Show A NOVEL SITUATION the new acquisitions of the united states have of necessity brought before us some novel circumstances and conditions to be dealt with and harmonized if possible otherwise to be cusp suspended ended or reformed not the least novelty that has been or is likely to be presented for adjustment is the request made by the professional bull fighters of havana that their occupation be not interfered with not only this but they want it recognized and protected in doing this the petition ers show a degree of recognition of changed conditions and respect for the new powers that be such as entitle them to a respectful hearing and proper consideration albeit their line of occupation Is not nolt one that the people or authorities of this country look upon with marked favor the proper answer to make to the request Is as one that would no doubt be construed by those who made it as an affirmative it is that we have no jurisdiction in the premises the american occupy occupation alon of cuba is not that of a conqueror or an owner in any sense but rather that of a protector and guarantor order Is to be maintained persons and property protected and wholesome regulations enforced none of these conditions could properly be construed as interfering with local pastimes so long as individual rights are hot interfered with even though such pastimes from our standpoint are brutal barbarous and to be eliminated from the social conditions of cuba as rapidly as it can be done by peaceful agencies we might as well undertake to suppress cockfighting cock fighting in the philippines or gander pulling in south carolina as to break up bullfighting elsewhere else where by any other agencies than those herein suggested |