Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-23

Of Cuba; (O they win not permit their
territory to serve as base OF war OPP
erations against the United States or
any other nation; (3) the Cuban gov.
eminent accepts in It's entirety the
treaty OF Paris of 10th December. 1898,
taking over all obligations assumed at
that time by the United States. 90 II
recognizes as legally valid the acts exc
cuted by the military government, etc.
An American closely connected with
the official life OF the island recently
said IN an answer to Cuban Radical:
Though you Cubans protest your per-
feet Willingness to accept In a spirit OF
thanktulncss all the fayors that have
been bestowed upon you and are will
Ing to receive such others as may come
your way In the future. you do not Of
fer to reimburse your generous bene.
factor even to the extent OF bestowing
an unoccupled port for q naval base
and station. Cuba has a hundred har-
bors, many Of them still existing In
their pristine wildness and there are
two particularly-the bay Of Nlpe on
the north coast and Guantanamo on the
south coast-whIch are OF no use to
you commercially or strategically.
But, no, you Cubans refuse to com.
promise yourselves to the extent OF
granting even single harbor to the
United states, Many OF you say: The
United States congress affirmed the in
dependence Of the island as a prelimi-
nary to armed Intervention, yet after
the surrender OF the Spanish ports to
United States officers military gov
eminent was established by orders Of
the president until such time as we
1.-THE Cubansl should organize stable
government OF our own. This we have
done; we now have q constitution and
ilocks Of able statesmen to make and
execute our laws, What we want now
is grip on the revenues, for we can
show more than 81 100000 OF imports
and more than sS1, 900, 900 Of exports, with
our chief staples, sugar fand tobacco.
constantly augmenting. Your supreme
court has decided that Cuba, In It's re-
latlons to the United States, is q for.
egn country, Now get outl Allow us
to manage our own affairs, especially
the revenues Of our rich and produce
tive island, with It's mines Of copper,
gold and iron, its vast forests of ma
hogany logwood and ebony, it's noun
tains as yet UNEMPLOYED. its thousands
Of square miles planted with coffee,
sugar and tobacco, You have done us
a good turn, and we are sufficiently
grateful Let II go at that But we
cannot forget the vast horde OF official
parasites that have fattened on our
revenues
These are the views Of your sordid.
ly ungrateful ones, like sangully and
men Of his stripe, who will entertain no
compromise whatever. But there are
the more moderate, like the patriot,
General Gomez, who are content to
abide the decision Of the United States.
They cannot fail TO see that interview
ton has wrought great good to Cuba.
that thousands of schools have been
opened, mail facilities hitherto un-
dreamed OF afforded, roads made, wa
terworks erected and, above all, those
pestholes OF yellow fever Santiago
and Havana, oleansed. and thoroughly
cleansed, Of their accumulatlons OF
filth.
Even II the United States were to
forego its demands for naval stations
and right Of intervention, we could not