Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-21
WILL FORCE CUBA
TO BEHAVE WELL.
Secretary Taft Says That the lnsurrec-
tionary Habit Must Cease on
the Island.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. Isle
the insurrectionary habit persists, if
again the Cubans divide into armed
frees, the strong hand of our govern
ment will have to be imposed at what
ever cost to life and property, and per-
manent peace should then certainly en-
sue, because it should be of our own
Keeping
lhis solemn warning to the inhabl-
tants of Cuba that, if they persist IN i'll
ternal strife instead of pursuing the arts
of peace, Il drastic remedy Will be applied
by the United States, is contained III an
extract from the annual report of Secre-
tary Of War Taft.
The extract is also signed by Assistant
Secretary of State Robert Bacon, who,
with Secretary Taft, comprised the peace
commission sent to CE;ba last September
when rebellion threatened.
Hope for Restoration.
with the passage of proper laws"
they say, for municipal! governments,
for elections and for the independence of
the judiciary, and with the holding of a
fair election under the auspices of the
United States we are very hopeful that
the Cuban republic may be restored on
even Il more permanent basis than that
which she enjoyed during f;Gr years of
prosperity under President IaiEaa."
Concerning present conditions, the re-
port says:
MagOOn is gradually bringing abC4t a tran
quill condition, and making preparation as
rapidly as circumstances pt:mit for Il com
phancc with the assurances Of the procla-
nation by which the provisional govern.
ment was established for the holding of
fair elections and the turning over of the
government to the persons shown by such
elections to be entitled to conduct it.
Report Reviews Troubles.
The report contains a lengthy review
of the causes leading to the Cuban in
SurrectiOn. resentment of the liberals at
the unfair election and the correspOn-
dence passing between President ROOSe-
welt and Secretary Taft. In assigning a
reason for the uprising and analyzing the
makeup of the rebel forces the report
says:
The cause for the insurrcction is 10 be
found primarily in the election and the
methods which were pursued in carrying IT
for the moderate party 1t could not have
occurred in a country where such INN thlns
as it is called, does not offer relief from
daily labor, the pleasures of Il picnic and
upon the earnings and prosperity OF other
people; but with all this and with the nat
ural tendency to inSurrection that has been
cultivated by a long history of insurrection
in Cuba no such formidable force could
have been organized had there not been
read feeling of injustice and outrage
classes. who seemed more or less dimly to
understand that the victory of the mod
crates at the polls was the beginning OF the
end CT power which they might exercise III
the government.
No Good Influences.
1t is then stated that the condition i'll
Cuba is different than i'll most other
countries because Il large part of the
property there is owned by foreigners,
while those Cubans who own estates are
not in politics and exercise no influence
in them For this reason there is no in
tiuence eXerted by a conservative force
Il body usually composed of the property
owning class.
In less than q month in the proper
season, it is said, it would be possible for
the insurgent forces, carrying on Il guer-
rilla warfare, to destroy ST0,000.OO0 OF
the wealth of Cuba In commenting on
what would have been the result if forci-
Die measures had been resorted to by the
nited States in the recent uprising. Sec
rotary Taft and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon say:
If forcibie measures had been undertaken
BY the United States. the tnsurrection
it would have been the work of a year
more and would have cost much blood and
money.
Wanted to Retain Palma.
Reference is made to the fact that both
Secretary Taft and Mr. Bacon deemed it
important, in order TO maintain the good
name of Cuba and in order to show that
Il conservative man was retained in DOW
en- to have Mr.. Palma remain as Presi-
dent of the Cuban republic. Efforts to
induce him to pursue this course and his
refusal are also related
Treasures of Gar.