THE CUBA REVIEW. 



UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT. 



The best the United States 

 Must Be can wish Cuba is that she 

 Orderly. may early come to recognize 

 that a bad government of her 

 own would be just as harmful to her popu- 

 lation and her economic prosperity as a 

 bad Spanish government, and that she may 

 make up iher mind to keep her political 

 affairs in order as soon as new elections 

 are held so that the United States will have 

 no need for intervening again. — Chicago 

 Record-Herald. 



The people who are worth 

 Want the considering in Cuba have been 

 United States, cured of the desire for in- 

 dependence, and are willing 

 to stay in a situation of dependency upon 

 the United S'tates, because they want to live 

 peacefully and embrace the opportunities 

 there are on the island under composed 

 conditions, to make fortunes and promote 

 general prosperity. — Cincinnati Enquirer. 



The rehabilitation of Cuba 

 Cuba is a bright page in the annals 

 Restored and of the new order of American 

 Made Safe, expansion by conquest. We 

 have taken the plundered 

 Spanish province and redeemed it, putting 

 it on its way to' permanent self-government. 

 We have cleaned its plague spots, driven 

 out the fever, subdued its marauding bands, 

 made life and property safe, increased its 

 trade, stimulated agricultural growth and 

 brought order out of conditions that threat- 

 ened political disintegration. 



An era of genuine prosperity would seem 

 to be beginning for Cuba. Works of pub- 

 lic improvement are being carried on. Rail- 

 way traffic has been largely expanded and 

 railway construction extended. Given 

 sanity and the submergence of self-interest 



WHAT SHALU I OO WtTH IT? 



— Washington Star. 



on the part of its political leaders, its sec- 

 ond debut should be an auspicious one. — 

 New York Globe. 



— Duluth News-Tribune. 



"The provisional govern- 

 Not Helped ment established by the 

 By Cubans. United States has received 

 but little real support or as- 

 sistance from the Cuban leaders. The la- 

 borious task of revising the laws of the 

 island, taking a census on which to base an 

 electoral system, reorganizing the military 

 forces and otherwise preparing for the 

 restoration of the republic — this exacting 

 work has all been done by American civil 

 and military officers who have been ham- 

 pered almost, if not quite, as much as they 

 have been helped by the Cubans. — Army 

 and Navy Journal. 



Of course, under our fool- 

 Calls it a ish treaty with Cuba and the 

 Foolish agreement entered into we 

 Treaty. shall be but keeping faith by 

 giving the island another op- 

 portunity to go it alone, says the Philadel- 

 phia Inquirer. There are so many poli- 

 ticians in Cuba, so many office-seekers, so 

 many restless spirits who look only to their 

 own selfish interests that a stable govern- 

 ment seems to be practically out of the 

 question. Should this country be forced 

 once more to send troops to pacify the land 

 they would probably remain there. 



Cuba is to be given an- 

 Suggests other opportunity next year 

 Gov. Magoon to see if it can walk alone. 

 for President. If it falls — well, nobody can 

 say this country didn't try to 

 get along without annexation. What Cuba 

 should do is to persuade Governor Magoon 

 to run for the presidency. — Baltimore News. 



