The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-05

understand the native languages. as
we'll as our own? Then the astute par
tisan in power will soon see what q
field for returning boards, who would
implicitly obey secret orders from
Washington.
This is only a meager and very de-
sultory statement Of the grave issues
now before our people.
MY OWN REMEDY
for all these evils is very simple and
L fear too economical to procure it's
adoption. When Gen.. Scott entered
the city of Mexico, the Mexican gov
eminent had ceased to exist. There
was absolutely no government for him
TO deal with. He selected a number
or MeXicans, called them a govern
ment and made a treaty of peace with
them. / would in the same way in
stall government in Cuba. I would
then make a solemn compact with it,
and, among other things, l would pro-
VICE for a tribunal or supreme court,
Which would consist of five Americans
al pointed by the president, and two
Spaniards appointed by Cuba-one OF
the Americans to preside. Make that
| court supreme, even over the president
and any legislative body of Cuba.
Ihen give 1t sole and exclusive iuris-
d1ction over every right of property
interested. Allow 1t, Of it's own mo-
ton. to institute all proceedings and
TO enforce all CT it's powers. This would
be better and more effective protec-
| ton to Americans than an army of
100000 men. We should attend TO orr
BUSINESS and let the natives of Cuba
attend to their part of it in their own
way. The decision of that court would
De backed by the whole power of this
| country. It's decisions would soon be-
come a code Of laws for Cuba. The
Cupans could compare that code with
their own. Americans could then flock
to Cuba with perfect impunity. It
would be the substitution of legal, com
mercial and social influences for mill
itary power, and it would relieve this
country from the most dangerous com
plications with the crude elements of
Cuba.
Instead of the imperialists raising
the people Of this country to a higher
plane and investing their reputation
win a higher glory, they propose to
lower 1T to the imperial standard of
every European or Asiatic monarch.
mat IS to hold on to all. They pro-
claim loudly that the American flag
must never be taken down, once it IS
hCisted For centuries it was the boast
or the Turks that the sultan never set
foot on soil not his own.
"A standing army in Cuba will fur
n1sn rat contracts for court favorites
IN Washington. 1t will swell cam
palgn funds. But what is an enormous
army OF $4,000 men sent thereJfor?Whom
are they to guard? The Spaniards will
al be gone before our army gets there.
Whom are they to fight? Nobody but
Gomez and the Cubans, whom we have
been feeding. We entered Cuba to
Tree those Cubans, not to govern them.
Why not wait until the -Cubans begin
the new war? We sent 10000 men TO
night all the Spaniards who might OBJ
pose them. Why send three times the
number to overawe our allies and
friends, the Cubans, who have shown
no evidence of an intention to fight
us! II the island is theirs, Why not let
them have it? The American flag was
raised in Cuba only in aid of the Gu
bans. 1t does not float there as an
emblem of our national domination
nor Of our conquest Of the island.