The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-13
SANTO DOMINGO
WILL RO0sEvELT's POLICY BE FIX TENDED TO COVER THE
 HEMISPHERE.
Fifty Years to Pay Out-It Will Take That Length of Time to Make the Island Government
 Solvent Again.
New Orleans States.

New Orleans States.
 'Santo Domingo will not have an- other revolution as long as Uncle Sam even has a couple of the customhouses of that island government under con- trol," said J. Adam Spier, of Boston who has just returned from that coun- try.
 anxiously awaiting of course the fate of the proposition President Roosevelt has placed before the Senate and which will come up the final consideraation at the next session of Congress. am sure myself that this proposition will meet with ultimate success. The President has sized up the situation properly there. President Morales and his cabinet want the United States to appoint the receiver and all the nations of Europe want the receiver appointed. As Santo Domingo owes a number of the European nations as well as the United States, having a total indebted ness of more than $30,0OO.000, and at this time does not have dollar in the treasury. 1t is sure that something has to be done; and the Monroe doctrine precludes the possibility any Euro pean nation mixing up with affairs on this continent, the only open course is that proposed by President Roose- welt.
 years to get Santo Domingo out of debt The total customs receipts of the island amount to about $2,O00,oo0 a year.
 all this revenue and retain 55 per cent paying over to the Santo Domingo Government for operating expenses, as it were 45 per cent Then the expen- ses of making the collections and in terests must be considered. The claims against Santo Domingo are all exces- sive.
 There is no doubt of that. The claim of the American contracting company f1h httf1 road down there was one for $12,oo0,- 900, and when the federal authorities at Washington took the matter up, 1t was cut in three pieces, only one-third almost certain that all the other claims should likewise be sealed down. It has been the custom in Santo Domingo for revolutionary party to get hold of one of the custom houses, establish some show of government and float an issue of government bonds to buy supplies with which, to equip an army. Of course such a loan would always be many fold In excess of the actual amount of money received by the revo- lutionary head The risk was great on both sides and both sides were of course perfectly willing to the trans action. But when a commission Is ap- pointed to look into these claims and make a distribution of the 55 per cent as the President proposes, there will De such a whittlng and shaving down process as VIII make SOIIle Ol tue DohN- holders finch good and strong.
 There Is at this time a sort of revolution In the department of Mon te Christo. But 1t does not amount to much and is not given any special consideration on the island. In fact that department is about always In a state of revolution or turmoil of some kind or other.
 "President Morales of Santo Domin- go is a man of considerable ability. He was educated for a Jesuit priest In France. but fell in love with girl and abandoned the church that he might marry her He Is considered a very high-class man in every way and a strictly good family man.
 "I was much impressed with the statement recently given out by the members of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress who visited the island. I believe every one or these came back fully beiev- ing the wisdom of President Roosevelts Santo Domingan policy. Their opin- ion will doubtless have much weight Tn Congress this fall.
 But the Santo Domingan proposi- tion opens up many others of similar nature In the West Indies. in Central and in South America and 1t is fore gone conclusion that the Unnted states will presently, In the same way that 1t has undertaken to care for the Santo Domingan debts, be caring Tor the debts of many other quasi republics on this hemisphere"