The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-17
SILENT, HOWEVER, AS TO HIS
USURPATl0N or AUTHORITY
Saws Condition of San Domingo is Hopeless,
and Unless United States Assists II
May Give Foreign Nations Excuse
to Seize Customs

seize and permanently occupy terri |
tsry OF one Of these republics. And
yot such seizure OF territory, disguis |
ed or undisgaised, may eventually Of, !
fer the only way in which power
in question can collect any debts,
unless there is interference on the
part Of he United States There
faeo governments which do sometimes
t8ke enerretlc action fer the pro.ac
iticn Of their subjects in the enforce
..tnen, q FueFsiy conraesuai claims,
and tnereuppn. American concession
aries supported By powerful inluea-
ce, make loul appeal to the Unltee
S atcs government In similar cases
for similar action
The attempted solution Of the
complex problem BY ordinary meth
obs Of dipl3mocg reacts inluriously
iH)on the United States government
Hsof and in a measure paralyzas the
aegicn Of the executive in tho diree
gon of n sound and consis ent policy
slInder the accepted law OF na
tiors foreign governments are with
in their right If they choose 10 ex
erc'se il, when they actively inter
vene IN support of c1ntractural
claims of their subjecs They some
times exercise his power. and on ac
count of commercial rivalry there is
n growing tendency on the part of
ether governments more and more to
laid automatically in the enforcement
Of the claims f their subjects
Americas Dilemma.
In view Of the dilemma in which he
governm snt of the United States is
thus placed it must either adhere TO
its usual attituda2of non Intervention
in such cases as The proper attitude
nnder normal conditions, and one
which in this particular kind Of case
results 70 the advantage of its citi
zens in comparison with those of
ether states, or else it must, in order
20 be consistent in its policy, actually
intervene 10 protect the contracts
and concessions of is citizens engag
ed in agriculture, commerce and trans
portation. in competition with the cit
tzens and subjects Ct other states"
What san Domingo Owes.
Incorporated in the message is a
financial sta ement showing thai the
Domin- can government owes to for
eign governments $22. 100000 and SIS
100000 Of this amount is recognized
The president discusses at length the
Negotiation for the collection of these
debts ana says thai as foreign gov
enments were put of from time 10
Sine they became importunate in
hrsssing their unsat.sfed demands
Continuing. the president says:
con5ition is Hopeless.
"As q result OF chronic disorder at
ended wi constant increase of debt
The state Of things in San Domingo
has become hopeless. unless the Unit
ed stales or some other strong GOV
ernment shall intUrpose to bring or
Ider ont of chaos. The president
shen refers 10 the fact hat loans Of
| various kinds made to the DomiEi-
can government have become the neu-
clons Of the various revolutions there.
and continues:
Ordinary Diplomacy Inadequate.
Ths ordinary resources of diploma
Aev and International arbitration are
absolutely impotept % deal wisely
land effectively with the situation n
/ sie Dominican republic. which can
caly be mot by organizing its fnane-
IS on sound basis and By placing
ishe custom h1uses out of the tempt.
istion Of inaarg mt chieftains. Either
f re must abandon our duty under our
traditional policy -oward the Domin.
/ lean people. who aspire to a repuhli
can form Of government while they
are actually drifting into condi-
tion Of permanent anarchy in which
! case We must permit some other gov