THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



ing a stable one. They say further that 

 as it has been shown that an independent 

 government is not stable, it follows t^en 

 that the government of the United States 

 must be a iirotecturalc in order to be 

 stable. Considering Cuba's welfare alone 

 these arguments are true, but while the 

 island's interests concern us deeply our 

 own must not be overlooked, and it 

 would be a grave injustice to our own 

 land to bring injurious complications and 

 tasks upon us, solely to benefit Cuba. 

 We have had enough of such colonial 

 exiierimcnts in the Philin'^ines, and it is 

 difficult to justify a new experiment 

 with Cuba. 



Our way seems to lie plain and broad 

 before us, and that is to establish again 

 a new Cuban government for Cuba and 

 with Cubans. While it may be well to 

 permit the co-operation of foreigners 

 in the government through the operation 

 of a new election system, our important 

 duty is to let the Cubans govern them- 

 selves. The right of oversight can still 

 remain ours, but it should not be exer- 

 cised except in most extreme cases. Elec- 

 tion scandals are rife in our own land 

 and it is a piece of hypocrisy on our part 

 t(i interfere, because of these occur- 

 rences and to declare the Cubans in- 

 capable of self-government. 



The wdiole question simmers down to 

 this, that we should not expect from 

 Cuba any more virtue than we exhibit 

 ourselves. So long as we hold the oi)in- 

 ion that Cuba's shall be a model govern- 

 ment, so long will we be disai)pointed. — 

 N. Y. Staats Zeitung (German). 



THE POWERS OF THE ELECT0U.\L COMMISSION. 



The electoral commission, which is de- 

 fining the limits and conditions under 

 which the sufifrage is to be exercised, is 

 a distinctly extra-legal body, deriving its 

 powers not from any Cuban statute, 

 not from anything to be found in 

 the Cuban constitution, hut solely from 

 the authority exercised by Governor Ma- 

 goon as head of the provisional govern- 

 ment. — Philadeli)hia Inquirer. 



TO INTRODUCE STABILITY. 



"It might seeiTi that the only satisfactory 

 course were to have ready for application 

 a policy to let our foreign possessions work 

 out their own salvation under the control 

 of a 'Resident.' Such a plan would intro- 

 duce stability." — Indianapolis News. 



ASSURANCES OF TRANQUILLITY REQUIRED. 



The peace-loving and industrious peo- 

 ple, who constitute an enorinous ma- 

 jority of the population, must be as- 

 sured that their enterprises can go on 

 in safety and without danger of inter- 

 ruption. — New York Sun. 



Industries of Ciil.a. Boxinj; CijiMis in tlie Kuuico nnd .Tiillet I'^actory, Ha 



