The evening times., 1898-09-29
AN ENEMY TO AMERICA
Sener Congosto, Cuban Auton-
omist. i'm New York.
PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE
The Traveller From the Southern
IsIand Saws That the Racial Ques-
tfon VIII BE the Most Dffhcuit
with which This Government
Will Have 60 Deal.

New York, Sept. 29.-Senor Congosto,
secretary of state of the autonomist gov
ernment Of Cuba, arrived yesterday on
the City of Washington. He is credited
with undying hatred Of everything and
everybody American. Congosto, who liv-
ed in this country for sixteen years. Is
known as doctor" in Havana. In addi-
tion TO his duties as secretary of state OF
Cuba. he is a sort of personal secretary
to Captain General Blanco, and censor
of the newspapers brought into the ISL
and, as well as those published there.
The Cuban insurgents have condemned
him most bitterly, and 10 his ability and
genius have attributed the inspiration
of nearly all the acts which have re-
suited in the torture or punishment of
revolutionists OF their allies.
The Spanish in Havana, both official
and otherwise, say Of Congosto that he
has been the brains of the Spanish gov
ernment of Cuba
When DR. Congosto boarded the Wash
ington at Havana on Saturday last
lot of government officials came with
flowers TO say good-by. His fourteen
trunks are supposed TO contain data for
use of the Spanish commission at the
Paris conference, Of which he is 10 be
the secretary.
The doctor made himself very agree
able on the steamer during the five
days passage, but he wouldn't discuss
the work of the Paris commission fur
ther than TO say that it would undoubt-
edly be harmonious, and not too long in
session.
Concerning the work of the evacuation
commission at Havana and its probable
conclusions, he would not venture an
opinion.
The object of the deliberations of the
commissioners of both countries" he
said, will undoubtedly be accomplished
without friction, and the deportation of
troops from Cuba viii be pushed forward
as rapidly the arrangement of the i'm
mense amount of detail will permit
The doctor was asked if he thought
the Cubans capable of governing them
selves.
Well" he replied, THE Cubans are
strange people and will have to be led
/ should say that If the United States
will introduce 600 OF people into the
be no II )pble. IL not, the island will be
dominated by the negroes, who compose
the majority of the population. That is
problem for the United States Govern
ment TO solve. Ii is one that We have
been struggling with for many years.
We succeeded in making considerable
progress, as we regard the matter. We
succeeded. in fact, in doing everything
but make the Cubans work. The Cubans
cannot be made to work as long as there
is an opportunity for them TO supply
their simple needs without effort. You
had an opportunity TO observe their char
acterstics al Santiago.
Another thing you will have to con-
tend against is the unfitness of the
white man to cope with the climate of
Cuba No white man can stand it,"
Gould the colored people Of the United
States stand it?"
We'll that is another problem.
should say they would be much more
suited to the climate of Cuba than the
white men. The whites may go into
business in the cities, where they would
not be exposed to sun and other unfavor-
able climatic influences, but you must
not forget that the Spaniard is pretty
good business man, and is not easily dis
concerted or driven out Still, these are
all problems, the race problem the most
important of all. The government and
the whole future of Cuba depend on the
settlement of that"
Senor Congosto win remain in New
York until Saturday, when he will sail on
La Gascogne for Havre.