Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-20
GIN. WILSON ON CUBA.


Baltimore sun Special.
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 10. --"Since our
OCCUPATION of Cuba we have not done
one thing to repair the ravages of war.
We have re-establishcd no families in
their homesteads nor attempted 10 re-.
stock barren farms and plantations
We have not taken single step to ex-
tend the commerce of the country SOFAS
to enable the island to recover from
the devastation of recent war. y
In these words Gen. James II. Will
son, late governor of Maianzus, and
recent appointee as delegate to King
Edwards coronation to represent the
United States Army, charged neglect
Of Cuba in a speech delivered tonight
at the Union League Club.
Gen. Wilson made frequent references
to what he called the unfair treatment
the island had received at the hands
of the administration. The speaker
made it plain that an Interpretation Of
broken faith might be placed upon our
conduct by tho Cubans themselves.
"We pledged ourselves at the begin
ming OF the war; said the speaker,
"agausC the intention of exerting any
sovereignty over the island, and
! promised to withdraw our army as soon
| us ItdCt was ItSItJtu. III SIllIt OF InlS
pledge we have exercised every CON
ceivable attribute of sovereignty over
| Cuba. We have absolutely controlled
/ the domestic affairs of the people and
although perfect order has existed for
| two years our army is still in possess
| sion Of the country. +"
| Tho remedy proposed by Cen. Wilson
! is immediate reciprocity with Cuba.
! Annexation, he maintained, is sure to
| cone. nat to meet the emergency Ep
| proposed removing tho duty on CUBAN
| impOTtations and at the same time sur
rounding the island with our own Ero-
GOctive tariff on foreign importatioas
This policy, Gen. Wilson asserted,
would act as a stimulus to Cuban com.
meIcc that would restore the ante
bcllum prosperity OF the country. BY
quotation from statistics he attempted
to show that such free trade would
have an injurious effect on very few Of
our own industries. The effect upon
the tobacco industry, ho asserted,
| wJult not he felt, and he said the
sugar industry would not suffer to any
graz extent
GEN. wjLroH CAUSE sURPRTrE.
Baltimore sun special
| Washington geo Ii The speech Of
Cen james H, Wilson, special am
bassaior to the coronation of King
Edward, delivered before the Union
League Club, in Chicago, last night
has caused something of a sensation in
official circles in Washington.
The criticism for which General Will
son is quoted in press DISPATCHES is so
severe and so direct in its terms that
much surprise is expressed at his
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censure OF Gen. Nelson A. Miles for
giving public expression to lis opinion
on the Schley case.
II is held that Gen. Wilson is sub.
ject TO censure under the same inter
probation Of the army regulations that
was given in the case Of Gen. Miles,
Gen. Wilson, as quoted in the Sun
this morning, said that the govern
ment has done nothing for the relief of
Cuhn and the status of affairs in the
islan1 is not improved over those
under Spanish regime This coming
from former governor Of Cuban
province is regarded as having weight,
1t is said, however, that there is no
probability of Gen. Wilson hcihg repri-
manded by tho War Department, the
ground being taken in the War De-
partment that greater latitude is per-
: | mitt91 officers OF the retired list IN eX-
pressing their opinions on such ques-
l tons, Tor the reason that as they are
not liable to active duty, they could
not be detailed for service in a country
they may criticise
Gen. Wilson has given expression ia
the same sentiments before, bur not
publicly. He has informed Secretary
! Root what he thought of the situation
in Cuba and the duty of the United
2 States toward the island, and only
recently. when in Washington, he
called at the White House and dis
cusSeA the question with the President.
The last instance of retired Officer
being roproved, by the department was
tho case of Major George 7, Armes,
who was arrested and imprisoned al
e the Washington Barracks on the charge
of entering the Office of Major-Gen.
: Schofield, then commanding the army
e and insulting him.