The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24
The President Reviews a Regiment OF
canadian Troops.
AND TAKES A SAIL ON CANADIAN WATEFS
Lieutenant Hobson Appears at the ArmorY and
is Given an Enthusiastic Welcome by
the Veterans. BE Dimes With
the President.
(Bv the Associated Press.)

clusion of a banquet rendered him in
Light Guard Armory by the Spanish
War Veterans, the opening of whose third
annual reunion he attended this morn
| ing 1t was a brilliant event Nearly
| 500 men sat at tables on the floor, OF the
big armory, and the galleries were
crowded to their utmost capacity by
brilliantly gowned women and their
escorts.
When the President rose to begin his
address, which was the first of the even
! ing he received an ovation. The men on
the floor stood up and cheered again and
again, while the clapping of hands in the
gallery was like the crackle of musketry.
lyThe President addressed himself largely
to the issues growing out of the war
with Spain.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Coming to the question of reciprocity
with Cuba, the President said
1--WE pledged ourselves solemnly at the
outbreak of the war with Spain to give
Cuba independence. The world at large
sneered at the pledge and even some of
our own people scoffed at the thought
that we intended to keep it. But VIC
have kept it in good faith and with a
keen regard for the welfare of the Gu
bans. We did not turn Cuba loose to
sink into a welter of anarchy We first
arranged the affairs of the island until
order had been brought out of chaos, I'M
til the cities had been cleaned. the
courts purified, an educational system
started and just and efficient government
introduced. Then we turned the new re-
public over to the hands OF those whom
it's people had elected as its servants
and bade it God speed on it's journey of
independence But neither our duty to,
nor our interest in the island have come
to an end with the establishment of its
independence. Cuba's immediate proX-
unity to the United States rendered it's
well being of such interest to us that We
were forced to interfere in its interest by
force of arms. For the same reasons its
future welfare cannot but be a matter of
grave concern to us. We do not desire
Cuba to stand toward any other nation
in the relations of intimate friendship
and alliance that we desire to see it
adopt toward us
at must therefore be ir a certain sense
a part of our internal political system
and it accepted this position when it ac-
cepted the Plat amendment. But it is
out of the question for us to expect that
it will assume such position toward us
with regard to internal politics without
at the same time sharing somewhat in
the benefits of our economic system 1t
was for the same reason that President
Mckinley urged and that I have since
urged and shall continue to urge the
IF tolo ichi oil
Cuba by reciprocity. We urge reciproc-
ity because it is for our interest to con-
troll the Cuban market, because we are
bound to place the Cubans on a peculiar
standing economically when they consent
in our interests as we'll as their own to
assume a peculiar status internally and
because it is fitting for a great and gen
erous republic to stretch out a. helping
hand toward her feebler sister just start
ing to tread the path of independence.
The case stands by itself and there can
be no other like it. Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines have relations OF
varying intimacy to us; and they have
either been admitted within our economic
system or have been given some of the
benefits thereof. Cuba though independ-
emit, also stands in a peculiar position
towards us and should receive in similar
fashion a measure of benefit from and
partial inclusion within our system. The
questions that ordinarily concern us as
of prime weight in a tariff matter, do
not come in here as of primary import
ance. We cannot choose what the ar
ticles are which Cuba shall export.
Doubtless very many of us would prefer
for reasons connected with our own tariff
policy that her inhabitants were engaged
in different industries from those which
they as a matter of fact now follow;
just as doubtless others of our people
would prefer that the market offered by
Cuba was one for other things than those
which she actually demands. But we
can neither determine the wants nor the
productions of Cuba. We must accept
them as they are and we must remember
that in dealing with this island, especial
ly now that we are about to build the
Isthmian canal. and our interests in the
West Indian waters have become so