THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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A Lesson for Uncle Sam. 



The Cuban election seems to have 

 been a little lesson for Uncle Samuel. 

 Done under American auspices, as it 

 were, and with the solemn praises of the 

 President ringing in the ears of the' 

 voters, the people of the island republic 

 repudiated the regime that the Wash- 

 ington government had espoused, and 

 did it peacefully and thoroughly. — ^Woon- 

 socket (R. I.) Call. 



General Menocal. 



Gen. Menocal represents the educated 

 and well-to-do classes — genuinely con- 

 servative, who have heretofore shrunk 

 from taking part in politics with the 

 rabble of successful gamblers, horse 

 thieves, and revolutionists whom the 

 fortunes of wa.r brought to the front 

 after the fall of the Palma government. 

 —Nation, N. Y. 



Don't Want to Annex Cuba. 



We do not care to annex Cuba, and 

 it is not good for us to govern what is 

 not a part of ourselves. We can better 

 afford to exercise unlimited patience, ond 

 ultimately succeed by educational meth- 

 ods, in creating a permanent and wise 

 government. — ■ New Brunswick (N. J.) 

 News. 



Public Office for All. 



Until there is a public office for each 

 of the Cuban patriots it is hardly rea- 

 sonable to expect the islanders to diem- 

 onstrate that they are qualified to govern 

 themselves. — Birmingham (Ala) News. 

 If the Conservatives Win. 



Should the Conservatives march to vic- 

 tory in December, Cuba will present the 

 extraordinary spectacle of the resump- 

 tion of power by the political element 

 that went down before the revolution of 

 August. — Montgocery (Ala.) Adv. 

 The Liberal Following. 



The strength shown by the Conserva- 

 tives is encouraging to all Cubans having 

 "a stake in the country," but agree- 

 ment between Zayas and Gomez might 

 give the Presidency to the Liberals, in 

 whose following is included the great 

 mass of the negro and colored popula- 

 tion. — N. Y. Herald. 



Conservatives Will Gain. 



It is, however, more than probable that 

 the showing of Conservative strength 

 will have an important influence in the 

 national election. Few Cubans are in 

 any way disposed to political alliance 

 with a party which is a hopeless minor- 

 ity. The strength displayed by the Con- 

 servatives will undoubtedly tend to draw 

 adherents to that organization. — N. Y. 

 Sun. 



A Conservative victory may be reason- 

 ably expected in December, when Gen. 

 Menocal will probably be the candidate 

 for the Presidency. — New York Times. 



What We Gave Cuba. 



Our national work in Cuba has no 

 equal. We gave the island freedom. We 

 are now giving it health, self-government 

 and order. Best of all, we are training 

 Cubans to rule Cuba. 



Our first occupation emancipated the 

 Cuban people. Our second occupation 

 has educated them. — Philadelphia (Pa.) 

 Press. 



An Honest Count Not Enough. 



The honest counting of the votes will 

 have no effect, except that the result 

 pleases one of the political factions of 

 Cuba. If the count is against it, then we 

 may expect the revolution that has been 

 declared. If peace comes to the island 

 of distraction, it will be a remarkable 

 feat, and will be owing to the diplomacy 

 of Governor Magoon. — Wheeling (W. 

 Va.) News. 



The Moneyed Spaniards. 



It is to be remembered that practically 

 all the moneyed Spaniards and other 

 foreigners in Cuba are outside the Cuban 

 electorate, and show at present every in- 

 tention of remaining there. They have 

 nothing to do with the insular political 

 activities and rivalries; they cordially de- 

 test them and wish (in the interest of 

 business) that the malditos Americanos 

 would stay on indefinitely. — Hartford 

 (Ct.) Courant. 



No More Hurry. 



After the elections have been com- 

 pleted and the new government set in 

 pleted and the new government set in 

 running order, we shall have to retire 

 from the island again. But for how long? 

 There are those who predict that another 

 intervention will be necessary, and that 

 if the United States has to go in there 

 again, it will not come out in a hurry. — 

 Providence (R. I.) Tribune. 



The islanders have been told many 

 times that a second failure might be 

 fatal to their independence.- — Chicago 

 Record-Herald. 



One of the most striking achieve- 

 ments of Uncle Sam, Tropical Health 

 Officer, is the introduction of sterilized 

 elections in Cuba. — Brooklyn Standard- 

 Union. 



So far as it is possible to make out 

 exactly what happened in Cuba at the 

 elections a majority of the people seem 

 to have voted for the Conservatives just 

 to spite the United States; — Phila. (Pa.) 

 Inquirer. 



Those who wish to see no separation, 

 whoever they are, only do so because 

 of a sincere desire to see Cuba prosper 

 in every particular. Good luck, then, 

 to the new republic! — New Haven (Ct.) 

 Journal-Courier. 



