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TUF. CI' HA RF.\II-:\V And Bulletin. 



THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA. 



AS TO ALIENS VOTING IN CUBA. 



A movement is on foot, backed by Eng- 

 lish and American property-holders in Cuba, 

 to secure a vote for a certain portion of 

 the alien property-owners on the Island. 

 But no man is entitled to be both a voter 

 and an alien in the same country, any more 

 than a person may be a citizen and a sub- 

 ject under a republican form of govern- 

 ment. Apart from the international fea- 

 tures of the case, the United States would 

 hardly be warranted in allowing property- 

 owning subjects of a foreign prince to exer- 

 cise voting privileges in an island of the 

 West Indies. Let these who are back of 

 this movement remember that a similar de- 

 mand in the Transvaal led the English to 

 Ladysmith and Modder river. — San Fran- 

 cisco Chronicle. 



The Cuban Treasury has a surplus of 

 $14,000,000, and the Havana bankers have 

 more money than they can profitablj' in- 

 vest. This may explain the anxiety of 

 the Cuban politicians for another session 

 of their Congress. — Omaha (Neb.) Bee. 



Making Havana a federal district like 

 our District of Columbia will be a factor 

 in preserving Cuban civil concord. — S'an 

 Francisco Chronicle. 



"Sink the country, but save the Consti- 

 tution," is alleged to be the slogan of one 

 of the two warring political factions down 

 in Cuba. To some of us who have fol- 

 lowed the ramifications of polilics and revo- 

 lutions in that lovely isle, with ever-grow- 

 ing weariness, it seems to us that it would 

 be more sensible to sink both country and 

 constitution. — Seattle Week End. 



THE ONE MEANS OF PACIFICATION. 



Every returning tourist and, in fact, a 

 majority of those w-ho have spent some 

 time in the West Indies, are united in de- 

 claring that the one means of pacification 

 is by United States protectorate. — San Fran- 

 cisco Chronicle. 



THE WRECK OF THE MAINE. 



The suggestion has again been made that 

 the wreck of the battleship Maine, which 

 now lies many feet deep in the mud of 

 Havana harbor, should he removed in the 

 interest of shipping, for the wreck takes up 

 at least three anchorages in Havana harbor, 

 which is exceedingly crowded at times. This 

 is regarded by many as sufficient to warrant 

 the removal of the obstruction at the ex- 

 pense of the Cuban people. — Boston Tran- 

 script. 



TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 



So far as the economic policy which the 

 provisional government will adhere to per- 

 mits, many schoolhouscs which are noAv 

 occupied by the military forces will be re- 

 turned to their proper sphere. Every effort 

 wmII be made to encourage education and 

 the fairly ^Satisfactory condition o*f the 

 Cuban treasury at this time will warrant 

 an adequate expenditure in this direction. 



It is hoped by improving the educational 

 system in Cuba to arouse among the popu- 

 lation a keener sense of the importance of 

 education. — Boston Transcript. 



THE PATRIOTS OF CUBA. 



Like all countries with new and untried 

 forms of government, Cuba is just now 

 cursed with men who believe that they 

 l)ossess the genius for statesmanship or 

 militarism. They call themselves patriots, 

 they are hungry for office and they have 

 the impression that they are not appreciated. 

 They are responsible for many of the 

 troubles of the Island. — Scranton (Pa.) Re- 

 publican. 



C.OMEZ MAY BE THE MAN. 



Jose Miguel Gomez perhaps will make 

 as good a man as any other calling him- 

 self Cuban. He tnay develop the qualities 

 necessary to insure stable government, peace 

 and prosperity for the Island. At least it 

 is to be hoped that he will prove such a 

 man. But whosoever is elected, it is the 

 intention of Uncle Sam to see that the 

 provisions of the Piatt amendment are 

 carried out to the letter. — Scranton (Pa.) 

 Republican. 



SECRETARY TAFT's QUICK WORK. 



He disarmed a rebel force of from fif- 

 teen to twenty thousand, sent them back 

 to their work or their play, set up a tempo- 

 rary but alien administration and sailed 

 away in less than two months' time with 

 comparative peace restored. To him, as 

 in the Philippines, the principle of Cuba 

 fcr the Cubans meant this: That every 

 measure, whether in the form of law or 

 an executive order, before its adoption 

 should be weighed in the light of this ques- 

 tion : "Does it make for the welfare of 

 the Cuban people or does it not? If it 

 does not make for the welfare of the Cuban 

 people then it ought not to be enacted 

 or executed. " — Boston Transcript. 



Cuba's real day of celebration. 

 In theory the Cuban republic is still 

 on the map. A few of the powers have 

 diplomatic representatives in the Island, but 

 their functions are light. The real capital 

 of Cuba is Washington and not Havana. 

 GoA-. Magoon bears sway in the govern- 

 ment house at Havana, and 5,000 United 

 States troops garrison that city and other 

 towns in the Island. Washington thinks 

 another self-government experiment will be 

 successful. But neither London, nor Ber- 

 lin, nor Paris, nor any other European cap- 

 ital is making any such mistake. Cuba's 

 real Fourth of July will not be Ma^- 20, 

 but will be the day when the American 

 government ceases its folly of pretending 

 that the Cubans are either fitted for inde- 

 pendence or want independence, and when 

 it passes an act which will bring the Island 

 formally and permanently under the stars 

 and stripes. — St. Louis Globe Democrat. 



