Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-09
IF WE CAPTURE CUBA.
How Government Must Be Maintained Until
Cubans Take Control.

Inasmuch as the United States has now
decided To intervene in Cuba and to tenn
porarly occupy the island without pre-
ViouSly recognizing the Cuban republic
ii therefore assumes the fun and direct
responsibility of administering the rule of
this, the pearl of the Antilles, until such
time. after the expulsion OF the Span
iards and the restoration of peace, as ii
becomes possible to hand over the control
OF the affairs To some republican form OF
government duly elected by plcbiscite of
the entire population, says the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Before this can be accomplished several
months a the very least must elapse, and
throughout that period. which will com
mcncf from the moment when. by inVad-
ing the island, the military and naval
forces Of The United States iuaugurate the
work of upsetting the powers that have
ruled the island since the days OF Chris
topher Columbus, the responsibility Of ad
miniSterins the authority, until now
maintained by, the Spanish, will rest up
on American shoulders.
Nearly forty years having elapsed since
the soldiers and sailors of the states had
occasion to occupy territory in which
their Intervention for the purpose Of re-
storing law and order WAS resisted by
armed forces Of a foe duly recognized as
Il belligtrent 1t may be worth while to
recall a few of the features of what is
known in international law as a tempo
rafY military occupa ton. This is all the
more important, as CUBA Is likely To be
come a very hotbed OF crime as soon as
rNgI, ny the AIMING .. tiif '"fiu ING
iofFtS' te prev louS lfSu!Viloft7 OF Ia"
are removed
>. ne ~" us' toi tlStat.oe' my ,e
ne" upon 20 tiIp'A the p'lNo'!S any Jdtl9
Oh ti55 ApliVdCh 81 she -tilleI!ran l"Lcea,
~ ouu!tloi - MhaNh P"St W. fiah
shown that the mere presence of Il hostile
iolVN ppm w HDtl ~ a Syuli>' H'TilS ~
"ttFu a Si'F',el - iiiili'il Nl'''7 G9"eIS u
1iuI'e" ~ ueSel ~ io'i "',ei al iitiSs'
WIG, 1ii!5tS ~ "a 9Iil ptilaS'
toiiiiilt "tpi &c to!iN ~ ~ hti"9 ON"
'''S tIlE tileli NIi.iili"' 'c'S "4'H tl'e must
~ 20 o"3 tiotit.'9- ,t, 49,,
- ~ ~ e''l7 49,, M" ~
'it7''i'' ~ I'm
rnnsidrr1hIe lime AMI ,tt4nrion and NOS
sibiv a large amonnf Of military fnrcn
The responsibility OF maintainine public
order in cuba. and of furnishing crime
will fan in the first place upon the com
uanding general of the occipyjng forces
of course his frst oblicafinn il toward
the United States for Inc successful con-
dlct Of the military operations of which
he has charge ana in carving on these
| he is governed hy the laws of var which
| forbid indiscriminate or excessive violence
| ar h4rshnpss His .xerrIsa of ,,lIfhoritv
n1ust therefore ~ f1r al nossibIn BE- con-
, sistent with these ends ana in IL. COM
| niles with the International code of the
| laws of war, which has been adopted by
| most of The great military mowers i'm En-
! rome ana which was ola h0rited nv The in
| stifute of international law at it's congress
| heIl AT oxford in 1880 lie will. as far as
| practicable, retain the laws that have UNI
| til that time been in force in cuba and
| will nor modify susnend o, ranIaca then,
| mnfjI il becnnes ahsnIutely necessary 10
I do so
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