Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-30

missed from GoTernnen eil1g,; ba
cause Of inc0npeteucy Or diS saAs
". The views Of men like Esss.
are no es'iterion. Tue ac1usl sins
Of the Cubans can Be asoe he'd
only by meeting shezn, asse .sinn
with them in AL paris Of TIE s.sd.
have jet 70 meet the gove lent
o-neer CT the reputable citiz ho
has any complaint 10 make the
ground Of discourteous or ii s,a-
" treatment.
One aspect OF the Cove ,nt
bearing directly upon the ss....ls
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anea other relations betEoa,. Y se.'f
aua this eounagy ias4the futifss
Tie Complexion of the government
itself as Il stands at present. Prob
ably not more than one and one
half or two per cent. Of the employ
ees OF the island government as a
whole are Americans The govern
ment OF Cuba has been SO establish
ed and developed that it can be
turned over to the Cuban people
with hardly perceptible change in
its personnel. The feeling Of the
Cubans towards the United States
is evidenced in no more unnsstaka-
bic way than in the constant and
ever-present expressions Of good
viii for American officers and the
American representatives pf the
military government which are met
with throughout the island.
There are few people in the United
States who will dispute the premise
that a stable government must be
maintained in Cuba We have
promised as q nation to establish
such a government, and must see to
it that our promises are made good.
A stable government is an expensive
thing it involves the maintenance
Of good system for the administra-
ton OF justice, from Judiciary TO POI
lice; schools, public works, charities
aud hospitals, which arenecessarily
government institutions and, above
all, an elaborate system of sanitation,
which is imperatively required if
North America would keep under
control the dreaded yellow fever, so
many times transported from Havana
and other Cuban cities TO the COM
munities of the Southern States,
with such enormous losses of life
and expenditures Of money. A gov
ernment that is to perform the func-
tions have here too briefly given
can be organized and maintained
under those conditions alone which
guarantee reasonable income for
all its great and varied needs. Its
establishment and its maintenance
are predicated primarily upon the
establishment and the maintenance
of business confidence among the
producers and traders of the island.
Aud il government of this type be
lot established-and well establish
ed-we shall speedily find the con-
ditions in Cuba, in all that pertains
10 public education and to public
health, reverting to what they were
when first we went there. The OBJ.
jectionable and dangerous condi-
tions, for the removal OF which we
intervened, must return in full force
and vigor, and we shall be constrain.
ed to do one OF two things, either
permit them to continue as menaces
to the public health and as interfer.
ences with our commerce, costing
US thousands of lives every summer
aud millions upon millions Of dollars
or we must intervene, to do afresh
the great work we are now complet
ing.
Cuba purchases at present ma
terial from foreign countries amount
ing to nearly seventy million dollars
per year. Under conditions tba
viii encourage her planters to more
extensive operations and will Civ,
capitalists confidence in the re
sources OF the country and in th,
ability OF its inhabitants 10 sell theil
products at a profit, the purchasing
capacity of Cuba within few year.
will rise TO hundreds of millions
That trade we should have, and vii
have il we formulate plans for deal
ing with Cuba which are just an,
intelligent. 1t would be dishonor
able and in bad faith ito attempt Z
force political opinion in Cuba 70
the purpose OF changing her relativ
position in reference to the Unite
States by maintaining obstacles I
trade relations, which viii result il
producing a condition Of ruin an
disorder through failure OF her tw
industries, sugar and tobacco. Sue
an attempt would be in direct cor
tradiction to our promise TO establis
| a stable government. Il might pr
duce a result nhicn would necess
tate another intervention, but
would destroy Cuba's confidence j
rs as a people and would put US in
; very undesirable light before u