. Review of reviews and world's work. because they frankly avowed their desire to annexSanto Domingo to the United States and regardedthe proposed arrangement as one that would bringabout so good an adjustment of Santo Domingoaffairs as to obviate the demand for , certainly, was an intelligible position, andan honest one ; but although these Senators maywish to annex Santo Domingo, one does notfind any strong tide of public opinion settingin that direction. Other Senators opposed thetreaty because they declai-ed that it broughtabout a relationship which would inevitablylead lip
. Review of reviews and world's work. because they frankly avowed their desire to annexSanto Domingo to the United States and regardedthe proposed arrangement as one that would bringabout so good an adjustment of Santo Domingoaffairs as to obviate the demand for , certainly, was an intelligible position, andan honest one ; but although these Senators maywish to annex Santo Domingo, one does notfind any strong tide of public opinion settingin that direction. Other Senators opposed thetreaty because they declai-ed that it broughtabout a relationship which would inevitablylead lip to annexation,—the first step towardwhich they were determined to oppose withall firmness. This was not a sound position. Precedent ^^^^^ Were Still other .Senators whoversus professed to be willing enough torac ice. (\qq\ after the manner of this treatywith Santo Domingo but for the fact that wemight thus have established a precedent whichwould prevent our dealing upon their precisemerits with analogous situations that might arise. ONE THING TO AVOID. In this collection business dont play at the cats-paw the Brookli/n Eagle (New York). 898 THE AMERICAN MONTHL Y REVIEW OF REVIEWS. in other Latin-American republics. The simplefact is that all our recent experience shows liowdirectly we deal with such problems upon theirindividual merits, regardless of precedents. \Yehave made Cuba an entirely independent repub-lic, but have given her some commercial advan-tages and stand sponsor before the world forher internal good order and external solvencyand honor. In the case of Venezuela, we haveworked out an arbitration plan for adjustingforeign claims and a financial plan for payingoff the claims as adjusted, and this we havedone without impairing independence and self-government in Venezuela. At Panama, we havecountenanced the creation of a new republicunder our auspices and protection, and with re-lations to our government not based upon anyprecedent. Far earlier tlian any
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