Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-10
FROM CUBA AND PORTO RICO
Present Method OF pittiug Cnbsns tor
scif.Uoscrnncns is Pronounced
Go be vcry Defective.

New York. April i0.-A dispatch TO
the Herald from Washington says;
inspector General Breckenridge, who
has Just returned from an inspection
trip In cuba and Porto Rico. In an In
tcrvicw says,
since the United states has been In
possession Of Cuba the condition OF the
Islands has naturally immeasurabiy im-
proved. have no idea that thcrc Is
any danger Of an inaurrcction against
the United states The minds of the
people at this moment are % the quca-
ton OF the payment OF t3,oOo,00o 10 the
Cuban insurgents. After this has been
settled. they will devote themselves TO
a discussion Of the kind Of government
cuba shall have after the American
troops have been Withdrawn. There
viii be- M trouble frOm the cubann ar
u people during military occupation,
but l feel sure that after our troops
arr brought home there viii be dis
turbanccH.
I'VE are not going about the matter
of nttinH tho cuhass, for relf-govarn-
mcnt IN the right way. II seems 10 me
that the frsi thing We ought to do In
10 have an cl@ction by the people OF a
convention 20 draft n constitution. II
that constitution IL not satisfactory We
can set II aside. Hut We ought to Ind
out what tho people are willing and
able TO do. A II N. the island IL gov
grncd by American soldiers enforcing
Spanish laws on which are Migrated
American ideas, tho result being con-
fusion.
Our constitution guarantees every
man the right TO fair trial by a jury
OF his peers at the place where the
crime shnll have been committed. IN
offender against the law IN CUBA has
no such privileges. He iscSamincd ny
an onlcihl VIM represents what might
be compared with our strand Jury ana
" his report IN untaNofnhlv, the PRISON.
or Il brought before judge Tor exam
lnation who certified him To an appel
late court. SIX months have been taken
W ~ these operations. b.fidon the
prisoner may be sent for trial FAR from
the point where the crime was COM
mltted.
Unrest pcrvhdcs Cuba because the
people have no voice In their govcrn.
mcnt. They know that the United
States cannot At present take tho II.
land. no matter how much We would
like 10 do 30. ] am confident that II
v1tc were taken In cuba today ON
proposition OF annexation 20 the U, y.
u would be adopted ON q vote OF two
TO one. Thc spanish element prefer
annexation. ana many OF the cubans
also. for they do not know after tho
expiration OF the United states rule
whether eight thousand or ten thou
sand former Insurgents VIII rule the
Island, or whether they, the people,will.
II have served on the plains many
years and J found the quickest way 10
unite people was by ercctins prompt
communication. Keeping the prOvin-
cen OF Puerto Principe and Santiago de
cuba Isolated rctnrds their develop
ment. ~ under the terms or the For
akor amendment a railroad cannot be
built. then good roads should be built.
We are pauperizlns the cubans by CIV
In. them rationH, The construction OF
roads would permit their employment
and would soon make them self-Hup-
porting. Furthermore, the building of
roads would result In the return ia cir