The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-28
"GOING TO CUBA" AGAIN.


natc Washington dispatches s,atc
lha! the United States is preparing
again ''to pacifv Cuba. This paci
Tying Of Cuba has got TO be Il good
! deal more than q Joke. The United
States FIRST stepped in al large cN
pcnsc of blood and treasure and gave
tho Cubaus their independence. The
government forces remained. rs sup
posed. long enough 10 give the Cubanc
| a good start on tho foundation of n
stable civil government And vet, the
barely ended before there WAS An mp.
J roar. an insurrcction. and the necessity
for our Government TO intervene again,
to suppress disorders, and give the
| CuEans another start on their peaceful
mission IF self government.
And now il is said that the necessity
for another Intervention looms up so
large that the Government is making
| preparations TO forward sufficient force
to establish peace aud order once more.
hat the United states has gone into
Cuba on an armed mission for peace.
But this sort of thing cannot be cx-
pcctcd TO be repeated indcfinltely.
Without the least doubt, the best elc,
mems in Cuba, the soundest citizen
ship. the property owners. those whose
interests arc in peril by the threatened
outbreak, welcome the presence of the
United States forces AS a guarantee
of protection and order impossible 10
have under native control.
But this being so, it necessarily fol
lows. aud we believe is tho fact. that
the very interests which welcome the
incoming of the United States forces.
as. affording II guarantee of peace and
order, are 10th TO see those forces dc.
part when their mission of supprcssing
or Intimdating the rioters has been
for the time accomplished Without
doubt. the property owners OF Cuba
would Ike the sec the United States
forces permanently in control In the
island, and would welcome programme
that would free them from the periodi-
cal pancs that the insurrectorv move
ments necessarily bring. For il is i'm
possible for the island to get on in its
material prosperity, to obtain its right
development, and to achieve the in
dustrial triumphs TO which it is en-.
TITLED, as lonr as the ordinary course
of development and industry is subject
TO check and peril. if not destruction.
from the lawless bands of buccaneers
who pose AS cXponcnts of liberty and
freedom.
There is no liberty that is worth
having except liberty under the law
and under "A settled government This
is something that the Cubans seem abb
solntely to ignore. But it is a lesson
that they will have to learn. and until
that lesson is thoroughly learned; we
doubt the cxpediencv Of The United
States Withdrawing again from Cuba,
il it actually finds ii necessary TO send
forces there once more, TO restore the
peace. The same necessity that re.
qurcs the presence of American troops
in Cuba TO suppress disorders will re-
quire the presence Of its forces there
a sufficient length of time, even if it
be full generation, TO educate the
Cubans up 10 the point that they must
behave themselves as good citizens and
refrain from breaches of the peace and
violent Instructions against the gov
whenever political campaign
goes against them, or demand of
theirs is disregarded. They must learn
that submission in such cases, and not
shows forth the essence
VI good citiZensbH.