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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT 



On the August Elections in Cuba. 



Don't Want the U. S. 



Isn't the downfall of the favored! party 

 — the Liberal — the defections of patriotic 

 Cubans to the ranks of the Conserva- 

 tives, indicative of something? 



Isn't it a popular expression of an in- 

 vitation to the United States to "get out 

 and let us run our own affairs? It 

 would seem so. — Elmira (N. Y.) Gazette. 



Occupation a Burden. 



The occupation of the island has been 

 a burden on this country. There has 

 been earnest effort to get the Cubans 

 into the stable condition which makes 

 for proper self-government. — Chicago 

 Post. 



What the Vote Means. 



Before it can be ascertained just what 

 a Conservative victory stands for, it will 

 be necessary to examine the total vote. 

 If the Menocal candidates received a ma- 

 jority of the ballots cast, all right. That 

 would have an encouraging significance, 

 but if they just pulled through by small 

 pluralities, the result exhibits nothing 

 more than the consequences of a party 

 rupture.— Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer. 



Small Vote Ominous. 



The ominous feature is the small vote 

 cast. The Cubans are born politicians. 

 The government is the most interesting 

 thing in their country, to the average 

 native. It is both a glory and a business. 

 There is no reason why the vote shouldl 

 ever be light in Cuba if the people mean 

 to take their institutions in good faith 

 and play the game of politics on the 

 "square deal" principle. — Cleveland (O.) 

 Leader. 



The Next Time. 



It is one of the chiefest anomalies in 

 the' history of politics that the American 

 flag should be waving over the Philip- 

 pine archioelago and remain a foreign 

 flag in Cuba. The next time our flag is 

 hoisted in Cuba it will go up to stay, 

 and it is likely that if the completion of 

 the Panama Canal shall be celebrated by 

 a world's industrial exposition it will be 

 held in Havana, then the capital of a 

 State of our republic. — ^Washington (D. 

 C.) Post. 



Hard Times Ending. 



Cuba is going through this period with 

 less trouble and disturbance to business 

 than any other country of which I have 

 knowledge. In my opinion Cuba is al- 

 ready "out of the woods," and by the 

 end of the next cropping season, June 1, 

 1909, the "hard times" of the present 

 will' be ancient history. — Leslie's Week- 

 ly (N. Y.). 



Cpba sets out for another attempt ; first election 

 since the Revolution. When the Cubans upset the 

 government of President Palma, necessitating 

 American intervention, Secretary Taft described 

 it as only a stumble, saying, "'We should give 

 them another chance when they had learned to 

 walk." — Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch. 



Cuba Free and Sane. 



It is rather a matter for rejoicing than 

 chagrin that the Cuban provincial elec- 

 tions resulted in a general victory for 

 the old Conservative party that was 

 built up by Tomas Estrada Palma. 

 That party contains the most substan- 

 tial men of the island and, if it can re- 

 tain in the Presidential 'election next 

 December the majority it has just polled, 

 the United States can withdraw 

 from the island with a feeling that, at 

 least, its government will be left in 

 the hands of those who have' the 

 greatest interest in preserving order and 

 upholding the constitution. — Bufifalo (N. 

 Y.) Express. 



There Must be Peace. 



Most people will say that Cuba ought 

 to have' its independence and that the 

 United States stands pledged to such a 

 policy. In fact, that is true. But if 

 the island keeps on making trouble, 

 forcing the United States to garrison 

 it constantly, in time it will be clearly 

 seen that only one thing remains to be 

 done, and that is annexation. — ^Scranton 

 (Pa.) Republican. 



Governor Magoon's Tact. 



It goes without saying that no native 

 President Cubans could select will take 

 the place of Governor Magoon, whose 

 tact, firmness when necessary and genu- 

 ine skill as an erecutivehavedistingushed 

 him as a remarkable man. — Albany, (N. 

 Y.) Press. 



Governor Magoon has placed the peo- 

 ple of this country under a weight of 

 obligation to him for the manner in 

 which he has discharged his delicate 

 duties. — Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazette. 



