VOL. IX
THE DALLES, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896
NO 28G
HIS LAST MESSAGE
The President Expresses His
Ideas of Our'Needs.
MUCH SPACE IS GIVEN TO CUBA
He Tlilaks Spain Can Settlo the Trouble
Honorably to Heraeir by Granting
Autonomy to Cuba.
We give below a portion of that part
of the president's nieisage relating to
Cuba.
DEMAND FOB .INTKBVEXTION.
The inevitable entanglements of the
United States with the rebellion in
Cuba, the large American property in
terests affected, and considerations of
philanthropy and humanity in general,
have led to a vehement demand in vari
ous quarters for some sort of positive
intervention on the part of the United
States. It was at .first proposed that
belligerent rights should be accorded the
insurgents, a proposition no longer
weighed because its untimely an imprac
tical operation would be clearly perilous
and injurious to our interests. It has
since been and is now sometimes con
tended that the independence of the in
surgents should be recognized. But,
imperfect and restricted as the Spanish
government of the island may be, no
other exists there, unless the will of the
military officer in temporary command j
of a particular district can be dignified
as a species of government. It is now
also suggested that the United States
should buy the island a suggestion
possibly worthy of consideration if there
were any evidence of a desire or willing
ness on the part of Spain to entertain
such a proposal. It is urged, finally,
that, all other methods failing, the ex
isting internecine strife in Cuba should
be terminated by our intervention, even
at the cost of a war between the United
States and Spain a war which its ad
vocates confidently prophecy could nei
ther be large in its proportions nor
doubtful in its issue.
A CHARACTER TO MAINTAIN,
The correctness of this forecast need
be neither affirmed nor denied. The
United States has, nevertheless, a char
acter to maintain as a nation, which
plainly dictates that right and not might
should be the rule of its conduct.
Further, though the United States is
not a nation to which peace is a neces
sity, it is, in truth, the most pacific of
powers, and desires nothing so much as
to live in amity with all the world. Its
own ample and diversified domain satis
fies all possible longings for territory,
precludes all claims of' conquest and
prevents any casting of covetous eyes
upon neighboring regions, however at
tractive. That our conduct towards Spain and
her dominions has constituted no ex
ception to this national disposition is
made manifest by the' course of our gov
ernment, not only thus far during the
present insurrection, but during the
ten years that followed the rising of
Yara in 1868. No other great power it
may safely be said, under circumstances
of similar perplexity, would have mani
tested the same restraint and the same
patient endurance.
RESPECT FOB SPAIN.
It may also be said that this persist
ent attitude of the United States towards
Spain in connection with Cuba unques
tionably evinces no slight respect and
regard for Spain on the part of the
American people. 'They, in truth, do
not forget her connection with the dis
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ties of the Spanish people, nor fail to
fnlly'recognize their splendid patriotism
and their chivalrous devotion- to the
national honor. They view with won
der and admiration the cheerful resolu
tions with which vast bodies of men are
sent across thousands of miles of ocean
and an enormous debt accumulated that
the costly possession of the Gem of the
Antilles may still bold its place in the
Spanish crown.
And yet neither the government nor
the people of the United States have
shut their eyes to the course of events in
Cuba nor have failed to realize the ex
tent of conceded grievances which have
led to the present revolt from the au
thority of Spain, grievances recognized
by the queen regent and by the cortes,
voiced by the most patriotic and en
lightened of Spanish statesmen without
regard to party, and demonstrated by
reforms proposed by the executive and
approved by the legislative branch of
the Spanish government. It is in the
assumed temper and disposition of the
Spanish government to remedy these
grievances, fortified by indications of
influential public opinion in Spain, that
this government has hoped' to discover
the moBt promising and effective means
of composing the present strife with
honor and advantage to Spain and with
the achievment of all the ostensible ob
jects of the insurrection.
AUTONOMY FOR CUBA.
It would Beem that if Spain should of
fer to Cuba genuine autonomy a meas
ure of home rule, which, while preserv
ing the sovereignty to Spain, would
satisfy all rational requirements, of her
Spanish subjects there should be no
just reason why the pacification of the
island might not be effected on that
basis. Such a result would appear to be
in the true interest of all concerned. It
would stop at once the conflict which is
now consuming the resources of the
isiand and making it worthless for
whichever party may ultimately pre
vail. It would keep intact the posses
sions of Spain without touching her
honor, which will be consulted rather
than impugned by the adequate redress
of admitted grievances. It would put
the property of the island and the for
tunes of its inhabitants within their own
control, without severing the natural
and ancient ties which bind them to the
mother country, and would yet enable
them to test their capacity for self-gov
ernment under the most favorable con
ditions.' .' . - r
It has been objected on the one side
that Spain would not promise autonomy
until her insurgent subjects lay down
their arms; on the other side, tbat
promised autonomy, however liberal, is
insufficient, because without assurance
of the promise being fulfilled. But the
reasonableness of the requirement by
Spain of unconditional surrender on the
part of the insurgent Cubans before their
autonomy is conceded, is not altogether
apparent. ' It ignores important features
of the situation : The stability two
years' duration has given to the insur
rection the, feasibility of its indefinite
prolongation in the nature of things as
shown by - past experience ; the utter
and imminent ruin of the island unless
the present strife is speedily composed,
and, above all,' the rank abuses which
all parties in Spain, all branches of her
government, and all her leading public
men concede to exist and prcfees a de
sire to remove. ,' , . ! v V .
Facing such circumstances, to with
hold the proffer of needed Te forms until
the parties demanding them put them
selves at the mercy of Spain by throw
ing down their arms, has the appear
ance of neglecting the gravest of the
perils and inviting suspicion as to the
sincerity of any professed willingness to
grant reforms. The objection on behalf
of the insurgents that the promised re
forms cannot be relied upon must, of
course, be considered, though we have
no right to assume and no reason for as
suming tbat anything Spain undertakes
to do for the relief of Cuba will not be
done according to both the spirit and the
letter of the undertaking.
A WAY OUT OF IT.
Nevertheless, realizing that suspicions
on the part of the weaker of the two
combatants are always natural and not
always unjustifiable, being sincerely de
sirous in the interest of both as well as
on our own account tbat the Cuban
problem should be solved with the least
possible delay, it was intimated by this
government to the government of Spain
some months ago that if a satisfactory
measure of home rule were tendered the
Cuban insurgents, and would be accept
ed by them upon guaranty of its execu
tion, the United States 'would endeavor
to find a way not objectionable to Spain
of furnishing sucb guaranty.
While no definite response to this inti
mation has yet been received from the
Spanish government: It is believed to
be not altogether unwelcome, while as
already suggested, no reason is perceived
why it should not be approved by the in
surgents. Neither party can fail to see
the importance of early action, and
both must realize that to prolong the
present state of things for even a short
period will add enormously to the time
and labor and expenditure necessary to
bring about the industrial recuperation
of the island. It is, therefore, fervently
hoped on all grounds that earnest efforts
for healing the breach between Spain
and the insurgent Cubans upon the lines
above indicated may be at once inaugu
rated and pushed to an immediate suc
cessful issue. The friendly offices of the
United States, either in the manner
above lined or in any other way consist
ent with our constitution and laws, will
always be at the disposal of either party.
Whatever policy may arise, our policy
and our interest would constrain us to
object to the acquisition of the island or
to any interference with its control by
any other power.
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