THE CUBA REVIEW 



UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER OPINION 



THE SENTIMENT OF THE AMERICAN PRESS — CRITICISM, COMMENT AND 



ADVICE 



The I'copic Doubly Taxed. — Havana is 

 to see developed at its very doors a rival 

 to the notorious Monte Carlo and by which 

 Cuba will be doubly taxed, for the gani- 

 hWug monopoly will tax her to the extent 

 to wiiich the treasury profits and also to 

 the extent to which the gamblers profit. 



Her plan shows a growth of astuteness 

 but not of character. A tktitious propriety 

 will result, but some day the new rcpul)lic 

 will realize that the gamblers arc making 

 more than the government, that its people 

 have been dragged into a slough from 

 which it will take superhuman efforts to 

 rescue them. Every person should suffer 

 himself to be taxed directly. No govern- 

 ment should give a contract to raise taxes 

 to an outsider and l)ccome subsidized by 

 }f;[m\)\t'ss.' Sclieiiectady (N. Y.) Star. 



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Besi Slop tliciii ill the Beginning. — The 

 word "insurrection," at least in its common 

 interpretation, may be a little too formida- 

 ble to apply to the disturbance reported 

 from HI Caney, in the province of Santiago 

 de Cuba, or it may not. Cuba is a country 

 in which even small disturbances cannot 

 safely be tolerated. A raid by half a dozen 

 chicken thieves, if unrebukcd, might in a 

 few (lays grow to ominous proportions. We 

 hope the republic will settle down to a 

 stable and prosperous career. — A^. )'. 7Vi7;- 

 une. 



Spani.'th in the Schools. — The mayor of 

 I'oston l)elieves that it would be a good 

 thing to have the Spanish language taught 

 in the public schools. He does not pro- 

 pose this as a fad or a frill, but a practical 

 proposition. His idea is that it would give 

 large opportunities in the future to young 

 men and young women who expect to earn 

 their own living. A great deal of attention 

 is l)eing paid in business circles to trade 

 with Cuba and Porto Rico, and clerkships 

 will be more open to those who can speak 

 the language. 



And now Uncle Sam will take a look over 

 the Cuban jjroposition to swap a lot of land 

 for railway facilities in Havana. There 

 seem.-, to be a Jay Gould atmosphere down 

 there. — PhiUidelphia (Pa.) Inquirer. 



Unless, as in the Palma colla])sc of 1900, 

 trouble comes with which Gomez is unable 

 or unwilling to deal, the United States will 

 not step in. — St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Denw- 

 crat. 



El Pnchlo Citbaito: "Nada de algaradas micutras 



sea posihic el ejercicio de la Ley. — La Lucha. 



The cartoonist gives the assurance tliat as long as 



the ("iiban people complies with the law, no .s\ir- 



prises — attacks — are possible. 



Havana Government Prepared. — Fortun- 

 ately for the United States, which does not 

 want Cuba except as a trade dependency 

 under its own flag, the Havana Govern- 

 ment is much better prepared to put down 

 an insurrection than it was. 



Insurgents, in the old days, had the sym- 

 pathy of the whole Cuban people and of 

 the ])eople of the United States, and now 

 they get neither. Without such lielp tliey 

 can make no formidable showing, and this 

 in spite of all the encouragement the sugar 

 trust can give them. 



And if worst comes to worst, the United 

 States can land its forces temporarily, as 

 it did before, and compel peace. 



Once hoisted, the Stars and Strii)es do 

 not need to stay; so, after all, the insur- 

 gents will be simply riding to defeat, ir- 

 respective of what tlie Havana authorities 

 may do or fail in doing. — San f-rancisco 

 Ch.ronicle. 



Other Riclics of Cuba. — Culia has besides 

 sugar and tobacco other riches in woods 

 and minerals which it were well to develop 

 by the necessary investment of capital and 

 the application of labor. — Washington Post. 



