Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-24

ratification by the United States
Senate of the treaty by which sover-
eighty over the Isle of Pines is re-
linquished to Cuba has been gener-
ally commended by the newspapers
of the country. Credit is given to
President Coolidge and ex-Secretary
Hughes for their part in urging &C
ton, emphasis is placed upon the OBJ
legation to Cuba, and better pam
American feeling is forecast The
rights of American residents on the
Island are declared properly pro-
tected.
The New York Times suggests that
this action is a significant sequel, il
not a consequence. of Vice President
Dawes address to the Senate. The
Times also says: THE 100 American
residents have lost a weak case, but
there is no good reason why they
should not prosper under Cuban rule
as their countrymen do in Pinar del
Rio or in Oriente"
Ratification rounds out in striking
fashion" according to the Detroit
Free Press,s"the achievements Of ex-
Secretary Hughes as statesman,
genuinely devoted to the cause of
pan-Anierlcan friendship. Taken
apart from his record in other fields,
his work in Central and South Amer
lea would alone have been enough to
insure him a secure place in his
tory" The Buffalo Evening News re-
cords the fact that Mr.. Hughes sent
word that he would like this Isle
of Pines affair cleared up and off the
books of the State Department. The
Senate. has finally obliged in the mat
ter. In SO doing it has ended An abb
normal and irregular. situation, one
that did not reflect credit on the
United States" The Providence
journal states: 1.-The ratification was
expected. The President had set
himself resolutely in favor of it, and
many Senators felt that 1t was time
to put an end to a tedious and irri-
tating dispute
"It is mistake" suggests the
Philadelphia Bulletin, ito speak or
think of the American flag having
been hauled down in the Isle Of Pines.
Although at the very start it was for
time maintained that the island
was United States territory, it was
turned over to Cuban administration
when the island was evacuated in
the 1902 settlement with Cuba. The
treaty simply gives, formal seal to a
Cuban claim acknowledged by Hay.
Root, Roosevelt and Taft, none of
them men capable of sacrificing any
real right of this country anywhere
on earth
y ~ *
ut has taken 20 years and more to
demonstrate this Nations good faith,
of which there ought not to have
been-and really never was-any
question in this connection" in the
opinion of the Indianapolis News.
1T would be idle for Americans to
preach justice and moderation to the
Old World while yielding to the lure
of ACKNOWLEDGMENT and territorial
greed in the New World" is the
comment of the ST. Joseph News
Press. A decision of Chief Justice
Fuller that by well settled prin-
ciple of international law the Is1e
of Pines was Cuban territory and
that it was not coded by Spain to
the United States is cited by the
Minneapolis Tribune.
The 'Mancherter Union holds the
view that there is sound cause for
congratulation. The treaty finally
was ratified on the merit of the
facts, but there is reasonable salts
faction in finding the doing of the
right thing productive of an increase
in general amity among the nations
of the two Americas" The Seattle
Times remarks that sit is the full
fillment of a fong.deferred promise to
the goyernment-of Cuba and settles
for all time wearisome controversy"
The st. Paul Dispatch gives its ap-
prevail IN these words: THE United