Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-12-07

-.t,es TO the other powers. A salts
,,.+ory arrangement was concluded be-
..,.oan the governments of Germany
~ If England, by virtue of which
leland retired from Samoa in view
If compensations in other directions,
nd both powers renowned in favor
rho United States all their rights
~ claims over and in respect TO that
,,rtion of the group lying to the east
- the one Hundred and seventy-first
sasree of west longitude, embracing
the islands of Tutuila, 0foo, Olosenga,
and Nanua The president transmits
.o The senate a convention, which be-
si5as the provisions above mentioned
,lso guarantees us the same privileges
.rd conditions in respect to commerce
,D5 commercial vessels in all of the
Glands of Samoa as those possessed by
Germany. Claims have been preferred
by white residents of Samoa on ac-
cunt of injuries alleged to have been
suffered through the acts of the treaty
Governments in putting down the late
disturbances A convention has been
made between the three powers for
the Investigation and settlement of
these claims by a neutral arbitrator.
Cuba and Porto Rico.
The president is gratified to an
nounce that the treaty of peace has re-
stored friendly relations between
Snain and the United States. Effect
has been given to its most important
provisions The evacuation of Porto
Rico having already been accomplished
on the 18th of October, 1898, nothing
remained necessary there but to con-
tinue the provisional military control
of the island until the congress should
enact a suitable government for the
coded territory.
The withdrawal of the authority OF
Spain from the island of Cuba was eff
fected by the first of January, so that
the full establishment OF peace
found the relinQuished territory held
BIZ us in trust for the inhabitants,
maintaining, under the direction of the
executive, such government and con-
troll therein as should conserve public
order. restore the productive condi-
tons of peace so long disturbed by the
instability and disorder which pre-
vailed for the greater part of the pre-
ceding three decades, and build up that
tranquil development of the domestic
state whereby alone can be realized the
high purpose, as proclaimed in the
joint resolution adopted by the con-
gress on the 10Th of April, 1898, by
which the United States disclaimed
any disposition or intention to exercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control
over Cuba, except for the pacification
thereof, and asserted its determination
when that was accomplished to leave
the government and control of the
island to its people. The pledge con-
tanned in this resolution is of the high
est honorable obligation and must be
saCredy kept. The president believes
tnat substantial progress mas been
made in this direction. All the admin
iStratiye measures adopted in Cuba
existence by enforcing the supremacy
of law and justice; by placing wher-
ever practicable the machinery of adj
mlnistration in the hands OIL the inhab-
ltants, by instituting needed sanitary
reforms; by spreading education; by
fostering industry and trade; by in
culcating public morality, and, in
short by taking every rational step to
aid the Cuban people to attain to that
plane Of self-conscious respect and
seIt-reliant unity which nts an en-
lghtened community for selfgovern-
ment within its own sphere, while en-
abling it to fulfill all outward obliga
lions
This nation has assumed before the
world grave responsibility for the
future good government of Cuba. We
have accepted a trust, the fulfllment
OIL which calls for the sternest in
tegrity Of purpose and the exercise Ct
the highest wisdom. 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 destinies Of Cuba are
IN some rightful form and manner ir-
EeYooably linked with our own, but
no" and how far is for the future to
determine in the ripeness of events.
Whatever be the outcome, we must
BE. to it that free Cuba be a reality.
not d name a perfect entity, not a
nasty experiment bearing within itself
Ia" clements of failure Our mission,
Ia accomplish which we took up the
wages Of battle, is not to be fulfilled
aE turning adrift any loosely framed
CONN onwealth TO face the vicissitudes
which too often attend weaker states
whose natural wealth and abundant re-
sources are Offset by the incongruities
'. their political organization and the
tN+tr.ug occasions for internal rival
. 70 sap their strength and dissi-
PATE their energies The greatest