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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT. 



North, East, South and West Opinions on the Elections, Past and to Come, 



Ultimate Annexation, Etc. 



Since so much depends upon the moder- 

 ation of the minority it is better for the 

 present that Cuba should have a conserva- 

 tive minority and a radical government than 

 the reverse. The future of the island re- 

 public rests really upon the wisdom of its 

 political minority. — Pittsburg (Pa.) Ga- 

 zette-Times. 



Another suggestion of revolution in the 

 Gem of the Antilles would surely lead to 

 perpetual control by the United States. — 

 Troy (N. Y.) Record. 



Cuba is on the way to solid nationality 

 and self-government. — The Presbyterian, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



The nowers that shape Cuba's destiny 

 have decided, it appears, that if the Cubans 

 cannot govern themselves now, after all the 

 training they have received, they will never 

 be qualified for self-government. — Key West 

 (Fla.) Advertiser. 



ABOUT READY TO WALK. 



Uncle Sam: "Say, Maggie, let's see if 

 she can go it alone." 



Vociferous Liberals have threatened that 

 if the Conservatives were elected they would 

 start a revolution. The United States is 

 not going to stand any more of the revolu- 

 tionary foolishness in Cuba. Having through 

 our intervention been freed from the Span- 

 ish yoke and given a chance to build up a 

 respectable government, the Cubans have 

 no choice but to' make good. — Springfield 

 (111.) Journal. 



When the provisional government was 

 established on September 29, 1906, by Sec- 

 retary Taft, the Cuban treasury had on 

 hand $13,625,539. Since that time the sur- 

 plus named in addition to $70,000,000 or 

 more of revenues has been expended, and 

 obligations have been incurred which will 

 have to be met by bond issues. There 

 has been not only indefensible extrava- 

 gance, but a startling and wanton exercise 

 of arbitrary power. Valuable concessions 



have been made and contracts for expensive 

 public works have been let without author- 

 ity.— Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier. 



To abandon the country to the control 

 of a people who are not particularly anx- 

 ious to control it, and who have thus far 

 been unable to control it, would seem a 

 mistake, but if self-rule fails under the 

 new trial, the United States will take per- 

 manent possession of the island. — Christian 

 Standard, Cincinnati, O. 



The negroes in Cuba have called a mass 

 meeting and propose to take charge of the 

 government of that island. If they do, how 

 long before the white Cubans will come 

 to us and why should not our negroes 

 pass over the gulf stream to find an island 

 of their own? Meantime, will Cuba go 

 backward as Hayti has done P^Jackson- 

 ville (Fla.) Times-Union. 



In appearance General Gomez is short, 

 stocky, swarthy, full of nervous strength 

 and of quick, positive manners. He has a 

 strong face, a cold gray eye, a stubby mus- 

 tache and wears his hair pompadour. He 

 does not speak English. — Chicago Record- 

 Herald. 



Unless all precedent goes for nothing, 

 the advent to power of a Cuban adminis- 

 tration whose popular backing is furnished 

 almost exclusively by the ignorant mongrel 

 element will be signalized by such con- 

 cessions to that element, and by such arro- 

 gance by its representatives in minor 

 offices, as will mean disaster to business 

 interests and a breakdown in the Cuban 

 finances. 



The Liberal "outs" will soon be at log- 

 "^e/heads with the Liberal "ins," and very 

 probably will be found organizing fresh 

 revolutionarv movements, joining the Con- 

 servatives to that end. — St. Paul (Minn.) 

 Pioneer Press. 



That there are several parties, that 

 contests should be close in localities, and 

 that they present some "surprises," are 

 circumstances more encouraging to the 

 hope that we shall really "get out of 

 Cuba" in February, than if they had gone 

 one way.— Pontiac (Mich.) Gazette. 



Should Menocal be chosen President, 

 there would be hope of the stability of 

 the reconstituted Republic — a hope that 

 would be wholly lacking should any one 

 else now in the field be elected. — Nation, 

 N. Y. 



Cuba will use the Australian ballot, but 

 if the election doesn't suit the revolu- 

 tionist he will resort to the old-fashioned 

 bushwhacker bullet. — New Brunswick 

 (N. J.) News. 



