The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-27

faith in the wisdom of his counsellors
and the belief that congress will be
found equal to the demands of every
national emergency. We commend
our rulers and lawmakers to the con-
fidence of the people and the guidance
of God. We pray that the issue of
the events Of these momentous days
may rebound to the glory of God and
to the good of man"
The report of the committee, through
it's chairman, DR.. James M. King, was
unanimously adopted with the eXcep-
ton of three dissenting voices) by a
rising vote with great enthusiasm.
One of the dissenters was the Rev.
DR.. Mead, formerly of Westville, Conn.
Cuba's Geographical Features.
In order to understand intelligently
the size of anything there must be
comparison made. Cuba in length is
the same in distance as from New Ha-
ven, Conn. to Indianapolis, Ind, and
in average width about the same in
distance as New Haven is to Spring.
field, Mass In other words, it is near
ly eight hundred miles long, an aver
age width of some tifty-f1ve miles. 1t
stretches in north latitude from nine
teen degrees fifty minutes to twenty
three degrees nine minutes, and west
longitude from seventy-four degrees
eight minutes to eighty-four degrees
fifty-eight minutes. 1t will be readily
noticed that it is quite an extensive
field for military operations, having an
area of $4,000 square miles. There are
two groups of islands in the West In
dies called the Greater and Lesser An
titles. Cuba is the largest and most
important transmarine possession of
Spain. 1t is about sixty miles to the
west of ST. Domingo, one hundred and
sixty-eight miles to the east of Yucca
tan and ninety to the north of Jamai-
ca. Porto Rico, the second and only
remaining Spanish possession on this
side of the globe, is about four hun
dred and fifty miles southeast of Cuba.
A long chain of mountains extends
from east to west the whole length Of
the island, dividing it into two parts.
Right in this place it will be said that
when Cuba comes under the complete
influences of the United States the
cruel bull-fights should be abolished.
The climate can with truth be de-
scribed as a perpetual summer.
Earthquakes were formerly frequent,
but not generally on large scale.
The cultivated portions of the island
produce in abundance sugar cane, to-
| bacco, maize, rice, yans or sweet po-
tatoes, bananas, coffee and all the pro-
ducts of the tropics; while in the dis
tricts left in a state of nature are
| reared countless herds of cattle. Su-
gar is however, the chief product Of
the island, and all over the western
districts the, traveller sees vast level or
undulating tracts covered with cane
| fields and factories or mills employed
in crushing cane, boiling and refining
sugar. Tobacco forms a large item of
| the exports of Cuba.
| 1t is maintained that no country in
| the world has q climate and soil that
excells that of Cuba for the raising of
| tobacco. Personally am not interest,"
| ed in this particular. The chief i'm
ports are mules, northern potatoes,
| flour, canned goods, salt fish, manufac-
tured merchandise, hardware and ma
chinery. Stephen Bradley of East
Haven once had an extensive trade
with this and adjacent islands in cart
wheels. The population in round fig
| ures is two million; 100000 whites and
| 100000 negroes and dark mixed races.
OF the whites 100000 are creoles or ma
tives of the island A creole is nearly
| white. The term creole, as formerly
used in the West Indies, was generally
- tot; tab 1ntt &c
| born there from the Africans imported
| for the slave traffic. The Cuban
| Spaniards are an energetic class, much
superior to the creoles. Exact statisti-
| cal figures cannot be given at the pres
ent time, especially the eensus-so
many have died by starvation and dis
ease incident to the horrors of the
three years Cuban war.
| There are many important cities, the
largest of which is Havana. This city
has one of the best harbors on the west
| side Of the Atlantic ocean. 1t is q
| city of streets, plazas, colonnades,
| towers, churches, and monasteries.
The people are not allowed to build as
| they please. There is an official archi-
| tect whose taste must be regarded
Trick Walls, nlgIl C6lllngS, tile HOOFS
and roofs, solid and lofty portcos pre-
| dominate Moro Castle is the principal
military fortification.
| The real reliance for the protection of
| the harbor is in Notifications on the
| hills beyond; from which the British
and Yankees, under General Putnam of
Bunker Hill fame, one hundred and
| thirty-six years ago pounded the castle
| with cannon balls, and captured the
| city and looted it. Lord Albermarle's
share of gold cash being about $780,
| 900. Cuba has a good coast line with no
| less than twenty-seven harbors, but
none are protected against invasion
| like Havana.
| During the early history Cuba was
under the Spanish flag. About 1888
| Havana was destroyed by the French,
| and again a few years later, and in the
! 18th century was captured by the
| Dutch, but in one of the treaties was
| given back to Spain. For a time peace
existed. but always the cruel and rigor-
| Gus servitude which the Spanish en-
| forced.
! In 1852 the island was taken by the
| English, and the next year, by a fool
| ish piece of craftsmanship, exchanged
| with Spain for barren title to Florida.
The United States during Folks ad-
ministration offered something like a