The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-27

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tho amendment WHICH 'no ~rua'" committee"
m Relations with ,Ihl proposes Go attach
to the Amy Appropriation hil \r"sIo"
- the stirula',on- suggested Will demon.
.trate that mo- cuban patriot can object t'
them. provided he simply dr-lrr@ The safety
and prosperity of the island, ami hd- ~"
secret spollauyc designs 10 further
Ry the amcnimcn' named ~" President
l. authorized 30 leave no management 1"i
control IT the Island Of cuba 10 IT. p.or|"
30 soon A. q Government shall haN" been
established therein under a Constitution
which. either n 4 part thereof. or IN any
ordinance appended thereto hy Oh" CON
sttutional Convention, shall deiIn" th"
future relation, Of the United states with
cuba In accordance with eight designated
conditions The first of these conditions
runs as follows: The Government OF cuba
shall never enter into any treaty or other
compact with any foreign Power or Powers
which will impair, or tend TO impair, th"
independcnCe of cuba, nett her shall II In
any manner authorize or permit any foreign
Power or Powers to obtain 10y colonization
or for military or naval urpo-cs or other
wise lodserl"ut In .r control over any por-
ton 81 said island b imposing this
stipulation upon Cuba we simply main
tain the position which our state Depart
ment has taken for three-quarter- Of q
century. Over and over again our Federal
Government la- declared in diplomatic
language thai il wuuil regard the trans
fer Of the island by spain 10 any other
European Power a. a hostile act. W"
cannot reasonably he expected 10 permit
liberated Cuba to DO that which We pro-
hIbited her Spanish opicr-,or from doing.
cur Federal Government ha, also insisted
for very many years that with the fate OF
Cuba the Inhabitants of the island, Spain
and the United States were exclusively
concerned. Both Great Britain and France
refused TO recognize this claim until 1875.
when the former Power practically ac-
ouiesced in II, while the latter Power re-
Trained from any overt protest against our
enforcement OF It. We need not say that
the claim was a logical outcome Of the
Monroe Doctrine, a doctrine that Cuba,
which. so far as her native resources are
concerned, will be one of the least defen-
sibls OF the Latin-AmeriCan common
wealths. cannot afford To ~repudiate.
Equally conducive to the permanent
welfare OF Cuba Is the provision that It's
independent Government shall not assume
or contract any public debt, to pay the
interest upon which and TO make reasonable
sinking-fund provision for the ultimate
discharge Of which the ordinary revenues
OF the island, after defraying the current ey-
penses Of government. shall be inadequate.
This stipulation will not preclude the Cuban
Government fro paying the bonds issued
for the prosecution Of the last insurrection,
unless the total amount of those bonds has
been grossly u%nderrated; neither will 1t
curing, in the form Of loans, funds suf1-
Gent. II honestly expended, for the improve
ment Of internal communications and q
educational facilities and for sanitary
purposes. The provision will prevent,
however, dishonest persons, should any
such acquire temporarily control OF the
insular Government, from assuming any
part Of the so-called Cuban bonds issued
nv Spain on the security Of the islands
revenues, an act which conceivably they
might be tempted 10y brides 10 commit; ii
will also prevent sclf-seckiuE or short
sighted persons from overlooking Cuba
with new foreign loans. the interest and
sinking fund Of which could not be pro-
videl for without eNhau-ting TO a large
extent tho islands revenues. Experience
has shown that. should loans. dispropor-
toned Ia the islands resources be pro-
cured In Europe, "A failure 10 discharge the
Interest would only be a question Of time,
wnercupon cuba would be exposed 10 the
coercion Of which Egypt i "A victim. and
with which Portugal at this moment l.,
threatened hy trance.
On both specific ana general grounds
4 there Is ample justification for the third
provision, that TIA" Government of cuba
shall consent that the United state, may
exercise the right TO intervene for he pres
ervation OF Cuban Independence, the main
tenance OF a Government adequate for the
protection Of life. property and Indivii-
ual liberty. and Tor d~i~charging the L.
cations with respect 10 Cuba imposed iy
the Treaty ~ Paris on the United Sta'r>.
now 70 be assumed and undertaken 10y the
Government of Cuba. We cannot. in
honor, hold ourselves absolved from those