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Show EVACUATION OP CUBA. It irf something of a surprise to the American people to see tho orders given now for the evacuation of Cuba by the United States troops. Some months ago President Roosevelt gave notice that tho evacuation would begin on the first of February, and the public mind had settled down lo the idea that that would bo the time when the evacuation would begin. Thoughtful people arc likelj to fear that an evacuation beforo the ncw-ly ncw-ly elected administration in Cuba has gone into power and has demonstrated its ability to control the situation, would be premature. And there, aro thoso who believe that the correcting hand of I the United States will bo needed in Cuba nil the time. All who aro of this wa3 of thinking will dread tho premature prema-ture withdrawal of that pence-forcing, . guiding hand. Lt is said thtit the proposition for the immediate evacuation of Cuba by tho United States troops is received with cnthusinsm in Cuba. Wo can well be-liovo be-liovo that. Wo can well understand also that thoso who aro most eager for strife and turmoil will bo loudest in thoir acclaim. Tho presence of tho United Uni-ted States troops guarantees poace, quiet and social order throughout tho island. Tho withdrawal of thoso troops heretofore hereto-fore has meant tumult, disorder, riot, and destruction of propcrt3. Those, who aro interested in that disorder and who hopo to gain 03 tho tumult and terror that thoir lawless buccaneering will inspire, in-spire, will undoubted bo vociferous in their approval of the withdrawal of tho .United States troops. The source of this applauso for the withdrawal of our troops should bo strictly inquired into and its worth ascertained before laying stress upon it. Without such in-quir3 in-quir3 sober mined people, both in this countr3 and in Cuba, would be iuclined to doubt tho weight that might bo accorded ac-corded to such acclaim of tho withdrawal with-drawal of our troops. Probabb the 6lower that withdrawal is mado tho j longer it will last. |