BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-26

own soil, uSurp1ng the tlrSt ana DeSt
positions the island can nffef, are not
wolves: those people are not wolves
who permit rude and primitive fOIeig-
ners to play fast and loose with the
cherished ideals Of portorican ind;vi-
dual and collective life.
Wolves howl, and those inen. who
have superior culture and european
civilization are nor wolves.
They are not swolves, nor do they
howl, those who defend what is theirs
when rapacious and exotic filchers
come to seize it.
Mastiffs also howl on the ap-
proach of the wolf; and there are
many occasions when howl is heard,
prolonged, mysterious and sharp,
mournful as the hooting of an owl.
which is an omen of death; but it is
not to these tragic sounds that the
journalistic functionary wished to re-
fer, as it is very we'll known that they
are the mournful presages (mournful
for the tunctionariesl OF the deathsef
the present regime.
Would they take from It's the popu
lar House?
For all the use it is, would to God
they would. If the amendment of
the Foraker regimen does not come
soon it would be blessing if Mr.
Roosevelt in one of his imperialistic
delirlums should take from US the
lower House.
1t would be the most salient note of
the failure of american colonization;
the most eliminating declaration that :
expansionism had met its Waterloo in
Porto Rico.
1t would be a valiant act to take
from us q branch of the legislature
which is of no use whatever, which
can do nothing under the control of
the Executive Council.
And is it this which the aauilleno
journalist threatens2 Is that the OPT
rion of influential americans
If they are Of the same calib7e as he is
and they cannot be better-1e know
already too we'll the kind of individuals
the influential AMERICANS are. Func-
tionaries of expectation and mogrebi-
no redemptionists, because surely the
corree pondent of The Syracuse He
raid (which is apaper of shout the
same importance as if we were to say
The Corozal Herald-had IN mind the
Heads Of the Insular departments, or
the other officials Of :. lower grade-also
coat:neLsSls '.uet h,. spoke O. influ
entail americans.
We have said it before and the
country in its entirety has said it also.
A regimen, out and out military, is
preferable to the present system of go
vernment. At least the country would
be free from responsibility, and would
not contribute in appearance as now,
to the nefarious work of liquidation.
Nothing could be worse than the
condition in which we are in at pre-
sent. A tyranny Of stealth. sordid
|caesarism, an exaggerated slavery, an
empire of secrecy.
Would to GCdsgthat the americans
were truly influential! Not the sort
that the correspondent OF The Syracu--
Sc Herald knows and treats Of. follow
ing in the footsteps Of Mr.. Haesel-
barth, which the country unanimously
repudiates, convinced that they are a
farce and veritable source of danger
to the colony.
This should have baen stated by the
correspondent and functionary. be /
cause nobody warts Territorial form
of COVE rnment, neither Statehood, nor
to become American cilizeus. 1t was
not forgotten when those points were
not mentioned in the memorial sent
to Washington. the omission was in So
territorial.
The country has other ideals. it
prefers to follow the dictates CT its
own ideas as to what is best for its
good and its salvation.