The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-07
YALE DEFEATS PRINCETON
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lnent. It has been impossible for home governments to adequately understand conditions in the colonies and unwise legislation has followed. Not only have France and Spain failed, but under the rule of England progress in the West Indies has been checked by frequent dissensions between the natives and the controlling power. Great Britain has had to reduce her West Indian colonies to the condition of Crown colonies and thls would not be practicable in the case of the United States and Cuba. we met with similar failures in our ad- mlnlstration of affairs in Louisiana in our early history The Anglo-Saxon and the Latin-American cannot assimi- late nor can they corporate Cuba is hkely In the long run to better solve her own problems than if she be controlled oy foreign power.
 Frlncetons next speaker was Joseph A. Jones '0O, of Passaic, N. J. "The Unit ca States having overthrown the only established government that existed in Cupa, has therefore incurred the re- sponslbility for the establishment of some form of government that shall not temporarily, but permanently maintain stable conditions in the island of Cuba. Permanent responsibility involves per- manent control. The United States cannot adequately and honorably dis charge this responsibility by any policy snort of annexation. In the first place this responsibility cannot be discharged by the immediate transfer of the con trol of Cuba to the Cuban people. The results of intervention make it incum- bent upon the United States to secure the pacification of the island. It is not yet pacified. Therefore, the question of the immediate recognition of Cuban in- dependence must be eliminated from this discussion.
 Tn the second place, this responsi- bility cannot be discharged by the ex- ercise of a temporary control over Cuba. Because there is no assurance that when this control Is withdrawn, that Cuba will not vacillate between anar- chy and despotism, as is shown in countries where the Spanish American people have experimented with self government. This would necessitate future interventions on the part of the United States to protect the Cubans from themselves. Immediate annexation would obviate this and promote at once the best interests of all concerned.
 Cornelius P. Kitchel, Yale 1901 L. s., said in substance:
 'Our first speaker has shown you that the Cubans are likely in the long run to solve their own political problems bet ter than other nations can do 1t for them. I propose to show that annexa- ton would be positively harmful, not only to ourselves, but to Cuba.
 Annexation would be harmful to Cuba because we could not govern Cuba we'll Two of our weaknesses are enough to insure misgovernment in the state or territory of Cuba, the spells system and our inability to deal with the colored races.
 In spite of the attacks of the reform ers the spells system still holds the citadel of our government; while we are in it's grasp a competent civil service is impossible and all attempts at expan- sion are perilous, but particularly the annexation of Cuba. In spite of annex ation the colored population will con- tinue to greatly outnumber the whites. The further you go from the center of government the greater are the oppor- tunties for corruption. Put these two facts together and what an opportunity for corruption; the spells system would spread and flourish in Cuba to an ex- tent unheard of in this country.
 The ,other reason we should fail to govern Cuba is because we have failed to solve the negro problem. To-day in Cuba there is no negro problem but once annex the island and it would arise almost instantly. The reeon- structed government in the southern states after the civil war will furnish a practical example.
 We must notice that our failure in reconstruction hurt those southern states greatly, and it has been no less a source of danger to the entire country. Annexation would be dangerous to the United States also because 1t would give Cuba the opportunity as a state to help to govern us The Cubans do not understand the problems that confront us. Fitness for such power and respon- sibility would not come for many days
 And if it is objected that Cuba need not become state. we reply that some new form of government is necessary. There are only two kinds of govern ment-self-governm and subject. Annexation of self-governing territory would be but a prelude to admission as a state. territory is perpetually a candidate Tor StatehoOd. on the other hand Cuba as a permanently subject territory would be forever under the control of congress. To hold the Cu- bans to such bondage would be entirely contrary to the spirit of our institu- tions. As a subject territory we could not give Cuba good government. We have as yet failed to grasp the idea of a colony. We have well nigh exhausted the rich internal resources of our colony up in Alaska and have permitted the natives to be horribly misgoverned Can we contemplate with equanimity q similar state of affairs in Cuba? The Cubans would not brook such treat ment; they would be content with noth- ing short of the full measure of the lib- erty we demand for ourselves.
 The final argument of the affirmative was given by Nathaniel S. Reeves 99, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who said: "The af- firmative holds that it is the duty of the United States to annex Cuba But quite aside from the question of duty arises the question of interest. There are advantages to be derived from ~an- nexation which are, in the first place, economic, and, in the second place, strategic. The United States is the rreotoct suCar-cOnSJIminp oountry in