THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



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THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA. 



IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE OR ANNEXATION 

 A DREAM. 



The Government cf the United States has 

 still a great work to do. The period of 

 sentimental experiment will presently have 

 run its course. The Piatt amendment and 

 the promises Congress made when war was 

 declared against Spain were beautiful and 

 sentimental, and they have been rightly ad- 

 hered to'. The situation defended on the 

 circumstances of years, and they have much 

 changed. It is for us to say when the 

 ante-war engagement becomes non-oper- 

 ative. There is not likely to be any sort 

 of home government in Cuba worthy of the 

 name until we condignly take up the work 

 of enforcement. It will be necessary to 

 maintain our suzerainty indefinitely, and 

 that rigorously. Immediate independence, 

 or annexation to the United States with 

 the full rights of citizenship under the con- 

 stitution was a dream. Our rule must be 

 frowning, as well as patient and virtuous. 

 Cincinnati Enquirer. 



SOME WANT ANOTHER CUBAN REPUBLIC. 



It is well to remember that while '"he 

 conservative element in Cuba, as well as 

 the foreigners, favor annexation to the 

 United States, a very large element, includ- 

 ing the politicians and small farmers, de- 

 sire the revival of the Cuban Republic 

 with the abrogation of the Piatt amendment 

 and the withdrawal of American troops as 

 speedily as possible. This element op- 

 poses the use of Cuban revenues for the 

 payment of the expense of the intervention 

 or for the inauguration of any public works 

 under the regime of the Provisional Gov- 

 ernment, because they desire that all money 

 possible should be held in the Cuban treis- 

 ury until they and their friends acquire the 

 right to handle it under a restored republic. 

 The whole Cuban idea of politics is "he 

 holding of office, and every man who takes 

 any part whatever in political affairs ex- 

 pects to receive a lucrative office. — New 

 Orleans Picayune. 



THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ARMY IN CUBA. 



It was originally arranged that the Amer- 

 ican force should be termed "the Army of 

 Cuban Intervention." and the letterheads 

 had already been printed with these words, 

 when a cablegram was received from 

 •Washin.sion, directing that "the Army of 

 Cuban Pacification" had been selected by 

 the President as the official term for the 

 American forces then in Cuba, and these 

 words were substituted. — Diario de la 

 Marina, Havana. 



CUBANS DESIRE AN INTERPRETATION OF THE 

 PLATT AMENDMENT. 



The president of the Conservative party 

 of Cuba is reported as earnestly desiring 

 some interpretation of article 3 of the Piatt 

 amendment, which gives to the United 

 States government authority to intervene in 



Cuban affairs whenever it sees fit, Cuba 

 having nothing whatever to say in the mat- 

 ter. President Lanuzea is so unreasonable 

 as to suggest that the article ought to be 

 so interpreted that Cubans may know with 

 some definiteness under what circumstances 

 to expect our next visit. Sefior Lanuzea 

 supposes that as there was a price set for 

 allowing the first government to be estab- 

 lished so tnere will be another price for 

 allowing the next government to start busi- 

 ness, but what that price may be he does 

 not think anybody will find out until our 

 forces are about to leave. 



The Cuban patriot is plainly sarcastic. He 

 evidently wishes that we would clear out 

 and leave Cuba alone, but expects no such 

 good luck. Neither, unfortunately, do we. 

 If there is any one thing which would please 

 the people of this country it is that we 

 should never hear of the Island again, ex- 

 cept in the ordinary course of private busi- 

 ness as we hear about Nova Scotia. — San 

 Francisco Chronicle. 



1899 CENSUS INACCURATE. 



The census of the island taken in 1899 

 under the direction of Gen. Sanger of the 

 United States army is believed to be in- 

 accurate ; not from the fault of the enu- 

 merators, but because many ignorant people 

 eluded them for fear they would suffer 

 injustice in some way. Their experience 

 under S'panish rule made them very sus- 

 picious, and they did not know what the 

 census was for. Since then they have be- 

 come more familiar with such things and 

 are no longer afraid of the government. 

 Therefore it will be comparatively easy to 

 make an accurate census. — Wm. E. Curtis in 

 Chicago Record-Herald. 



STOP THE SELF-GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS. 



It would probably be a great deal better 

 if the United States would step the ex- 

 periment of trying to set the Cubans up in 

 self government and secure them govern- 

 ment by a proctectorate by the United 

 States. In the end it will come to that, 

 and all delays will be the cause of costly ''.x- 

 periments. The intelligent Cubans want it, 

 and expect and ask for it. To refuse to 

 grant it simply encourages the lawless ele- 

 ment to persist in their lawlessness, and 

 keep the law abiding element out of a gov- 

 ernment they want and can respect. — Bing- 

 hampton (N. Y.) Republican. 



NOTHING LESS NEITHER WISE NOR SAFE. 



The Cubans will be permitted to try 

 again. But the restoration will be safe- 

 guarded in pretty thorough fashion against 

 a repetition of the chaos that preceded in- 

 tervention. The administration is now 

 working out a plan which will not only en- 

 list the support of the Cubans in maintain- 

 ing tranquillity, but will insure good order, 

 whether the Cubans co-operate or not. 



