The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-25
SWIMMING Boards

used in tho Sandwich Islands. and not
from tlcir shape as might be imac
incd. Tie cont~.vancc is simply q larg
roGin shared board. usually about five
feet In lcuytn end FROM enc 10 twI
feet in with It is usrl especial
ly for passing through the surf II
most cases tho islands Of the Sand
wich group are Of coral formation anl
surrounded by dangerous reefs. which
make Il extremely dangerous 90 land
By clingiE' to lis swimming beard.
however, 80 native has the advantage
OF being GI 'e 20 use all his strength II
propellnc himself forwnc1
" LII. 10 30 Nlth santO Domingo.
Though somewhat less noisy and oil
strcpcrous than formerly, a condition
Of things y"rging on. if not quite ap
pruaching. anarchy still continues il
Santo Domingo. IT is only upon tit
approach Of American warshlps or the
landing of American manines that any
scmblanCC of order Is maintained. With
out restraining influences from the out
side the lives and property of foreigner
are in almost constant peril. The quCs
tion what TO do with the Dominica.l
is a pcrpleXing one. 1t is intimatcC
that an official of our state department
will soon visit Santo Domingo to make
thorough investigation of conditions
there and report his findings to tht
president, who may present to congress
statement Of the outragcS pcrpetrateC
upon Americans and other foreigners
in that country, with n review of the
many political disturbances, and re
quest authority Of congress To land
armed forces and maintain order. 1t il
stated. however that the administra
ton Cntcrtains no scheme for the an
ncXation Of Santo Domingo 20 thi,
country.
1t seems to be the general opiaiOr
Of tie press of the country that we dc
not want the Dominicans and that h
would be folly TO annex such u pack
age of unadul,eratcd trouble, The
Washington Post congratulatcs the al
mnistration upon its determination tt
avoid all traps laid for it by the variou.
Dominican factions" and the New
York Evening Mail sincerely hopes tina.
we shall not have to annex the island
The Atlanta Journal, the Buffalo EN
press. the Macon Telegraph, the Phila
delphia Ledger. the New Orleans
Times Democrat and the New Yort
Globe ali d,nouacc the annexation idea
The Philadelphia Ledger says that {,
military occupation OF Sanio Domingo
purely as an exercise Of in,2rnat,ona
police power. il the measure suggested
by present conditions" The philaGCl
phia Record thinks that If we attcmp'
to police the island ii will gradually
become Il ward Of cur government ant
says:
4 government cannot play the role Of 3
big policeman within the limits of another
state without becoming the protector 81
the latter. The sovereignty Of q roEiof
resides where the power 10 preserve order
resides and wluu one takes over the SOW
er,ignty the territory usually goes with Il
Russia understood this fully when she
undertook To- establish settled conditions
Am and suppress the handitti of ManchU
ria \ military administrators put ten.
porarily' In charge of the administrators
OF Sauto Domingo would be likely 10 un
dcrgo a slow and gradual transformatio'
into n subordinate OF the bureau OF In
sular affairs in the war department.
The Brooklyn Eagle thinks that there
is little hope for any of the West In
dies except as wards of this nation
and the St Louis Globc-Democrat
which has advocated annexation o
Santo Domingo for some time, says:
Nothing short Of American supervision
which will amount 20 virtual protec
torate. will stop the orgies OF the island
! ambitious politicians and their followers
! Rebcuions come once or twice year OF
! an average. Three are I'm various stage
| OF activity or inactivity In tho island q
! this time. There is chance that the par
| ticunr band ~ rebels who murdered IN
| American engineer two weeks ago ala IN
with the hope OF forcing annexation. ~
| whether anpcSation wDUld please or al.
! plclse those bric1nds 10 will have &
come I'm the very near future. There M
| excellent reasons for saying that the vas
| majority Of the UeCplc of Slnto Denim.
! nrc Just rs favorable q annexation nov
as they wee third cf century AGO, D
Crnrta time \ few implocabl- "a tn q
! scu.t, defeated annexation then. VIII
| trc gucs. on ,..rss up again tncrc VII
| no hitch i- tI. p-rceejings. and even
nrc saarlu- t.,us-lyos 90 that annex.
uon Will be- a very live issue - Yer
! early day
uiu BroIncr cooley is colorcd ph'
Iosophcr, but ho is supcrstltous In th
extreme. lie tells this story:
II once Wuz In house that WI
haunted. but l d,in't know IT, ID
vuz bright urr bIru.u' in &c room
wuz In. wen ull or sudden de do
rpcnctl. en- man with h.s throat ct
shuck his irad at me. Now. l knowC
right well IL wuz Liant. cn de on.
thing ter do wuz ter ak him. In e
name or &c Lawd. what docs 30
wantT
"And d'd you ask Lirl!"
NO. sub! Bless Cod | wuz to
feared dat hc'd tel mcr'-A;!anta Cor
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