The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-27
Gives General Satisfaction TO the Inhabi-
tants Of Havana.
The New Regulations Will Prevent
the Ingress of Any More Chinese
Laborers, Who, From Their
Habits, Are a Constant Menace
to the Public Health.

| to the Tribune from Havana says:
| The instructions received by Governor
General Brooke from Washington to de-
clare applicable to Cuba the immigra-
ton laws of the United States are GER
| tain to give general satisfaction here.
For one thing, the new regulations will
| prevent the ingress of any more Chi
nese lahorers, who. though useful in
certain employments, notably truck
gardening, are, from their habits,
constant menace to the public health.
The sanitary bureau has been forced to
burn out the filthy quarters in which
the various Chinese colonies here have
! been living there being no other way to
purify these centers of contagion. An
other undesirable class of immigrants
is likely to be prevented under Ameri-
can law from overrunning the eastern
half of the island. This class is COM
posed of shiftless negroes from Jamaica,
Hayti and San Domingo, who may
wish to better their fortunes at Santi-
ago and elsewhere in the East Cen
eral Wood foresaw embarrassment
some time ago, and quietly put in force
IN his province an order returning the
would-be immigrants who could not
show $40 each in ready money. General
Brooke's decree will establish restric-
tons of this sort at all Cuban ports on
| arrival of those who threaten to be-
come charges on the island. While the
present condition of agricultural pros
tration lasts there will be little or no
room here for additional labor of the
| unskilled class.
The Council of Secretaries, or Insular
Cabinet, submitted to General Brooke
to-day the draft of a decree providing
for the registration of aliens under the
terms of Article Tx. of the treaty of
Paris. After the registration bureau is
opened Spaniards who desire to remain
in Cuba will have year in which to
decide whether or not they will surren-
der their nationality. This postpone
ment of a final choice on the part of
SO many of the actual residents of Cuba
may eomplicate to some extent the
problem of 'ir1stituting Representative
government for the island before a ma
tive constituent can be elected Some
satisfactory definition of Cuban citi-
zenship must be evoked Not a few of
the leaders here who are now strug-
Cling for political power are technically
aliens General Gomez is a Santo Do
minican General; Julio Sanguilly is or
was, naturalized citizen of the United
States. and dozens of revolutionary
leaders and asitators took out similar
papers before engaging in the revolt
against Spain.
Only a day or two ago a Cuban law
yer presented himself as a candidate for
a place on the new Supreme Court
bench. He admitted that he was a nat
uralized American, and when asked
whether he would abandon his acquired
citizenship to become a Justice. pro-
tested vigorously against the necessity
of any such remuneration. He had an
estate in the interior of the island. and
could not afford to give up the rights
involved in surrenderng such safe
guard Some difficulty has been expe-
rienced in filling the places on the Su-
preme Bench. Two more destinations
to serve have been received, one from
Matanzas and one from Puerto Prin-
cipe. Senior Eduardo Tamayo of San
tiago, prominent lawyer, telegraphed
to-day, however, that he would take
one of the vacant posts.
A very sensible experiment is being
tried by the Havana police authorities
This consists in the enlistment of a
special squad of American ex-soldiers
which is to be used in patroling the
parts of the city most frequented by
Americans. The new patrolmen are ex-
rected to introduce an element of cool
ness and method into the service and
minimize the friction now existing be-
tween the soldiers and police. They will
be especially valuable in handling such
Americans soldiers, teamsters and
others, as become disorderly i'm the
streets and cafes.
The police force continues to engage
in shooting ARRAYS. Two detectives in
plain clothes shot a saloonkeeper yes
terday, apparently without sufficient
justification, and one roundsman was
himself mortally wounded last Satur-
day by an antagonist who escaped.
The Cuban telegraph operators are
the latest native body to complain of
Americanisn. They say that they are
being displaced by operators from the
United States, and have written to Cen
eral Gomez to ask his influence to re-
store them to favor American oper-
ators are, in fact. in good demand in
Cuba, owing to their greater experi-
ence and skill.