THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulleti 



THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA. 



SPEAKER CANON S OPINION ABOUT CUBA AND 

 CUBAN CIGARS. 



Somebody asked Speaker Cannon, while 

 in Havana, what he thought about the 

 United States being in charge of Cuba. 

 "It's here yet, isn't it?" Mr. Cannon re- 

 pHed. "We are not going to try to tow it 

 away. We wouldn't be here if the Cuban 

 constitution didn't provide for our occu- 

 pation and we found it necessary tO' come. 

 So I guess it's all right. The cigars are, 

 anyway." — New York Herald. 



WORKING TO DEFEAT CUBAN AUTONOMY. 



There is a peculiar mischievousness in 

 the present tactics of those who are con- 

 spiring to defeat autonomy in Cuba and 

 to compel continued ■ American occupation 

 and ultimate annexation of the island. The 

 scheme of these conspirators, then, is to 

 play upon the proverbial timidity of capital 

 with tales of insecurity and corruption, 

 thus to impair the credit of the island, 

 frighten away investments and cause gen- 

 eral industrial and commercial depression; 

 thus, in turn, to provoke social discontent, 

 disorder and political strife, and so, finally, 

 to postpone to' the Greek Kalends the res- 

 toration of Cuban autonomy. — New York 

 Tribune. 



A PRESSING NEED. 



The need becomes constantly more press- 

 ing for an official announcement from Pres- 

 ident Roosevelt that our stay in Cuba will 

 be governed by the wishes of the substan- 

 tial, order-loving and responsible people 

 of Cuba. — Tribune, Providence, R.I. 



COST OF CUBA"'S PEACE. 



Extraordinary expenses to the United 

 States up to date, caused by the sending 

 of an army of pacification to Cuba, aggre- 

 gate about $2,500j00O, according to figures 

 which have been prepared by the War De- 

 partment. The navy has made no extra- 

 ordinary charges for the part it has taken 

 in the maintenance of peace in the island, 

 but the marine corps has charged extra 

 expenses for the organization of a brigade 

 of marines to assist in preventing trouble. 

 — Kansas City Journal. 



A QUIETING EFFECT. 



Cuba will be assessed two and one-half 

 million dollars to pay for Uncle Sam's 

 intervention last year. That ought tO' have 

 a quieting effect on any ambition Cuba may 

 have hereafter to disturb the peace. — Kan- 

 sas City Times. 



POLITICAL FREEDOM IN SMALL DOSES. 



Instead of turning the whole machinery 

 of government over to the Cubans a sec- 

 ond time, they are to be given political 

 freedom in small doses. If they prosper 

 under this treatment the doses will be in- 

 creased in size until the cure is complete. 

 It is proposed that in June next the Cuban 



people will be asked to hold general "mu- 

 nicipal and provincial" elections. This elec- 

 tion will be watched with interest, for 

 upon its proper conduct will depend the 

 proposal to hold a national election next 

 January for federal 'officials. — Cincinnati 

 Enquirer. 



GEN. BARRY SAYS PEACE DEPENDS ON PRES- 

 ENCE OF TROOPS. 



Brig. Gen. Barry, commanding the Army 

 of Occupation, returned here April 2 from- 

 an extensive trip of inspection in the east- 

 ern section of the island. He says the 

 army is in good shape, and that peaceful 

 conditions prevail everywhere, and will con- 

 tinue so during the presence of the Amer- 

 ican troops and the provisional government. 

 He dwells on the quietude of the country, 

 but says that economically there is great 

 unrest. — Herald, Washington, D. C. 



ANNEXATION DREADED BY ANDREW D. WHITE. 



xAndrew D. White, former Ambassa- 

 dor to Germany and Russia, has any- 

 thing but a flattering opinion of the 

 plan to annex Cuba and make it a state. 

 Mr. White has just returned from an ex- 

 tended trip to the West Indies. 



"I believe the Cuban question a great 

 deal more serious that that of the 

 Philippines," said' he yesterday in a.j- 

 cus.?ing the future of the island. "No 

 one would think of making the Philip- 

 oines a state, and I don't see how it can 

 be done with Cuba. I dread annexation. 

 It would simply mean taking in a great 

 negro state utterly incapable of self- 

 government. — New York World. 



"There will be general sympathy with 

 Mr. White's objection to Cuban annex- 

 ation, but whether this objection would 

 be strong enough to overcome the mo- 

 mentum the Cuban question has attained 

 is a question events alone can answer. 

 That momentum might be greatly ac- 

 celerated should European credited 

 Powers insist that in simple justice to 

 them we should take over its govern- 

 ment."- — Boston Transcript. 



"Annexation is the only possible so- 

 lution of the Cuban difficulty. This 

 country cannot be continually annoyed 

 by the necessity of putting down Cuban 

 revoltions and bolstering up Cuban 

 governments. It should take possession 

 of the island and establish law and order 

 there for the world's benefit and 

 Cuba's." — Chicago Journal. 



A NEW CUBAN GOVERNMENT ADVISED. 



Many foreigners in Cuba and also 

 Cubans themselves are agitating the 

 question of a United States protectorate 

 over Cuba. They say, and with truth, 

 that by establishing a provisional govern- 

 ment we assumed the duty of establish- 



