The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-30
Trying to Create Trouble.

The one thing which would delight the
present leaders of the Democratic party,
with few honorable exceptions, more
than anything else in the world, would
be to have an outbreak of some kind
occur In Cuba, between now and No
vember. If the administration and the
country could only have on hand an
insurrection in Cuba, as we'll as one in
the Philippines, the addition to the
Democratic supply of campaign mate
rial would be delightfully."- large and a
few more changes could be rung upon
the imperialistic song.
Covertly, and without too open a man.
Hesitation Of this purpose, some Of the
utterly unpatriotic and more recklessly
partisan Democratic leaders are do
ing their little best, but so far with
out any serious result. to bring about
this much to- be desired end The un-
fortunate thing about it is that they are
receiving some assistance from a class
of Eastern sentimentalists, of Republic
an antecedents. who were bitterly op-
posed to the commencement of the war
with Spain, and who have never be-
come reconciled to the results of that
war.
These reckless demagogues and washy
sentimentalists. from entirely different
motives. are working to common end.
They are each constantly deprecating
the continuance of the American occu-
patton of Cuba, and either by covert
insinuation or open declaration are con-
stantly questioning the good faith of the
administration and the country. They
are trying to make it appear that there
American troops from Cuba, but that
there is an undernand purpose to annex
that island forcibly. in absolute violation
OF the pledges which We're solemnly en-
tered into when the war with Spain
began.
The men who deliberately seek to con-
vey to the Cubans such an impression
as this, whatever may be their motives,
are in literal, sober seriousness. traitors
to this country and the worst of enc
mics, in effect. to the Cuban people
themselves. II an outbreak against
American authority should occur in Gu
ba, ii would delay. instead of hasten
ing the departure of the American
troops from the islands and restore con-
dtions there which existed prior to the
between the Cubans and the Spaniards.
1t would be impossible, under any the
DRY of the duty which this country owes
to the Cubans. to itself and to the
world at large. to withdraw from the
island until order had been fully re-
stored. All the long and painful work
which has been done towards rehabili-
tating the ruined island would have to
be done over again. under conditions Of
greater difficulty than those which have
prevailed since American occupancy
When American troops we're finally
withdrawn. they would leave behind
them a sullen and hostile population. a
bitter enemy at our very door.
There is absolutely no warrant for the
inslnuation that this country does not
intend to keep faith with Cuba. Not a
single step which has been taken with
reference to the islands would intimate
in the slightest degree that American
occupation is more than temporary
This country is under the most solemn
pledges to permit the Cubans to estab-
lish their own government, and Is rap
idly preparing the way for that govern
ment to be put in operation. Few, ex-
cept the rankly pessmistic sentimental