Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-25
SAYS TRUST IS
BACK OF CUBA
TROUBLE
BY C. S. ALBERT.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 10. II
The American Sugar Refining Com.
pany is blamable for all the insurrec.
tions In Cuba, according to limitations
expressed by Senator Nelson. Move.
ments are organized and financed in
this country. he thinks, to overthrow
and hamper the Cuban Government in
the hope that annexation will be
made necessary and inevitable.
Entertaining this opinion, both as
regards Cuba and Mexico. Senator
Nelson introduced resolution in.
structing the Committee on Foreign
Relatiosn to investigate and ascertain
what persons and corporations In the
United States are fomenting disturb.
ances in Cuba and Mexico. In explain.
ing the purpose of his suggested in.
CURRY Senator Nelson said:
For some years | have been i'm
pressed with the idea that the recur
ring troubles in Cuba and in Mexico
had their origin in thisscountry. be.
lieve, to speak plainly, that the people
who are interested in sugar planta.
tons and who have other great inter.
ests In Cuba are to large extent in.
strumental in stirring up the frequent
troubles In that country. Their evi.
dent purpose is to create such con.
dition there that they can move for
the annexation of Cuba to the United
States, and thus get rid of the so per
cent. of the sugar duty which they are
now paying on the product of their
sugar plantations.
Cuban Situation.
You will remember that in the
Spanish treaty of Paris provision was
made for the liquidation and adjust.
ment of large number of claims. 1t
turned out that the commission ap.
pointed for that purpose had passed
upon those claims and allowed small
portion of them; but, II Senators will
recall the facts, they will remember
that most OF those claims were pre-.
ferred by Cubans naturaliZed, men
who owned sugar plantations and 9TH
er property in Cuba, who had moved
to this country and become naturaliz'
cd so as to claim the immunities and
privileges of American citizenship in
respect to their property in Cuba. ]
repeat, most OF those claims were pre-.
ierred by such men, and II Is matter
vi niSlOIN lUdl W u ldi Et tNNtHl lllbNt
same gentlemen financed the insurrec
ton that prevailed for many years In
Cuba.
'"The same thing, Mr.. President, to
my mind, he3 heretofore happened and
is now occurring in Mexico. The min.
ing interests of that country. the great
mining corporations and the mining
promoters, have found, In many In.
stances, valuable mineral resources in
northwestern Mexico, In the country
bordering on New Mexico, Arizona,
and California. Copper. oil, silver.
gold, and other minerals are there in
abundance. The people interested In
these properties are very anxious to
have that territory annexed to the
United States. In fact, ! know this
from my own knowledge, for some Of
those gentlemen have expressed the
idea to me that there arc portions OF
Mexico that ought to be a part of the
United States.
Enhanced In U. S."
81 have been impressed with the
idea that, both in the case of Mexico
and In the case of Cuba. these distur.
Dances. Instructions, and rebellions
are inspired and to large extent
financed In the United States. How
easy II is among some OF leaders in
eastern Cuba, where the population Is
of mixed character. to furnish lit
tie money for those leaders among the
mulattoes-the colored people - to
finance them to some extent so as ia
enable them to gather a crowd Of men
around them, to burn few cane
mills, to destroy few plantations, and
then to raise hue and cry that peace
and order cannot be maintained In
Cuba and therefore Il Is necessary ia
annex It to the United States.
81 remember an incident thai occur
red some years ago during a disturb
ance which had arisen prior to the
time when we last took charge of the
Cuban Government. The editor of a
large western paper sent me tele
gram before We sent our troops down
there, asking whether did not think
the only solution was to annex Cuba
! replied that did not think that was
the solution, bun that the solution was
to stop our own people from creating
building up, and financing disturbanc
es. That paper never published my
answer; and from that day to this has
treated me with frigidity that would
indicate the proximity of an iceberg
Now we are asked to send troops
down there, To get at the root of THU
whole matter, let us ascertain who Il
at the bottom Of these disturbances
where they have their origin, VIII,
finance them, and who bring then
ibout? Then We shall know how /,
deal with tho situatinn