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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT. 



North, East, South and West Opinions on the Elections — Ultimate Annexation, Etc. 



Some of the American officers who 

 have been quartered in the island say 

 that it will be hardlj^ necessary for 

 them to remove all of the baggage, 

 maintaining that it would be much 

 easier to place the same in storage. — 

 South Bend (Ind.) Tribune. 



The fiery little islanders will have 

 learned that the wisest way to settle dif- 

 ferences in a republic is to submit them 

 to the arbitration of the ballot-box. — 

 Troy (N. Y.) Record. 



E\ery house has its shady side, says 

 President Eliot, but wise inhabitants oc- 

 cupy the sunny aspect. And we may 

 hope that there is at last "room in the 

 sunlight" for the independent republic 

 of Cuba.— N. Y. Globe. 



Now Cuba has a chance to keep that 

 new flag flying without a fear of a stain. 

 — Troy (N. Y.) Times. 



Leaders of both parties will try earn- 

 estly to redeem themselves in the ej^es 

 of the world and prove their right to 

 self-government. — Washington (D. C.) 

 Posf. 



We have put them on their feet again, 

 and once more they will have a chance to 

 walk alone among the family of nations — 

 if they can. — Chicago Examiner. 



Gomez has a great opportunity. Let us 

 hope that, with the unselfish assistance of 

 his fellow-patriots, he will make the most 

 of. it for Cuba's sake. — Boston Journal. 



The question of American annexation 

 was not one of the issues of the campaign. 

 All parties are opposed to that, at least 

 nominally. — Turk Island (111.) Argus. 



They will make the renewed experiment 

 with the unfeigned good wishes of the great 

 majority of the American people. But our 

 God-speed will be tempered with some 

 misgiving and doubt. — Philadelphia (Pa.) 

 Record. 



Gen Gomez is strongly in favor of schools 

 and progress and there is reason for be- 

 lieving that Cuba will enjoy prosperity and 

 fairly good government under his rule. — 

 Jersey City (N. J.) Journal. 



Another failure on the part of the Cubans 

 would convince many that it is a wasted 

 and fatuous effort. — Dallas (Tex.) News. 



Good roads, schools and other public util- 

 ities are needed, in the supplying of which 

 the insular government will have to do no 

 more than to continue in the course already 

 marked out and pursued by the provisional 

 government. — N. Y. Tribune. 



The permanent annexation of the island 

 to the United States ought to have taken 

 place long ago, and if it had not been for 

 the Quixotic ideas of some American sen- 

 ators, the unfortunate experiment of Cuban 

 independence would never have been made. — 

 Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain. 



The tobacco growers, who, in large meas- 

 ure, sided with the Liberal party, are op- 

 posed to the establishment of closer relations 

 with the United States. They fear that Cuba 

 would be flooded with cheap American to- 

 bacco which would be re-imported in the 

 United States as Cuban tobacco, to the detri- 

 ment of the Cuban planters. — Syracuse (N. 

 Y.) Herald. 



Mr. Taft's experience in Cuba has peculi- 

 arly fitted him to deal with any crisis that 

 may arise at any time, and the Cuban people 

 will receive much more consideration and 

 much more justice from Mr. Taft than from 

 any other executive because Mr. Taft knows 

 all about Cuba. — Albuquerque (New Mexi- 

 co) Citizen. 



Whenever 'disorder and disturbance in 

 Cuba shall imperil the lives and property of 

 American citizens and others for which this 

 Government is responsible, there will be no 

 hesitation in resuming possession and con- 

 trol of the island. — Tampa (Fla.) Times. 



The election was to decide who will have 

 charge of the "counter" and Cubans are 

 proverbially hungry. — Hannibal (Mo.) 

 Post. 



Governor Magoon scrupulously and vigil- 

 antly avoided anything even remotely re- 

 sembling the e.xercise of any influence upon 

 the election save for the confirmation of 

 law, order and integrity. — N. Y. Tribune. 



This country desires to see the Cubans 

 set up a decent, stable government of their 

 own and maintain it under an American 

 protectorate which shall shield them from 

 outside aggression. — Philadelphia (Pa.) 

 Bulletin. 



We are treading very close to the making 

 of a wretched mistake in the case of Cuba. 

 Better American occupation for another ten 

 years than independence followed almost in- 

 evitably by a speedy re-occupation. — N. Y. 

 Commercial. 



It appears that the election in Cuba has 

 been carried by the party least in sym- 

 pathy with the American protectory. — 

 Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune. 



The United States should be particularly 

 careful that the next "revolution" in Cuba 

 does not bear the stamp, "made in America." 

 — Columbia (S» C.) State. 



