Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-06

administrative measures adopted in Gu
ba have aimed to fit it for a regenerated
existence by enforcing the supremacy of
law and justice by placing wherever
practicable the machinery of admin
lstration in the hands of the inhabitants
by instituting needed sanitary reforms,
by spreading education by fostering in
dustry and trade, by intoxicating public
morality and, in short, by taking every
rational step to aid the Cuban people to
attain to that place of self conscious re-
spect and self reliant unity which fits
an enlightened community for self gov
eminent within it's own sphere, while en-
abling it to fulfill all outward obliga-
tons.
AN OBLIGATION ASSUMED.
"This nation has assumed before the
world Il grave responsibility for the flu
ture good government of Cuba. We have
accepted Il trust the fuiillment of which
calls for the sternest integrity of pur-
pose and the exercise of the highest wis
dom. The new Cuba yet to arise from
the ashes of the past must needs be
bound to us by ties of singular intimacy
and strength if its enduring welfare is to
be assured. Whether those ties shall be
organic or conventional, the destinics of
Cuba are in some rghtful form and man
ner irrevocaby linked with our own, but
how and how far is for the future to de-
termine in the ripeness of events. What
ever be the outcome, we must see to it
tnat free Cuba be Il reality, not a name,
perfect entity, not a hasty experiment,
bearing within itself the clements of fail.
ure. Our mission, to accomplish which
we took up the wage of battle, is not
to be fulfilled by turning adrift any loose.
ly framed commonwealth to face the
vicissitudes which too often attend weak.
or states whose natural wealth and
abundant resources are offset by the i'll
congruities of their political organzn-
ton and the recurring occasions for in.
ternal rivalries to sap their strength and
disSipate their energies. Ihe greatest
blessing which can come to Cuba is the
restoration of her agricultural and i'll
dnstrial prosperity, which will give en-
ployment to idle men and reeStabiSh
the pursuits of peace. This is her chief
and immediate need.
"On the 10th day of August last an or
der was made for the taking of the CEN
sus in the island, to be completed OH the
3Oth of November. BY the treaty of
peace the Spanish people on the island
have until April II, 1900, to elect whether
they will remain citizens of Spain or be-
come citizens of Cuba. Until then it cam
not be definitely ascertained who shall be
entitled to participate in the formation of
the government of Cuba. BY that time
the results of the census will have been
tabulatcd, and we shall proceed to pro-
wiz f,r oil hich will commit thn
municipal governments of the island to
the officers elected by the people. The
experience thus acquired will prove of
great value in the formation of repre-
sentative convention of the people to
draft constitution and establish gen
eral system of independent government
for the island. In the meantime, and so
long as we exercise control over the is
land. the products of Cuba should have a
market in the United States on as good
terms and with as favorable rates of
duty as are given to the West India is
lands under treaties of reciprocity which
shall be made.
AID TO THE DESTITUTE.
"For the relief of the distressed in the
island of Cuba the war department has
issued supplies to destitute persons
through the officers of the army which
have amounted to 5.493, 900 rations, at Il
cost of S1417, 55407.
"'ro promote the disarmament of the
Cuban volunteer army, and in the inter
est of public peace and the welfare of the
ncople, the sum of S15 was paid to each
| Cuban soldier borne upon the authenti-
| Gated rolls, on condition that he should de-
| nosit his arms with the authorities desig
mated bv the United States. The sum thus
| disburspd aggregated SOD 100. which
was paid from the emergency fund pro
vidrd by the act of Jan. 5, 1899, for that
| purpose.
"Out of the Cuban island revenues
| during the six months ending June 30
| 1899. SLIP 014.20 was expended fol
sanitation. S2o3. SS1.70 for charities anC
| hospitals and $SS,944.03 for aid to the
| destitute.
"Thr international commission or arh
| tration appointed under the AngIo-Nen
| czuclan treaty of 1897 rendered an aware
ON oct. 3 last whereby the boundary line
hctwccn Venezuela and British Gnlanf
is dot crmined, thus ending a controversy
which had existed for the greater part OF
| the century. The award, as to which the
| orbitrators were unanimous. while MOI
| meeting the extreme contention of either
marty. gives to Great Britain a largo
! share of the interior territory in dispute
and 10 Venezuela tho entire mouth of the
| Orinoco. including Barima point and thu
| Caribbean littOral for some distance t.
tbe eastward. The decision appears t.
be equally satisfactory to both parties.
| "VcneZuela has once more undergone
| ravo'ution. The insurgents under Gen
cral Castro, after a sangninary engage
mcnt in which they suffered much loss
rallied in the mountainous interior AM
| advanced toward the capital. The bull
of the army having sided with the move
| meut President Andrade quilted Cara
| Gas where General Castro set up pro
'-isiornl government. with which our min
t,ter and, the representatives of othe
powers entered into diplomatic relations
on the Doth of November, 1899"
ANOTHER TRADE CONFERENCE.
Reyew;.g the increase of trade brought
about by the efforts of the state depart
ment to keep in touch with the govern
meut of the LATIN American republlcS Ill
| South and Central America, President
.IcKinley thinks it eXpedient that the
various republics should be invited to
hold at an early date another conference
in capital of one of the countries Other
than the United States and in this con
nccton refers to the Pan-American expo
sition to be held on the Niagara frontier
in New York in the year 1901 and says
Satisfactory assurances have already
been given by the diplomatic representa-
tives of Great Britain, Mexico, the
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