The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
ANNEXATION THE CURE
TRANouILLITY OF CUBA WILL THUs BE BROUGHT ABOUT
Affairs of the Island are Now in tne Hands of Professional Revo- lutionists, Says Lieut.
 Young.

Huntsville. Ky, Nov. G.-Lieutenant Commander Lucien A. Young, U. 5. N'' captain of the port of Havana Is III I.ouisyilIe en route for Washington for hrief stay, and then return to his post S,aakinp about Cuba, Young said:
 since the military occupation of Cuoa there has been a disposition on the part or the island officials to comply with the Teiler resolution and there has been no modification of the laws of the island' and the economical question has never been discussed. The result is that tne affairs of Cuba are in the hands or iot of political and professional revoiutionlsls who have nothing to lose and eVerythhs to gain.
 ..Sugar is being sold at S3l3 on the docks when it cannot be raised in the tnterior for less than $3.70. Not 10 per nent of last years tobacco crop has been sold A commission has been sent to the United States to ask for reciproclty' which means a stepping stone to annexa- tion. Why not annex the island and pc done with it? Every move means that ,,1fimate result So far as the sugar in- d,1stry Is concerned the United States last year consumed little over z,Ou'V. tons. of which 700 900 tons were furnished by Louisiana and the Hawaiian Islands, oh which no duty was paid. only SSoOVO tons were raised in Cuba, and that was raised on per cent. of the ground avail able for cultivation. Out of the great quantity of sugar supplied to the United States 9S per cent. came from Europe, and especially from Germanq, for which the Tinted States had to pay duty to cover the bounty which is paid by the German government for exportation of its pro- duct There is only $15, 900, 900 invested in the beet sugar industry in this country, from which the government receives a bounty from every State which grows 1t. Therefore, there can be no competition with the beet sugar and cane sugar grown in Cuba
 .sIf the United States should annex Gu ba. with free introduction of products and with the development of 92 per cent. of the uncultivated land. We could control products for which we ask the European countries and would have to ask no fla vors of them
 "The comments of many people on the acquisition of the Philippines. I believe unpatriotic because the European powers have made every effort toward the parti- ton of China. France wants Tonquin; England the Yang Tse Valley; Germany wants Shan Tung; Russia, Manchuria, and the only thing the United States de- mands is an open doc" policy. Should these powers accomplish their designs the United States should control the Phil ippines, by which every fleet of foreigi powers, must pass on their way to th' Orient So with Cuba. We are to contro the Isthmian canal. and Cuba is the ab solute defense to the commerce of th' Caribbean Sea. the Gulf of Mexico ant the easter napproaches to the canal, ant should be the military base for the United States.
 Cuba can give to the Dnited States but one concc ssion. and that should be an nexation for we cannot demand privi- leges of foreign power of fortifyng the port of call without explanations and ar engagements. Furthermore. we have spent s700, 0,00O, GOO in nberating Cuba, but the Gu bans don't seem satisfied, and ask us t' give them independence of government under the Teller resolution. Then they want Us to get out of the island and sac rifce S96.0000o0 which is being paid in duty from imports. The only salvation for Cuba is absolute acquiesccnCe to the mandates of the United States. In my opinion they should be given home rule under a govern appointed by the United States, with power Co veto any act that