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as General Weyier has, but 1 will .ay
thnt ! firmly believe July !, 1897. Will see

as General Weyier has but will tay
thnt l firmly believe Juiy i, 1897. viii SEQ
Cuba free country
Martin. "S,nor Pima" l asked. will
You kindly give me a short interview on
Iimes- Democrat, of New Orleansy'
"Cer,ainly," he answered. with pleas
urc;,
cuba der N"s most of her revenue.
We'll. first there is n tax levied by the
government on ali sugar plantations.
bur each estate is taxed according to its
size and tn, amount of sug t' made. We
also take INTO consideration the financial
standing OF the. owners. An average es-
tate is taxed from $4,000 to $4,000 for
each season. ind on payment of this tax
they are granted absolute protection FROM
the iisurgont r'rces, while failure IN pay
mon; iuogrs the entire destruction by tie
Of the sugar plant.
I'VE have been severely criticised FOR
lurung sugar estates IN Cuba hut W.
think We rre fully justified in pur'uiny
the course we do. You fully uni.rs'an /
that the only business that is raging
Spain any tax to speak of Is sugar gr.nd-
lt'cm each che to Justify US In allowing
them TO grind these estates are furnlsh.ng
wherewithal 20 carry on war against US.
Are we going to allow them to grind next
year? No. t'rlcs. somc,hlng happens
which ! can not now forcscc no sugar
mill In cuba will tuen u wheel. If they
grind. their property Will he perfectly
safe SD far as we are CONCERNED. hut
Should they disobcy this order we will
DO favor annexation to the Unite!
sta,cs? Most certainly | 10 not. though
! believe there is quite sentiment III
she is perfectly able to govern herself
Some people say the end of this war
shoul 1t result in Cuta's freedom. Would
only lie the signal for the commencement
of a race war. ] want to say here nnt
now that there is no foundation for any
srch belief. In he first place. the, whites
sec,pd place The LACK cuban is on nearly
the same footing. or, ! might say. exactly
the same footing. as the white one. one
Of the igst generals We have is Anton,t
Nnceo. Do you suppose for an instant NJ
| would think of revolt against th'
whites?
do. We have accomplished more IN one
year during this war than we did dur,n.
| the entire ten years war The Interior o.
| Cuba Is Cuban libra 1n fact. Hero span
ard never 9ares venture, and we Az, car, hs
on our farming the snme as we u'o oe
fore the war commenced"
We marched for the southern coast
daylight CON- iequently I spent the even
mad made while in cuba: Nevar hav'
been moro cordially treated than durins
my stay with the government Their re
cords were open Mt all times for LAY IN
| spcction and any information l mlgh
| - TX was cheerfuly given
| Regardng the request made of me ~
| Senor Pima. j will say that while wa
stopping with General Jose Maceo and M
| army at FL Perrlco | WAS very rurh DIS
| appointed that out of about 1900 men III
I had under his command no, over 800 wer
! white. although his -mff We're al white
I But ns travelled west found the whit
! population bncreasrd very fast. ond OF
| reac,inc rnmaCnav | found the popula
ton was entirely white The army unde
General Garcia, COMPOSING the forces o
! Generals CaDote. Rios and Rahi, are near
| " all whit the proportion of co!ore'
mon hetng very small
was very much disappointed not t.
| find the government Mt the capital Of nm
republic Cnhinas. | met them at the pres
| ident home. SaNtn 1.uda. whore they ha
gone TO wait for General Garcia, he hav
| ing landed In Baracoa hut a few days pre-
vois Cuhlias has been made the capita
of cuba and thera II Is the government
will spend the rainy season.
The presidents last words to me werro
1--WE have secn very glad to have yo
among u.s. and I hone you will soon re
furn You will always find warm welcom
In Cuba libru "