The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
Not Quite All.

The Nep York Tribune attempts Il
dispose of the Santo Domingo business
in this jaunty fashion;
our ngh, and tiuo to occupy and admnlste
Sanchez SANTANA and Monte Chsu Idenuca
With thOse under which ws have for three montns
pas! been occupying and administering Puerto
Plata The United States certainly docs not lntcn
70 conanc Itself 70 just OF the pors 10 which II
Is entitled and then have commerce diverted from
that port and thus be Iefl In the lutch Since, a,
/ Mr. AsBorr says. the Douhnoans are divertlns
their commerce to tho other three ports. our Gov
eminent ls. II necessary. going to embrace those
pors also In Us administration. That seems 70 Be
! all there Is in the matter
No, there is something moro In the
matter. Judge ABBOTT did not say that
| the diversion Of commerce to other north
shore ports than Puerto Plata and the
reduction of receipts at Puerto Plata
TO s47 900 a month, when they ought to
be fully $50 900, had yet lef us in the
| lurch, or had yet rendered necessary a
resort TO other ports in order TO collect
the monthly installinent which it Is his
junction to col ect.
Whit Judge ABBOTT did say was: IA
a matter OF fact ii has not been necessary
70 go beyond the port OF Puerto Plata.
That port, honestly administered and with
the grating compel ton OF the other
north shore ports eliminated, will be more
than sufficient to meet all tho money
demands required under the award
As q matter OF fact. 1t has not been
necessary to go beyond Puerto Plata.
Even with the receipts at that port at
$4,000 month there has been enough
TO meet the required monthly payment
OF s37, 500 under tn, award
Furthermore, the terms OF the award
under which Judge ABBOTT is acting IA
Financial Agent authorize the extension
control 10 Monte Cristi or any other
north shore port only in case tho sums
collected at Puerto Plata shall at any
time be insufficient for the payment OF
the amounts due hereunder. or in case Of
any other manifest necessity, or in case
the Dominican Government shall so re-
quest. And by the te ms of the award
the decision as to the necessity of enter
ing into possession of the custom houses
at Monte Cristi, SANTANA or Sanchez. as
at Puerto Plata in the first instance.
seems clearly to belong to the Finan-
cial Agent himself. who is vested with
full power and authority TO that end
Now, the Financial Agent Is this same
Judge JOHN T. ABBOTT.
Again, where in the arbitral award
does the Department OF State or the
Tribune find any provision warrnnting
an Admiral Of the United State Navy.
Admiral SIC BEE. to take charge Of the
Monte Cristi custom house and exercise
there the full power and authority
vested by the award in the Financial
Agent alone, Judge ABBOTT?
Thus our neighbor will perceive that
there is little more in it, after all.
But the chief thing in the matter Is the
that this idea Of making
the award of July IA, 1904 cover the (
Executive operations in Santo Domingo, /
is ON afterthought, conceived at Wash I
ington after the disclosure of the real /
character OF the original Dillingham; (
Sanchez agreement, and the manifesto
lion in the United States Senate Of some /
TO surrender its constitu- /
.ional functions as coordinate part of |
he treaty making power