THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



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NO TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY BEFORE SEPTEM- 

 BERj 1908. 



Talking to the reporters at Washing- 

 ton after a long interview with the Pres- 

 ident, Secretary Taft said he found con- 

 ditions in Cuba far better than he had 

 hoped. The Liberals appreciate that it 

 is necessary to make haste slowly and 

 that any other course would mean set- 

 ting up a government which could not 

 stand alone. The most hopeful sign 

 which the Secretary found was the per- 

 fect agreement reached on practically 

 the entire programme for the elections 

 and transfer of authority. 



The question of who should defray 

 the cost of the American occupation of 

 Cuba, or how the expense should be 

 divided, was not decided in Havana, and 

 Mr. Taft will take the matter up with the 

 President. Cuba will send three dele- 

 gates to the Hague convention and in 

 all ways act in her relations with for- 

 eign nations precisely as if Governor 

 Magoon were a Cuban official and no 

 intervention had taken place. 



He assumes that the final transfer of 

 authority cannot be made before Sep- 

 tember, 1908. However, these dates are 

 purely tentative and somewhat depen- 

 dent on intervening events. 



SENATOR SANGUILLY A PRESIDENTIAL POSSI- 

 BILITY. 



A big banquet was given April 15 in 

 Havana in honor of Senator Manuel San- 

 guily, who was recently nominated by 



the Puerto Principe provincial convention 

 for the Liberal nomination for the presi- 

 dency of the republic. The banqueters 

 wired President Roosevelt that "they re- 

 lied on his word of honor to re-establish 

 the republic in as short a time as pos- 

 sible and hand it over to a Cuban govern- 

 ment impartially elected." 



CUBANS NOT PRACTICAL, SAYS AN EMINENT 

 CUBAN. 



Mr. Raimundo Cabrera is one of the 

 most eminent lawyers in Cuba. He be- 

 longs to one of the oldest and wealthiest 

 Cuban families, represents a large client-' 

 age among the native planters and busi- 

 ness men and is the legal adviser of sev- 

 eral important corporations. Regarding 

 the best policy for President Roosevelt 

 to pursue, he says: "The Cubans are not 

 practical in matters of government; they 

 have had no experience, and the United 

 States mus"- exercise some form of super- 

 vision until they are competent to govern 

 themselves." He suggests that the Presi- 

 dent send Cuba an able, wise and judicious 

 American minister who will be persona 

 grata and by treaty stipulation will have 

 the right to advise the President of Cuba, 

 to caution him and to direct his policy 

 without ostentation or public interference. 



Until Cuban political habits improve it 

 would be convenient, he says further, to 

 retain a number of troops on the island. 

 He thinks all conservative Cubans would 

 be glad of such an arrangement. — Chicago 

 Record-Herald. 



Cuba's Freedom is not far off. 



La libertad de Cuba no esta lejos. — Detroit Journal. 



