The evening times., 1899-09-30
THE new CUBAN POLICY
Garcia Discusses the Proposed Re-
call Of Brooke.
President Mckinley Said 10 BE Con-
tempIating a Change Preliminary
to His Report TO ConGress-Martiai
Law Held Responsible for the
Continued Friction i'm Havana.

The Administration is guarding carefully
all information relating TO reforms TO be
made in Cuba At the War Department to-
day it was said that when everything has
been agreed upon, the facts would then be
given to the public. The President wants
TO make a creditable showing on the ad-
ministration of affairs in Cuba in his an
nual message to Congress, and it is said
that by the time December rolls around
even the Cuban census will have been COM
pleted, and thus the first step torwad es
tablishing a stable government for the ISL
and will have been taken. But before the
census is taken a change, it is asserted by
high authority, will not be made in the
Office OF governor general, which is now held
by General Brooke. Ii is expected that a
prominent civilian will be appointed TO that
important position. General Carlos Garcia,
who represents the Cuban National League,
said to Times reporter today that nothing
would please the Cubans SO much as the
news that at the Cabinet meeting the Ad-
ministration had considered the needed re-
forms of the island, and the appointment of
a successor TO Governor General Brooke.
i have believed all along" said General
Garcia" that the President intended to act
fairly with the Cubans. And that he is con-
sidering the recall of General Brooke is no
surprise to me. The Governor General is,
no doubt, a pleasant gentleman and good
military man, but he is certainly not cut
out to handle large questions of civil gov
ernment
General Brooke has employed military
methods in dealing with civil subjects, and
hence the friction between the military and
nixsl hnr- NV nra rllf Ia
day in advance whether civil law or martial
law will be the order for the next twenty
four hours. feel the Administration does
not approve of this situation, and there
fore ] am not surprised that a speedy
change is to be made in some of the
methods employed in the military govern
ment of Cuba.
Il want to remark at this point that the
recent strike in Havana could have been
easily averted by the local authorities had
they been permitted TO deal with it. The
dispatches from Havana giving news of
the strike state that the press applauded
and commended General Ludlow's arbitra-
ry act OF course, they applauded it. Why
not?
Had any of the Havana papers dared
10 denounce General Ludlow's act as il
deserved. he editors of the paper so Of
tending would, / doubt not, have been
thrown into jail and their paper suppress
ed.
The people of the United States really
have but faint idea of the immense pow
er exercised by the military authorities in
Cuba. There is no regard for the laws
which are still in force, in so far that they
have never been repealed. The only law
is the military And ] am happy to know
that the Administration intends to inau-
gurate some reform and correct many of
the abuses which exist under the form of
government now administered in Cuba
Referring to the criticism of his de-
spateh to General Ludlow by La Lucha"
OF Havana, General Garcia said:
La Lucha' says it's presumption for
me to wire General Ludlow expressing my
opinion of his recent arbitrary act Well,
as Cuban citizen, claim the right TO
criticise the act of any official in Cuba,
either military or civil, and whenever /
think my people are not fairly trea ed j
shall not hesitate TO say so. Another thing,
La Lucha is a pro-Spanish paper, and
does not reflect the views of Cubans who
advocate independence"