The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-21
URGES CONGRESS
TO KEEP FAITH.
President Roosevelt Sends Special Message to That
Body Regarding Reciprocity with Cuba-Asks
That Special Concessions Be Granted

ket should be controlled by American
producers.
An Equitable Arrangement.
"The events following the war with
| Spain, and the prospective building OF the
isthmian canal, render II certain that We
must take in the future far greater inter
| est than hitherto in what happens through
| out the West Indies. Central America end
| the adjacent coasts and waters. We expect
| Cuba to treat Us on an exceptional footing
| politically, and We should put her In the
same exceptional position economically.
The proposed action Is In line With the
| course we have pursued as regards all the
Islands with which we have been brought
into relations of varying intimacy by the
Spanish war. Porto Rico and Hawaii have
been included within our tariff lines. to
their great benefit as we'll as ours. and with
out any Of the feared detrinent to our own
Industries. The Philippines. which stand In
different relation. have been granted sub
stantlal tariff concessions.
Asks for Special Concessions.
.Cuba is an independent republic. but
republic which has assumed certain special
obligations as regards her international po-
sition In compliance with our request. i ask
for her certain special economic conces-
sons in return: these economic concessions
to beneft US as well as her There are few
brighter pages In American history than
the page which tells OF our dealings with
Cuba during the past four years. On her
behalf we waged a war of which the main
spring was generous Indignation against
oppression and we have kept faith absolute
ly. 1t is earnestly to be hoped that We will
complete In the same spirit the reoordtso
we'll begun, and show In our dealings with
Cuba that steady continuity Of policy which
II is essential for our nation to establish
In foreign affairs II We desire to play we'll
our part as a world-power.
feed.
The Strong Should Help the Weak.
I'VE are a wealthy and powerful ma
ton: Cuba is young republic, still
weak, who owes to US her birth, whose
whole future, whose very life must de-
pend or our attitude towards her. ask
that we help her as she struggles up
wards along the painful and difficult
road az selt-governing independence. I
ask this aid for her. because she is weak,
Because she needs IL. because We have
already AIDED her. l ask that open-hand-
et e42V. o: kind which a self-respectins
Sss7-s cAn accept, be given to Cuba, Tor
sAs re-T reason that We have given her
Sub stl2 N the past Our soldiers
s.szsa1 20 give her freedom, and for three
Etl-s sE- representatives. civil and mill
.Lry sGys ssEiei INCREASINGLY. facing dis
tIts u q peculiarly sinister and 1atai
lFE~ with patient and accompanying
cs--tsUts 20 teach her how to use aright
-s- EeW LEc%1Om. never III Hiotoiy mas
I-r allen country been thus administered
vs.s s-eA high integrity of purpose. sucn
wise Judgment and such a single-handeo
.+T7ticn 20 the country's interests. NOW
q ask that the Cubans be given all pos
s.ose csance to use to the best advantage
re freedom of which Americans have
s--ch tight to be proud. and for which
SO many American lives have been sacri-
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House. June IL. 1907
Eject of the Message.
Washington, June 1.-THE presi-
dents reciprocity message gave sena-
tors live topic of conversation, put
so far as is yet apparent there Is no
change in the situation. There was
disposition on the part of the leaders
on both sides of the controversy to
claim when speaking publicly some ad-
vantage from the message. The
straight reciprocity men urged that
the effect would be to cause at least
some of the beet sugar republicans to
abandon their opposition. They con-
tended that many of them had misun-
derstood the attitude of the president,
and now that this had been made clear
there could be no longer excuse Tor
opposing straight reciprocity meas
ures. The message, they argued,
would clear the atmosphere, render
the presidents attitude unmistakable'
and therefore bring opponents within
the party face to face with the fact
that in continuing their opposition
they are antagonizing the official head
of the party.