Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-01-26

IL is only the presence of an American
military force that preserves tie SEM
blance of order. To withdraw that
fCrce now would be to throw down the
reins to the worst elements in the
Cuban population and invite another
outbreak of lawlessness that would
render necessary a second military
expedition for the purpose of restor.
ing order.
The facts not only justify, but even
demand, hat the pledges given under
other crcu Instances be set aside and
that American intervene effectively.
that ntervention to be in the form of
prCtectorate. And if tie United
States proclaims over Cuba such a
protectorate as England has establish
ed over Egypt it Will earn the respect
of all really patriotic Cubans and the
gratitude of the whole world"
1t goes on to outline the proposed
protectorate thus:
THE Cubans should be allowed
complete liberty to elect their own
government, just as the dynastic
rights of the Khedive and the essen.
tial liberties of his people are respect
ed. But just as the British represen-
tative, Lord Cromer, is above the ma.
tive government to supervise the ex-
ecution by Egyptian agency of the
measures dictated by sound principles
of public administration, so in Cuba
an American representative should be
above the Cuban government to pro-
tect the superior interests of the I'm
tied States. And just as obedience
to the will of the sovereign power is
a in, I, 4
a British army of occupation the
American representatives authority
SHOULD be upheld in Cuba by an effec-
tive military force"
The Cuban papers do not by any
means all see eye to eye with The
Herald and The Telegraph. Says the
Diario de la Marina: The United
States will come to see at last that
Spain was right. Between an Egyp.
tian protectorate and Spanish auton.
omy it seems to us the choice would
not be difficult" La Lucia thinks
that protectorate would be powerless
to prevent internal disturbances;
while Ell Particle lifts up it's voice to
declare the idea of a protectorate
opposed to the majesty of the rspub-
lic." Among the papers in the United
States that indorse The Heralds sug-
gestiCn are the Providence Journal
the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New
Orleans Picayune, the Denver Repub-
lican, the Kansas City Journal, and
the Los Angeles Herald. These pa.
pers regard the present situation as
more or less critical. Says the New
York Sun. on the other hand:
"The present crop of alarmist stories
and the activities of the annexation
lists need cause no serious alarm just
now There is little or nothing in the
situation which indicates an immedi-
ate crisis. That there is danger, and
even great danger, in the future is
undeniable. Our work in Cuba is to
remove the danger, avoid the crisis,
and stablish in the island new Cuban
government which will give fair and
reasonable promise of permanent and
peaceful existence.
'This may be big job, but we have
undertaken it and we must see it
through. Moreover, the work must be
done properly and thoroughly, whether
1t takes one year or ten years."
The New York Tribune sees in the
present agitation an attempt to force
Americas hand by sort of "black.
mail Of high finance" and predicts
that the attempt will fail. We read
Referring to these threats of capt.