The National tribune., 1905-12-14

lished there. He says:
1--WE must ourselves in good faith
try to help upward toward peace and
order those Of our sister republics
which need such help. Santo Do
mingo, in her turn, has now made an
appeal to us to help her. and not only
every principle of wisdom but every
generous instinct within us bids us re-
spond to the appeal. ="
AS to the Navy the Presidents views
are clear and decided:
| ITO cut down the Navy would be q
crime against the Nation. Our Navy
must relatively to the navies Of other
Nations. always be of greater size than
| our Army. We have most wisely con-
| tinued for a number of years to build
up our Navy. and it has now reached a
fairly high standard Of efficiency. This
standard of efficiency must not only be
maintained but increased. 1t does not
seem to me necessary. however. that
the Navy shouldn't least in the i'm
mediate future-be increased beyond
the present number of units"
In regard to immigration the Presi-
dent falls into his too-frequent habit of
broad generalization, without any spe-
cific recommendation. He says:
THE question Of immigration is of
vital interest to this country. In the
year ended June 80. 1905, there came
to the United States 100000 alien i'm
migrants. AS 1 said in my last
message to the Congress. we cannot
have too much immigration of the
right sort, and we should have none
whatever of the wrong sort"
He recommends that the Canyon OF
the Colorado be made National Park,
and that New York should take provi-
dent care of the scenic buties of Mag
ara Falls.
His recommendation as to Statehood
for the Territories is explicit and de-
| cided, and will meet with much opposi-
says:
Il recommend that Indian Territory
and Oklahoma be admitted as one
State and that New Mexico and Ari-
IONA be admitted as one State.
There Is no justification for further de-
lay and the advisa bility of making the
four Territories two States has been
clearly established"
There is no wavering or doubt about
the Panama Canal. 1t must be dug
with all reasonable speed. The only
question before Congress. is that of the
y
from the information he will furnish
it, He says:
1.-TWO points about the (Panama)
Canal have ceased to be open to de-
bate. First the question of route; the
canal will be built on the Isthmus of
Panama. Second, the question of feas-
Utility; there are no physical obstacles
on this route that American engineer
ing skill will not be able to overcome
without serious difficulty, or that will
prevent the completion of the canal
within a reasonable time and at a
reasonable cost
The point which remains unsettled
Is the question of type, whether the
canal shall be one of several locks
above sea level, or at sea level
with a single tide lock. On this point
| hope to lay before the Congress at an
early day the findings of the Advisory
BOARD of American and European En-
gineers. that at my invitation have been
| considering the subject. together with
the report of the Commission thereon
and such comments thereon or recon-
m endatiOns in reference thereto as
may seem necessary.
He insists that no idea of economy
should be allowed to interfere with
appropriations either for the Navy or
the Panama Canal, and does this SO
strenuously as to indicate that these
ar leading features of the Administra-
tons policy
The Message is State paper Of thor
oughly practical nature. 1t Is full of
business from start to finish, and
outlines enough work to fully occupy
ali the time that Congress has at its
disposal. II Congress should take up
each item seriatim, and give a reason
able amount of attention to 1t, 1t
would have to be in session pretty late
in the Summer. and not waste many
hours in buncomb speeches, either.
Undoubtedly Cuba is in a bad way
and 1t looks as If the United States
would have to exercise restraining
hand upon it's financial mismanage-
ment There Is great danger that the
Of debt which will be crushing to the
people. There is a horde Of money
| sharks, both American and Spanish,
| who are draining the treasury to the
last dollar. The pretext for this is the
payment to the patriotic soldiers
| This is a mere pretext and very trans
| parent to everyone. The army Of Cuba
was never more than a few thousands,
and there was scarcely any attempt to
keep rolls or accurate returns. Con-
| sequently anybody who was living on
| the island at the time can be palmed
| off for a soldier by a trickster, who
| then buys his claim for a few silver
dollars. The Cuban Government me-
gotiated a $35 100000 loan, of which
about $28.500.00 was to be devoted to
the payment Of the mysterious myriad
known as the ARMY OF Liberation
Very little Of this money went into the
| pockets of those who had ever been in
| camp under Gomez or rendered any
service whatever. Getting. this vast
amount only whettcd the appetites of
the money sharks, and the recent ses-
sion of the Congress authorized bonds
tn the amount Of $4,000, 900 to further
pay this same band Of soldiers. The
new issue was made to evade the
Flatt amendment by calling it an "in-
terror debt" and President Palma
gave his reluctant acquiescence for fear
| that he would be defeated for re-elec-