The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16
CUBANS HATE US
RIGHT CORDIALLY
Trouble is Brewing in
the Island.
lNDEPENDENCEAm MYTH
Revolution the Normal status of the
observation-disclosures for .kn-
HrNation from
~ourcc--TiIc People
\uf Of our Kind.
By MILLS j. II

BA WILLIS j.
Washington. u. O.. April 1".-TAerc
~ very great reason 10 believe that j
%soiucwhat unexpected subject OF dis
cussion viii turn up III Washington
within q vers brief time. Trouble is
brewing III Cuba That fac alone has
tccn recognized 10y observers of pub
10 events for sunttime past, but il
"as hardly expected to develop 50
suddenly. There is no question tI.at
III" people. the common pcopl. Air
Hctr~ts newspapers would cali tucm.
trc exceedingly r"stfYc under Ameri-
can rule. reports come almost daily
pf attacks upon American soldiers.
md We are rapidly reducing our
.urces there. Although as 4 matter
Of fact there IS little reason for our
keeping an army Of occupation if
Cuban independence is to be made real
and not. as it is now. 4 mere fiction Of
international law.
Tho cuba indictments naturally
thinl7 that the system Of guerilla war
fare which enabled them TO keep busy
q Spanish army of 10000 men can
lie made equally effective against the
comparatively trifling force which the
United states has there under the
name of the Army of Fertilization.
There is great pressure being
brought to bear on the authorities
at Washington for the absolute an
~neXatiOn Of the island. It is but fair
10 say for President Roosevelt II the
members Of his Cabinet that this pres
sure has been thus far resisted n
the spirit of the Plat amendment.
passed prior to the Spanish Wa that
The island hould remain free and the
Cubans protected. has been observed.
The demand for annexation comes
c~n,,, tlo n-aalthinr r1nccnc tho 1arrn-
senatives Of foreign banking and finan-
cial firms, the owners of greet sugar
plantations, and the American mer-
camille houses. They find that under
the disordered conditions in the STAND,
business suffers. and the art of maxi
ng money languiShes.
But what is 10 be n Mr.. Andrew
D.. White. ordinarily a very clear
thinker on international questions. has
cclnc out with an article strongly OPP
posing annexation. even if it We're IA
vored by q majority Of the people TO
he annexed. He said:
~ an, i'm favor OF setting up the
Cuban government not only this time.
but again and again. seventy times IL
necessary. sooner Dian making il IL
partner of our national system. Years
ago. as Il commissioners TO SantO Do
min.O. NhcE e Grant and Othcr
thonghi OF anncX!ii@ the stand.
dIJDa ttN- L VI wv
mixed races in the equatorial Spanish
republic to govern themselves. Every
thing I saw then and haNc learned
since regarding such races has in
leased my feeling OF opposition to
taking them into political partner
rllip."
The Threat Of Trouble.
Secretary Taft is in Havana now
yndcavoring to re-cstablish the Cuban
,a,,IIJ;. Ip,,t tho nA,hiiti inns al 1ifn IN
that country and the character Of its
! people, seem to make il probable that
Mr.. Whites suggestion that we ma
have to take such action seventy times
is r~casonablc. Its people from lonS
before AndrcW JackSun'S day haNe
accustomed themselves to the h1bit OF
revolution. The masses are not unlike
the traditional freshman Of years az
Who landing from Il steamer was
asked what his politics Were.""lf there
Is Il government here he said. "B'goE
I'm against it," The Irish have gotten
out OF that habit. but the mingled
faces Of Cuba have greatly dcNei-
81 ed it.
Thc problem in Cuba is no easy one
This country fought q Mar which Will
its consequences has cost Us mann
hundreds Of millions Of dollars. The
War was entered upon in one Of tho
finest outbreaks of national sympathy
NIlbNll 10 ittStDF:. II dS uiittItdkti
- free Il people almost enSlaVed and
certainly suffering under a ruthless
tyranny. Ict these same people nov
turn upon US. \ very distinguished
| Congressman just returned from tho
| island tells me h the Cubans are az
| Bitter today against the Americans a
| they wore against the Spaniards ~
| 1898. What is the reason? The almos
| ~impenctrablc veil Of secrecy which
| surrounds til" really vital acts OF thi.
| administration prevents an answer.
y change not merely Of administra-
son. but Of parties At Washington
| would do much TO clear up this ant
| ether Very mysterious matters.
Roosevelt. Hartman and Labor.
AS an aftermath Cf the Roosevelt
Hartman controversy came two ep-
sodcs Of almost equal Importance.
First was the Presidents statemen
that a cabal backed by unlimitet
capital. or specifically. $3.O9o, 600 hat
been formed TO defeat his policies
The public mas been awaiting WITT
considerable impaticnce tangible eVI
dence to support his latest Wink
House brain storm. When senate
Penrose denied the best part of tn.
curious fa~bricaticD something Tx
suspicion was arouse IN the puoll'
mind as to the truth Of the h
story.
In the meantime the tale has serv
ed its The public mind ma
been diverted from a controversy u:
to which the Roosevelt element car
not to enter, and at the same tim
their opponents have been placed u
the defensive. The President. how
ever. will not be able TO get ava,
from j certain phase CT the Harrimat
correspondence quite compIeteiN
When he attacked Hartman. or Whe.
Hartman attacked him. the sympath
of the people was undoubtedly arous
ed in behalf of the President OF tn
United States instead Of the presidet!
OF the Illinois central and n ran
Dads. But when Mr.. RooSeVel
writing to n Of his chosen politics
aides. Representative sherman : de
sired TO characterize Hartman in q
ugly Il way as he could conceive. an
Sir. Roosevelt is no novice IN toe Us
,kof literary yitriol. he might haV
found some better way OF doing
l- - y.1ra,, 1,ay ia 4 roo ma