The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
UNITED STATES MISUNDERSTANDING.

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United STATES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Enccts of the spanish American
War on the World.
BY. PAULINE lNEZ BuCk.J
IL seems rather early TO estimate ths
ultimate effects OF our late war with Spain
since so much remains to be settled. /,
I many vital questions are vet to he au-
swercd, so many problems sill await soiu.
tion' fot the war is eiided--surely ii mas
| LETT many tokens to guide the mind in
pfopneey, bcsiues the poet assures us that
coming events cast tneiir shadows besorc.,'
Let us then by the aid OF retrospeceon,
philosophy ana prophecy look into the past.
present and future and read the FIAT OF
| iaee.
| when on April Is last congress declared
state OF war TO exist between tnis coan-
| tly and Span, noW many minis ss.s,.speIi
| the si,usttiva IN lis true s4sni,la,uce. INV
many pnrnnlng people saw laat the CRISIS
was one tnIuagn .Msiaoa not paiy ualiortan-
ate lu1a, penisnv.l opatn and VICTORIOUS
Amerlsa were III De eternaiiy a1lesIed, out
tnat uei1 mliii0Iis Oh alrheilei llseS Iii LIE
lar East were destined tnrousa res pioouy
pottai 10 9llmpse the dawp vi cfylii1aG.ou
i1eli The pfopapinties awaiting tue 4 Nal
ip,ines couu at tnat GATE nave read on
uestinys page the lnu-hoie elidI IaAc tho
commerce oil the e.yliizeu world Tor al
ages would he revontioniaed?
Une OF our great men has said: DUTY
determines desliny.
1helr duty, as sem by the American
people, must determine. not only their
own, but the destiny Oh m.iiIons OF hum
bic. 0owntrodden human BEINGS. 10 taNc
the Philippines, lot Instance. Inc fortunes
Gu war have o. J,lsnl Us into contacC with
thsse unfoTtunutes; 1t now becomes our
duty to guide lhem in the paths OF govern
ment, INDUSTRY and ieanning. Whether the
Philippines are annexed or not. thar future
is ntertwined with ours. Our armies
must remain on their shores lor several
years. if not permanently and taese years
If wisely employed vlu prove the dawnlng
of a new existence TO t1e quiet, kindly
peopia who. lerttolore, have known only
the tyrants gasp
With American schools and churches.
American INDUSTRY ANA thrift 70 s;uIde and
guard him, the tAat1no should be happy
man. He Is said 10 be very tractabie, and
since his home is land OF untold re-
sources, which, thanks 10 Spanish sover-
eighty, are almost entirely undeveloped,
is II not reasonable to affirm that the PM
ippines will become u power in the COM
mercal world9 That virtue IS it's own
reward" may be pleasantly demonstrated
when this happy day comes. The 5.0UO.-
900 British colonists In Australia are said
to exchange annually about s25O,OOo.0Oo
worth OF goods with the mother country.
Can we not read potent OF the future
in this example, in the benefits which must
accrue to America when Afr colon3sts nave
peoped the islands of @e Paciiic, CUBA
and Porto Rico.
In this connection 1t is we'll TO touch
upon the commercial Importance of Cuba.
Robbed and tortured as tht Pearl OF the
Antilles" has been Tor more than Il hun
bred years. 1t is difficult just now to form
a correct estimate of her capacity in the
sugar. coffee and tobacco industries. but
de richness OF hsr soil. the snitabeness
of her climate for the growth of these
staples are second to none. we all know
Statistics show that. Early IN this cen
fury Cuba produced s0,0Oo,O0 pounds OF
coffee In SINGLE year.
Though almost hh' last coffee plantation
Is destroyed today, with the return OF pros
perity ami the stimulus of American en-
terplise this figure may be doubled Within
the next five years. AS to sugar, one
writer predicts that within the next four
wears tlh,e production of sugar In Cuba and
Porto Rico will reach 1,500,00 tons.
But we must pass from dry statistics 10
other more Interesting though scarcely
more vits1 matters
The anneXatism of Hawaii Is IL direct
result of the war Though taere had been
warm advocates of annexation, the presi- /
3ent of Hawaii even WISHING America early |
this year in the cause of the protest the |
was bitter and determined, The |
war proved, however. that we need STRAIT
agic outpozt in the Pacific. 20 Hawai- was !
whether we were wise Nm this instaucr !
IL is scarcely passible at present to tell. .
We all know that the Sandwich Islands |
arc a yerltrable paradise IA climate. yege- |
ation and scenery, but the fatal malady.
eprcsy. abounds in the sunny cline VIII
,ne of the effects of the war prove me
spread of lprosy In our beloved !aaa2 |
Heaven foIbsd!
From the West Indies. however, to
Hawaii is a long Journey especially y
me gees via Cape Horn. Perhaps should
ave taken time and circumstance by ne
lore,ock and taken the route which The
var has shi;wn to be INDISPENSABLE and IN
Nicaragua canal.
For tw,enty-hve or more years the United
;ts,tes has considered the project ci build
ng canal across the Isthmss 81 Panama
n some adjacent region, but tho dinlcuit'to
we're 10 great that no definite spsps were
aiken.
Tiee IA 900 mile trip OF The Oregon dem
rstratrd tho nepcgsity-ihc imperative
lssd for this canal So TIRE fiat has gone
orth. The canal must be built, REGARD
ess OF difficulties, regardless OF cost, Win
n few years oil me mos WV NepAN'"
hemisphere will be severed. The North from
te South by the waterway cut through
Nicaragua Central America
Whst the Suez canal IL 10 the east the
Nicaragua win be to the West. saving
rf miles Of distance In travel.
acllitat5ng tbs interchange OF commeree
,etween the peoples Of the Two hemls
heres, and, spealripg patrioticaily greatly
rompting coast defense in ms country N
:mfs of turbulence and strife.
Truly the canal will be master stroke
I policy en- tie part OF this government
nd u boom 10 the civilized world at large.
md to enterprislng America VII belong
be glory Of carrying out the enterprises.
In the accomplishing. gigantic
l It's Influence ON commercial interest.
There II one effect OF the war whtcu
.mer.cars are noticing very keeniy, viz,
be !nnreared respect ia which We, as
,auion are NOW held BY Foreigners ~ geif-
All Hssefofars democratic America ms
zen ras,pr endured tan admired by y
,onsrcsical Governments ~ be I'D wsr'd
u with the frs gun fired by pewsy's
on stiffness inc change Her importance
essn TO BE- rec6eaissd. uetii today our I