Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
The American Flag Will Al.
 ways Wave Over Cuba.
By inc Time inc Island is Eff for achievement American In- fereSfS Will Be so Firmly Planf- edThey Cannot Be UproOfed.


 flesh pots of Cuba. They know how
 Spanish officials grew immensely rich
 through feeding from the public crib, and they are praying that the day may hasten when their own turn will
 come
 Outside of this class which is not numerous the universal sentiment is for annexation. The Spanish mer~ chants desire in this direction is due to two causes. In the first place, his commercial instinct tells him that un- der American control there will be peace and prosperity; and, secondly. his national pride resents he idea of Cubans being placed in authority over him.
 We know" said Senor Freyre de Andrade. of the Conchita sugar es- tate, that we have everything to gain and nothing to lose by annexation. We know t't means protection to our property. the just administration Of laws, and an economical and honest government. Knowing all this, we hope that in the near future we can come, as a people to the United States and, asking for annexation, be taken into your family"
 Nor is this desire for annexation confined to the Spaniards. Dr. Zan- netti, who inherits from Swiss ances- tors his love of liberty, and who was treasurer of the revolutionary com mittee of Matanzas province. when asked what would be the best solution of the Cuban problem. he answered without any hesitation, American control"
 "Why?"
 Because" he answered in English, ''olr people have not had any exper- fence in governing. You have wise statesmen and an army and navy. We have nothing. We might fight among ourselves, but we could not fight any body else"
 'Is the sentiment very general for annexation?'
 There arc some who want inde- pendence," he replied, ''but they have no intelligence. They have no eyes to see what is good for us.''
 It hardly needs a prophet to predict that annexation is certain to come. The conditions under which such a result can be accomplished, the laws that will be necessary, the adjustment of commercial interests required-aIl these are problems to which the great est amount of care must be given For instance if Cuba should be annexed in such manner that it's products could enter the United States free of duty, most disastrous blow would be dealt at the interests of the southern states | Cuba is one vast garden. It's fertility cannot be described without apparent A raGish seed placed in | the ground today, will, in seven days | be plant ready for the table In | Santiago can be seen today a grape | and yet the ripe fruit was picked last | January-less than three months ago. | Four crops a year can be harvested | here.
 There is no way, at present, of de- i cidlng just what the future of the isl and shall be. The Cuban assembly | represented nothing except the poJti- cal element in the army, and the idea | of submitting any question to the pee pie to be decided by popular vote is | absurd. In the first place. forty per | cent of the population of the island is | negro, of class beside which the ne gro of the states is a bright and tower of into bans-thOse who have a trace of Span lsh blood-are utterly incapable of ex- ercising the right of suffrage wish any | appreciation of it's meaning. Some | years must elapse before the military | of the United States can be withdrawn, if the island is to enjoy ! peace and prosperity. In the mean time we will be pouring men and treasure into Cuba. If the Unised | States does not get something in re- turn the world will witness the great est example of national self-sacrifice and unselfshness ever seen. There $ no way to secure any return except to take the island.
 The people respect the United States. In Havana the few soldiers ip the provost guard exercise a more powerful influence upon the disorderly than ,he thousand Cuban policemen who stand at street corners and twirI their long clubs. The same is true Of Matanzas. Santiago, and Cienfuegos. Colonel Black, the former engineer at Washington, tells an interesting story. In establishing police stations in Havana it was nec essary to rent some buildings in dis ,ricts where the Spanish government