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Show RArn OF CUBA. Thero Will Be n Stent Reckoning Witlt Those Responsible. Let them bo no misunderstanding concerning Cuba If the Unltid fitntca la going to tuorlflco Its honor upon tho nltnr of sordid greed let It ot least do ui with eyiH wldi of en nnd with n full realization of tho piosmt purport nnl Iho future mimic nf Ha act There iiboul 1 lie hereafter no whlnipirliig Hint we "dldll t know It was Intnl. .1 ' The signs nf the limes nn so plain that the veriest stark, staring fool of n wit)farer can un lerstnnd them This, then, Is tho condition which (onfronta us The Unite 1 State a stnnda moral!) pledged, by Presidential eleclaratlon and b Congressional 1 nictment, to grint llbt nil commercial concessions to Cuba Such conn salons nro absolutely nuessiry to the In lustr Inl prospeilly anil In the pnlltlrnl lrantiilllty of Cuba "Ihe grnntlng of them desired by the Pnsliletit by tho mnlnrlty of Congress mid h) the uverw helming majority of Hit mcrirnn penile Is forbidden by a stubborn and factious minority In t onness nrtlng 1 rtsumably nt the be-h be-h at of nnd certainly In the Interest nf the nllled sugar trust and beet suhiir ilng 'I heso selfish allies oppose Iho Blunting of such concessions not tie eiiuse It would Injure their business nml lesson their Immedlnte itollts for they admit and I oast that It would not do ho No, their oppo-iiUnn Is In si lie I to a greedy desire for enormous future gains, to be had through 1 veritable rape of the Isl in 1 of tuba ""hey propose, these sugar monopolists do to withhold concessions from Cuhi until Hie Island Is mint. I until idantn tlnnn and rcllnerlea are nhnndnncl mil their owners bankrupt Then they will pun base nil such properties at the merest fraction nf their real value 1 Inall), Ihe) will In one w iy or nn other ding Cuba Into this Union ns a Htnte, for they expect that the ruined I 11I11111H will either be glad to nrcept annexation ns their onlv hope for In dustrlnl snlvnllnn or will nvilt again iih they did against Spinlsh commerclnl 01 1 icsslon an 1 thus mini el the Unite 1 Ptiitea to go In fonlhly and take con I I ..I of the Islam! I hat Is the scheme of the allied sugar tiusts llrst to 1 uln 1 ulin untl then tn stitil the Island It aeema to matter 0 ilhlng to them that thus our Nation's h iiior would lie Irrttrli vabl) be smirched that it people, confiding In and dependent upon ua would In be-traied be-traied and ruined Hint we should he 1 ut in peril of anothi r tedious and eostl) wnr and that another pocket borough State with alien Instltutinna and elliUcult social nnd racial j roblems would be pltchfor! oil Into this Union to help govern the Nation All they stem to see nnd care foi Is the opj or limit) of looting Cuba nnd of pelting I nssceslnn of lur sugar ilantntions and fnt lories fnr a song It Is now past tho eleventh hour Hut even )ct there la tt,me to balk the consummation of such Iniquity If It Is not balked there will one day be a stem reckoning Willi those responsible, nnl wllh those le-ipnnslble le-ipnnslble for the failure to balk Ihe s heme as well aa those responsible for its conception and execution and that ela) of reckoning inn) not bo far off Ni w York Tribune. June 35, 1902 |