Show I T IL COULD COUI CUBA DO 10 One of the Eastern papers declaims rather loudl loudly against what it Is pl pleased to term the foul pla play over Cuba and recites tho the fact that certain Americans are arc seeking to make the American occupation of that island a a. permanent thing If It an any Americans are arc working for tho the destruction of the credit o of Cuban planters and business men so o that lint tho the island would be bo left helpless and unable to produce produce produce pro pro- duce the usual merchandise of the island then the habit should be severely erel frowned upon for s such sich ch a campaign Is b by no means fair But if it is Js simply an argument in favor of or Americans retaining control o of the Iho island we wc can see sec no objection to It Cuba can do nothing without American tion Left alone the lie people of ot that island are ale helpless and they always have been Maybe after half hair a century of training under an American protectorate the they might be able to take tale care of themselves might be capable of self But for the present and cerl certainly for a generation they are ale not going to be ablo able to reach a status of or independence Thc They can not miot prevent the time uprising uprising up up- rising of oC discontented elements in cither cities or the plantation n provinces The They can not preserve order Tho They can not stop tho the raids of the tho robbers who organize and ride the lie island from end to end with no better purpose than the L I. W. W W. W felons of Goldfield have hae toda today And in inthe inthe the absence of peace P and amid tranquilIty the future of or the tho tl il W r o-r 1 1 1 c 13 4 T will havo t to bo bd nn American pol possession 01 or the possession of somo European power There is no escape from that This country has made no promise to the lie people of Cuba which has not been kept to the very cry spirit and letter of or the thc pledge There is a further obligation due to the people of the island to our own who live c there and amid to lo the tho whole nation as well eU which binds our nation to give good government g to the Cubans Make them a part pait of United States Stales territory I If that is the time shortest way to peace in imi Cuba and security for the Iho republic of or our mainland But never ne leave the tho Immense interests of oC that realm to the mercies I o of the nl night ht rider the Iho and amid the tho rebel i No Xo unfairness is Involved In that policy Nothing but unfairness to all an parties concerned would be realized in abandoning the Cubans Cuban |