The New York herald., 1873-12-01
THE LONDON PRESS.
The United States Should
Annex Cuba.
England Has No Interests Which Con-
fict With Those Of America
in the West Indies.
frsom the London Daily Telegraph, Nov. IT.

mother country is utterly unable TO enforce obe-
d,ence 10 It's orders IN Cuba. The government OF
the island has been for the last three years com-
pletely In the hands OF the '.voontarios.n The ma
tive creole planters are supporters OF the insur-
recuion, and the connection with Spain
is SIMPLY upheld by the stern energy
or the volunteers, who object to the sew
erance of the bond. partly because they would
be deprived OF the profits they obtain from
the posts they hold under government, partly be-
cause they know that separation would be iatal 70
slavery. We can form some idea OF the reatohs
Of Cuba 70 Spain II we suppose that the planters
in the Southern states had revolted against the
Union with the aid and sympathy or the slaves,
while the Union cause had been Upheld py the
smean weites,p who deemed 1t to be the best
guarantee for the maintenance OF the peculiar
institution The emanclpaJlon DEGREES OF lne
Madrid government have been treated with con-
Governors General sent out from spain nave
found II useless 10 contend against the Juntai
which really rules in Cuba. spain, under the
federal Republic, has no soldiers 1or service in
the Antilles; and even III sne had, ner troops
could hardly coerce the volunteers without pro,
moting the aims OF the insurgents Thus. all
Senior Castelar, can do Is TO use moral influence
with the volunteers and convince them OF the
expedIency OF giving up their leaders TO justice
In order TO atone for an offence which in Cuba is
regarded as grand vindicatlon OF national
sion IL more than doubtful, ana yet If he iais the
American government will be almost compelled to
take the law into Its own hands and obtain redress
From the London Hour, Nov. 1871
Nothing could be more untoward just now than
q war between the United States and Spain. To
Spain IL would mean not only crowning humili-
aton, but also the total and rrecoverable loss Of
Cuba, the last relic OF once magnificent colonial
empire TO the United states 1t would mean the
enforced acquisition OF territory which, under
present circumstances, IL VIII be highly inconven-
lent for them to hold, and the acceptance OF addi-
tiona obligations which 1t will be difficult for them
to fulfil. Nothing could be further from the wish
OF the United States governments than to have a
wd ~n not spsn se waS Smeh fhe
traditional policy OF the United States TO take
much heed Of the internal troubles OF spain, or OF
any other European country; yet Ii would be con-
trary To human nature II the Americans had re-
framed from some display OF satisfaction at the
growth of republican opinion III one OF the most
ancient strongholds oil arbitrary and despotlc
power. The national mind may be
TO wa soT ben o wc
but II the force Of circumstances compes tnat pos
session to be actually handled and dealt with ear
her tnan was anticipated, the national mind will
hardly be persuaded OF the propriety of letting ii
60 again. merely 10 be permanently grasped at
future time. No douot Cuba, as an American
state, would Just now be a vast trouble aad
inconvenience 10 the government; but great
Powers cannot always shirk troubles and lnconve-
nences. Ii Is possible that different solution OF
the problem NAV be iound, and that Cuba NAV, like
st. Domingo, be converted into Republic, in which
case its luture acquisition by the United States
might not be altogether so feasible. But, at any
rate, events bode the speedy termination OF Span
ish supremacy-which already, indeed, is an asser-
ti0n more than realty-in cuba, and IL rests en-
tirely with the government OF the United States TO
decide what the uture destiny OF the island shall
be- That this responsibility should be laid on II at
the present moment and under the present cir
cnmstances OF Spain is, however, matter ior re-
gret rather than for satisfaction.
From the London Daily News Nov 1877
The affair OF the virginius assumes greater pro-
Portions day by day. Whatever may be the excuse
which the Spanish authorizes may have 70 give
for their conduct, II is evident that the apology
and reparat,on are due as much to our own gov
ernment as TO that ol the United States Thanks
fr. fua nf Lara
able 10 publish to-day the names of the British
subjects who were on board the captured vessel.
