New-York tribune., 1899-04-26
G1BA IMMIGRATION LAWS.
MEASURES ADOPTED GIVE GENERAL
SATISFACTION.

ALIENS RIGHTS-ENLISTING FORMER
SOLDIERS AS PoILCE-PRAIsE OF
GENERAL CARPENTER
IBY CABLE THE rRIBUNEl
Havana, April 25.-The instructions received
nv Governor-General Brooke from Washington
20 declare applicable to Cuba the immigration
laws Of the United States are certain to give
General satisfaction here. For one thing. the
now regulations will prevent the ingress Of any
more Chinese laborers. who. though useful in
certain employments. notably truck gardening.
are from their habits a constant menace to the
nublIc 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 those
centres Of contagion. Another undesirable class
q, immigrants is likely to be prevented under
American law from overrunning- the eastern
half Of the island. This class is composed Of
sb,ftless negroes from Jamaica, Hayti and San
Domingo who may wish to better their fortunes
at Santiago and elsewhere in the East. Gen
,raI Wood foresaw this embarrassment some
time ago and quietly put in force in his prov
,rce an order returning the would-b immigrants
who could not show $40 each in ready money.
General Brookes decree will establish restric-
,,ons OF this sort at ell Cuban ports on arrival
q, those who threaten to become charges on the
island While the present conditions of agri-
cultural prostration last there will be little or
mn room here for additional labor Of the un-
skilled class
REGISTRATION OF ALIENS.
The Council of Secretaries, or Insular Cab
met submitted to General Brooke to-day the
draft Of a decree providing for the registration
Of
Treaty of Paris After the Registration Bureau
IS opened Spaniards who desire to remain in
Cuba will have a year in which to decide
whether or not they will surrender their nation
alty. This postponement OF a final choice on
the part of so many of the actual residents or
Cuba may complicate to some extent the prob
lem Of instituting representative government
for the island before native constituent AS
sembly can be elected. Some satisfactory defni-
tion of Cuban citizenship must be evolved. Not
a few of the leaders here who are now struggling
for political power are technically aliens Gen
eral Gomez is q Santo Dominican general; Julio
sanguily is. or was, naturazed citizen Of the
United States. and dozens of the revolutionary
leaders and agitators took out similar papers
before engaging in the revolt against Spain
only day or two ago Cuban lawyer pre-
sented himself as a candidate for place on the
new Supreme Court Bench. He admitted that
he was naturalized American. and when asked
whether he would abandon his acquired citizen
shin 10 become a justice. protested vigorously
against the necessity of any such renunciation.
lie had AN estate in the interior Of the island,
and could not afford to give UP the rights in
volved in surrendering such safeguard. some
diraculty has been experienced in filling the
places ON the Supreme Bench. Two more dec
Inations to serve have been received. one from
Matanzas and one from Puerto Principe. Senor
Eduardo Tamayo. Of Santiago prominent law
yer. 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 patroillng
those parts of the city most frequented by
Americana The new patrolmen are expected
10 introduce an element Of GOODNESS and method
into the service. and TO minimize the friction
now existing between the soldiers and the po-
lice They will be especially valuable in nan
ding such Americans. soldiers. teamsters ana
others who become disordery in the streets and
cafes
FURTHER SHOOTING AFFRAYS
Tho police force continues to engage In shoot
Ing ARRAYS Two detectives in plain clothes shot
q saloonkeeper yesterday. apparently without
sufficient justification. and one roundsman was
himself rnortally wounded last Saturday by an
antagonist who escaped.
General Carpenters administration In Puerto
Principe seems TO have won general public ia
vor A leading Cuban newspaper In that re-
mote province commenting on his retention IN
command. pays to him this evidently sincere
tribute: Though we have occasionally attacked
the General In these columns, II must be ao-
mitted. taken all in all, that he has made for
US g. good Governor. He Is discreet, and seems
10 have the best interests Of the province al
ways at heart. He has had many difficulties
10 surmount, and yet has surmounted them all
and won the applause even Of those who at hrst
were loath 10 give TO him the moral and ma
terial support which he deserved. We should
greatly lament his recall or transfer"
The Cuban telegraph operators are the latest
native body TO complain Of Americanism. They
say that they are being displaced by operators
from the United States and have written TO
General Gomez to ask his influence to restore
them TO favor. American operators are in fact,
in great demand in Cuba, owing to their greater
experience and skill.