New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
rHE DUTY OF THE REPUBLIC.
.ur ABOLITION OF ANARCHY IN CUBA
FORCED UPON THIS COUNTRY.

I'm the burden of action upon Congress- K be-
u the duty OF every citizen 70 ask himself dis
ss..,onately II present conditions Will justify a
undertaken by the United States to secure
- and a stable government In Cuba: and hav-
- come 10 conclusion, il is his further duty to
~. ,sss his views upon his immediate Congresson-
:, representative who must only be too glad TO
the responsibility for his action with his con-
c.,uents
Gaming TO my conclusions. have considered the
..c. that wars are Of two kinds: First those born
:, racial antagonism. and waged for conquest or
.,eeance undertaken for personal consdera-
lions incident TO actual supposed dynastic in
.s,ess or waged for the purpose Of Gripping an
o,her Power with reference 10 future development;
.scond those undertaken to accomplish results in
che interest OF civilization.
Under the first head come most OF the wars waged
IN Continental Europe among civilized States. with
., resultant advantage TO civilization at large. or
,hIs character was the Franco Prusslan war OF
,sn and also the Crimean war. In the second
category would our own Civil War from
which sprang a great united and free peope-a
result that could have been accomplished In no
o,her way In the same class would come the little
vars Of England during the last twenty thirty
GEARS IN each carrying the banner OF civilizl
lion one step further into the dark corners OF the
Garth Under which head would the verdict OF
history class the war between Spain and the United
s.o,es waved to free Cuba from the worn out
domination OF SPAIN
SPANS COLONIAL EMPIRE
To appreciate present conditions must strike
deep into the past. The colonial empire Of Spain
began four hundred years ago. 1t came to her as
an accident. in way the result OF tho genius ~
b.r own people bu. as the slit OF a stranger.
italian The nearly coinc.dental invention Of frc-
arms made the barbarous nations Of the New
World an easy conquest. and Spoin's first exploit
was to exteru,inate within fifty years Of her first
appearance IN this hemisphere, the entire inoTen-
s,ye peaceful native Cuban race. amounting 10
about half million OF people. Then 1t was that
she established her colonial system. based on the
medieval principle that colonies existed solely for
the material advantage Of the mother country
And 70 that theory Of development in the face OF
the enlightened experience Of other countries. she
has pers!stently cuns TO the present time. With
the extraordinary growth Of International COM
merce and communication the world now appre-
ciates as never before. that colonies are in the
nature OF trust estate. to DO coni'ded only TO
those who can and will administer tho trust In the
interest Of civilization. That Spain has grossly
r!snanaged the estate Is admitted Throughout. the
world. Hence her appeal to even imperial and
monarchical Europe falls upon dull ears. Platonic
sympathy, born OF general similarity OF institu-
tons is all sho has received or can expect Win
her small armies OF rapacous ana cofrup forca
against defenceless native popuaioh. noS.! VI
her own race she has sown the wind OF a righteous
Indignation and now reaps the whirlwInd OF JusV-
del rebellion. -
The death knell Of Spanish sovereignty having
sounded in the Western hemisphere, who Is there
but the United States to bring order ont OF me
chaos that has resulted from the impossible rea,
S S1Ss! which have grown up Os'~ee" 'pAl" a".
The so-called conservative element answers that
Il is none of our business. Does not this attltude
indicate but feeble appreciation OF what is now
eakinR place the world under our very eyes :
world which We are npssd by the und s ,ne
that Cuba Is geographically strsegicaIy ana eco, co
Is our Republic endures viii always remain So
whether we like II or not, And II we are prepared 70
90 ore wH Cuba au W IN donbess
whatever may be the Intervening political stages
sy present S osr B%
this garden spot Of the world to be hampered by
T ~ ec CONSERVATIVES viii undoubtedly answer that
and South America this doctrine Will lead TO an
Stes the ana fepy Is that must rely upon
good OF our people 20 act upon eacn case az
Cuba alone whose condition menaces our own
peace and prosperity In our prop3sed ~
Treland because with her worldwide experience
under similar conditions notably IN Egyp,, r sne
;mDoses upon US and upon us alone. the burden OF
fulfilling what she recognizes as an oDhgaton 10
civilization.
"A
Should events subsequent 10 our Intervention
,rov. the impossibility OF restoring order short OF
eorne form Of annexation-and such is most likely
70 be the case-then, acting In accordance WIN
such requirements the situation may develop
we must be prepared manful'y TO accept also 'hat
responsibility. just az any other nrstciass cN]eu
Power would do under like conditions. In such an
undertaking we would have the cooperation OF the
vast majority OF the propertyhold class IN Cupa
Spaniards and Cubans alike. who can look Only
with apprehension upon the turning oyer OF ,lG
island 10 elements that would presumably conuo
upon the withdrawal OF Spain That phase OF the
question must howsver be ieft 20, ,hs g hand
shoun the development Of events Pr1e sn al tn or
out the regeneration Of their own country then by
ali means give them chance - .1,,.. -,
war must com. as re resuM Q, our p% wI he
that Il was just and Necessary wy 70 ACCOM- cT,d
s b for siea4es IN no or the
rnent IL is the honor" o. Spain on the ore SIDE
according 70 the drerent types Of mind that WIZ
serve as the melting causes OF ne Wal, u va.
viction Of the world at large that Spain has ex-
haus,ed her ever-feeble mandate as FACTOR IN olr
moved from her unjust Stewardship continually
and disssrously affecting. as 1t does, the materai
taly that OF the res: Of the civilized world In our
MaG1s Of 1851 ,5s shsT as mat IS
s there are TIRES when IL must be also appeaIc'
TO IN international affairs. ,...,.. l. ..,, ,,o
result o, any act % ours but for the cure Of which
We are morally responsible before the worId, ana
certainly there never was an occasion when me
dictates Of humanity civilization and enlgntened
sef-intersst combined cast upon nation a re-
sponsbllity for decisive action such as We arc
confronted with in the impending crisis ,.r,,-
let Congress then authorize the President iorcl,
bly, 20 intervene az once and compel the WITHDRAWN
Of Spain. Then let provisional protectorate over
Cuba be established. After tina; our policy must
be guided by events. The consular reports snow
s. J.. PARRISH.
NewYork. April 49, 1898
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