Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
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Impression That TroubIsWiII
Follow Next Cuba Election.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Jan. 4-ISpecial.l-Tt /
very difficult to obtain definite infor
nation as to just what ia going on ii
Cuba, but 1t is the opinion OF all ia
miliar with conditions In the islant
that Intervention by the United State.
Is bound to come and when this coun
try again goes into Cuba it will be fol
all time.
Perhaps that is one reason why there
Is such an effort on the part OF Ameri.
cans In Cuba to bring about another
revolution and Intervention. The prob.
abilities are that the present govern
ment can maintain itself until after
another election.
= Elections are fatal to the peace of
Latin American republics, as the peo-
pie OF Spanish descent do moi take
kindly to defeat and generally become
revolutionists. Cubans are 10 excep-
ton to the rule, and 1t is expected that
as soon as an election is held there will
be trouble. There is no doubt that
our military authorities are taking into
consideration the possibilities Of an
other Intervention.
Intervention 10 Expensive.
These officers are figuring on the ex-
pense Of intervention, and, although
the cost of our last trip to Cuba with
an army Is not accurately known, 1t
amounts to $7,0OO,0OO.
sE1-~-o. VxytYt;~- I--
In Cuba with less than one-third the
expense of what 1t costs us" remarked
an officer In the war department. "In
the first place he has the troops all
ready to move on short notice. In
that respect a country ready for war
or on a war footing can go into mili-
tary action with a great deal less ex-
pense than a country on a peace basis.
Then Germany has the ships ready to
convert into transports on short no
tice. Our people had to charter every
thing possible up and down the coast
and fit them out as transports, which
was very expensive"
1t Is an interesting fact that about
half the cost of the Intervention in
Cuba was for the quartermaster's de-
partment, which furnishes army trans
portation.
Senatorial Deadiocks.
Information from different states
where senators are to be elected indi-
cate that there will be several dead
during the month which will keep
Washington very much interested.
Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey promise to furnish In
.Ierestlng situations In the east, while
Ohio, Iowa and Montana will keep pol
tics astir In the west.
With uncertain conditions In West
Virginia and Tennessee the south will
contribute its share to the senatorial
contests which are attracting SO much
attention. The whole senate Is In
serested. because the senators want to
know who will be their associates for
the next six years.
Cannon Gets Sarcastic.
Speaker Cannon never misses an OPP
portunity to make sarcastic references
to the changes made in the house rules
N spite Of his protest. The day the
house adjourned for the recess 9 mat
ter came up which Congressman Ste
phens of Texas was particularly NIX
lous to have considered. No one OBJ
jected to 1t. but the additional rules
showed how ironclad they were In
preventing deviation from the lines
laid down. 1t was calendar Wednes-
day, and In reply to Stephens Cannon
said:
unfortunately on this day, settled
by a majority vote of the house, moth
ing is In order except calendar Wednes-
day business"
Then Stephens asked to have the
resolution considered by unanimous
consent, to which the speaker grfmly
1.-THE power of even submitting
unanimous consent to the house has
been taken from the control of the
There are two days in each
month that by righteousness have been
set apart for unanimous consent in or
der that we may preserve our manhood
and be patriots"
The last statement refers to the fact
that members complained of having
to beg the speaker to grant them re-
cognition for asking unanimous con-
sent and that it was humiliating and
destroyed their manhood.
No Chance For Army canteen.
Congressman BarthoIdt of st. Louis
has introduced a bill to restore the
on military reservations, which
means that permits to sell liquor on
such reservations shall be granted. 1t
can never be done.
The government is much more likely
to go further In the direction of re-
stricting liquor than in granting more
freedom in its sale. 1t may even be-
come necessary to refuse government
permits for the sale OF liquor within
certain prescribed limits-say a mile or
two-of military and naval reserva-
tons. 1t is claimed that saloons near
military posts are now making most
OF the trouble for the soldiers.