AMERICA AND SAN DOMINGO.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 9

AMERICA AND SAN DOMINGO.

PiiYUflont Hixv-evelt li.ih devised a plan of (oinpioiniMi in leg.nd to his 'Tie.ity with S.iulo Domingo, which it is imagined tho Senate may ai<opt. Me, haw m.idft a ti-nipoi.iry agiei-nienl with tho President of (he Doiiiiiiif.in Kepublic, under which tin' l.illi'r appoints American .igenls to < oiled the (JuMoius duties, of which 55 per cent, will be hanked for the ercililois of the Slate and 4f> paid out for St.Ue expenses. 'I he agents will be piotcclod hy aiuii'il Anuiicaii vessels, and jt i.s bclipved that at* Iheic will he no money to get. the lexolulionaiies wj|| .jl,. st.iin friini inlerfeieiK c. 'The aiiangeinenl i.s to la.st only till the Sui.ite, which is about to adjourn, shall ratify or reject (no Piesidt'iif 1 * Tie.ity. In' the latter event, the niouey lisoivrd fur tlio cirditors is to be p lid back- into the Dominican 'luasury. 'Hi Prei.idejit'B hope i.s (hat hm every thing is in.ide mnditional on the fiction of the Senate, the piido of that body will be wiolhed, and that when onco pliu.tted the Senatoi.s will be relurt.int to deprive honest cieditois of their rights. We .should hay he was rather sanguine, as the Sc-nate wishes to lie suprime in intei national all'.iir.s; but he no doubl undeuslandh his opponents better than we do, and meaiiw Inle America i.s protecting, and practically governing, tsauto Domingo. t TIIK FISCAL CONTROVKISSY. 'The <(uhm< of the Fiscal conlinvei.--y in (lie Ciiniiiidiis dining (he pnM week has be'ii m<M4| humi'i.-iting to the (loveinnient, and tlie Prime Minister h.i.s suffeieri a Ii ..s of peisouul dignity which i.s Mitnout piecedcnl in our Pai'liainentary annals. On 'TiiCMlay nvening, Mr. .lobopii Walton moved: "Th.it in view of (ho declaration made by the Pi imp Minister, this House thinks it ncreosary to recoid its condemnation of his policy of lixcal retaliation" Mr. Fletcher Moullon, who 3eiondeil the resolution, contrasted the attitude of the (!ov. inmriil on (hi.* occasion with lii.it adopteii liis( week. Their pievioiiK withdrawal might have been defuided on (he giouml that the policy condemned wan th.it of a piivulo memboi'; but this wiis the oilicml (.lovcniinent policy, and the l'reiniei's ahbt-nco flowed I hat Ihe def, it of .the po'iry of hi.s collraKUe or rival hist week was only n jU'ehlde to w ti.it Iw felt wouhl be the verdict of the comitiy. Mr. How lain! 11 mil. the ineinbiT for hudlow, o],po,ted tho Froetrade view in a speech which .Mr. Avfjuilh nfiei w.ii'iN det-ciibvil, not without good ci'.i.se. iin "the low water mink of aigiiiin ntJiiive huniiliiition to whiili tariff ivfoim has been ivdiucd." 'There h»,s been, siid Mr. Asi|Uitii. a tie.l*, cciido of shutlliug hy which (he Puinier and Ih.n coUc igi:e« w.-i,' practically boycotting the House nf Commons. Mi. Arthur Mlliol ,ilm> «\pliS.vid stlOllg UMMItHKIH at the coui>.' Mr. Halfour had iovSi'lvwl to take, and after Mr. I. mibton I.1 ''. nnifiidtnenl had bi'-n lugiUived without A divi.siun. the nsoltitina wd.s juvm-cI lie mine contiadici nte. A liROTKSQI'K I'KUFdHMAXCK. On Wednesday night the thud Hsi.tJ resilutioii —to the elicit that Kf|'lN "I" juiy would bt« done to the hlupping in-lele-t by Ilio adaption of .Mr. (.'luliihtThiin'n jiolicy— w.is moved by Mr. oMnood WilUiiiiis :md K.toii.ird by C'llonct Denny, a iVm.-vnutn'e I'lcetuidi-r. and mi mbi'r of tho great Diiihli.imoii .shipbuilding tiriu. Thi' TiciiMiry llenih leimtiiied empty throiiglinut the dihalt*. nnd only two (•poaktiH. Mr M'her and Mr Ronwick, rose on the MinistciTil siite to oppose tlie iMolicn, v hit h w:i.s cm ried iiciiiiiip mv tiaduelite afd-r Mr. Itiyco h.ul declared (hat theso gioU'W[Ue perfoiinanctH showed lh.it tie fiovcmiiK'ut must be niMiing its end. The real.v ,si|/nificant fratme of Wcdnfrday\s Milling, however, w«>« tho heckling of Mr Hillottr al f(«o-*lion tmu-. Mr. Winston Cliuicliill askod the Premier whether he proposed to ask the House to expunge the lesolutiw passed on the pt<«vioiw livening and Mantling on the joitrnulh of tho House, anil "wliether while it stands he con.Mdet« hin retention of office consistent with his public duly or his per.soiuil honour."