Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-09

enlargement undef just ana Dene'
hcent rule.
AS soon as we are in possession Of
Cuba and have pacifed the island II
will be necessary to give aid and di'
rectiOn to its people to form a gov
eminent for themselves. This should
be undertaken at the earliest moment
consistent with safety and assured sue
cess. 1t is important that our re-
latlons 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 fern 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
eminent. created by the people of Gu
ba, capable of performing all internal
Obligations and which shall encourage
thrift, industry and prosperity and
promote peace and good will among all
of the inhabitants, whatever may have
been their relations in the past. Mel
| Their revenge nor passion should have
/ place in the new GOvernTlrnt. Until
] there is complete tranquility in the
/ island and a stable Government in
/ augurated. military occupation will DC
| continued.
ON the 10th of September, 1897,
! conflict took place at Lattimer Pa,
! between a body of striking miners and
the Sheriff of Luzerne County and his
deputies in which twenty-five miners
( were killed and twelve of the wounded
were Austrian and Hungarian sub
iects. This deplOrable event naturally
aroused the solicitude of the Austro-
| Hungarian Government. which, on the
assumption that the killing and wound
ing involved the unjustifable misuse of
authority. claimed rcparation for the
sufferers. Apart from the searching
investigation and pcremptory action of
the authorities of Pennsylvania. the
Federal Executive took appropriate
steps to learn the merits of the urgent
complaint of Il friendly power. The
Sheriff and his deputies. having been
indicted for murder. were tried and
acquitted after prOtracted proceedings
and the hearing of hundreds of wit
nesses. on the ground that the killing
was in the line of their official duty to
uphold law and preserve public order
in the State. A representative of the
Department of Justice attended the
trial and reported its course fully.
With all the facts in its possession,
this Government expects to reach Il
harmonious understanding on the sub
iect 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 nj an early
features of hardship and discrimina-
ton. so as to admit live cattle under
lue regulation of their slaughter after
landing.
am hopeful. too. of favorable change
! i'm the Belgian treatment of our pre-
served and sailed meats. The growth
,, of direct trade between the two cOun-
tries. not alone for Belgian cOnsump-
tion and Belgian products. but by way
of transit from and to other Cont
mental states. has been both encourage
ing and beneficial
No effort will be spared to enlarge
Its advantages by seeking the removal
- of needless impedments and by ar
y rangements for increased commercial
exchanges
The Nicaragua Canal Commission,
/. miral John C. Walker appointed July
D "a 1897. under the authority of pro-
j vision in the Sundry Civil act of June
u 4 of that year, has nearly completed
70 its labors, and the results of its eX-
II haustive inquiry into the proper route,
the feasibility and the cost of con-
= structiOn of an interOceanic canal by
J. Nicaraguan route will be laid before
y you.
a Nevertheless it appears that the
u Government of Nicaragua. as one of
d its last sovereign acts before mcrg
q ing its powers in those of the newly
e formed United States of Central Ameri-
II ca. has granted an optional concession
to another association. to become ef-
Il fective on the expiration of the present
Il grant. 1t does not appear what sur
/ veys have been made or what route
- S proposed under the present conting-
!" mt grant: so that an examination Of
Il the feasibility of its plans is necessar-
20 ilv not embraced in the report of the
l. Canal Commission. All these circum-
Il stances suggest the urgency of some
II definite action by the Congress at this
II session. if the labors of the past are
TO he utilized and the linking of the
II Atlantic and the Pacific oceans by n
+. practical waterway is to be realized.
Pc That the construction OF such n mari
s. time highway is now more than ever
o Indispensable to that intimate and
ready intercommunicdtlun between our
A. eastern and western seaboards de-
d manded by the annexation of the Ha-
II waiian Islands and the prospective eX-
~ pansion of our influence and commerce
l. in the Pacific and that our national
n ever calls for its control by this Gov
Il eminent are propositions which,
ii doubt not, the Congress will duly APP
ia preciate and wisely act upon
N The United States has not been an
10 Indifferent spectator of the eXtraordn-
tt airy events uanspiring in the Chinese
Sc empire. whereby portions of its mari