THE CUBA REVIEW 



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The Rock Island (111.) Argus prints this cartoon with the caption "Something we may expect 

 in Cuban news before the summer is over." 



Cuba and Alabama. 



Cuba contains 45,883 square miles ; Ala- 

 bama, 52,251. Cuba has 1,722,953 people, 

 and Alabama had in the last census year 

 1.828,697. Alabama is the larger, the 

 richer and the better of the two. 



And yet it costs Cuba at least $30,000,000 

 a year to conduct its government, while 

 Alabama gets along on less than $3,500,000 

 a year. 



The two cases are not exactly parallel. 

 Cuba is a republic and she has an army 

 to support. She has, however, no navy, 

 and she has custom houses in which a fine 

 income is collected. It is not possible to 

 institute a close comparison between the 

 two, because one is a state in a republic, 

 while the other is a republic complete. 



But it is plain that Alabama's govern- 

 ment is more economically conducted than 

 Cuba's. — Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. 



Cuban discrimination against American 

 rifles and cannons appears to be due wholly 

 to prejudice. And yet this country has 

 done more for Cuba than the rest of the 

 world combined. — Niagara Falls (N. Y.) 

 Gazette. 



When we remember how short a time 

 it is since our own people came into the 

 realization of the true character of the lot- 

 tery, and succeeded in passing the laws 

 which have made any lottery on a large 

 scale an impossibility; and when we remem- 

 ber that in many states we are even now 

 in the struggle with the race-track evils, 

 it behooves us to be very patient with these 

 island people of the South. — Lutheran Ob- 

 server, Philadelphia, Pa. 



There is not the slightest foundation for 

 belief that the United States will need to 

 intervene in Cuba unless present condi- 

 tions completely change. 



The Cubans during the last four months 

 have displayed admirable political judgment, 

 and there is no reason to doubt that they 

 will continue to do so. — N. ^' Herald. 



Cuba has plenty of use for her money 

 in ways that make for a higher civilization. 

 To go into heavy investment in prepara- 

 tion for war may please Cuban pride, but 

 it does not square either with the idea of 

 cultivating American friendship or proving 

 a capacity for self-government. — Pasadena 

 (Cal.) News. 



