Show THE T HE E CUBAN EPISODE The suddenness with which United States S tates marines mari es were landed in Havana and a nd the l celerity with which they the were W ere withdrawn leads eads to the suspicion that hat t the administration did not foresee the t he result of its action as originally planned p lanned At the very moment when the t he state department was giving out soothing s assurances that no force would wo w ld be landed the marines were w ere settling themselves comfortably J i jn n the Cuban capital and even then Washington was WM still sUll advising the country c that nothing serious was in intended Intended tended ended t by the landing except the pro protection protection t of American citizens Accompanying the order for with withdrawal withdrawal d yesterday was an intimation that hat t tho the commander of the Denver had acted a without authority and blundered The T he public will refuse to believe that any a ny naval officer in close touch with Washington by bp wire advised by the American merican A diplomatic official at Hav Hay Havana ana aim a na and bearing detailed instructions as a s to his procedure would land an L armed a force without knowing what he was w as about He may be blamed and the wg government g may repudiate his action I Ind and a nd make a scapegoat of him but even that hat t would carry no conviction in pub public public lic l ie opinion Just what the administration planned may not be known but there Is a s L strong trong s suspicion that it meant either to t o interfere In support of the Palms Palma P lma government g or else be on hand with L armed a forces in case a pretext offered L for f or annexation Knowing the th Roose Roosevelt velt v olt elt temperament either conjecture Is 1 possible pos p ible and nothing could appeal I more strongly to the Roosevelt love of 01 the spectacular than to wind up up his hh term t erm of office with the addition of iter ter I r to the national possessions For Formont months mont m the New York press pr ss has been L preparing p the public mind for some som such uch s contingency presumably inspired L Ly by b y American capitalists who would profit p by annexation and the Denver episode e fits In remarkably well with I the t he suspicion that annexation was the th ultimate u purpose Fortunately Fortun tely lor for Cuba the Platt PIatt t amendment a to the Cuban treaty and anA an L the t he Teller resolution in the senate offer L no n o pretext pre ext for seizure s zur of the Island The Th 3 Platt P latt amendment provides for Ameri Amen American American can c an interference only for the purpose of ol preserving reserving p Cuban independence the th theller Teller T eller resolution expressly commits commit 3 this his t nation to the perpetuation of in d Of course a little thing I like ike l a senate resolution would not op operate operate erate rate c as barrier to any plans the he ad administration administration administration ministration might have but even ever r Roosevelt will be a little little timid about abou I rI defying d national n sentiment just when a L congressional c election Is coming on Cuba is safe sar presumably at least until nUl 1 after the November returns are in |