New-York tribune., 1901-04-25
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
PURPORT OF THE PLATT AMENDMENT
EXPLAINED BY IT'S AUTHOR.

Senator o. H. Platt of Connecticut chairman of
| the Senate Committee Relations with Cuba and
author of the amendment 10 the Army Appropriation
bill defining the which the United States
troops will be withdrawn from the island,
tributes 10 the May number of The Worlds
Work" article THE Solution of the Cuban
Problem" from which the following extracts are
taken:
Two solutions only are re P9Pssipls one the
Hthsr the e b Of @ an repub
Of CUBA CUBA and uassd states shall be- de1ed Re
be- for may 9psht ba eoh to
sidered, except in OF the drest necessity The
people OF Cuba. by reason of and character
istics cannot be easily assimilated by In these
presence IN the American Union as State. would
be most disturbing, and We have already asserted,
ought TO be free and Independent. There is moth
ig ing 20 oe gained much even honor to be lost by
e repb be- hs * H9w 9ers can n nde
ditions and circumstances which shall best sub
serve the Interests of the people both of Cuba and
terests in Cuba which must be subserved and pro-
ns Ns much ass w
hGIe hostile or u mnnfrendly power to acquire rights or
sence of the Monroe Doctrine asserted and justly
6r ea 4Pen 1 for es eighty ear foTbds it
a government in Cuba in which peace and order,
tenance Of all international obiiga tions are not
observed. In respect to the future government Of
are. IDENTICAL; the government of Cuba must be
be stable o well & as rePgsean 1 In form Again. our
sumed by the act of intervention, demand of us
and maintenance of the new government. If duty
aa5sd US tS see to il that cuba was free duty
the G future shall be both peaceful and prosperous
& iI5e a9d Propsrsx ef spsRisTds snd those caesns
by the new goveTnment. Perfgnctorryy advice to
Our work o2 ' ony hall half dene Thea
WbRa Ws ID pGm t its & pr aS
in neighboring country must also see that Just
TO perform as well as interests guard and pro-
being fer Ss it M oG TO so is
than than ever before @ From the high plane of duty
States @ IS comtted to @ the ee of 5e goed
government in Cuba. and its policy. must first of
esrspe rssponsibllity; i must meet it manfully
Of sPash bonds deans whis ss
their ssns These bonds are hsd largely
Cuba being left without any means Of defence
these governments on behalf of their citizens
sumption Cpba's only guarantee against this will
to 5he PAY wilt G a
has the United States to deal with Between rev
loyal 70 spain there is little love. Win ne army
fsOTa i il a e wan hf
an turbulent party may attempt the destruction
which the wonid d be utterly
less to prevent. We most certainly duty TO
our own citizens in Cuba that they shall be pro-
tected in the enjoyment of their property kept
free from the dangers which attend revolutionary
uprisdngs. Indeed, any who knows public
sentiment in Cuba is that IT is expected by
Cuban people that if difficulty. either foreign or
domestic shall arise, the United States will be
called upon TO meet IL. Even those who insist
that nothing should be put into the constitution
right do SO, that the United
States will do II matter of course. Their
strange attitude is that they will have right 70
call the limited States their def ance, but will
agree in advance that assert that right
The In tied States needs this mutual arrange
ment beca for its own defence II cannot permit
any foreg power to dominate, control or obtain
foothold in this hemisphere its adjacent terri
tory and cannot tolerate such revolutions dis
orders upon island coast, fire.
quently in Southern American republics:
mere than all, because il stands pledged in honor
to its citizens to the citizens of Cuba and
to all the world to maintain quiet and peace and
good gov vernment in Cuba. In word Cuba needs
self fgovelnment peace. tranquility and prosperity
The United States asks for nothing than this
but 1t ognizes its obligation and insists upon its
right to see that such results to be permanent
ly secured