Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-11
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things in our history in which we
should take more genuine pride than
the way in which we liberated Cuba,
and then, instead of instantly aban-
doning it to chaos, stayed in direction
of the affairs of the island until we
had put it on the right path, and final
ly gave 1t freedom and helped it at is
started on the life of an Independent
republic.
Santo Domingo has now made an
appeal to us to help it in turn, and
not only every principle of wisdom
but every generous instinct within us
bids us respond to the appeal. The
conditions in Santo Domingo have for
a number of years grown from bad to
worse until recently all society was
on the verge of dissolution. Forum
ately Just at this time a wise ruler
sprang up in Santo Domingo, who,
with his colleagues, saw the dangers
threatening their beloved country,
and appealed to the friendship of
their great and powerful ~neighbor to
help them. The immediate threat
came in the shape of foreign inter-
vention. The previous rulers of San
to Domingo had recklessly incurred
debts, and owing to her internal dis
orders she had ceased to be able to
provide mean of paying the debts.
The patience of her foreign creditors
had become exhausted, and at least
one foreign nation was on the point of
Intervention and was only prevented
from intervening by the unofficial as
surance of this government that it
would itself strive to help Santo Do
mingo in her hour of need. OF the
debts incurred some were just, while
some were not of a character which
really renders it obligatory on. or
proper for, Santo Domingo to pay
them in full. But she could not pay
any of them at all unless some stabil-
ity was assured.
The Santo Domingo Treaty.
Accordingly the executive depart
ment of our government negotiated a
treaty under which we are to try to
help the Dominican people to straigh-
ten out their finances. This treaty is
pending before the senate, whose con
sen to it is necessary. In the mean
time we have made a temporary ar
rangement which will last until the
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on the treaty. Under this arrange
ment we see to the honest admins
tration of the custom-houses, collect
ing the %revenus, turning over forty
five per cent to the government for
running expenses and putting the
other ffty-fve per cent into a safe de.
post for equitable division among the
various creditors, whether European
IN Ap,npfnnp nalrIHno 1u nc affar in,
v~estigation, their claims seem just.
The custom house offers well-nigt
the only sources of revenue in SantC
Domingo, and the different revolu.
tions usually have as their real aim
the obtaining possession of these Gus
tom houses. The mere fact that We
are protecting the custom-houses and
collecting the revenue with efficiency
and honesty has completely discour
aged all revolutionary movement
while it has already produced such
an increase in the revenues that the
government is actually getting more
from the fOrty-five per cent that w
turn over to il than il got formerl,
when it took the entire revenue. This
is enabling the poor harrassed PEG
pie of Santo Domingo once more L
turn lltlI attention 10 INDUSTRY lt
he free from the curse of intermnablC
revolutionary disturbance. 1t offers t
all bona fide creditors, American anC
European, the only really good
chance to obtain that to which they
are justly entitled, while il in return
gives to Santo Domingo the only Op
p~Ortunity of defense against claim.
which it ough not to pay-fOr now /
it meets the views of the senate W,
shall ourselves thoroughly examinl
all these claims, whether American
or foreign, and see that none that ar.
improper are paid. Indeed, the onl,
effective opposition TO the treaty vii
probably come from dishonest cred.
tors, foreign and American, and iron
the professional Tevolutionists of tn
island itself. We have already goo.
reason to believe that some of III
creditors who do not dare expos
their claims 10 honest scrutiny ar
~endeavoring to stir up sedition in tn