The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-18
OFFICIAL SYMPATHY.

A correspondent expresses doubt as
to whether any American president ever
expressed sympathy for weaker peo-
pies struggling for their national indie
pendence against an imperial power"
and wants to know what president or
what political party has ever shown
such a disposition to NEEDLE in foreign
affairs?"
Presidential candidates have been
elected repeatedly on platforms ex-
pressing such sentiments. Time and
again the righteousness of the Cuban
cause was asserted in party platforms
and the rights of the Cubans to indie
pendence was declared. not only in
platforms but in inaugural addresses.
The cause of the Texans was COM
mended by President Polk and their in
dependence was recognized. In the
struggle of the South American repub-
lies for freedom, national leaders, vari-
Gus presidents and congress itself ex-
pressed sympathy and offered aid and
encoura cement in their wars for indie
pendence. In the struggle of the
Greeks our officials did not hesitate to
avow their sympathies for the weaker
people and for the Armenians in their
efforts to repeal the Turks.
President Monroe, in his message to
congress in December. 1898. expressed
himself in favor of the Greeks and
showed an American contempt for the
Turks who, by the way, are the only
English sympathizers on the continent
III the present conflict in South Africa.
President Monroe said:
"a strong hope has been long enter
tanned. founded on their heroic strug-
gle, that they would succeed in their
contest and preserve their equal sta
tion among the nations of the earth 1t
is believed that the whole civilized
world takes a deep interest in their
welfare. Although no power has de-
clared in their favor, yet none. accord
ing to our information, has taken part
against them. Their cause and their
name have protected them from dan
gers which might ere this have over
whelmed any other people. The ordi-
nary calculations of interest and of &C.
QUESTION which mingle so much in the
transactions of nations seem to have
had no effect in regard to them. From
the facts which have come to our
knowledge there is good cause to be-
lieve that their enemy has lost forever
all dominion over them.
President John Quincy Adams, in hif
message of December, 1926, said: "Tht
heroic struggles of the Greeks. in which
our warmest sympathies as freemer
and Christians have been engaged
have continued to be maintained witt
varying results, adverse and favor
able" In December, 1927, Presiden
Adams addressed congress: THE sym
pathies which the people and govern
ment of the United States have 81
warmly INDUCED with their cause have
been acknowledged by their govern
ment in a letter of thanks which
have received from their illustriou
president"
These were the first official expires
sions favorable to the independence o
struggling nations. In regard to tn
wars of the South American republics
in the case of Kossuth and his May
CARS, in the struggle Of the Poles, il
the trials OF Finland. equally heart.
expressions of sympathy and encour
agement were uttered by our president
and national leaders.
1t is instructive TO read the utter
ances of presidents and congresses i
the past in reference to battles wage
for the right of peoples to self gov
ermnent, hut humiliating to contras
them with the quaking attitude of tn
Tories in power at Washington TO-DAY
when two Dutch republics Of Sout
Africa are threatened with extermina
ton by the same power that twice trie
TO crush our own people and our ow
republic
The only things that have been don
so far, with the approval of the ad
ministration, are to vilify all VINO ex
press friendship for the little republics
to sell mules and munitions of war I
the British. to distribute money anon
English prisoners at Pretoria at SEE
rotary Hays request, and to maintai
a cold reserve whenever appeals fror
the Beers have been made TO this gov
eminent.
whiths. is the old ship drifting?