| Show OF CUBA AND PORTO RICO Some of the opposition papers delight de-light in telling how the Cubans hate and distrust the United States how the Porto Rlcans hate and distrust the United Stales Thoy do It for the sake of creating political capital But the world will not look with very much patience upon those halt children and half fools who thus turn upon the United States with their petty complaints com-plaints because the history Is so fresh I that If our politicians forget It the I world docs not The Cuban rebellion I was on its very last legs when the Government of the United States Interposed I In-terposed and to compel justice to that i people and at the same time to give notice to Spain and all the world that any nation that dares to destroy a ship of war of the United States when trusting to Its honor and Its courtesy I and its hospitality that ship is sleepIng sleep-Ing on her chains In a supposedtobe friendly or at least neutral harbor that nation will have to make restitution resti-tution The war came on and the arm of Spain was broken in all her Island territory Then to both Cuba and Porto Rico there was sent shipload after shipload of food and clothing forth for-th rpoorlhelr cities were cleaned and made healthy the schools were opened for their children To Porto Rico especially a sum of money was sent to support her poor and to help tho poor after a hurricane had devastated de-vastated the Island almost as Galveston Galves-ton was devastated the other day The work < done both in Cuba and Porto Rico has amounted to a transformation transforma-tion In both places native officers are mostly in charge Every outside evidence evi-dence has been given both islands that the United StaJi7 has no thought except ex-cept to promote the health the safety the Intelligence the peace and the freedom free-dom of the jeojlo No doubt there are discontented people down there It must naturally be so because when a mongrel race has from Us wrists the chains of slavery broken It Is natural that they should construe liberty to mean unrestrained license and act accordingly ac-cordingly Then If they find that Is not quite the rule It Is natural for them to complain We do not believe that either island Is fitted for self government The people have not the levelheadqdness to bo Just to themselves them-selves even There are still many bitter bit-ter animosities between the natives and the Spaniards Not one of them understands what free government really Is that is a Just government restrained by law But the experiment experi-ment will be tried in Cuba and It is possible that some man there has enough material within him such as old man Dlai of Mexico possesses to save his country although it Is exceedingly ex-ceedingly doubtful But that the narrow nar-row politicians of our own country should try to take advantage of the discontent which prevails to prejudice the people at homo against the Government Gov-ernment that l Is carryingthe burdcna there and ns swiftly as possible brInIng brIn-ing those pcoplcjnto the dawn of a better bet-ter day for our politicians In the hope of gaining partisan advantage to denounce I de-nounce and decry undr misjudge the motives of our Government Is a ap cowardly cow-ardly as It Is I base and one In thInk Ing of It feels humiliated that any who call themselves Americans should In dulge In such a practice |
