The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
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The Cubans believe reciprocity failed because the Americans want to drive them into annexation, and many or them declare they will never be driven by the faithless, greedy Americans. In fact, they are beginning to look to Germany ana England for help. Germans and English ment are taking advantage of the oppor- tunity thus created to increase their trade and influence.
 {. Worst of all, many Cubans look upon President Palma as the American Presi- dent. as a creature or the Amerhan government, and they are now turning the United States he will fail to get the support of the clements which are now angry at this country because Congress failed to respect the Mckinley pledge. If President Palma gets into trouble with the Cuban; he may justly place most ot the blame upon the eighteen Repubi can Senators who killed the reciprocity plans of President Roosevelt.
 This unyselcome and alarming diagnosis of the situation in Cuba was drought 10 Washington today by Charles M. Pepper, the well known newspaper correspondent. Mir. Pepper is d careful studene of Cuban affairs. thoroughly trustworthy. and he has just come from Havana. His state ments have made profound impression here, and have added to the humiliation so generally felt by the Republican Party, surrendered to dozen and d half beet sugar boxers.
 MT. Pepper calls attention to the fact that the platt amendment has not yet been formulated in a treaty between the United States and Cuba. He says no 5ucl treaty can be ratified at Havana i'll the present state of Cuban feeling toward the United States. If President Palma tries to make such a treaty the radicals will defeat him in the Cuban Congress. The United States has not yet got its coaling and naval stations in Cuba, and MT. Pep per thinks they cannot be had unless the beet sugar people are willing to leave the halls of Congress and go down to Cuba at the head of an army of conquest.
 On account of the failure of reciprocity at Washington hard times are coming, are already at hand. in Cuba. says MT. Pepper. There will be distress and men will he thrown out of work. This will greatly increase the difficulties with which the Palma government must deal. IF disorders arise and the little republic gets into trouble the blame must in large part be laid at the door of the American Congress.
 It is the welI-nigh universal belief of the people of the island, says MT. Pepper. that Congress refused them reciprocity because it wanted to force them into an- nexation. through wreck and ruin. They see that Senator Elkins was leader of the anti-reciprocity faction. and that 1t was Senator Elkins who introduced resolu- tion providing for the annexation of Cu- ba. The Cubans put two and two together and reach a conclusion. Most of the Ha- vana papers purposely spelled Elkins' s name wrong in publishing the news. Oth- CTS suppressed it entirely. Let him he nameless," said one paper. as nameless as the assassin of Mckinley" This caught the public fancy. and is a sample of the bitterness which has been reused in the mines of the people.
 One prominent American capitalist in Havana has predicted that "President Palma will have to throw up his hands and quit within four months