The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-05
U. s. MAY NEED
 TO INTERVENE
 AGAIN IN CUBA
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES

| seem to be getting in bad way. The trouble with the Cubans is that they do not yet understand what real re. publican government meanes, and they confound the right of ruling majority with license to practice tyranny over a minority. We have had to intervene once ln Cuba, in the interests of fair elections and representative govern ment, and may have to do so again. Many congressman now believe that with twenty years experiment the Gu bans have demonstrated that they are incapable of successfully governing themselves under republican forms. some Of these congressman believe if the United States has to intervene again it would be better to make the occupation of the island permanent, abolish the republic, and establish Cuba as an American protectorate, which 1t really is, though without the name, under similar form of govern ment as that which prevails in the Philippines and Porto Rico. There are some congressman who believe that the United States made a mistake at the end of the war with Spain in not annexing Cuba outright and making it as much an island possession as Hawaii,
 Maj Gen. Crowder, now in Havana, seems to have failed in his mis- sion to harmonize the factions that are at dagger's points over the recent presidential election.
 Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, who was the presidential candidate of the Lib eral Party at the last elections, and who claims the elections were not held fairly or according to law, is in Washington trying to have the United States interfere in the Island political situation Gomez was one of the pat riots who fought to free Cuba, was a member of the Cuban Constitutional 1 Convention, and served one term as president of the republic In an inter- view Gomez said:
 "l desire to inform myself of the pro- gress of our negotiations with the government of the United States and to deliver personally the abundant 1 proofs of the crimes and violations of law committed by the agents of the government of Cuba in the elections lately passed. This evidence will be presented to the department of state with a formal petition from the Lib eral Party, requesting the government of the United States to make decis- ion in this dispute, which decision we will gladly respect. even if it should be against us, provided it determines whether or not the Cuban elections were, the result of intimidation fraud and violence, and whether the candidate who claims to be elected has or has not the majority of the electoral votes
 "The Cuban Liberals appealed to the United States as a last resource We are jealous of our sovereignty and we would prefer to settle our internal affairs in our own way But limitations are placed upon our 1 activities by the permanent treaty between the United States and Cuba | by reiterated declarations of high officials of the United States, and by the attitude taken by General Crowder, who is endeavoring to per suade the members of congress of the Liberal party to proclaim as president a candidate who was not elected by the free vote of the majority of the citizens.
 ] Moreover, the Liberals appeal to the United States, because this coun- try guaranteed them honest cleo tions. In a note of August 30, 1920, this was promised definitely and in many other documents the promise was reiterated Moreover, the United States, in fulfilling it's oDllSdLlOHS, Seht to CuDa number of observers, all men of high intel ligence and honor who informed their government, and some of them made public their official reports, asserting that the elections had been military conspiracy directed by the government against the popular will.
 If, after these assurances the government of the United States should refuse to judge the Cuban electional disputes, the only thing left then for the Cuban people in my opinion would be for them to resign themselves to political bondage, since the American government will have prevented them from solving