The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-03-11
U. S. MAY INTERVENE.
San Dominso's Condition May Force
Uncle Sam to Take a

W t.A.
Washington, March 7.-Interventiol.
! in San Domingo is likely to be the next
| thing to engage the active
| of the administration. Reports from
| the island seem to agree that things
are going from bad to worse, and some
| of the foreign governments already
| have begun to press for a settlement
u the existing outrageous condlllons.
| The United States has less at stake III
| the island than some other nations SO
| far as actual investment Of capital Is
| concerned.
The island, however, is close to this
| country and the Monroe doctrine re-
| ouires the United States to take some
| action. Under that doctrine foreign
countries are absolutely prohibited
| from establishing even q protectorate
over any American country. Nothing
but a protectorate, 1t Is feared, Will
put an end to the present shocking
| condition of affairs in a Domingo.
There Is every reason to believe, &C,
| cording to the information received
here. both officially and unofIiciallyt
| that the rebels in the island have
| adopted a definite plan of operations
| for the express purpose of nagSing the
| United States into Interference At the
| same time both the rebels and the gov
eminent forces have been acting IN
such a way as to force the United
| States in the interest Of good order to
| land marines and enforce peace.
France, Germany and England have
Informally notified the state department.
that they expect this country to rel
| store order In the republic OF San Do1
mingo, or to permit them to do SO,
| This latter condition. of curse, coulj
| not be acceptedsby President Roosevelt
or any of his advisers, and steps ala
ready are being taken. 1T is believed, tq
make a show of force in the island
within a comparatively short time, thu
result of which, it is feared. will be d
provisional government, which neces-
sarily will be under the protection o.
the United States. and which, OF course,
will be independent both of the present
government and of the rebels undel
General Jiminez.
There is a strong sentiment in San
Domingo favorable to annexation to thu
United States. The people there hava
not changed their views materially
unanimously to accept annexation to
the United States. This public sentt-
ment in the San Domingo half of thu
Island was what induced commissions
ers appointed by President Grant tn
present n report to congress in favor OF
taking the republic into the United
States as a territory.
The people Of San Domingo have
been a restless 10, for Il couple of hum
dred years, Their h-alf of the island
was cedeG to France in 1897, and tho
Spaniards had lost the entire island by
1901. Six years later the Spaniards re-
established themselves in control ot
San Domingo, but in 1921 the peopla
declared their independence. Only q
year later the San Domingo half of the
island was captured by Hayti and re-
NAMED q part of the black republic
until 1914, when the republic of San
Domingo renewed its independence.
Just at the outbreak Of our own civil
war when affairs here were much too SCI
1tous to permit any attention being paid
to the West Indies, the Spanish govern
mtHt succeeded In re-establishins its he-
lated sovereignty over San Domingo. This
was done by consent of the people. who
never had succeeded in governing them-
selves and probably never Will succeed.
AS soon as the American civil war was
over Spain made haste to get out of tha
Island and the republic Of San Domingo
renewed It's separate existence.
one OF the greatest difficulties In tho
way OF re-establish.ng order by means
OF q protectorate on the part Of tha
United States is the fact that half of tho
eAA' ~ AIlS lclulIlC u IidNtl.
The black people there are intensely teal-
Gus Of any foreign Interference, and al,
ready have in,lnated to this country then
necessarily Wou.4 view with suspicion any
landing OF United States troops anywhera
on the island on the theory that ultimatel
~ the sovereignty of the United States
surely would be extended to cover their
own country
There is a feeling at the stat. departi
InGnt that E0m1tblnp Ia l3kaIy : r. I>r,ois
loose In Domingo within a short
time. 1t Us an open secret that ships and
marines have been so disposed that thew
can be concentrated at San Dominco on
short notice. One outage has succeeded
another, and the patience of President
Roosevelt and the members OF his cabinet
is likely TO become exhausted almost AMI
cme. The Panama treaty Is now safely
ratified. Conditions on the isthmus seem
TO indicate Colombia will remain quiet, |
at least for the present. in hope of secur-
ing monetary compensation later on.
FROM this time on. therefore, the close
attention of the United States government
can readily be given to San Domingo. and
on the recurrence OF any serious outra ses
looked for.
No one here wants the island of San DO
mingo on any terms. but the success Of IN.
terVehtlon in Cuba has led some people
10 believe that II the United States.
through the Plat amendment, can guar
antee the good order and the payment of
financial obligations of the great island
ol Cuoa, 1t ought to be able to do tho !
alne 'nlhs IN the half island OF Haytl,
or San Domingo, as 1t Is called tndifyar'
emily.
lnasmuch rs the people of the Dominican
republic repeatedly have declared them
selves IN favor Of annexation to tho
United States, and as their political a.
ieglance always has rested lightly m
thelr shoulders. 1t is believed they would
naore mar likely welcome a protectorate.
even of so mild q character ne thot 49,
the United States has successfnlIv astnh
lished in Cuba. '