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Show CUBAN SELF-GOVEKNMENT. Gen. Shatter More rorc!:ille Than Tolite liegrardliig; tho Subject. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19. At the collation col-lation of the officers of the Third Georgia regiment of Postmaster-General Smith and the newspaper correspondents, corres-pondents, Gen. Shafter had some interesting inter-esting things to say about Cuba and Cubans. He did not make a speech, but in a conversational way expressed himself, his remarks being nominally addressed to Col. Berner Of the Georgians, Geor-gians, though they were intended for the whole assemblage. "It seems to me," said Gen. Shafter, "that a great many persous haye an erroneous idea respecting our relations with the Cubans. As I view it, we have taken Spain's war upon ourselves. We shall in all probability hear a g'ood deal more of the 'insurgents.' " "How about self-government for the Cubans?" General Shafter was asked. "Self-government'?' the general repeated. re-peated. "Why, those people are no more fit for self-government than gunpowder gun-powder is for hell." In the same line General Shafter went on to tell why the United States, in his opinion, would be obliged to remain in tho island for some time and govern the territory by military force. |