Show W W THE MY MONEY responsibility OF DISHONEST HIGH FINANCE FOR THE PANIC or OF 1907 BY JOHN C ALBERT CUBAS DEBT TO ROOSEVELT how that generous vow has been observed the nation knows in spite of 0 his remarkable individuality mr roosevelt adjusted himself to the conditions he found retaining the cabinet of his predecessor maintaining harmonious relations with congress and applying himself to the execution aion ot of the policies mckinley had formulated he gave independence to cuba and insured the prosperity of the island by arranging a mutually advantageous treaty 0 of commercial reciprocity but to prevent the ledurn of anarchy with its train of evils injurious not only to tle the cuban but to the american people as well he was compelled tour four years later to reestablish american occupation tills this was done quietly peacefully without wound to the keen sensibilities of cubans and it was accompanied by pledge that evacuation eva cution would the second time when tile the natives showed a greater readiness to govern themselves alive with gratitude and enthusiasm for 01 the united states in consequence of its liberation ot of their land from tile the ca claims alms of spain had riveted about it the first occupation was naturally tice flee from an anti american movement the suspicion american occil occupation second voled by a necessary as it was in ill the interest of tile the cubans themselves could easily have given rise to demonstrations st and revolt but so tactfully has the situ situation aaion been handled that waiting tor for the cubans are patiently the time when tho the government once more shall be ba confided conf idaJ to their I 1 hands had less courtesy and consideration been displayed the tha united states today would be engaged in the same kind of strife in cuba that spain found necessary during the last awen ty five years of her possession the single campen compensation bation the united states has obtained for f or the unselfish course it has pursued alike under mckinley and roosevelt Is guantanamo bay on tile the southside south side of the island A naval station has been established there which commands tile the carridean Carrl Carri bean sea and enables the navy more advantageously to protect tho the southern coast of the united states and the panama canal it is the opinion of european diplomats that the highest statecraft has been display displaced ed in dealing with the cuban question UP BUILDING COLONIAL government As in cuba the president peacefully carried out the roli policies cies of mckinley 0 so o in tile the philippines he sought to realize the high alms aims and purposes of the execl executive tive so cruelly slain at buffalo immediately following the suppression sion of the insurrection the army occupy occupying ing the islands was reduced from to men every encouragement was given to the commission headed by william H taft now secretary of war to establish esi ablith civil government with the result that today to day filipinos Pili pinos fill most of the offices and have their own elective assembly the work done in the far eastern archipelago belongs to the highest type of constructive statecraft and theodore roosevelt has lost no opportunity to impress upon it the high civic ideals which he be has entertained always porto rico too has been a subject of the presidents attention the good of the people of that small island has been his object and the maintenance of peace and the prosperous condition of its inhabitants are testimony of the wisdom of the policy pursued with respect ct to them THE PANAMA CANAL for half a century it had been the dream of the american people to connect the waters aters v of the atlantic and pacific by means of a 1 ship canal all of president Roosevel ts predecessors during that period had appreciated tile the inestimable advantage lil vanta ge of such a waterway many man of them recommended that it be undertaken but both at homo home and abroad obstacles were placed d or found in the vay of tile the enterprise the former made up tor for the most part of railroad interests which foresaw competition on oil long hauls and a consequent reduction of freight rates and the latter due to the clayton bulwer treaty of 1850 with great britain which prohibited I 1 the united states from exclusive control of the tha waterway during the administration of president mckinley secretary hay negotiated a treaty abrogating ro the treaty prohibition but the senate declined to ratify without important amendments under the administration of oe president roosevelt secretary hay negotiated a new treaty which was ratified t w e I 1 v e d days ays after submission and effectually removed all interference by a foreign power in whatever action tills this government might tale take with respect to the project GOOD FAITH OBSERVED then with that energy which characterizes acte his every move the president induced congress to authorize the construction of an isthmian canal and when it seemed wise to abandon the nicaraguan route he in insisted upon american jurisdiction over the panama zone first in the negotiation with columbia and then with the tha independent republica of panama which separated from its mother state in every step he took the presidents course was marked by good faith and disinterested statesmanship without armed conflict with with the general and heal beaty ty approval not only of 0 the american can people but ot of the great states of 0 central and south america and the powers of the old world to be continued |