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,
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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