Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10

known him boy. Lincoln was great
friend of Milton Hay, and he was fire.
uuently in our office When Lincoln was
elected President he made John Hay one
of his secretaries, and Mr.. Hay then be-
gan that diplomatic training which is so
valuable to him today.
The English Mission.
Ibid you have anything to do with the
appointment of Colonel Hay as minister to
England"
II have always had high opinion of
Hays diplomatic ability" replied Senator
Cullom, land when Mckinley was elected
l wrote a letter. without solicitation on thu
part of Hay or any one else. advising the
President to give Hay the mission to Eng
land. He got the appointment. but / can
not say that my letter was the cause of
that When John Sherman had left the
State Department and Secretary Day was
about to be elevated to the Supreme Court
l again wrote Mckinley advising him to
call John Hay home. and make him Secre-
tary of State. In my letter l put forth his
peculiar fitness for the position. saying that
he could handle the foreign powers better
than any other man living. and could fill
the place well as any one man in the
country. Mckinley was then considering
both Hay and Whitelaw Reid. There were
many influences at work, but Hay was
chosen. and don't think that Mckinley
regretted it,
OuCl6 0dIQ ana CuOa.
The conversation here took foreign
turn and l asked the senator whether he
was satisfied to what had been done
| to Cuba. He replied:
Il think that island is being greatly bene-
fitted by its association with us, and that
the United States should be congratulated
on its connection with it, We have through
our treaties secured it's independence and
! at the same time made 1t practically
dependency of the United States. By those
treaties Cuba cannot enter into any ques-
tionable or entangling alliances with for
elgn powers; she cannot go into debt be
yond her ability to easily pay, and her
situation is such that sooner or later she
must become even more closely associa ted
/ with the United States than she is now
/ 1t may be that she will one day ask to be
| annexed to the Union.''
! How does Cuba get along sovarning
! herself?'
Very well far" replied Senator Gull
| lom- Estrada Palma. the president is an
able man and he can control the people
ne Is strong friend of the United States.
| having lived for some time in this country
! can't say what will be the status of the
| island when he passes away,
| HOW is the country prospering?"
| ro,, - growing very rapidly far as
new industries and the development of it's
| resources are concerned. Many Americans
| are investing in Cuban lands and in other
properties of all sorts. Sir William Van
! Canadian jfi1,
| rallroad. who got his railroad educ ton in
| Ihe United States is now building a rail-
| ROAD from one end of the island to tba
other. This will open up much country
| mas heretofore been inaccessible
| Porto Rico and San Domingo.
| hat is the condition of Porto Rico?,.
think it steadily grows better re-
| piied Senator Cullom. Porto Rico is a
| valuable island. although by no means so
f I'LL as CUBA. Cuba is one of the most
1ertlle spots on the globe The portn
Rlcans are easily governed W. $50 ~
IIeLaniished schools everywhere tbare and
| nna ne that the island will eventually be
vi" ..H -, our most desirable possessions;
WIN We not have to take that ;s,ana 10, -
Keep the people in order?' ~
nope not replied the sanato ga,
70 ~, 80 ao' uItli they have had enough wars
10 wipe out the turbulent elements a, 49,
e eiv Islanders l think we have ON, ha,,.,s
full as it is nave our hahoS
the are BE- you satisfied with the condition of
the PhliippiReS?' ioh vi
row es; the Philippines are doing very we'll
80 ana they VIII become mich more vain
. as ti!he goes on. The people arc fact
neat eiing from the war. and we may ey
pect continued peace"
The Annexation of Canada.
DO you think Canada will ever he q mart
asked
aseu 10 nope so. and that the time
Win come soon. 1t may still come but if
seems to me that it is farther away ~ 80 ~
.ldn it was twenty years ago The Rritish
Provinces i north of us have become united
SINCE then. and greater love for tba
mother country and the king has snrnne
up. ' spi uhs
HOW about the great northwest whore
50 so many Americans are ernigra ting? viii
those American settlers not create a nro-
annexation Sentiment?'
IL may be so, and I should like if so
should ike to see the United States extend
ocean, ~ ~ iN'ie
Yes; and southwark to the Panama
IL don't know about that" replied the
chairman OF the foreign relations commit
tee. although our destiny now seems to
point that way. Americans by hundreds are
investing In Mexico. They own mines. rail-
roads and lands. They have property in
Central America, and now we have acnuir-
ed that ten-rnile strip across the Isthmus
OF Panama and are to build a great canal
throush 1t costing hundreds of millions of
ooiiars. All that indicates the Americana
eaton of this continent, and | don't know
that like 1t. l don't want to see our
country grow so big that it will be UNI
Wleldy, nor to overload it with races diff
ferent from ours. AS to the Canadians we
could easily assimilate them, for they are
AnglC-SaXonS as we are, but the races to
the south are LatinS and the Latin races
do not mix with ours SO we'll Indeed |
doubt if it would be wise to acquire those
countries with the idea of their eventually
becoming states of this Union"
What do you think of the Panama
canal, senator?"
There is only one way to look al it. and
that Is as one of the most important I'M
dertakings of the century. 1t is now
fixed fact, and within eight years it may
be completed. We shall have about 20 900
men at work there within a few weeks
do you apprehend more trouble as to
the Monroe doctrine?''
Il do not The Germans and the Eng
lish both acknowledge it, and it will be-
come more firmly established as time goes
on"
Our Trouble With Morocco.
"What do you think of the Perdicaris in