The Politics of Intervention

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302

Oriente province, 21, 45

Ortiz, Martinez, 110

Pacification of Cuba, 12-16, 29,


66, 120-43; American policy in


Cuba and, 133-39; American


public reaction to, 111; Army's


role in, 120^43 (see also Army


of Cuban Pacification); costs of,


195; to deter insurrection, 122­


23, 125; Furlong on tactics of,


14-15; to insure free elections,


123-24; methods of, 12, 14-15,


125; and Philippine Insurrection,


7, 10; political and social impli­


cations of, 12, 14; problems of,


15-16; by Provisional Govern­


ment, 122-33, 138; and road-


building program, 38, 125, 132­


33, 202-3, 205, 226, 233, 263;


use of force and persuasion, 15


Paez, Andres, 255


Paez brothers, 176


Panic of 1907, 195, 201


Patrick, Maj. Mason M., 132


Peace Mission; see Taft-Bacon


Peace Mission


Peace of Zanjon, 46


Pena, Luis, 177


Permanent Army of Cuba, 227-39,


263; approved by Liberal party,


221, 228; or enlargement of


Rural Guard, 227-28; formation


of, 221, 236-37, 239; and im­


portance of settlement, 237-38;


opposition of American officers


to, 221, 229-33, 238-39; politi­


cal impact of, 237; public reac­


tion to, 228-29, 231, 237; and


role of Liberals, 228-29; Roose­


velt and Taft on, 221, 227, 229­


31, 234-37; various plans con­


cerning, 236


Philippine insurrection, 7-12; and


Army administration, 190; and


criticism of American policy, 11­


12; and education and health


programs, 11; number of occu­


' lg troops during, 8; outbreak


rin 1899, 7-8; and pacifica­


tion, 10-11; and political and

economic development, 10; re­

action of American public to,

INDEX

9-10; reconcentration policies

during, 9-12; resistance, 8; role

of U.S. Army in, 7, 190

Pinar del Rio, 21, 30, 59; and

August Revolution, 59

Pitcher, Col. William, 125

Place, Louis V., 202

Platt, Orville H., 40

Platt Amendment, 39-42, 69, 77,

79, 108, 210, 213, 246, 250-51,

257; Cuban opposition to, 42,

50; effect of, on Cuban domestic

policies, 50, 110; general effects

of, 42-43

Political behavior, after indepen­

dence, 23

Political institutions: elite uninter­

ested in, 26-27, 33, 43-44, 134­

35, 156; inability of Cubans to

develop, 19, 22; Magoon's

attempt at reconstruction of,

157-61; not adequate for self-

government, 155-56, 183, 252;

and political leaders, 253 (see

also Politicos); weaknesses of,

145-46, 155-56, 163

Political leaders, 22 (see also

Politicos); and former army offi­

cers, 27

Political organizations, 44-53; non-

participation by elite, 26-27, 33,

43-44, 134-35, 156

Political parties, Cuban, 27, 194,

199, 261-62; American support

of, 213, 214, 239; Cuba's failure

to develop, 53; difficulty in find­

ing leaders for, 134-35; need

for change in, 249

Political power: attitudes of elite

toward, 26-27, 33, 43-44, 134­

35; way to wealth and status,

26-27

Politicians, 5, 53

Politicos, 22, 164, 213, 260-61;

and elections of 1907, 243; and

elections of 1908, 255; Magoon's

treatment of, 153-55, 168; Mili­

tary Government and, 34; re­

action to electoral reforms, 199;

role in Provisional Government,

191; triumph in national elec­

tions, 252

Politics, effects in Latin America,

259-61
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