Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-06

the full ACCOMPLISHMENT of peace found
| the rclinquishei territory held by US
in trust for TIL" Inhabitants. maintain
ing under .hc direction OF the cXacutive
such government and control therein
as should conserve public order. restore
| the productive conditions OF peace so
! long disturbed by the instability and
1 disorder which prevailed for the great
er part Of the preceding 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 Congress on tho 10Th of
! April. 1898, by which the United sta ties
lisclaimed any disposition or intention
| to exercise sovereignty. jurisdiction. or
| control over Cuba. except for the pac-
| ification thereof and asserted it's deter
| ninat tor when that was accomplished
70 leave the government and control
Of TIL" iisand to its people
PLEDGE MUST BE. KEPT.
| The pledge contained in this resolu-
| ton is of the highest honorable obliga-
ton and must be sacredly kept.
| II Deliev" that substantial progress
! i;as De"n made in this direction. All
| The administrative measures adopted
| in CGha have aimed to fit it COR q re-
| generated existence by enforcing the
supremacy Of law and Justice. by plac-
ing wherever practicable the lnachin-
| cry of administration in the hands of
|
sanitary reforms: by spreading educa-
| ton: by fostering industry and trade;
| 10y intoxicating public morality and, in
| short by taking every rational step to
AID the Cuban people to attain to chat
plane of Self-conscious respect and self
| reliant unity which fits an enlightened
! community for self-goEernnent within
its own sphere. while enabling it to
| iulGl all outward obligations.
| This nation has assumed before the
~ fr,.
| ture good government Of Cuba. We
| have accepted trust the fultillinent of
| which calls for the stringent integrity of
| purpose and the exercise OF the high
est wisdom. The new Cub, yet to arise
| from the ashes of the past must needs
be bound to us by ties Of singular in
| ti1n:lcy and strength if its enduring
welfare is 70 be assured. Whether
those ties shall be organic or conven-.
| sional. the destinies OF Cuba. are in
| some rightful form and manner ire
vocably linked with our own but how
| and how far is for the future TO deter
mine in the ripeness of events. What
| ever be the outcome we must see to it
! that Tree Cuba be a reality. not name.
| q perfect entity. not u haSty expert
m.n. bearing within itself the elements
OF failure. Our mission, 10 accomplish
! which we took UP the wager Of battle,
is; not /" be fulfilled BY turning adrift
| any loosely framed commonwealth to
|
attend weaker states whose natural
| Wealth and abundant resources are
| olTS"; BY the ncongruities Of their po-
ltiral organization and the recurring
| occasions for internal rivalries to sap
their strength and dissipate their ener-
gics. The Greatest blessing which can
! come to Cuba is the restoration of her
| agricultural and industrial prosperity,
Which will give employment TO idle
men and re-establish the pursuits Of
peace This is her chief and immediate
need.
THE CUBAN CENSUS.
''on the 18th Of August last an order
Was made for the taking Of the census
III the island 10 be completed on the
Goth of November. BY the treaty Of
peace the Spanish people on the island
have until April II. 1900, to elect wheth-
err they will remain citizens of Spain or
become citizens of Cuba. Until then it
cannot be definitely ascertaired who
shall be entitled to participate in the
II. formation of the government Of Cuba.
BY that time the results of the census
VIII have been tebulated and we shall
procccd to provide for elections which
Will commit the municipal govern
ments of the island TO the officers elect
ed by the people. The experience thus
acquired will prove Of great value in
the formation OF a representative con-
vcntion of the people to draft a consti-
. tuition and establish a, general system
Of independent government for the is
land. IN the meantime. and so long as
we exercise control over the island. 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 Indian islands
under treaties of reciprocity which
shall be made"
In the Turkish empire the situation
! Of ou, citizens remains satisfactory.
/ The arbitrary treatment in some in