The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-20
CUBANS FILLED
WITH DISGUST
THOSE WHO OWN PROPERTY
ARE poNDERINa SERIOUSLY
OVER CONDITIONS.
TAFT is HELD TO BLAME
For Taxing the Word Of the Rebels
Administrative Policy Of the
Y. s. is Not Making For
Peace Is Claimed.

Havana Cuba Dec. ~ II cannct
be said that the administrative policy
talppted by the United States for ila
provisional control Of Cuba ii making
i for peace when that ccntrol shall
Il have ceased This policy s. confeg
fsedly hased on The assumption that
feyery Office holder who Is a Mod,sr-
i ate was illegally elected and shsnld
be removed to make way for d Lib.
eral who would hava represented the
free choice of a maic ty Of the ppo.
pie. The premises are wrong ana the
result disastrous. There hav bean no
te1amination into the elections what.
ever.
/ Secre ary Taft. il Is beleyei herc.
made the initial mistake when he
toak for granted All the claims oF
lrehals With guns III hand. pr0n3Gneal
the elections illegal without invesii
cation and gave them their stoIs n.
horses to induce them NJ lay doSn
their a ns, ralsing additional p-ov-
isos of oif,ce to their leaders. witch
he left Governor Magoon to carry
ont
The revolutienists, very. much
smaller in number than n generally
supposed. included no one wh1 had
dollar TO lose by failura. This was
thoroughly Well known to the Ameri.
can commission. The great body OF
thinking serious Cubans who reaa
shirts and collars and have some
property disgnsted as they may have
been by the auFocracy Of tbs Palma
government, took no part in the up-
rising against 1T, for there was no
material issue At staae. merely Goa.
troll Of public office.
Expected Fuifiiiment
~asThry left Il to the United States 10
make good its promist under the
Platt amendment TO step In and IRE
serve otder with evea-handed Justice
70 ell. The representatives OF the vast
foreign intere Is, which greatly cx-
ceed In value those of tho natives, be-
raltse Of that promise Of ths United
States fully shared In this expecta-
ton.
The declared in entlcn Of the
United States once more to put them
Il the mercy of republic the more
Intelligent people of which announce
heir ineapacity for selfgovernment
and beg with threats of self-lesEur-
Jon for uspervisorv control leads
hem also to as art that the United
States shah not repeat It's Cuban ex-
,eriment
The manner In which. through its
government, the I'm tel
;iates is going about building new
epublic intensifes both elements In
heir purpose to defeat It. Il cannot
ast one month after the United
states troops are withdrawn
SO plain must Ihis be to the ad-
al Washington that Gu
,ans are becoming convinced ihat
'uba, not a Cuban republic is wanted.
he seeds of diseord its temporary
administrative Is sowing among those
Who might Otherwise be induced 70
id in her declared purpose seem in
10 make that purpose i'm
70 sible and the other certain. To an
.eX Cuba. after every appa ent ef-
ort to have II retain Independence. II
cal conditions were not known 10
ave been ignored. might be male TO
ppear unavoidable 10 donb ing South
lmer' can Republics and the Roose
eli administration go down into his
Dry with a record Of having al sorbel
country and controversy that hal
roublei ths United States for maly
administrations But such absorp ion
annot come peacefully.
Fighting Promised.
Orce more out Of Cuba the unit q
tates cannot come back thous
shting. Every Cuban who now vans
10 remain to share res2on Utilities
government viii fgh il then 20
-eyent the total loss Of his national
y. So the Cuhans say II such absorp-
On be the real intent OF the Tn tel
ates. II viii never be realized
If this b. not the in entiOn, Il is
lpossihle for the CpbaHs a. a whole
understand why hone mea. 81
by the removing power.
.ould be put out Of Office for p1lii
Q heele.s whose honesty has not
eli proved. Governor Macon is car
ing cut Mr Taft's promises 10 The
beral leader. ard S doing THIS
cry day 70 the after disgust e tn
1re decent Cuban. who now feel
stiaed. in spite Of Mr.. Taft's criii
ms in refraining from taking part
politics. They see a vast dine-eica
tween the lest Ame- can ooeapa-
n ard this one Then men of va
us Ieaderships. for that Is sll
r;y Is IN Cuba. Esre trea ed alike.