Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-03
CUBANS MUST WAIT
American Control Will Not Be
Relinquished Until New Press
ident Is Installed.
Gen. Wood Predicts That Will Be
at Least Eight Months
Hence.
Macarthur Tells About Condi.
tons In the Philippines.
Natives Are Sincere.


Washington, Sept. 3.-American con-
troll of Cuba will not be relinquished I'M
til after the elections are held and a
president has been installed. According
to Gen. Wood it will require seven or
eight months to perform the work yet
to be done before Cuba can be turned
over to it's people, therefore it will be
late in the spring or early in the summer
before the Cubans will have absolute
control.
This is delay of two or three months
more than was anticipated few months,
ago, as it was expected the Americans
would leave Cuba Feb. Is, the third an
niversary of the destruction of the bat
tleshtp Maine.
1t is provided in the new electoral law
that the election of civil governors, sem
ators and representatives shall not take
place until 112 days after the announce
ment of the election, and this announce
ment can not be made until the conven-
l.tion agrees upon the final details of the
electoral law.
1t is also provided that the election of
a president and vice president shall not
take place until liz days after the pre-
ceding election.
Governor Leonard Wood, who has re-
covered from an attack of typhoid fever,
reported at the war department yester-
day his arrival here on his way to Nor
folk. where he will board the kanawha,
which sails for Havana today.
Gen. Wood is returning to Cuba in
time to make arrangements for the an
nouncement for the coming election of
senators and representatives. He has
been advised that the convention has
nearly completed the electoral law, and
he is returning to be ready to issue the
call for an election without delay.
III the announcement is made by Oct.
the election can not be held until some
| time in January, and this would make
the Cuban presidential contest come
some time in May. Until then, Ameri-.
can control will continue, as all the
elections are to be held under the SUI
pervision of the intervening govern
ment.
Gen. Wood says that all reports re-
ceived by him since he left Cuba show
that favorable conditions prevail in the
island. The government has surplus
of about s1,000,00O in the treasury, and
he Is anxious to maintain this reserve.
He is not In favor of change in the
Cuban tariff at this time. The present
tariff Is perfectly safe, he says, as the
revenue to be derived from it is known,
and it would be dangerous to install a
new tariff which might not be 80 salts
factory
Gen. Macarthur. who was in COM
mand OF the Philippines, arrived here
yesterday. He says the guerilla war
fare in those Islands can not lsqat long.
Aside from one or two guerrilla Ni3ands
now operating" said Gen. Macarthur.
there is no Semblance of organized
warfare. There is one group of insur-
rectionists prosecuting predatory cam
paigns in southern Luzon. This band is
under the leadership of Gen. Malvar. In
the island Of Samar there is another
which is operating under similar condi-
tons. Conferred about these two bodies
of men there is a good deal of fighting
but it is all hit and run with eiinsur-
rectionists, and can not last much long
| err.
There is also some disorder in Bohol
| and possibly in one of the lesser islands
| OF the archipelago, but 1t is not extern
| sive or serious, and Will soon be smoth-
cred by the American forces.
| aside from these details, the general
conditions in the islands are excellent,
and especially 80 from a military point
LOT view. The two leaders indicated
have small following. They are all de-
termined men, and have been maintain
| ing their strongholds in the mountains.
They fight with tantalizing persistency,
| but the result is inevitable. They must
either surrender or be captured. That
has been the history with all other
bands of insurrectionary natives. 1t
must be the same in this case"
civil government has been in practi-
cal force in the archipelago since July 4
last" continues Gen. Macarthur, land
it is now in full swing. 1t was lnstitut-
ed under the most favorable auspices
The ceremonies at Manila attendant
upon the Inauguration Of Governor Taft
were elaborate and impressive. Natives
and Americans participated with equa
enthusiasm.
THE natives were especially promi.
nent during these ceremonies and there
could not possibly be room for doubt as
to the sincerity of their expressions OF
good will toward the American authori.
ties and people and their thankfulness
that civil reign had at last been inaugu.
rated.
THE ceremonies Of July would real.
L ly have done credit to Washington, oul
own capital. The civil government Is
now being conducted under the mos
favorable circumstances. The people
i are satisfed-more than that, in fact
for they are greatly pleased with the
new administration. It does not seen
i possible that any further trouble of {
. general character can ensue. Every
thing is running along smoothly. ant
there are no disagreeable incidents oc
curing in connection with the govern
ment Of the people calculated to arous,
dissa tisfaction.'"
NATIVES IN OFFICE.