Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-26
General Brooke Receives lnstruc-
tons to Apply Them.
GIVES GREAT SATISFACTION


New York. April ga dispatch TO
the Tribune from Havana says.
Tho Instructions received by Cover
nor General Brooke from Washington
10 declare applicable TO Cuba the imml.
grafton laws Of the United states. are
certain TO rive general satisfaction
here. For one thing. the now rcgula.
lions viii prevent the ingress Of any
morn Chinese laborcra. who. though
useful In certain cmploymcnts. notably
truck gardening. are. from their habits.
a constant menace TO the public health.
The ranltary bureau has been forced
to burn out the nithy quarters In which
the various Chinese colonies here have
been living. thcre being no other way
20 purify these centcrs Of contagion.
Another undesirable class u immi-
grants In likely 10 be prevented under
American law from ovcrrunnlng the
eastern half Of the island. This class
Il composed OF HhlftlcFs negroes from
Jamaica. Haiti, and San Domingo. who
may wish 10 better their fortunes at
Santiago and elsewhere In the east.
Gen. Wood forcHaw embarrassment
some time ago and quietly put In force
In his province an order returning the
NNlluetf lNltUlffAiltN WIN tNhll u'A
show $40 each In r,ady money. Gen.
Ilrookc'H decree Will establish rcstric-
lions OF this sort at all cuban ports on
arrival Of those vbo threaten 10 be-
come charges on the Island. While the
present conditions u agricultural pros
tration last. thorc will BE- little OF no
room here for additional labor Of the
unHklllcd class.
nEGisTRATIoN or ALIENS.
The council Of secretaries. OF insuiar
cabinet. submitted 10 Gen. Brooke to-
day the draft of q docrcc providing for
the rcgiatutlon OF aliens under the
terms ~ article 0. OF the treaty 81 Par
l.. After the registration bureau IN
opened Spanlarin who dCNirr TO remain
In cuba viii have a year Ia which to
decide whether or not they VIII sur
render their nationality. This post
poneinent of mai choice on the part
81 30 many Of the actual residents ~
cuba may complira'" tn fnfnt eN'".t
the problem Of inatituting a represent
alive government for tho itlun" D,.ofc
native constituent assembly can b.
elected. soine satisfactory definition
u Cuban citizenship must be evolved,
Not few OF the leaders here who arr
now struggling for political power afu
technically aliens Den. Gomez II n
Santo Dominican general. Julio hnn-
gully II. or was. n nnturalixcd citizen
OF the United states. and dozens 81
revolutionary leaders ana ngithtnra
took out similar papers before engaa-
ing In the revolt ngainnt spain.
Only day OF two ago. Cuban law
yer presented himself ~ n candidate
Tor place on the now supreme court
bench. lie admitted that he was nat.
urallzcd American and when asked
whcther he would abandon his acquired
citizenship to become n Justice. pro-
~ any such rcnuncintion. lie had an
estate In the interior OF the island and
could not AFFORD 10 give up tho rights
involved In HuTfVnderinH such u safe
guard. Some difficulty has been .xpcr-
fenced In Milling the places on the SUI
prcmc bench. Two more destinations
Ia serve have bccn received. one from
MnianEns. and one from Puerto pfln-
cipe. Senior Eduardo Tnmuyo OF San.
unro. n prominent lawyer. photographed
today. however. that he would take one
OF the vacant posts,
A SENSIBLE EXPERIMENT.
tried by the Havana police authorities,
This consists In tho enlistment of a
special squad Of American ox.roldiefr
which IN to be- used IN pntrolilng the
parts Of the city moat frcapcntcd by
Americans. The new patrol mon afo
expected To INTRODUCE an sloiunt OF conl-
ness and method into the service and 10
minimize the friction now existing be-
tween the soldiers and police, They viii
b. especially valuable IN handling such
Americans, soldiers, tcnmNtera ana olh-
crn who become dlnorderly IN the streets
and cafes,
The police force continues 10 engage
In shooting ARRAYS. Two Detectives In
plain clothes shot "A raioon- keeper yes
terday. apparently without SUFFICIENT
| Justification, and one roundHmRn was
| himself mortally wounde last Saturday
by an antagonist who escaped
The Cuban telegraph operators arc
the latest native body 60 complain ~
| Amcrlcnnism. They say that they are
bcinr displaced by operators from the
| United States and have written To Gen.
cfrii Comes to nrk his influence to res
torc them 90 favor American opcr-
niorr arr, In fact, In good demand In
cuba owing 10 their greater experience
and skill