Show 4 4 I M 4 4 M 4 4 M 4 4 M 4 H HMM 4 M M H M M I i 1 x THE NEW FLAG 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 t I 4 H Ht t 4 4 4 JNo J- J No Ko one need wonder that the appearance of the Cuban flag on all Morro Castle at Havana when Havana when Pres- Pres elect dent Estradas Estrada's vessel was sighted from the signal station was was greeted with enthusiasm by the Cubans Cubans assembled on the shores of the bay hayl At last they realized that they had a country given country given to them as a free gift by boY the American people who might as easily have taken and kept it for them them- selves seles i iA I IA A few days more and the transfer of authority will be made and Cuba will be an autonomous in IP most respects but still under the suzerainty of the United States to a greater e ex extent tent than the late South African Republic was under under under un un- der that of Great Britain But for all domestic purposes Cuba will be he free and independent sufficiently sufficiently so to give its people and their leaders all needful opportunity to demonstrate the their l' l ability or otherwise to construct operate and l maintain a a u. stable government go What they will do with V their chance remains to be seen In any event whether they succeed in iii building up their countr country to a plane of progress and prosperity or fail in thEY the attempt the day cannot be far distant when they Y will become in truth American by coming u under dl r the Stars and Stripes as the Republic of Texas exas did I before them Annexation may be postponed but the question question question ques ques- tion is to too much involved in the necessities and destiny destiny des des- destiny tiny of the United States to justify any doubt tl that at atit it will be an accomplished accomplish d fa fact tin in time time and and in not nota a very long ong time We re ar are glad to see the people we saved from the Spanish yok n in th tb the enjoyment enjoyment- lent of their fr edom We Ye Te can afford to let them erect the republican an institutions of wh which c they have hate dreamed for three generations but ultimately we shall need Cuba in iii our business in order that our possessions ma may be rounded out and our first line of defence on the Atlantic side sf side de of ot the continent rendered safe We re need not be bein in any particular hurry perhaps and if we were it would bring sadness to th the Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- Valley Talley tobacco growers' growers association and to the Wheeling Stogie farmers but the time is coming coping when Cuba will be ours and Perfecto Perfectos will sell over the counter for a a. a nickel Think what a happy day that will be |