The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-26
The White Mans Burden.


public TINT ,lt IS not tho purpose of#thls'
governmental ASSUME pro tcc oratoe over e
San Domingo or to- terfero 18th Or par.
ticipato liz It's domestic ffail's y8inl "
ther than tile collection OF It's customs
revenues, the necessary revision Of Sit $
tariff laws Snnd tho adjustment, through
property constituttdA tribunals or colnnlls-
stons Of IS Is foreign clni ms, mud u 1T .
economic II and fiscal n orgunly ton on II q
sound bnss may make 7 essent ials to tlo,
This las been undertaken because the
so-called republic Is practically bankrupt,
and IS Indebted iii large sums to i Euro ll'7-
Spcuns Mr. Hay further explains that,
5.tho- government Of the United STATE unv-
ing been 4 explicitly. repeatedly and M. a
phatcally&informed by more than one Of
the greatest powers that fought either her
TO try to evolve aorne5 ord cr5 out Of the
financial chaos in the Donlng gan republic
or assent to certain Europe an creditors 90 rs
of that republic doing this deemed It Az
vlsab!e to have represe sentative oft this
government and I of ASIAN Domingo meet
and take Or iiinehd some Action, ''#58
1T I is serious undertaking for Uncle.
Sam, VI IA Nj III. ~ 81 III S
Bs$ IN the Dominican govern
mont owed n total debt Of s3s ooo. 900. rl'o
estimated customs revenues for the year
1906 are s1,s5o, 900, and the expenses TO be
taken from that sum arc estimated ut
$1,000, 600, lenvng under pros porous condl-
lions the sum of $3.50, coo to be applied to
the extinguish Of tllle debt. AtstH! rs;
rate it would take fifty years OF n!o,a
to fextlngutishe tie debt! but Uncle sam
proposes to inaugurate sonlo much needed
reforms in the republics pay-rolls \ he
population is about GOO, 0Oo, but there are
seven Cabinet Official Is who preside over
departments which are mado TO cost $lo,-
600 each every year: there arc twelve tiny
provinces, each with ali expensive Cow
ornor and his staff and officials; there
nre 5thirty-elght judges and court offlcinls;
|fifty-thrce minor or communal govern
ments; twelve HgfifIHllt,pAl ectorshlrs,
and a mighty.financial department hand
ling and collecting the revenue with eleven
subtreasurics, all with their many off
Gals. Il A 5.s{
Whether or not Uncle SAINTS an expert
in cutting down expenses for other re-
publics romans to be demonstrated, for
| it must be confessed that his efforts In
that direction at home have not been
emlnently successful. Moreover. secre-
tary Hay TO the contrary, the United
States government has taken u grip on
San Domingo, which It will never relax,
for tho simple reason that IT will not, be
able, in safety to do SO. AS fwo8 said in
yesterdays paperSthe inevitable logic Of
our Monroe doctrine, in Its modern inter
pretation,is that the United States shall
4 qualify as guardian OF all republics q
. the Western Hemisphere that may como
under disabilities IN the practice Of self
4 government, and thereby DO involved ii
trouble with European nations. 81 5}
j President Roosevelt now has Il real ne
j gro problem on his hands, and we shnl
watch with interest the manner In whlcl
4 he will handle It.. He Will certainly learr
!, by experience many things about he ne
|, gro question that arc In tho horn book
/ OF every Southern statesman.