The times., 1899-07-21
CUBANS Dislike BROOKE
Gen. Carlos Garcia Discusses the
Present Military Government.
He Claims Thnt the Governor Cen
ernI Is a MAN of 'Niannna' and In
Praise for General WOod-secrc-
tary AIEer nnd the Franchises.

Brig. Gen. Carlos Garcia. son of the
late Gen. Calixto Garcia and true coun-
teTpart Of his distinguished sire, is in the
city on secret mission and has arranged
for several Interviews. he says, with Pres
ident Mckinley and Gen. Nelson A. Miles
in regard to present conditions in Cuba
and the necessity of making what he re-
CARDS as several needful improvements in
the existing system.
in an interview last night with a Times
reporter General Garcia stated that there
was little truth in the long tales of revo-
luton which are published under Havana
date lines. He scored General Brooke as
an Incompetent official, and stated that
Secretary Alger had devoted his recent trip
in the island TO acquiring and caring for
franchises more than anything else. He
praised the work of General Wood and
Superintendent CT Posts Rathbone, and
emphatically held that the officials in Gen.
eral BrCoke's Cabinet were of less value
than figureheads and in their six months
of service had accomplished but one act
that Of drawing their salaries.
General Garcia is a very intelligent man
and wss educated in New York He is a
conservative thinker, but stated that he be-
lieved that a statement which related the
truth about conditions in Cuba could
hardly iniure any man and might benefit
thousands
''You ask me about General Brooke, =
said he, and / want 10 be understood as
speaking as much as an American as q
Cuban / am impartial. in that / Go not
seek anything and am satisfied VITA ny
present lot. Il has come to q pass wherein
pull is everything in Cuba, as much so
as in the United States and l am inde-
pendent OF even this. / have all the pull
l require, and what l say is for the great
mass Of Cubans who have no pull. and
despite the silence Of another clique OF
Cubans who are afraid OF pull.
The People Not Satisfied.
I'VE are not satisfied with the adminis-
tration of General Brooke. On the con-
trary, he is the cause of much dissatisfac-
tion. He is one of the greatest 'manana'
men l have ever known. and ! have tray-
eled over Spain and Cuba He has accom-
plished nothing. He is a weakling. and is
not such man as should fill the petition
he now occupies. He is an o,d man and
has no activity. He is content to remain
in the background and act as his advisers
dictate. He fnows nothing of the Cuban
people. and is constantly causing unneces-
sary friction because of this ignorance of
The exact condition. l do not want 10 say
anything bitter against him. as l believe
him TO be a good man and an honest man,
but what is needed in his position is a
strong leader. a diplomat and a man to
look up to. The Cuban people are not in a
condition TO pity those who are sent to rule
them.
las to General Brooke's advisers-his
Cabinet can say nothing good. II is the
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which forces respect. With a chief like
unobtrusive, these advisers are hardly like
ly 10 look for labor. l do not want to say
harsh things about them. but We who are
upon the island know that nothing has been
done and / only state these facts to jog
them into action. Cite the case OF Jose
LanuZa, Secretary of Justice and Public
instruction He has been in office for over
five months. and be il said TO our shame,
the Cuban children are receiving less edu-
cation than they did under Spanish rule.
Nothing. absolutely nothing has been ac-
complished, where there is so much TO be
done. Today less money is being spent
for educational purposes than under the
Spanish regime Today In the miserable
novels of schoolhouses the Cuban chill
dren sit upon rough benches without backs
and pore over the huge crude cards which
have made education an impossibility fol
the past century in Cuba.
Ancient superstitions.
THE ancient superstitions are still in
vogue and so long as q child can sit and
brood over strange hieroglyphics and bab-
BILE silly references to the saints, 1t Is
called education. ! wish the Americans
could witness II.
"Senor Yanez. the Secretary OF Public
Works and Agriculture, has also done
nothing during his term OF office. Not a
road has he built. not a street has he i'm
proved, not one good action to show that
he held office and performed the duties
OF 1t. He has absolutely no idea of the
requirements of his position and like many
Others he has fallen into the salary draw
ing habit
'tSenor Capote. Secretary OF the Interior.
Is little better than his fellows. He has
devoted his entire time to an effort to
establish a press censorship. and he is de-
voting much hard work to his Quixotic
task. AS an exponent OF the old Spanish
rule ne is splendid He has failed to
awaken TO the fact that an American pro-
tectorate has been established. The press
is. indeed. the safety valve of the Cuban
people. and to sit down on II is TO cause
trouble. Let the little papers yell all they
can and the reading public will feel much
relieved and greaty benfited-but gag the
little papers and you invite the same old
tale OF dissatisfaction enacted during the
rule of Spain.
II cannot say too much for General
Wood He Is such a man as would be
admired and loved everywhere He knows
our people and studies them, and as a re-
suit he can do anything he wishes with
them. Strong. and yet gentle; command
ing. and yet entreating: iron-willed, and
yet magnetic, he has accomplished much
he has led the Cubans around, and yet
they have felt proud in going of their own
volition; he has forced them TO do things
for their own good. and yet they believe
that they themselves have suggested the
things and take pride in doing them. He
Is diplomat and soldier.
AIger's Franchises.
Yes. I have heard of Secretary AIger's
resignation, and expected it. He made
very unfavorable impression with the
Cubans during his recent visit TO the
island. He never. to my knowledge, both
cred bis head about the condition of the
people. but / do know that he accom-
plished much in securing franchises Of
various kinds. / do not believe that he
could have held one-third OF them per
sonally. therefore his friends doubtless
benefited from his visit. And let me say
that the control of these franchises by
Americans has been a great disappoint-
ment- We get as poor service and every
thing Is as filthy as in former years.
Post Superintendent Rathbone has done
much good work in establishing a postal
service. He is Handicapped, however. by
small force and by men who do not
Know the country. With the addition of
small force Of Cuban clerks and car
riers we will have service equal 20 any
In the world and We are glad TO be able
to say this
The sanitary conditions of Havana are