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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



THE PRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Taking a nation out from under the pro- 

 tection of an experienced administration, 

 with all the power and the prestige of 

 more than a century of successful national 

 existence back of it and setting it on its 

 feet, to walk alone, without training or ex- 

 perience except of a most superficial sort, 

 is a severe test, and immediate perfection 

 is not to be looked for. — Boston (]\Iass.) 

 Advertiser. 



Trade is falling ofif. Public works are 

 being suspended. All indications point to- 

 ward bankruptcy at an early date. — St. Paul 

 (Minn.) Pioneer Press. June 4. 



Cuba has not learned her lesson. — Meri- 

 den (Conn.) Record. 



When annexation comes, as it inevitably 

 will, before many more years pass, Cuba 

 will soon take a leading place among Am- 

 erica's agricultural and industrial communi- 

 ties. — St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Democrat. 



Except that the Cuban government is 

 showing a disposition to make the money 

 fly, in happy-go-lucky fashion, there is no 

 public information of prospective trouble. 

 — Providence (R. I.) Journal. 



Cuba, judging by its newspapers and the 

 interviews given out by its officials, seems 

 to wonder why the United States should 

 regard lotteries or cock-fights as any of its 

 business. They certainly are not. — Brock- 

 ton (Mass.) Times. 



The prediction is made that in case the 

 epoch of extravagance is not checked a sit- 

 uation will be produced to make foreign 

 creditors of Cuba turn to the United States 

 for assistance in securing settlement of their 

 claims, and there will then be nothing for 

 it but another assumption of authority over 

 the island. — Council Bluffs (Iowa) Non- 

 pareil. 



All talk about the United States being 

 compelled to take possession of the island 

 because of some faults in administration, 

 or even because of some attempt of a hand- 

 ful of malcontents to start a revolution, are 

 based upon a desire for this country to ac- 

 quire it. In the main, though, it may be 

 subconscious, the wish is father of the 

 thought. If there were no desire to annex 

 Cuba, and we sincerely hope we would never 

 be called upon to do it, we would not be 

 severely critical of its imperfections in 

 its infancy. — St. Louis (Mo.) Star. 



If Cuba again fails in self-government, 

 it will be because of the inability of the 

 people to understand that the government 

 is what they make it, and that it will be good 

 in proportion, not to what they can man- 

 age to extract from it, but to what they 

 can, by wisdom and patriotism, put into 

 it. — Cokimbus (Ohio) Dispatch. 



The Baltimore (;Md.) American says: "Uncle 

 Sam don't like his tune. He had better change it 

 if he wants to please." 



El periodico "The Baltimore (Md.) American" 

 dice: "A los Estados Unidos no les gusta su 

 tonada. Mejor sera que la cambie si quiere 

 agradar." El papel en el atril dice: "No hace 

 caso de los contratos americanos. Esta com- 

 prando armas en el extranjero." 



When the citizens of Cuba by their own 

 free choice ask to be made a part of our 

 republic, when they desire to gather under 

 the clustering folds of our flag, and say so 

 in no uncertain terms, it will be consid- 

 ered. Success to Cuba Libre! — Boise 

 (Idaho) Statesman. 



The Cuban financial situation is not quite 

 what could be desired. There will be a 

 deficit at the close of the fiscal year. But 

 the United States, the united kingdom, and 

 some other countries are in the same pre- 

 dicament. It is, indeed, altogether too soon 

 to pass judgment on the new Cuban govern- 

 ment. It should be given at least two years 

 more in which to demonstrate its strength 

 or weakness. — Chicago Tribune. 



In spite of the heavy expenditures, the 

 proposal of a national lottery as a source 

 of income and a few freak notions on the 

 part of the Cubans, the island is on the 

 proper road toward prosperity and good 

 government under President Gomez. If 

 Cuba can work out its own salvation it will 

 be a rock bottom foundation to a solid little 

 republic. — Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette. 



