The evening times., 1898-11-11
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER j, 1898.
What About Cuba!

NAT ABOUT ubH-
II is TO ba hoped that the President
will now turn his attention TO the situa-
,i,s.A IN cuba I-ne Iusuleut i-tt-s vf tho
repudiated President Maso. who was
never recognized by this Government
and who does not speak for any large
number Of Cubans, viii not cause Presi-
dent Mckinley any anxiety; but there
10 no doubt that we have lost prestige
among the best class of people in the
islaad-people who did not concern
themselves about questions of the re-
mote future Of cuba. but counted with
confidence on the Americans to effect
change in the present intolerable condi-
tons only to be grievously disappoint-
ID The Times does not need to repeat
lie authentic history of Cuba since the
gning OF the protocol. which it has
racited 50 often. All its dire forebod-
ings have been realized The Evacua-
tion Commissioners admit that they
have been worse than failures: that the
confidence and support of the majority
OF Cubans who were grateful to the
Americans have been forfeited; that
Blanco's rule since the truce has been
record of robbery and oppression:
that our seeming indifference has
strengthened class of mischievous
d maeoSues who are promoting the
5 ailments that are poorly concealed in
Aaso's offensive letter and preparing
1n make American occupation and ad-
~ ms ration appear selfish. The news
paper correspondents now confirm the
tfuth Of ali The Times has predicted
aud described and foresee the difficult
t5es we shall have to meet If the agents
OF Blanco, who are doing Spain's ven-
gaance work among the armed Cubans.
are not suppressed. and if the Span
iards are not restrained from supplying
the misled and deluded Cuhans with
arms and ammunition
In estimating the degree of blameabIe-
n $ of the ignorant masses of Cubans.
w must take account of their lack of
AL acquaintance with Americans.
Some of them have been fed at our
hands. others have been allowed to
Etarve. They We're persuaded that when
the American Commissioners should
reach Havana there would be an end
Of Spanish misrule: the purely political
prisoners would be released from the
jails: il would become SAFE for the far
n}ers to go back to their country homes
activity would be L new ed the hungry
fed, the idle employed and that the
blessings Of liberty would descend on
tie emancirat-d island in some visible
end spectacular form Many OF their
hopes We're as visionary as those
cherished by the Spaniards at Madrid
ct this melancholy nom MT More than
three months have passed since the
americans slipped quietly into the
capital, without the accompaniment of
military bands. the booming of great
guns, the review of a squadron of ma
jestic Warships and such an outbreak
Of American flags as marked the an
pearance of our Commissioners at San
Juan in Porto Rico. Today Blanco is
not less but rather more oppressive and
vindictive: there are more innocents in
the jails for speaking d-srespectfully of
the Spanish flag; business is even dead
er and the dangers of going back to the
farm quite as serious as before; the
people are hulgrier and there is not a
sign OF Spanish evacuation. The Gu
bans had formed plans for gathering