The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-26
ARRIVE ON THE FLORIDA
MARSHAL BLANCO SAILS Fol;
SPAIN NEXT SUNDAY.
OINGLEY ON THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY
1t Applies to Philippines Only Under Military
Administration. urder Territorial
Government il Would be
Unconstitutional.

transport Florida arrived in front Of
| MORO Castle ut o'clock this morning
| took a pilot on board and proceeded. AT
: o'clock she arrived in front Of
Marianao beach
General Greene and his staff left the
| Hotel Inglaterra at e O'Clock this morn
| ing for Marianao in order to supcrintend
| the landing of the American troops
| there. Marshal Blanco. whose resigna-
ton as Captain General of Cuba has
| lust been accepted sails for Spain on
| Sunday next. He will be succeeded by
| General Jimnez CatellanOs, Il division
commander.
All four companies Of the Second rCgi-
| ment volunteer engineers, which arrived
on the Florida, landed by $50 O'Clock
at the Marianao wharf, with cOlors ny
| ing. They formed at the landing place
and marched to their camp, two miles
awag, filing past General GFcene and
| his staff, who, on horseback, reviewed
| the men as they passed. All the men,
! with the exception of five, who are still
! suffering from seaSickneSS, and were
| taken to the camp by train, were in line
and are all in good spirits and int for
| duty. One hundred and fifty Cubans,
! of General Menocal's division, were en-
| ployed in clearing the camp site, ana Dy
| II o'clock the tents were being pitched
! for the first American camp at havana
Auart from the few cases of sea-Slck-
ness, only two Of the 2S0 men VINO
landed from the Florida, are on the sick
list. Patrick Toohing is suffering from
dysentery and Theo. Leonard from a
/ disoeated knee cap. Both had thclr
present complaints when they left the
] United States The men were busy all
] the afternoon pitching camp ana hXlnS
/ tents The site selected for the camp
is excellent. on high ground and wei
supplied with water. The men have ar
rived with only heavy underwear, wooden
| blouses and cloth breeches, which are
very irving under the sc0rching sun OF
! the sea coast. The medical staff CON
| siders il urgently necessary that Khaki
uniforms be sent at once for the com
| fort of the men.
| The Spanish evacuation commissioners
to-day delivered a note announcing me
complete evacuation OF the Holguln Ill
| vision.
] Owing to his expected early departure
! Captain General Blanco was asked by
The United States evacuation conIhls-
sioners to-day to appoint a day ana
hour when they can visit him at the
palace to say farewell.
DINGLEY ON THE open DOOR
Washington. Nov. 23.-Chairman
! Dingley, of the Ways and Means Coill-
mittee, in an interview with star re-
porter to-day, explained the term open
i door" policy, as applied to the future
commerce of the Philippines IN case 'he!
! Should be acquired by the United States.
..T,hp phrase. open door policy, which
' is now being talked about so much III
the newspapers. said Mr.. Dingley,
means simply equality of treatment and
not free trade. AS applied TO the de
ps ndency Of a country it simply means
! that imports from all countries are to
| he admitted on the same terms as I'M
ports from the mother country. AS ap-
nIied to the PHILIPPINES it would mean
that imports from Great Britain and all
! other foreign countries are to be admit
! fed at the same rates of duty as imports
J from the United States.
! "Of course this policy could not be APP
plicd to the Philippines if they should
he admitted into the Union with terrl-
torial form of government. because the
+, Constitution provides that duties shall
I he uniform within the United States.
unless there should be an amendment to
the Constitution permitting this.
.Whcther it would be possible to APP
ply this policy to the Philippines after
I they should become a part of the terri
tory of the United States under that
provision of the Constitution which au-
th0riZeS Congress to make needful rules
and regulations respecting the territory
or other property of the United States,
| am not prepared to say. 1t is notice
able however that in the resolution pro-
viding for the anne Xation of Hawaii,
passed at the last session of Congress,
il was provided that the Hawaiian tariff
should continue in force until Congress
should otherwise determine.
at is to be borne in mind. however,
that the present talk about an open
door policy for the Philippines is intend
ed to apply entirely to those islands
while under military administra ton.
which would be permissible, and not to
apply to those islands after they shall
have been formally recognized as part
Of the United States.
'"Of course it would be competent for
the Paris commissioners to incorporate |
in the treaty with Spain provision |
granting of Spanish imports into the |
Philippine equality of trel tment with |
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