The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24
McKINLEYs CUBAN POLICY.

lAJ fully combatted the scheme of the Cuban sym
 patfizers in Congress to accompany the decar- alton of war with Spain by formal recognition of the independence of the Cuban Republic, his course was vehen1enty denounced only in the House and the Senate. but by the yellow press throughout the country.
 Many well meaning citizens, moreover, who desired to the Cubans establish free government of their own, misled by these denunciations, joined they were to thousand nsrepresentatons and lies, and to some extent united with the Morgans Baieys and their yellow kid supporters in condenlning the President. It will be remembered that the fight to overcome the scheme of the advocates of the repub llc was hard one. It required unwayering hrm- ness and unwearyng tact the part of the President to accomplish 1t. Fortunately for the country, how ever, the President equal to every demand made upon him, and we reaping the benefits of his wise foresight and statesmanlike sagacity
 At the present time hardly any in the United States except those who hold Cuban bonds hestates to approve the course taken by the President. MT. Bryan, who his visit to Washington was ciferous in demanding that Mckinley be forced to acknowledge the government set up by the 1nsur- gents, has reapsed into silent and rapt admiration of his red sash. Morgan talks of nothing but Hawaii, and Bailey is dumb Only the yellow press remains uphold the Junta and there evidence before the
  to desire to boom Cuban bonds
 This change in public sentiment has been due to the discovery that the nsurgent Cubans not only incapable of establishing government of their own, but unfit to have given to them at our hands. The so-called patriots who have followed Garcia Tn Santiago have performed service to aid our troops in overcoming the Spaniards. They would neither fight nor build roads On the other hand, they were detected after the fight that destroyed Cervera's fleet shooting from ambuscades at Spanish seamen seeking refuge shore from the sinking batte-ships
 The shirking of military discipline and labor, the avoidance of battle, the wayayng of stragglers and the killing of prisoners disarmed foes, seem to con stitute the tactics of the so-called Cuban army. Doubtless of the insurgents brave, generous and patriotic It is inevitable that must be so for the cause of national independence always appeals the better instincts of people In Cuba however, the patriotic movement has been swamped by the mass of reckless, lazy mongres, the spawn of the tropics who have joined it more for plunder and booty than anything else The patriots have been able to control this class of their followers, and a result we have had the disgraceul enacted around Santiago-scenes which effectually show the unhtness of the Cubans to be treated allies of armies.
 Had we recognized Cuba, as the Democratic lead CTS and the yellow organs demanded, General Shafter would have had to place the Cuban insurgents in trol of Santiago He would have been compelled to arrange his policy conform to their programme, or else he would have had to violate the alliance and put Garcia down by the strong hand It is almost i'm possible in fact to overestimate the difficulties and complications that would have surrounded in deal ing with the war in Cuba if the Independence of the island had been recognized The people of all par ties are now clearly convinced that the President right in his course We have thus another proof of the statesmanship of the whom the people elected in I8o6 as contrased with the wild folly of the dem agogue agtator whom they defeated