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THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE PRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Government Must Be Stable. 



There is a deep-rooted fear in Cuba 

 that sooner or later the United States 

 will annex the island even against its 

 will. This is an erroneous view of the 

 desires of the American people and their 

 government. Most Americans would pre- 

 fer to see Cuba independent, as we are 

 already sufficiently embarrassed with 

 outlying possessions. At the saine time 

 this country is iirmly committed to the 

 support of a stable and orderly govern- 

 ment in Cuba. Should the Cubans fail 

 to maintain such a government, inter- 

 vention will again become necessary and 

 a third intervention would be pretty sure 

 to result in permanent annexation. 



The South in general, and Louisiana 

 in particular would not welcome the an- 

 nexation of Cuba, as it would add an 

 alien population to our citizenship, as 

 well as a horde of additional negroes, 

 of whom we have a superabundance al- 

 ready. The opening of American mar- 

 kets to Cuban products would, more- 

 over, l)e prejudicial to Louisiana's best 

 interests. — New Orleans (La.) Picayune. 



Cuba Should Be Left Alone. 



If left alone there is every reason to 

 believe that Cuba will work out her 

 own salvation. Why then all this grief 

 over Cuban affairs, all this solemn 

 preaching, all these threats? If we de- 

 sire to annex Cuba, let us at least do 

 it in open robber-like fashion, not un- 

 der a solemn cloak of righteous pre- 

 tense. 



Ever since President Gomez took 

 charge a multitude of American news- 

 papers have been unctuously declaring 

 that "we would only intervene in Cuba 

 when forced to do so." When two or three 

 rural guards deserted down there, these 

 excellent journals saw a revolution 

 which was only to be surpressed by an 

 .A.merican army. The establishment of 

 a lottery was hailed as a safe precursor 

 of intervention. Every wrangle in the 

 Cuban Congress has convinced them 

 that Cuba is only to be saved from the 

 l)ow-wows by the Stars and Stripes. The 

 minute Cuba applied for a loan it her- 

 alds the "bankruptcy of the government" 

 and suggests an American army as the 



UXCLE SAM : — "Was it for this that we poured out all our blood and treasure in the Spanish 

 War." — The Judge, New York. 



Esta caricatura es tomeda del "Judge," de la ciudad de Nueva York. El Tio Samuel esta 

 observando come el presidente Gomez pone su firma a la nueva ley legalizando las peleas de gallos 

 y la lotcria, a lo cual dice el Tio Samuel: "Y para esto derramamos nuestra sangre y gastamos 

 nuestro dinero en la guerra con Espafia?" En el crespon que rodea su braze se leen las palabras : 

 "Acuerdcsc del IMa.ne." En la mano izquierda lleva un cartel que dice: "Costo de la guerra 

 Hispanoamericana, $50,000,000, a mas de los muertos, sufimientos y privaciones." 