At the date OF the Information thus supplied 10 OF
these persons, all bearing English names, had
been shot, and seven, SIX OF whom were colored
BOYS, remained e IN prison: 1t is, pernaps,
government IS thus equally ed with
That OF the United states in requiring
Ieparation for this act OF violence. Public opinion
In this country hardly needed TINS additonal mo-
tive 10 sympatbiZe with the American people in
their demand that the long career OF outrage OF
the Spanish volunteers in Cuba should be brought
TO an end. IL has long been known that the
Spanish government had but little control over its
Janizaries in Cuba; but these executions some OF
them a. least, in defiance OF Its direct orders, have
brought that want OF control into strong relief.
Apart from all questions as TO the internal govern
ment OF the island we have right TO demand. in
the interest OF fcvization, that spain shall either
assert her own power over her representatives or
snail let others step in and keep them in order. II
the Spanish volunteers repudate responsibility to
The government OF Madrid they must be made to
1eel their responsibility TO the opinion OF the civil
zed world.
From the London Telegraph, Nov ISL
With respect TO Cuba this country can AFFORD to
take perfectly impartial attitude. So long as the
United States was great slave Power the annex
alton OF Cupa TO the Union was q contingency we
could not contemplate without alarm The Pearl
0i the Antilles, as slave state OF the Union, would
have been formidable competitor and dangerous
ncighbor TO our own free possessions in the West
Indian Main. But as things now are considera-
tions OF policy as well as humanity would lead
us 10 look with favorable eye on the transfer
oi Cuba from the rule of Madrid to that
ANN
ernment choose to recognize the Insurgents as
be!lgeTents the severance OF the island from
SPAN becomes mere question OF time; and, IN
consideration OF the abolition OF slavery the
Nnited States might easily guarantee the inde-
JTndence OF CUBA against any attempt ON the part
tectorate OF this kind would be lar more valuable
TO the Union than any formal annexation, and
would avoid the difficulties Inherent, the most
favorable supposition, In any plan for incorporat-
ing new state with a negro population and
dominant caste OF Spanish Creoles.
Prom the London Daily standard, Nov. 1871
That this is perfectly legitimate cause OF quar-
rel ior the United states Is indisputabe, and the
justice OF their case cannot be anected by the fact
that Cuba Is very rich and very tempting prize
winch 1t mas been long the ambition OF American
politicians TO seize. The conduct OF the Cuban
authorities in shooting the crew OF the Nirgnus is
entirely without justincation Making every allow
ahce ior the repeated pr0yocations they have re-
Selsed-ior the numerous wrongs they have en-
uureu al the hands OF the hlibusterng expeditions,
cftahNed on American soil and despatched IN
= n Au.ercan shlps-it must stl be conceded THAT
49, >u'o17 nave DeeH guilty OF naQrant
outrage against the law OF nations for when
the Americans have every rignt to exact rep
aiation. Az the same time the warke temper
OI Tue american people is not edfylpp con-
sIuering all the trouble we have taken and an
Inc money we nave spent TO train them to gen ter
COURSES. Inc cruelty OF demanding satisfaction
from Senior Castelar, for the ylrginius massacres is
not the least notable feature In the case one
might have expected some consideration nom ra
pubncans for a republican government which -
doing Its best TO propagate the cause at home
ana whose snare IN this outrage Is but nomlnal'
81
AZ utterly pOweress either TO punish the pernetra'
tors OF the antiag0 massacres, or to qive anv
guarantee against their recurrence. Even wcre
he able to extend his authority so far, IL is doubt
ful whether he would be permitted by his own
Cabinet, or by the mass Of the Spanish people, TO
make any reparation. To insist upon satisfaction
IRON the Madrid government as the only aterna-