The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-15
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brsfh This !, ,soyyernmsnt y aossn,ot mean TO
9enoe IN ~ single regard or 10 In
fringe a particle 1i,oh Cuba = essential
risht 70 real liberty and complete con-
troll OF It's own Affairs But n Is OBJ
vious that the cnited states cannot
be expected 10 grant 10 any people &C.
cupylng the position and relation ~
me Subags the privilege of contract
lng forckn relations which might en-
danger or supremacy in the Carrih-
hean Sea and would subject Us To the
consGOlt menace Of foreign entangle-
m'ht. Chicago Record.
Perhaps the empress will hc willing
itnd VIII see her way clear To cut off
hair as many heads as she has been
invited 10 do In the list To which she
mas taken exception. and I'm that case
u looks az this distance as though IL
would be judicious thing To- let il go
az that. Some examples must. no
. doubt. be made for the sake OF the
moral effect which IL is desirable to
bouIce. bHt certainly there IL no de-
sire; I'm THE United states. at least. for
bloody vengeance. Philadelphia In
quircr.
our demands are inhnitesimal com
pared 10 our expenditures Of blood
anu treasure. All the material sacri-
nee That Cuba is asked for is three
voaling stations. which request Is die
iated not by the desire OF conquest. but
to provide for us better facilities in
maintaining the American system that
bears tile name Of President MunrOe.
one OF the inspiring causes of our war
with Spain. Next, Cuba is asked not
10 sell or mortgage herself 20 any
Foreign power. Instead OF sacrifice.
that Is a bulwark of sclf-protection.'
New York Sun.
Senator Pettigrew. has occupied
more time on the floor OF the Senate
than all the rest of the senators put
together. according TO a Washington
correspondent He IL worse than the
late ignatius Dounelly used TO be when
he was member OF the Minnesota
Legislature. Yet all OF Mr.. Petit
Crews talking has been a sheer waste
Of time and an imposition on senator
ial courtesy. Los Angeles Herald.
-
"lincon's birthday received cell
ehration yesterday natural I'm a day
when the national power r. being as
serted as never before since he saved
the nation and established its right 10
govern the unwilling and assert its
supreme sovereignty. y.'-Philadelphia
Press.
we do not think any one will dis
pute the fact that Sarah Bcrnhardt
Is dramatic genius possibly the
grentcst OF her time Yet II would be
easier for genius To think herself a
man than to net and be- "a man. The
character OF L'Aigion Is eneminate.
but the weakling is haunted lay Napo-
leonic dreams. Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Possibly that halt I'm the conhrma-
tiun OF the army nominations is due
to an apprehension that when General
Funston finds out he has been turned
down 10 "A lieutenancy. while other Of
icers who have seen no lighting are 10
have generals commissions. he may
start at once to swim home and find
out why IL Is so ''-Pittsburg Dispatch
1T is To be hoped that the Judiciary
committee of the Senate I'm the Flfty-
sixth Congress Will take steps which,
although not Immediately nroductivc.
will point the WAY toward definite ac-
tion in the Fifty-scventh Congress.
The regulation or illegal trusts Is
great bg question. is growing bigger
daily and must OF certainty be met
I'm the near future. .-Mlnneapois
Times.