The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-26
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4 REVOLUTION PREDICTED
Representative Warmers View Of
the Future of Cuba.

After Tour OF the Island He De-
cIures That Trouble IL Sure to Fol-
low the Withdrawal of Troops.
4 Permanent Protectornte Needed.
According to Representative yespasian
Warner Of Illinois who has just returned
from an extended tour Of Cuba and Porto
Rico, Cuba viii be in a state Of revolution
within ninety days after the evacuation OF
the island by the United States forces. and
within three months this Government will
be compelled to subdue the uprising and
establish a permanent protectorate. Mr.
Warner makes this statement after long
and careful consideration of the condi-
tons and after having interviewed many
| Of the most prominent Cubans and Span
iards in the island He was informed. he
states, by almost every capitalist and
banker now doing business in the island,
that when the military forces Of this Gov
| eminent leave. they will accompany them
This is Mr. Warner'N second trip TO the
Gem of the Antilles, and he was greatly
! surprised at the advancement shown in
two years He argues that the United
States should by right control Cuba and
administer its affairs. if not actually make
It as much a part Of the Union as Key
West
! of course we must turn the island
/ over, said he at the Capitol this morn
/ ing. but il is crime against humanity
/ to withdraw at this time When our
troops leave the island you will witness a
reign of lawIessness which Will startIe
the world and compel US in the name of
/ justice to take matters into our own
/ hands The Cubans VIII sign anything or
do anything 10 get US away from their
+ property and when they have the refns
il their own hands you can expect the
worst
From what can learn they viii as
sess everybody with any money and have
a division Of the spoils. They wiz drive
all spaniards and American sympathizers
from the island and for a brief period
/ reveI in Loot. Law and order viii become
( a mockery and state Of anarchy will
] reign It is fOolishness to talk Of the Gu
| bans governing themselves at this time
/ or for years 10 come. The island must
| become ours eventually and it seems a
! shame to undo all the progress made in
two years As it VIII be we viii have to
intervene within ninety days and set up
| a protectorate again to begin the work
I OF reconstruction anew
"Of course the Constitutional Convention
viii accept the Plat amendment if the
members have not done so already. as
| soon as this can be ratified we viii have
20 get out and leave the island 70 its law
| ful owners This was our solemn prom
| ise and we win have TO stick to it. But
/ it seems a sin TO do this when all is
quiet and everybody has settled down to
work and reap the fruits Of the most
fertile stretch CT soil 1t. = world
1t is startling object lesson to take
a look at Santiago and compare it with
the Santiago of two years ago. Then all
was filth The buzzards bIackened the
sky and the streets were ankle deep in
slime and mud. the majority of them be-
| ing impossible. Today nearly every
| street IS asphaIted as are these in Wash
| ington- The pavements are clean and
new The sewage system is perfect, and
/ the rain is made to act as a cleansing
| agent instead Of a disease producer. Cen
eraI whitside is doing good work and
has an army of white wings sweeping
| the streets. It was some time before the
| natives could be made 10 see the value
/ Of cleaning streets. They argued that the
| thoroughfares would only be dirty the
next day.
7 did not see much of the delegates to
the Constitutional Convention. They
were too busy doing nothing and as each
gets so per day with 50 for expenses.
| they have a snap The United States au-
! thorities are building wagon road from
/ Santiago to Havana and already fourteen
miles have, been completed It is great
/ country and there are millions of dollars
in the cattIe-raising business there The
land costs nothing and thirty acres viii
faiten twenty-five head Of cattle in four
months I would like TO spend the sum
mer in Santiago. There has not been a
! case Of yellow fever there for fourteen
months and it viii soon be stamped out
for good. The only trouble with the peo-
pie is that they can't see why the party
/ in power should pay any taxes That is
not their way of doing business
As 10 Porto Rico everything is quiet.
The people there have no use for the
Americans. and. OF course. would rather
govern themselves like the Cubans- At
the same time the island would be in
! Chaos without the guidance of the United
States I think the natives VIII learn to
love the Stars and Stripes, but such
| things take time.
Anyway. look out for a reign of ter
ror in Cuba II is coming as soon as the
/ last American soldier embarzs for this
| country
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