The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23

mercial importance. and with beauiiiui
harhor. Not so picturesque as that on
Santiago but nnc and beautiful. ana the
Gay We sahei 40 ~. there were t'.at
school uf r,rruisN playing all ai"uhd inc
ef.au,f iatr NEVER seen so many any
whore .,Itr cur stay loo 'I'uiutsOs was
oniy % l"s AHA "a, went 90 GO baianai";
Nn.rh d. iiti youth 81 tdnana' ana
fI0l. theme. 90 Halaua 10y iall. thr N'f .
40. ffult g ftn.urLos TO fsfahaiY D. ff-N
i,sfiY Almost aA the way iiir f'l" ~ Pr
lu~ TIE shallow waters between iH' mann
island ANA ihc string OF small iH,''"S'
or keys which are - timex on lhot ~
ZION of inc south coast Of cuba These
k,ys are fiat, but are green ana ptaNh-
fui. and look like emerald gems ~
lovely blue setting. 1t is one OF inc l"FN-
Hest trips o. which ] know. -
From Batahano the ride 10 hapaia -
short-my recollection Is. about TWO houia
and the distance. forty miles, mort oi
less. Everybody who has been 10 ~ -
hana has written more or less a"vu' -,
and its beautiful harbor-Which '1 40
fun of yellOw-fevcr germs a. DIR
granite IS of seed. and which D. SO Iou'
ships are not allowed 10 drop an ah.hoi
because of the fever they WOMB SCI
when the anchor was raised anu -
almost out OF place for me 70 at'.N. y.
TO add further Information aDou' u q"
this already long letter .,,,. q,
many respects, ana is one % ',' ~.
of the Spanish American caplial ci''.'
but is not materially different III tV,i-
sfrucfion from any other lalte cl'y IN
tho countries TO the south OF US. W.
streets, IN the old part OF the cl'g, az
narrow and often not wider than one ..
our ALLEYS. and, where street me III.
Is devoted to business, AWNINGS are ~
from house to house, ana me 49,. III
thus entirely covered over. ina ii"i ~ -
I'm wet and dry weather, as one mas Do
lection from rain and sun. Like an W
bans the people Of Habdna are tNcil-
able. and sometimes 40 Noienl v 49,
During one Of my visits 10 'i. 49,,
fhere was a female baseball team ,O4..
Noyv York i'm town. When the game tht a
were. to play with a local team was cur
ed and the women took the neldi IL was
at once apparent they could not pias
hali. but they knew every lhlnS hpO"l ~,
The audience demanded their money, dlu
Il was refused them. They then set IRE
10 the Crand-stand, ana attemptSu u"
mob The players-it Is TO be hopeu lhe
umpire was out OF II tnat thl'- VIZ,
fortunately for themselves, escapcu,, ~ i9
fire Department and squad OF soiulyl
We're called out at once 10 put OUT tiif
fire and quell the disturbance Inc mo-
stoned the engine, the h1emch' 1hn a ny
soldiers. and put all 10 night; ~ a.
burnt itself out and the mon hau lt9
vengeance. but did not get lts moncE
This row saw from the bull-rlnE, MAi-i
Is near by. and, that the sptclat l',. "a. a.
the bull-hght might see lnla AZ.
laved for half an hour. when II suns
them to be- so. these Cubans are polh
polite and accommodating.
EFFECT or INDEPENDENCE
How about the revolution now on IN
Cuba? and sholld the United states rec
ognize the Insurgents you ask. IL dp-
pears to one that II matters HiIe, 80
far as the prosperity OF the lslahu soeS'
whether she Is under Spain or has "A
of
She is heavily taxed, drcadiuly. taNtu' ny
customs tax, both export ana Import
and by direct taxes Oh almost every con,
ceivable article bat her government ana
her money does not change. As an IN
deuendent government. Cuba Will be az
badly off in point of taxes IN a very rev
years as she Is now, ana or ieNoiu''on.iS
there viii be no end. war ana slIilD VII
DE the rule. and, / doubt not, win htr
fndependencc there Will be an0tfer Dom
mica. or another Haiti So the Drobabi-
itv is She will be worse off independent
than as Il province of Spain, VINO mas
for some years seen the necessity OF IN
creasing the white population or tuDa,
and TO that end has brought over
great many emigrantS from me 'dndi
Islands, and. If 4 negro now IcdNt7 bt
island he is not allowed TO return II
was claimed TO me that there are more
white people in the island tnan there are
negroes but / do not believe III, anu
from all ! can learn many OF the leaders
IN IDS ItAOllflDU are Al'E ib'Nf 'Ai' "a
large. proportion or the soldiers are also
blacks or mulatOcs. Give Cuba what she
calls her freedom, and every American
feels sympathy for people stfugsllHs
for freedom. ana for years there VIII ne
anarchy and bloodshed I'm that fair ana
lovely Island, and the end VIII be a ne
gro republic. knowing neither law nor
order The people Of Cuba are not edu-
Gated bv books or I'm morals 10 point
which qualities them for self-govewment'
but ! would be glad 10 see spain lose inc
island and some one else possess ana
govern g. but more sorry 10 have the
United States acquire IT, with its pOpu-
lation alien to us IN every way. II VIII
be a sad day for our country II cuba
becomes one in our s!sterhood OF states.
/ believe i'm republican form OF gov
eminent where the people understand
what that government gives. and can
force the government 10 be republican IN
deeds as well as I'm name. but from the
Rio Grande 10 the straits OF Magellan
there IS not q country which would not
be better off under a hereditary auto
cratic government than II j. under their
so-called republican government ANA
Cuba VIII be as bad as any one OF them
when she is free from Spain, and II now
looks as if she would soon be.
May we keep out of II, IS my PRAYER
and let the Spaniard and the Cuban
fight it out between themselves.
W. VI. COULLING.
Richmond Va. Feb. 10. 1896