Show CUBAS FUTURE Gen Gomez the old Cuban warhorse and Senor Estrado Palma were present pres-ent at I dinner given by W E D Stokes last Saturday eveninG In New York Gomez spoke freely of Cuba future and both he and Palma submitted sub-mitted to Interviews about Cubas future fu-ture In his afterdinner speech Gen Gomez said Cuba and tho United States belong together to-gether I Is only a question of gravlta queslon grala tlori when they will bo ono JLJut at present pres-ent after the great struggle In which hundreds of thousands lives wero sacrU Jiccd and when men returned to their homes only to find their wives and chil drum starved to death in tho restricted barriers In which Weylcr held them under his policy of nconcentrailon they feel that they must havo Cuba llbrc I 1 la realized fully that Cuba cannot get along without tho United States but tho Cu bans do want to feel freedom Gcn Gomez said afterward when In terviewed upon tho future of Cuba Tim eventual and natural fate of Cuba would be annexation to the United Slate On the came subject Scnor Palma said What do I believe will be the bolce wI natural destiny of Cuba Why to bo a part of the Lulled States of course There In no other alternative In the end but for tho presenl tho Cuban want to tuslo what they have been llRhting und dying for Just once even If tot a little whllcand Unit la Cuba llbrc C lulc whlcand There Is i but very little doubt but what both those men would be glad to see Cuba annexed to the United Suites at once but the policy of the United States ought to be to give the Island Its full freedom just aa quickly as the convention can agree upon 0 constitution constitu-tion and upon a form of government and the people adopt the constitution I and elect oflicers for the new State I Then tho rules which govern the commercial com-mercial policy of the United States will apply to Cuba as to wl any other foreign for-eign country and tho little experimenting l experiment-ing of those children in the science of government will 1 naturally very sopn lead them v provided there is no estrangement to sock the protection and dignity which would come by their having their island a State of lime Union |