The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
EDUCATIONAL WORK.
Among spaniards and Cubans Needed
at Havana

New York, Dec "a dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says:
Educational work among the Spaniards
and Cubans promises to be one of the first
tasks when military control is establish
ed Neither class as Vet fully under
stands its relation 70 the United States
The Spaniards are satisfied with the as
surance thar their property will be sa
and that order will be maintained 50 thar
business will not be interruDrad Thai
they would be asked to share in the re
sponsl blliTles of government under Amcri-
can military control has not been made
pam to them They have assumed that
Cubans. With the military authority
back of il they have not worried grea tly
may have misgivings about its effective
ness The Spanish classes have not
lnousht tnaI they would be wanted in e5.-
eeuuve positions, and they shirk the
lde1 OF such responsibilities This does
No. aLLly g ne once hoIdlng class Wlich
mas 1eSn IN official place rs members
would be quite willing TO remain. Their
reIenllon would defeat the prospect of at
tanning the good government which the
United States has pledged itself to give
identified with the past Spanish system Of
corruption 10 be useful in establishing d
new regime A dlnerent class of Span
lands Will be needed and they can be
An exact partition of authority among
the american military commanders does
not seem to have given them a definite no.
Lee. as commander of the Seventh corps
that he has anything TO do with the mill
tary admInistra ton of Havana city and
apparently Il EActQ 10 De renewed or tina
Response 6lhty- General Ludlow. as mill
tary and civil governor of the city. dc es
not understand that he has ANYTHING to
do with the collection of the customs du-
TIES D. MAJOR Bliss though he hopes TO
nave their disbursement for public i'm
proyements- That viii be essential Cen
eral LudlOW's experience as an engineer
comm SS-O1er IN Washington will be Valu-
able. though the problems he viii have to
meet IN the santa 1On and the policing Of
Havana viii be OF different nature from
those a the national capital.
some progress has already been noted
porary relief more comprehensive
system Will be necessary in order to in
sure a permanent Improvement.
" bile no details are given. it is assun-
comma nder on the island. viii PROMPTLY
replace the machinery Of civil administra-
ton which Is now represented by the CO.
lOnial cabinet. by some agency more in
best thing that can happen TO Cuba Will
De Tor the ca blnet to disappear completely
on January l. The members, or some of
theTn- are willing to stay. They have
been fixing their relatives in office on the
theory that they would remain But the
cabinet as a body is hated by the Gu
pans 2 nd o1struSted by the Spaniards- The
puDllc has no confidence in of them.
0lIlon- It's proceedings became so scan
dalous that the civil governor dismissed
nine Of the aldermen This did not work
q change for the better. because the
giving q new set of spectators the hene-
III OF its Eberality. The decree Of the
captain general made void the acts of the
city council as well as of the cabinet
Some kind of municipal machinery is de-
sirable in Havana while the United States
Is exercising military control The council
may Tuinl the necessary functions but
the task OF reforming il with honest men
is z difficult one.