THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT— (Continued). 



There is no good reason why the Cubans 

 should not overcome all difficulties relating 

 to self-government. Many good patriots 

 fought under Gomez and Garcia. If those 

 people can be made to understand that they 

 must be heroes in public service as well as 

 in the field they may manifest the qualities 

 so essential to good citizenship. — Troy (N. 

 Y.) Record. 



American interests in the island are such 

 that discrimination would cause the Wash- 

 ington Government to take steps which 

 might cause no end of trouble for Gomez 

 and his supporters. — Troy (N. Y.) Record. 



American statesmen have combined to in- 

 struct the people of Cuba in their duties as 

 citizens and how to conduct affairs until 

 it is believed that they are capable of man- 

 aging for themselves. If they cannot do 

 so the American Government will have to 

 resume its role as protector and instructor 

 and continue the course for an indefinite 

 period.— Joliet (111.) Herald. 



This country has enough problems involv- 

 ing outside possessions without adding an- 

 other by annexing an island whose people 

 cannot govern themselves. — Rochester (N. 

 Y.) Chronicle. 



The more intelligent Cubans who are 

 viewing the situation from Washington con- 

 sider annexation at a comparatively early 

 date certain., not because of disorder, but 

 from the recognition of the benefits that 

 would accrue to Cuba through the estab- 

 lishment of free trade with the United 

 States. — Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel. 



It is hoped that the Liberals will give 

 their country a safe and sane administra- 

 tion, thereby permanently removing all pre- 

 text for further intervention and ultimate 

 annexation. — New Orleans (La.) Picayune. 



If our government is willing to wait pa- 

 tiently for ten years or twenty, interfering 

 always in behalf and on the side of con- 

 stituted authority in emergencies, the Cubans 

 may learn eventually that peace and order 

 are not only possible, but that they are 

 compulsory. — Concord (N. C.) Tribune. 



Will Cuba be glad or sorry when the 

 United litates protecting arm and flag are 

 no longer near? — Canton (O.) Repository. 



Predictions are freely made that the fac- 

 tion now in power is less qualified to run 

 Cuban affairs than were Palma and those 

 associated with him. — Augusta (Me.) Jour- 

 nal. 



There is no apparent reason why the 

 United States should have ever again to 

 interfere. — McKee.sport (Pa.) News. 



Maybe, after all, we have established a 

 nation which will be peaceful, strong and 

 prosperous, an honor to itself and to us. — 

 Richmond (Va.) Leader. 



1 he United States has done splendid and 

 generous work in the island. It is ready to 

 step down and out. Are the Cubans ready 

 to take over and carry on their governmental 

 affairs in peace, freedom and honor? — Chi- 

 cago Record-Herald. 



Uncle Sam stands by as a friendly guard, 

 but the country should run its own affairs 

 without calling for interference every few 

 years.— Troy (N. Y.) Times. 



The United States has made too great 

 sacrifices for Cuba to see all thrown away. 

 Cuba must be at peace and must be indus- 

 trious. — IMobile (Ala.) Register. 



If this experiment fails, Cuba will with- 

 out doubt be formally annexed, and given 

 a government like that of Porto Rico. This 

 would long ago have been the Cuban status 

 but for the folly of the Teller "self-deny- 

 insr clause" in the declaration of war with 

 Spain.— St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press. 



In Gen. Gomez the people of Cuba have 

 chosen a grand old warrior who has won 

 a sure place in the hearts of his constituents. 

 — Lincoln (Neb.) Star. 



Uncle Sam will withdraw his troops from 

 Cuba in a short time, and then President 

 Gomez will have the wild ones on his hands. 

 • — Knoxville (Tenn.) Tribune. 



May Cuba have better luck this time. — 

 Buffalo (N. Y.) Express. 



Cuba is one of the most fertile countries 

 on the globe, rich in minerals, in area al- 

 most equal to England, with 2,000 miles of 

 sea coast, many fine harbors and is close 

 to the markets of the United States. 



Cuba needs only peace, industry and en- 

 terprise to speedily become one of the 

 most prosperous and happy nations in 

 the world. — Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot. 



It is Cuba's last chance at absolute inde- 

 pendence. For in the final resort this must 

 be the lash by which Gen. Gomez can whip 

 even his most belligerent countrymen into 

 line. — Chicago (111.) Post. 



The LTnited States will undoubtedly be 

 forced into the position of having this rich 

 and populous island thrust into its list of 

 insular possessions. — S'ioux Falls (S. D.) 

 Argus-Leader. 



Cuba, witn good government and indus- 

 trial expansion, should be prosperous and 

 happy. — Hailey (Ida.) Times. 



Liberalism in Cuba means the right to 

 seize the propert" of others under forms 

 more or less of law ; less rather than more. 

 Of course, proper'^y will resist. Then there 

 will be anarchy, and the army and navy 

 of the United States will be sent to Cuba 

 acrain. 



All this is absolutely certain. — Portland 

 Oregonian. 



