Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-08-30

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ing has srsnspired exec ihAt nhicl
he himself has original And b
has carried it through y IS far With
ont interruption. he nkerpsete.
the protocol with Sp6En contra
~ to its language aud frsmed th'
treaty of Paris according 81 bis ows
IDEAS. AMI he has aimee I'LL terpretss
bis powers npen his ov4 thsoxy q,
to what he was autho: zed to d.
He is the one person res nsihIs IL,
what has been done; aa' Il 81 81
opposed to what has ben done oui
chief duty 10 the overthrow OF th.
administration of who be is the
head.
Cites Premises e epha.
There has been put fd<th recent.
ly statement Of the cond ditions that
will be required Of tl& people OF
Cuba if they become independent.
They are to have no power to do.
clare war without the consent Of
the United States tbs United
States are to have the Reto power
over the legislation Of Cuba; the
United States are to have certain
well-dehned superyision over the
Cuban treasury; the United States
are to retain for period Of years,
if not infinitely, the fortiilcations
which command the pert Of Hay-
ana. How do these pr}visions &C.
cord with the promisek made the
people Of Cuba
Tbs troubles in China have been
aggravated and the missionaries aud
ambassadors of the various govern
ments have been put In peril by the
policy OF the United States. Is it
not true that in the Last ten years
there have been statements again
and again that il was the purpose
OF the various states Of Europe to
partition China ? When we enter
ed the Philippines it was an addi-
tional menace to the Chinese en-
pire and it has led 70 The revolu-
tion in China and pnt - missions
aries and ambsssga n pJnfof
their lives. Instead of being a for
tunate circumstance, the fact that
We were in the Philippines was the
chief occasion Of that revolution in
China.
| ask, is General Chaffee or Gen.
eral Grant to be put under the lead
Of o prince of the house Of Ger.
many. or, on the other hand, is the
government Of the United States to
take up itself the peril of allowing
one Of its officers to take command
ofthe troops Of England and France
and Germany and be responsible
for all the mistakes ? If we had
treated China in the month of June
as we would have treated Great
Britain under similar circumstan-
ces there would have been no peril.
II q rebellion should occur in Lon.
don and our minister there should
be in peril of his life would we send
q force mp the Thames river to bonn.
bard London? No; We would an.
peal to the different nations through
diplomatic channels before engag-
ing in q military undertaking.
Was it not o declaration of war
when We trained our guns upon the
citadels of the Chinese empire ?
Who authorized it? Under the
constitution congress alone can de-
Glare war. Can the chief magis-
trate make war in the absence of a
congressional declaration Of war |?
suppose IL l said anything in ex-
of the Chinese policy
someone at Washington or else
where would say that | had spoken
against my own country, but / want
10 say that the American people
will speak for liberty and for JUS
lice even though their words may
infiams the fires of liberty the world
over. China has always followed
The maxim, "Use that which is
thine own so as not to iniure 9TH
srs." That contains every provis-
ion Of the decalogue.
Chinese Policy Pointed 70.
Through centuries the Chinese
empire has gone ON, while Assyria
and Rome and Carthage have with
cred and died-died because they
took into their possession that to
which they had no right. 1t is to
such an entertainment that we are
invited; it is to such history as
these nations have made that our
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