New-York tribune., 1905-01-23
IFnom THE TRIBUNE RuRrAv.I

Washington, Jan. 22-supplementing the au-
thoritative statement regarding the Santo Do
mingo settlement. made by the Presidents drec-
tion to-day it may be ssid that in ten days
agents Of the United States will take charge Of
the fiscal affairs OF Santo Domingo. readtust the
tariff to provide sufficient revenue for satisfying
foreign claims and meeting the expenses of gov
ernment administer the custom houses, and
endeavor 20 save the country from irreparable
ruin.
The experiment is to be tried at the earnest
request of President Morales Of the Dominican
Republic and as already explained in The Trib-
une, is confidently expected TO eradicate the
restless revolutionary spirit so constantly mani
Tested in the country and TO preserve order and
promote prosperity from one end of II to the
other. With the chief incentive for instability
Of government removed by a responsible hand
controlling the purse strings ii is believed that
an era OF peace and industry will speedily be
inaugurated and that the republics adninistra
tion. strengthened by the firm moral support Of
the United States will not lightly resort TO for
mer practices of granting impracticable con
cessions'' TO Adventures or spectators, who in
scarcely less degree than some OF the military
"chieftains" and unemployed generals have
been the bane Of the republics existence for
years. The arrangement has none Of the at
tributes OF treaty, and will not require ratif-
cation by The Senate. In fact. ii is explained
we are doing very little more for Santo Do
mingo than we did for Japan over thirty years
ago. when we loaned experts to that country to
organize her postal and accounting systems. and
than we did for Corea some years afterward
If in course of time, is not contemplated
now or regarded as ever probable contingency,
this government should have to intervene with
force TO preserve order in Santo Domingo or to
protect its agents in charge Of custom houses
OiIld
:.pon Congress for the necessary authority
which there is good reason TO believe would be
promptly forthcoming. International lawyers
who have watched the development of President
Roosevelt's plan for solving the Santo DOMINICAN
problem since il was first announced in The
Tribune six weeks ago. are unreserved in COM
mending # as the wisest and surest step taken
10 safeguard the Monroe Doctrine since II was
first enunciated. They are particularly apprecia-
tive Of its accomplishing the surety of terri
torisl integrity in the Western Hemisphere
through q method Of settling foreign debts
vbioh involves the United States in minimum
Of pecuniary responsibility yet effectuaIy in
sYres justice 10 European creditors. 1t also
makes strongly. they think, for such condition
Of affairs In the South and Central American
republics that debts viii not hereafter accumu-
.ate so rapidly. that loans will not have to be
secured at runously usurious rates. and that the
incentive for domestic disorder will be practical
ly removed
The parallel between the cases Of Santo Do
mingo and Venezuela, it is remarked. is
trenely close and clear and. barring the fact
that Venezuela has not yet applied or given any
indication OF applying to the United States Ito
be set on her feet every other portion of the
authoritative utterance of the State Department
to-day is held to be significantly applicable to
Venezuela.
An official statement explaining the undertak-
ing of the United States 'to put its feet the
Dominican Republic was issued by the Depart
n1ent Of State this afternoon, as follows:
The Dominican Republic. after mature con-
sideration of existing conditions. has formally
and freely invited the government OF the United