Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-07
TALK OF ANNEXATION RENEWED
CURANS ARE BECOMING GREATLY
DISCOURAGED OWED con-
OPTIONS.
PLANTERS READY TO GIVE UP
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS ARE FAILING
OFF AT 4 REMARKABLE
RATE.

| UGH, AUS. IIS SNohSA'A~
conditions in Cuba are causing uneasi-
ness in administration circles.
The customs receipts at Hanvana are
no longer reported daily, and this is said
to be due to the fact that they have fallen
off heavily in the last two months. While
| Col. Taskar Bliss Of the United States
army was in charge Of the Cuban Gus
toms the average daily receipts amounted
to $4,000, and it is reported that they
have fallen off to less than one-quarter
of that amount and on some days have
reached 5000. There are other rumors
regarding Cuban customs that are dis
turbing and there is some anxiety
over the new republic lest President Pal
ma and his associates in the government
Become Discouraged
and give up the effort to keep it going
in conservative way.
Gov. Gen. Wood left a number of Amer
lean officers in Havana to aid the Cubans
with their experience in handling the GUS
SONS service and the sanitary regulations.
These officers have nearly all returned to
Washington. They are not inclined to
give their reasons to the public, but they
have reported to the war department.
Several clerks who remained for time
in Havana are also back in Washington,
OCCUPYING. less 1IupEllSul pOSlllOHS itIlu IT,
ceiving less salary than they had in Cuba.
They are not allowed to talk.
It is not a matter of surprise that the
customs receipts should decrease, since
the Cubans have not been able to dispose
of their sugar crop and are unable to
buy as they would. And it is not surpris-
ing that the Cubans should be discour-
aged in their efforts to make their re-
ceiots cover the expenses of their govern
ment. But this condition is said to have
revived the
Talk of Annexation
among the Cuban planters. 1t is pre-
dicted by some of the officers who were in
Cuba with Gen. Wood that before con-
gress meets next winter there will be
strong movement for annexation in Cuba,
just as there was in Hawaii a few months
after the Independent government was in
augurated. The planters have been so
much discouraged by their failure to Sc
cure reciprocity with the United States
that they are talking annexation. 1t is
not through animas toward the present
Cuban government, but with the hope of
saving themselves from bankruptcy and
ruin that they seek annexation. The re-
duction Of the revenues has compelled the
Cuban government to curtail its expendl-
lures, and it is doing this in some of the
most important reforms inaugurated' by
the United States while in control.
Yellow Fever Outbreak Feared.
1t is neglecting the sanitary measures
inaugurated by Gen. Wood in Havana
and Santiago. There is already fear of
a new outbreak of yellow fever in those
cities, and should such a danger appear
it will be incumbent on this government
to inquire why tho sanitary measures
have been abandoned after the Cuban
constitute onal convention had adopted the
Plat amendment, which provided that
Cuba should execute plans Of sanitation
to be mutually agreed upon for the sani-
tation of the island to prevent the recur-
renee Of epidemic and infectious diseases.
Without any desire to embarrass the
Cuban government, the United States
must insist on the continuance Of these
plans of sanitation as a means of pro-
tecting this country from yellow fever.