Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-16
PORTO RICAN TRAITS. VIRTUES AND VICES OF UNCLE SAWS
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 SAN JCAy. r5o Rico, Sept 20.- - The conclusion .- tLe deliberations of The American and STenish commission CTS now being carried on m this city is eagerly awaited by all classes of the population. The most extravagant ex- pectatious are entertained regarding the result Of sae meeting. and many Span- isrds a as st0 Ricans anticipate bene- Gt 70 t.lr.arsIves personally therefrom. Go uot think the natives of the island regard the Americans now with the friendship that they were So elusive in displaying a shcrt time ago. Probably tle conduct sf some of the volunteers For they are not al members of the I. d. c. A.-has had something to do with this, but it is difficult to deter mine, and one does not expect any kind of parmanency in a people 30 volatile.
 Since the entry of United States soldiers into Porto Rico many things have occnued, and We are able now to form trUer estimate Of its mercurial people than before. The extent of Porto RicaH demands. many impossible of be- ing granted, seem to convey a certain indication fts to the motive that prompt ed So much enthusiasm, and the suspi- oion is inevitable that present safety and the hope of prospective benefits were determinGtive factors in the warmth of the welcome accorded to us.
 As subjects of the United States, CT destined to be such when the island is formally annexed, wish I could say nothing about the Porto Ricans but what would be to their credit. Unfor- tunately. to be truthful, I cannot in- dulge in unqualified laudation, and, while justly attributing some virtues to them, must also admit that they have glsring defects. which, If not vices in the ordinary acCeptation of the term. are such as seriously reflect upon their I1Enli1ess- Manly courage and a polite ness superior to subserviency, l am afraid, are not general traits of the ua- tives Of this island. Men. not of the in ferior orders, either, will submit to blows and insults without even the tamest of protests. and to be stlgmatized as a coward rarely prOvozes a violent protest from the persons se assailed. This for5earGnce-sone perhaps would call it Cbri sJian-is not. fancy, the re- suit Of a fOrgiying tolerant disposition.
 But TOW as 10 their good qualities. They are almost invariably honest. Should any American visitor happen 70 leave his pccketbook in his bedroom in a san Juan hotel he nay foel perfectly at ease agGut j.. 0s 7s certain 10 have it returned to Lin. I-'sss some foreign walters are eiDTlarsl. PIC.lEg pockets is practically ulknovn among Porto Ricans. z3E EztbiGg characteristic of Parisiaus aisc. It has been stated that French thi-Eos are s0aCljcJ5a rl gesiic- ulating that -hey have n0 -ir- t7 watch their own pockets o- e ~ri- .ris5e the contents C. .-~s Of F--.5 Ri-ans also eesJir bur 2 .3 not think that their hon fL- --ticuiar Is out of rega-1 .-- a-. .r0ue procavity.
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