Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-01-26
WHAT TO DO WITH CUBA.

termine what the United States shall
DO with Cuba. Some, not very many,
favor annexation, but we are of the
opinion that that will be the final
solution of the problem. Many think
an American protectorate on the same
plan as England's protectorate over
Egypt would be the best thing for the
present and rather formidable move
ment is in progress with that end in
view.
The Herald of New York and The
Daily Telegraph of Havana.
the Literary Digest says, are the
two most jealous press advocates of
this program, which finds favor. the
dispatches state, with a large number
of Cubans, especially those who have
business interests in the island. Ev.
erybcdy worth a dollar" says Ha-
vana correspondent, lis certain the
new republic will be a farce and in
less than six months anarchy will
reign" 1t is said that a giant petit
ton is being signed by the islanders
asking President Roosevelt to insti-
tute protectorate instead. Under
the caption "On Be, alf of Cuba" the
Havana Telegraph is publishing daily
articles on Cuban conditions, the argu-
ment leading up, in every instance, to
the advantages of an American protec-
ttrate. By curious coincidence.
while the New York Herald enlarges
upon the virtues of protectorate on
the Egyptian model for Cuba, Egypt
itself launches an agitation to abolish
this lauded form of guardianship.
The Herald says:
Cuba, which felt pinching pow
nd fhA DO TIT.
and was but a colony for the enrich
ment of the mother country, long
dreamed of the wealth the island
might develop and it's citizen possess,
were 1t freed from the Spanish yoke
Freedom came at last, through the
sacrifices of American soldiers,
dead CT the American navy and the
American treasure poured out during
the Spanish-American war.
Freedom did not mean peace, I'M
fortunately. The unruly, turbulent
element of the Cuban popula-
ton got a controlling hand, and the
United States, responsible to the
world for order within the island, was
obliged to intervene in order to pre-
vent a state of complete anarchy in
the disturbed republic.
Is IHdJ uream OF peace1ul prosper
ity and of the development of Cuba's
undoubted riches to be realized? Only
through an American protectorate on
tie style of that which Great Britain
established over Egypt and which
lifted the latter from it's distress and
made it, comparatively, land of
plenty. An American protectorate un.
til such time as Cuba has been. so to
speak, saved from itself is the one
solution of the problems of it's I'M
happy present. .....
'The mere prospect of American
withdrawal from the island has suf-
feed to paralyze business and to make
Cuban bankers refuse to lend money
urgently needed by the agricultural
interests. Tie Cuban Minister to
Madrid has resigned, confessing that
his countrymen unaided are incapable
of remedying the existing situation.
Even Governor Magoon, though he is
Loyalty carrying out Mr.. Roosevelt's
policy, is credited with the opinion
that ultimately the United States will
be compelled to restore and maintain
order in Cuba or to suspend the Mon
roe doctrine while European powers
undertake the job
There, as a matter of fact, lies