Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-17
THE CUBAN TROUBLE.
This Country Has Its Hands Full
 Keeping Wheels Moving.

Keeping Wheels Moving.
 Washington, July 16.-All indica- tions point to the fact that the Ameri- can government has undertaken a Dlg contract in endeavoring to place the government of Cuba on a stable ana permanent basis. From rlme to time, the termination of American occupn- tion of the island has been postponed, and it can be said now that nobody knows when it will end. A few daya ago Secretary Taft said that Gover- nor Magoon might not remain in Cuba Wore than eighteen months longer. It will be recalled that when Magoou was sent to Cuba it was expected that he would remain there only few months; in fact, he was slated to go to the Philippines and went to Cuba with the idea of filling in few months as provisional governor, pending his permanent assignment to the Philip pines. Now, it looks as 1T he would remain in Cuba for an indefinite per- iod, particularly as the place which he was to take in the Philippines nas been filled.
 It is quite certain that the Ameri- can officials have made up their minds to continue the occupation of Cuba until such time as absolute assurance can be given that the local govern- ment established when the United States forces leave will be able to meet any emergency that may arise. If such assurance can be given in eighteen months, according to the in- timatiOn of Secretary Taft, Ameri- can occupation will end then, but that assurance will have to be given even though the occupation extend to eighteen years.
 Just now there is no likelihood that, even in eighteen months, the Cubaas will be able to take over the governs { ment of the island and run 1t satis- factorily to the United States and the e, other powers. While little is heard in this country of conditions on the is- land, the situation is serious. The pol!- ticians cannot agree and they are as bitter in their antagonisms as they ever were. One result of these antag- onisms is that capitalists are not put ting money into new enterprises in the island. One of the newspapers of Hayanna, Diario de la Marina, refers sarcastcally to the new trial of the throat cutting, cane burning and hang ing the president business which Is to be granted to the local politicians at the termination of American occupa- tion "as an eloquent testimony of the United States governments altruistic feelings"
 After referring to shooting affrays which have ocurred between members of the opposing Cuban factions, and to riots which have occurred in various towns on the island over politics, DIa- rio de la Maria says:
 "The universal opinion of non-par- tisans here, who are in overwhelming majority, is that if the new trial is going to be eXperimented in good faith. If the American administration really desires to prepare Cuba for an orderly and effective republic, the provisional government should last longer..''
 A native Cuban, who has large ln- terests on the island, but is not iden- tified with politics, writes to one of the Cuban papers:
 If the Americans go within two or three years we will have another revo- lution immediately. But If the inter- vention last ten, twelve or twenty years, then there will be no profess sional revolutionists. The next gem eration of hard-working Cubans will have no military hobby, but will be educated with the Americans as an ex- ample in view"
 Meantime, the expense of American occupation is piling up. The total cost of the intervention to July 1, 1907. was nearly $3,j00,000. A careful account of the expenditures is being kept. as it is proposed that Cuba. eventually. shall return the entire amount to the' United States.