THE CUBA REVIEW. 



19 



Get Out of Cuba. 



It is time the United States government 

 forced the Cuban people to assume the re- 

 sponsibilties of governing themselves. It is 

 time the American soldiers were brought 

 home and kept at home. Until it has been 

 clearly demonstrated that the people are 

 incapable of self government in the broader 

 sense of the word, the United States will be 

 justified in adopting another policy and the 

 chances are that the policy will be annexa- 

 tion. — Peoria (111.) Herald-Transcript. 



Cuba Like Corea. 



Baron Togoro Takahira, Japanese Embas- 

 sador at Washington, says that Corea occu- 

 pies the same relation to Japan that Cuba 

 does to the United States. The American 

 people felt that they could not have a con- 

 dition of disorder at their door, and went to 

 war to stop it. They liberated Cuba, but 

 were compelled by events to re-enter upon its 

 government. 



Commenting upon this, the Olean, N. Y. 

 Herald thinks our job in Cuba will not be 

 finished without considerable more trouble. 

 "Cuba," it says, "is not so' populous as 

 Corea, but enough has happened to show 

 that it presents almost as many difficulties 

 to the establishment of a well-ordered ad- 

 ministration." 



It is Up to Cuba. 



If the elections pass off peacefully and 

 there is no aftermath of bushfijhting, Ameri- 

 can troops will probably go early in the 

 next vear. In case of trouble they will stay. 



Ihis is tihe situation in a nutshell. The 

 United States will not permit the interests 

 of the people and of the foreigners doing- 

 business in the island to be jeopardized. 



It would gladly throw Cuba upon its own 

 responsibilties, and hopes to do so at an 

 earlv date. But this is up to Cuba, not the 

 United States. — Yonkers (N. Y.) States- 

 mian. 



With American bayonets guarding the 

 polls during the Cuban elections August 1, 

 Cuban self-government is merely a farce. — • 

 Jacksonville (Fla.) Metropolis. 



And in the meantime Cuba Libre continues 

 to be a joke to those who realize that the 

 first end of government is to govern. — 

 Jamestown (N. Y.) Post. 



The best thing that could happen to Cuba 

 wiould be to come into the Union, and be a 

 part of the great republic instead of the 

 whole of nothing. — Binghamton (N. Y.) 

 Republican. 



The Cubans appear to be quite apt at 

 election frauds. Isn't it about time to annex 

 Cuba and make a state out of it? — Washing- 

 ton (D. C.) Herald. 



Should American intervention again be- 

 come necessary, it will be final. — Leader, 

 Sioux Falls, S. D. 



A Deaf Ear to Annexationists. 



The administration should turn a deaf ear 

 to the clamor of the annexationists ; and 

 should there be an attempt to start an actual 

 revolution it should be dealt with vigorously 

 and its instigators and leaders severely pun- 

 ished. The Cubans may not be able to 

 govern themselves in accordance with Am- 

 erican ideals. But it will be better both 

 for them and for us that the government of 

 the island be turned over to its own people 

 to be administered in their own way so long 

 as decent order is maintained and the rights 

 of foreigners respected. — Providence (R. I.) 

 Tribune. 



Withdrawal Should Be Postponed. 



Already enough has been learned to jus- 

 tify a postponement of the date set for with- 

 drawal, and it should be postponed indefinite- 

 ly. The Cubans are unfit for self-govern- 

 ment and they are certainly unfit for state- 

 hood. As a "territory" the island would be 

 something of a burlesque. Perhaps Taft, 

 after he shall have become president, will be 

 able to preserve t'he autonomy of the island 

 and at the same time maintain peace among 

 its people. — N. Y. Morning Telegraph. 

 Uncle Sam and King Alfonso. 



Cuba needs the prosperity and civil order 

 that is vouchsafed to the British colonies 

 by the mother country. 



The treaty by which S-pain ceded Cuba 

 protected the contract rights of Spaniards 

 in the island. This has led the Spaniards 

 to join the Americans in demanding a con- 

 tinuation of Yankee occupation. The i\Iad- 

 rid bankers want their mortgages protected 

 by Uncle Sam if not by King Alfonso. — 

 Jiamestown (N. Y.) Post. 



Cuba and Egypt. 



When Great Britain overthrew Arabi 

 Pasha, the Cabinet made haste to declare 

 that the occupation would be brief.. The 

 records of the time prove that there was 

 then no thought of annexing the land of tihe 

 Nile. Twenty-five years have passed and 

 there is now no thought of surrendering 

 the fruits of the chance conquest. Are we 

 to do with Cuba as England did with Egypt ?- 

 Let us hope that our troops will be with- 

 drawn as soon as the new president and 

 congress shal Ihave been installed. No other 

 course is consistent with our own honor and 

 safety — or with the ultimate welfare of our 

 wards. — New Orleans Times Democrat. 



Spanish Misrule Marked Cuba. 



It isn't easy to change the characteristics 

 of a people in a few years, and all the 

 Cubans should not be judged by those who 

 are always ready for trouble. The long 

 period of Spanish misrule has left a mark 

 upon the people that cannot be eradicated 

 soeedily, and it is not wise to speak of the 

 Cubans too harshlv for their many failures. 

 —New London (Conn.) Day. 



