THE CUBA REVIEW 



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UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER COMMENT. (Continued.) 



Gov. Magoon's Policies Must be Adhered to — Cuba's Ultimate Fate Still in the 



Balance, Etc. 



The administration is determined that 

 before the American troops evacuate and 

 the new Cuban government is given full 

 swing, iron-clad pledges be given by 

 the Cubans that the governmental pol- 

 icies inaugurated by Governor Magoon, 

 and the laws and regulations he has put 

 in force, will be adhered to and carried 

 out consistently and in entire good 

 faith. — Philadelphia (Pa.) Record. 



The result of the coming elections is 

 all guesswork and only one prediction 

 can be made with any reasonable degree 

 of confidence. It is that whatever party 

 gets into power the best class of Cubans 

 will before long be wishing that the 

 Americans had retained control. — Phila- 

 delphia (Pa.) Inquirer. 



Should the relation of parties be then, 

 as it is apparently now. General Men- 

 ocal will be the first President of re- 

 enfranchised Cuba. He will, no doubt, 

 when the American troops are with- 

 drawn, have to meet a situation like that 

 which caused the abdication of Presi- 

 dent Pahna, but it is thought that he is 

 the man to meet it without flinching. — ■ 

 The Churchman (N. Y.). 



It is an open question as to whether 

 Uncle Sam won't have to adopt the isl- 

 and, after all. In time, like the Philip- 

 pines, it would become a most valuable 

 asset to this country, and from its geo- 

 graphical location le;^s difficult to gov- 

 ern. — Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times. 



The returns from the recent elections 

 in Cuba show that about sixty per cent, 

 of the voters went to the polls. As com- 

 pared with some of our Southern states, 

 Louisiana for instance, the Cubans seem 

 much more fully qualified for self-gov- 

 ernment so far as voting is an indication. 

 — Boston (Mass.) World. 



It is perhaps only a question of time 

 when the United States will be forced 

 by circumstances made by the Cubans 

 themselves, to take over the island by 

 annexation or some other process. 

 There appears to be no disposition on 

 the part of leaders of either of the po- 

 litical parties of the country to annex 

 Cuba, but if it shall develop that the 

 Cubans cannot maintain a stable gov- 

 ernment by themselves, the United 

 States government may have to annex 

 the island in self-defense or as a mat- 

 ter of self-preservation. — Albany (Ga.) 

 Herald. 



As soon as Cuba is capable of self- 

 government she will be given a trial, 

 — Seattle (Wash.) Times. 



The United States will have made the 

 magnificent record, opposed to all pre- 

 cedent in dealings of great nations with 

 inferior ones, of having rescued a suffer- 

 ing and weak people from their oppres- 

 sors, relinquished possibilities of vast 

 gain for itself, spent time and money in 

 putting the weaker nation in a condi- 

 tion to profit by its independence and 

 then presented it with its national free- 

 dom as an unforced gift. — Baltimore 

 (Md.) American. 



Whatever our government may decide 

 to do in the premises, Cuba is certainly 

 giving evidence of conservatism and 

 good sense. — Chicago Record-Herald. 



Cuba's ultimate fate is still in the bal- 

 ance. The real test will come when the 

 final detachment of United States troops 

 leaves Plavana. — Providence (R. I.) Jour- 

 nal. 



Most Americans believe that under no 

 circumstances should Cuba be annexed; 

 and they are right. The Cubans will 

 work out their own political problems 

 with patience and time enough. — Boston 

 Advertiser. 



It is not unlikely that the Pearl of the 

 Antilles will still have a setting of Uncle 

 Sam's bayonets even after the limit fixed 

 by President Roosevelt. — Philadelphia 

 (Pa.) Ledger. 



Few things have been done by "level- 

 headed" Americans of greater value to 

 mankind than the simple demonstration 

 in Cuba, that human life in the tropics 

 may be quite as healthful as in the tem- 

 perate zone. — Philadelphia (Pa.) Bulletin. 



Balloting is a new experience to most 

 men in Cuba. It was not to be expected 

 that all would avail themselves of the 

 opportunity to vote. A large percentage 

 of the voters in this country do not cast 

 their ballots even after the most heated 

 of campaigns. — St. Paul (Minn.) Pio- 

 neer Press. 



The American control being with- 

 drawn and the Cubans left to themselves 

 to hold elections, will there not be an- 

 other sudden and panicky call for Amer- 

 ican interposition to save the peace? 

 We look for just that to happen. — Salt 

 Lake City (Utah) Tribune. 



The ignorance of the Cubans unfits 

 them for admission to American citizen- 

 ship; nor do we need any more sugar 

 and tobacco land. The race problem 

 alone should make us refrain from at- 

 tempting to assimilate any more aliens 

 of the tropics. — Jamestown (N. Y.) Post. 



