the Pacific oceans by a
practical waterway is to be realized.
That the construction of such mari
time highway is now more than ever
Indispensable to that intimate and
ready intercommunication between our
eastern ana western seaboards de-
manded by the annexation of the Ha-
waiian Islands and the prospective ex.
pansion of our influence and commerce
In the Pacific, and that our national
ever calls for its control by this Gov
ernment are propositions which,
doubt not. the Congress will duly ap.
preciate ard wisely act upon.
The United States has not been an
Indifferent spectator of the extraordin-
ary events transpiring in the Chinese
empire, whereby portions Of its mari
time provinces are passing under the