27th May. Tues is no principle of international law sounder than the principle that the preservation of material interests and of national and political infnence are sufficient causes for peaceful or armed intervention in civil wars, There are many examples to justify armed intervention when 2 nation believes that the integrity of its territory, the peaceful permanence of its institutions, its influence, its prestige, or its com-interest will suffer by the con-Linuance of a struggle between the two countries, or between any country and a revolting portion of its subjects. The Czar of Russia intervened and crushed out the Hungarian revolt against Austria upon political grounds, Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, although invited by the King of the Netherlands to concert with him in restoring the revolting Belgians to their allegiance, interfered only to uphold the insurgents and to establish for them an independent government, which was maintained by the force of arms. The reason assigned fur the intervention was tha desire to prevent the effusion of blood and to restore the equilibrief of Europe, For three-quarters of a century European powers have forcibly interfered with the affairs of Turkey dismembering her Empire by giving independence to some provinces and autonomy to others: I¢ is not long since the Powers of Europe laid n repressing hand upon Greece, sant: their warships into her waters, fired upon her troops, and imp sed upon turkey the autonomy of Crete, The professed reason for such interference was for the sake of orler, but doubtless the real reason was to protect: the Stock Markets of Europe, and all the acquisitions of territory made in a by European peoples hava bean tthe protection and enlargement. of their commerce. In view of the pri ciple of international lw indicated, the many examples on pporting its sonny ness, the intervention of the United States to- hostilities in Cuba is abundantly justified, Cuba is only a short distance from the United States and the sanguinary character of the war, which has been going on in the island for several years, fully arranted intervention, if for no other reason than to "prevent the effusion of blood " and the suffering of innocence. There.is not un enlighten ed nation of the world that in quiet moments will condemn the intervention of the United States, however great may be the friendship for Spain.
But aside from the duty of an enlight tened power to repress barbarity in warfare, the commercial interest of the United States in Cuba is of such importance in value as to warrant inter-
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