Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01
THROUGH THE HEART OF CUBA.
Spirit OF the People the Interior Vleses-wy Anpe~aon
10 the United States Not More Favored

penny" IAN right" Good bye" ~
one station small girl
patched fore and aft. but with
the face or an angel. lifted tlmid eyes
In response 10 our SALVATION and muir
INJURED "Go-daih," without an idea Of
the meaning VI the word she had heard
the Yankee soldiers use.
Each thachcd village has some dis
tingulahcd PECULIARLY At one b. made
the famous idloa de guayabn, tguava
ieliy) which has such a sale through
out ull spnnlah-Amerlca. IL ia put up
IN narrow wooden boxes, can be- Kept
Indefinitely, and Is MS nnpetizlug as
81 Invariably served with cheese as a
dinner dessert AHother town is dis
tiugulshnd by o. great wooden crucinv,
erected on the public square with arms
opened wide tu "a sinful world. At Es-
peranza, "Clty u Hope"
A TAIL BGRp-HousE,
close by tho church. extends hos
pltable Invitation 10 all the dcnizons Of
the air II shows the kindly and poetic
nuturp OF the pCupic--Ho poor that ten
dollars could hardly be raised among
them TO save human life yet caring
for the foathorcd tribca lcaa lrrospon-
slble than Themselves. In several
towns tho public well appears 10 be
form. rooted and Tiled but with sides
open 60 the air. IL great iron wheel.
which everybody turns Tor him or her
self oh. Tor the pencil or 70 Mast. a
Oihsson or "a Cruikshanki Women come
HtroilIng nerora fie fields bringing 10
the won keroHlne cans converted into
buckets, and boys carry poles ON their
shoulders 90 which are Hlung cans.
jars. dcmlinhns, any old thing that win
hold water except regular pail.
Groups ~ bnro-foutcd girls coquotte
with their lovers while waiting their
turn nt tho wheel. and bcdrnrHlod ma
irons NJ ON The steps exchanging neish-
borly gossip. their snddlc-coiorod
babies naked nH C0rrcgglo'H Saint
John. rolling about In the weeds. sleepy
and uuImportnut ns these Interior VILE
lagos SEEM they are the real cuba af-
ter all. and IN them the public pulse
may be more correctly told than IN
cosmopolitan Havana, whore the poo
pie have learned the wisdom Of dis
guising their sentiments.
by the way " anybody NJ home ~ ~
the opinion that the Cuban nation will
ever wolcoma annexation 10 the United
states. he may No we'll dlanhugo himself
Of the erroneous idea. Aside from pa
trlotic nonsense concerning the cause
FOR which they mt blcd and died"
there are several reasons why q pcrma-
nent alliance with Uncle Samuel would
be- about the last thing tho average ial-
undor would desire. Most bitterly and
universally opposed IN it nre the two
distinct and widely different elements
which together compose more than two
thirds Of Cuhn's populatlon--th Span
inrdH and the colOrrd people With the
former. opposition 60
AMERICAN AUTHORITY
rests upon purely business basis.
fearing competition with tho richer
and moro energetic race. while "a few
~ the larger financial interests may IA
vor an alliance tho commercial classes
I'm general are strongly IN favor ~ in-
dependence. The BodcgucruH. Tor exc
ample very numerous class who own
the small provision stores which are
located on every corner ~ every block
IN every cuban city dominating an
the retail trade and forming q more
powerful factor In politics than tho
saloon keepers or the United Stntca-
are opptscd tn annexation. 10 man.