The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-01
.Contiued from Monday morning)


WOW We Kept Our Word.
We made the promise 20 give Cuba in
dependence. ana We Kept the promise.
Leonard " God was eft In as governor
Tor two or three years. and evolved or
zion Of the island to a level. moral ana
material. which IL had never before
achieved. We also by treaty gave the
tubauS substantial advantages In our
markets Theu We left the island, turn-
lng tho government over TO its own peo-
pie. After four or hve years a rcyOlu-
tiOn broke out. during by administration.
and We again had TO Intervene 10 restore
order. We promptly sent thither n small
arm OF pacincau1n. Under General
Barry. order was restored and kept.
and absolute justice done. The Ameri-
can troops were then Withdrawn and the
Cubnns re-established In complete pos
session % their own beautiful island,
and they are IN possession OF it now.
There are plenty Of occasions la our his
tory when We have shown weakness or
incuictency. ana some occasions when
We have not been a. scrupulous a. We
should have been as regards the rights
Of others. But / know Of no action by
any other government In relation to a
weaker power which showed such dts
interested efficiency In rendering service
as was true In connection with our In
tervention In Cuba.
In cuba. as in the Philippines and as
IN Porto RICO. Santo Domingo. and later
IN Panama. no small part Of our success
was due TO the fact that We put in the
highest grade OF mon as public officials
dhis practice was inaugursted under
men in ofice. and continued them an
dappointed men like them a. their sue
cesEors. The way that the custom houses
~ Sa1to Domingo were administered By
Cotton definitely established the success
Of our experiment In securing peace for
that Island republic, and IN Port Rico.
under such officials a. Hunt. winthrop
Post Ward and Grahame. more substan-
tai progress was achieved in a decade
than iu any previous century.
The Monroe Doctrine; Rights and Duties
aHM
came within our own sphere Of govern
Dental action. lu addition 90 this we as
serted certain rights in the Western
hemisphere under the Monroe doctrine.
dy fudcnvur was not only 10 assert
these rights. but frankly and fully 10
acknoWl.dge the duties that went with
Thc Monroe doctrine lays down the
rule that the western hemisphere ls not
tewcut and occupation hy old World
fuWcr-. 10 o. mot International law.
h1t DO b. "a cardinal principle Of our r0r-
'iiu policy. Ihcrc iH uu difficulty 90 the
present dav iu maintaining this doctrine
save ahrrC the American power whoae
Interest is threatened has shown itself
iu international matters both weak and
d'liuQucut Tho great and prosperous
lftiliffN r0nnmuuW tIlfha. such or the
Argentine. Brazil and chile. boo tho e0ufhs
'.h half ~ south America. have adVHuc-
81 ro far that they no LONGER stand In
any position 81 tutrlaro toward the Int
ted Statea They occupy toward ua pre-
giseiv the position that Canada occupies
Their friendship ls the friendship 81
equals FOR equals My view waa that az
regards these nations there was no more
norrH.lfr for asserting the Monroe dor-
frine than there was 10 assert ff In re-
sara % canada They we're competent
t1 assert if Tor themselves. 90 couras
L QUO nf these nations. or on Canada.
should hn overcome by some old World
power which then PROCEEDED 60 occupy
LtH territory We would undoubtedly. ID
me American nation needed our haIu.
tl.e ~ ln order 90 prevent such orru-
rifion from taking place But .he inI-
tIlNo would come from the nation be-
.cli. and the nifed states would merely
arf az friend whose hrlu was invoked
Prey 20 Miaruis
Ihe cnre was an1 iel widely different
o. regard certain mot 1fl.of the front
tHl states in the uclrhhorhood OF the
Caribbean Sea. Where those afafaa are
stable uuu prosperous they stand On n
footing 90 absolute rrualifw with ar|
other comm uutflra. But some OF them
rave been prey 90 such continuous
res olutlonarv mirrule az 90 have grown