Show I CUBAN RECIPROCITY DUTY TO OURSELVES AND YOUNG REPUBLIC I hope soon to submit to the Senate Senate a reciprocity treaty with wih Cuba On OnIa May Ia 20 o last the United States kept Us Its Is promise e to the Island by hy formally va vacating va- va eating cating Cuban soil si and turning Cuba Oer O'er over to those whom her own people had chosen as the first officials of oC the new Heu Republic bie Cuba lies Hes at our doors and whatever affects her for Cor good or for ill 1 affects us also So much have our people felt this that in the Platt amen amendment we definitely took the ground 1 that Cuba Cuha must here hereafter el ha have hae e co closer er pol political relations with wih us than with any other power Thus In a sense Cuba has become become become be be- come a a part of or our system This makes It necessary that in return she should be given sonic some of oC the of oC becoming part of oC our economic s system stem It I is Is from our own standpoint a sighted short-sighted and mischievous policy to fall Cal to reco recognize recognize nize this need aced Moreover It Is unworthy unworthy un un- un- un worthy worth of a mighty and generous nation nation na na- na- na tion Isel itself the greatest and most successful sue suc republic In history to reu refuse to stretch out a a helping hand to t. t a young oung and weak sister republic Just entering upon its Is career of oC Independence We Vc should always fearlessly Insist upon our rights In the face Cac of the strong and we ve e should with wih ungrudging hand do our generous dut duty b by the w weak al I urge the adoption topton of or reciprocity with ith wih Cuba Cuba not only onh because it Is eminently for our own interests to control the Cuban market and b by ever every means to foster Coster our supremacy In the tropical lands and waters south of or us but also because we of the giant republic of the north should make aU all our sister nations of the American continent feel that whenever whenever when when- ever evel th they y will Mill wi permit lt it t wo we desire to show ourselves disinterestedly and effectively ef cf- ely their friend 1 Newfoundland Reciprocity A convention with wih Great Britain has been concluded will wi be at once laid before beCore tIle the te Senate for ratification rUncton pr pJ providing for fOt Ot re reciprocal al l trade arrangements arrange arrange- m ments between ibe he United States and N Newfoundland nd n lub substantially the Ine oC trie tle convention om formerly negotiated by bythe the Secretary o of State Mr Blame Baine I believe e bele reciprocal trad re relations relations re- re lations will wi be greatly greaty to the advantage advantage tage tags of oC both countries Arbitration Between et een Nations As civilization grows grow warfare becomes becomes becomes be be- comes less les and less leAs the normal condition oC of foreign relations The last lat century has seen een a n marked diminution o of wars civilized powers wars ars with uncivilized uncivilized un un- un- un c civilized 1 powers power are largely largel mere matters matters matters mat mat- of or International police poUce dut duty essential es es- es- es for the welfare of oC the world Wherever pg possible arbitration or some similar method should be employed In lieu leu of oC war to settle sette difficulties between n civilized nations although as yet et the world has hal not nol progressed sufficiently to render It possible or necessarily desirable desirable de de- de- de to arbitration In every case The formation of oC the te international al tribunal which sits at The Hague Is Isan Isan an event of good o omen from which great consequences for the welfare of ofal all al mankind may How flow It lt Is far better beter where possible to Invoke t s such ch a a penna perma permanent nent tribunal than to create special arbitrators arbitrators arbitrators ar ar- ar- ar for a given purpose It 1 is a matter mater of sincere con ratu- ratu to our countr country th the United Sta States te and Mexico should have been the first to use the good offices of oC The Tho Hague Court This a was done last summer summer sum sum- mer nier with wih most satisfactory results In Inthe Inthe inthe the case of oC a claim caim at Issue Isue between us and our sister republic I It Is earnestly earnestly ear ear- nestly hoped that this first case will 1 serve fene as 35 a a precedent for or others In which not not only the United States put ti ut foreign nations may take lake ilke advantage anta e of the machinery already in The Ha Hague ue I commend to the favorable ra consideration consideration consider consider- on of the of-the or-he or the Congress the Ha Hawaiian lan fire fre claims which were the subject of oC careful care ful Cui Ui investigation during the last ses ses- sion |