The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-31
News ano Gossip Of Washington
BY IucIEN JULIEN WALKER.

nal, and Cuba's action regarding the
treaty submitted by this country for ap-
prevail, would cause no little apprehension
in the public mind.
There is danger Of an immediate inter-
ruption of diplomatic relations between
the United States and Colombia. The %.
robustness of the situation 10 fully apprs-
ciated by the State Department, as I au-
thoritatively learned today. The. Colon
bian government must now disavow the
recent course Of its minister here, DR..
Concha, respecting the treaty proposals.,
or risk the sending to him Of his pass-
port. In other words. 1t IN quite possbIe
that our government viii diplofhaticaily
send the Colombian minister home, as
was done by President Cleveland in the
case Of Sir Lionel Sackville-West, the
British minister. in 1ses, though for en-
tirely different reasons. Sir Lionel was
given his passport because OF his biund-
ering friendliness for the administration
his objectionable breach Of diplomatic
law. DR.. Concha may be sent away for
hostility to the plans Of the present ad.
ministration. and that would mean at the
least the suspension indefinitely Of the
friendly relations between Colombia and
the United States. This would be q good
thing II 1t resulted in the selection Of tho
Nicaragua route for the isthmian canal:
but It wouldn't mean that. Therefore the
rupture would be pleasing to the Gfeat
money power Of the country. since the
money power Is opposed to any canal
whatever.
. The trouble with Cuba IL more serious,
because II more seriously affects the home
interests of this country. All recent Wis
itors to Cube have borne witness to tho
growing dislike Of America and Ameri-
cans by the Cubans, who have to large
extent already forgotten our great sac
rifices In their behalf
1t is worse than useless now to discuss
the wisdom or unwisdom Of our little
war with Spain in behalf Of Cuban lib-
erty. In a moment Of temporary passion
the American people compelled Congress
to declS.e war, and so great was the
thirst for blood that even bread dealt out
in rations to the troops bore that tire
some savage cry. Remember the Maine"
But whatever the lack OF reason or GOOD
excuse for the war. 1t was and must re-
main a very costly one for this country.
Thousands Of lives and hundreds Of mil
lions of money were sacrificed to tres
Cuba" and in the Philippines the ma
tiona1 sacrifice Ii still going on without
any hope Of immediate ending.
Yet the Cubans forget. In their new
found liberty they do not prosper ma
terialy as they wish. and they are blan-
ing their nberators for the absence o.
prosperity. The blame may be just: but
1t looks much as IL a man to whom you
had given furnished house was blaming
you for not stocking his larder.
Reputable visitors to Cuba declare that
the mass Of the Cubans have come to
hate the name of Americans" That 10
serious II true. for 1t Is of the first neces-
sity that this country should exercise
some sort of supervision over the island.
II nothing else were at stake. We could
not permit Havana to again become the
breeding-place of yellow fever. There In
no yellow fever there now; there hasn't
been any for months. In the Southern
newspapers during the summer just closed
the name yellow fever was not even men
toned. The South has forgotten the I'M
seen foe that from first to last cost II q
hundred thousand lives and uhcountable
millions of treasure.
The old condition OF terror win never
return. because Cuba will not again be
allowed free trade in the exporta4fon Of
yellow fever
Ajoint resolution looking TO the annexa-
ton Of Cuba to the United States was
introduced during the last session Of Con-
gresa bp Senator ,Depew. ana It was
ridfculed BY the thoughtless and fauted
by the beet sugar trust. But when Con-
kress re-assembies in December II may
be at once confronted with Cuban
situation second only in gravity 70 the
declaration Of war against Spain.