| Show I IVAN T CUBA ANNEXED United States the Only Nation That Can Give Good Government AUTONOMISTS SCARCE ON THE ISLAND nlh Flerikkoiat In la YnGge t A Big 31ast rur Appealing too he Called Met Matarims Cub via Key Went Pia Oct IThe business element here In Havana slid elsewhere seems to hoe arrived at the conclusion that the Mad rill government cannot end the war oil the basis of autonomy to Cuba and there are not enough loyal Inn among the autonomists to hold ORlcc In addition ad-dition the latter express the belief that the autonomists even It they were placed In rower would not be able to preserve peace l and piotect life and pronerty from the lawless elements ment In view ot this condition 01 olalr n number of Important merchants mid sugar planter of Spanish oiljln In conjunction with several Cuban ant corn have been holding ecrt mt 111 and cortaondilr lh lenlo In varfoug ptirto 01 he Islands with ho Iw ot ascertaining the poltcal all planting I situation In 1lnur del Ulo Iavuna Iotanzao unit Santl Clara province as to the ruture lor Clim most likely to further their Interests and those of tin Island In general I Is expected that n majority of he replies will be favorable to nanxa lon 01 Cuba to the United Stas as the Washington government Alone Is able to t guarantee peace In Cubi And the Protection of life unit property As Penn An It Is I ascertained that the sentiment sen-timent 01 the 1011 Appealed to In I In faor at annexation a committee will 10 sent to the United States with In otrlctons tu lay the case or Clln cl eat I y before the buolne men of prominence In the Ulltl States anti ask the later to unite Alth he bull ness men of Cul a In a petition to tho Washington government asking the United States In Mew of the failure or he conservatives to suppress tile Insufecton hy force of ann ants painting out the impossibility at the liberals ending the war hy establishing an autonomous form or government to bring About the annexation or Cuba to the United States |
