New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
CUBA'S SUPREME COURT.
GENERAL BROOKE'S APPOINTMENTS
GIVE GENERAL SATISFACTION.
rAxD1DATEs FOR CIVIL GOVERNOR OF HA-
vANA-BILIOUS ANTI-AMERICAN TALK
RED CROSS WORK
FBY cARLE TO THE TRiBUNE.l


FBY cARIE TO THE TRIBUNEl
uavana May Ex-Governor General Brooke's
eunreme Court appointments seem to have
GIVEN very general satisfaction so far They
Sove escaped unfriendy criticism from either
nro-American or anti-American sources and
,rben no fault is found with the Military Gov
.rnment's policy by the fnical censors who con-
tro the native organs of opinion 1t is safe to as
.,,,o that no plausible basis of complaint exists
~ its personnel the new court Of final appeal is
.ronently conservative and respectable. and Of
ace representative character there can be no
ao,h, TWO of the Associate Judges come from
T,o.,orn Cuba, which, until now, has had prac-
.,oouv no share in insular administration, either
,ocol or executive, and which is still without
- IN the Insular Cabinet or Council Of Sec
retares.
CANDIDATES FOR CIVIL GOVERNOR
Tho nomination Of FREDERICK Mora as Fiscal
-, The Supreme Court leaves vacant the post OF
c,,,u Governor Of Havana. There are nu-
roorous candidates for Sehor Mora's former
-,oca among them Generals Alexandra Rod
riguez Ruiz Rivera and Emilio Nunez ana
colonel Carlos Cespedes. of the Cuban Army
and Dr. Diego Tamayo. the ex-vice-president OF
tbe Military Assembly. All five of these aspi-
,ants are attached to the Gomez wing OF the
military party The three Generals and Colonel
cespedes are now serving on the committee
which is assisting General Gomez to disDand the
nrmy DR.. Tamayo is civilian or disthctoh'
who played prominent part in organizing the
Cuban insurrection and who resigned MS seat III
the Assembly when that body undertook 10 dls-
place Gomez as Commander-in-Chief or the Gu
ban forces The next Civil Governor CHOSEN
Will have Jurisdiction over both Havana CITY
and Havana Province, subject within the city
lines TO the military supervision of General Lud-
low. and without to that Of General Lee
GENERAL LUDLOWS VALUABLE SERVICES
Rumors continue TO reach Havana Of General
1udlow's possible recall to the United states.
II is an open secret that General Ludlow would
welcome a transfer to Manila or elsewhere, but
his services here are apparently too valuable TO
be dispensed with.
RELIEF WORK OF THE RED CROSS.
The relief work Of the Red Cross and other
American charitable organizations Is to be car
r,ed on actively through the rainy season. Miss
Clara Barton who arrived here yesterday, mas
made plans for the establishment of system OF
children's hospitals in the chief towns OF the
ISLAND. Six trained nurses came with Miss
Miss Barton wishes TO relieve the military hos
nitsls as far as practicable of the care OF minor
children. and her nurses are all experts IN the
treatment of diseases incident to youth spe-
o,o, sh,n,oent Of Red Cross hospital supplies Is
expected next week.
Miss Laura D. GILL of Northampton. Mass
IS in Cuba on a somewhat similar philanthroplc
mission She represents a society organized by
Bishop Doane. of Albany; Cleveland Dodge Oh
New-York City; General Francis V. Greene ana
others, which is planning TO open. NUMBER Oh
orpban asylums, in which q practical American
education can be given to Cuban boys and girls.
There is a vast field here for educational work
Of this sort. and no form Of American missionary
effort will produce more lasting and more bene-
fetal results.
AN ANTI-AMERICAN EDITOR
These and other steps toward Americaniza-
zion in Cuba are likely 10 CRATE on the pre1udices
of the native politicians. whose present raHylhg
cry is Cuba for the Cubans" La Discuslon'
a revolutionary newspaper, whose editor was
one Of the orators at the anti-Gomez dinner at
,he Inglaterra Hotel last Thursday. has just
published a. bitter article under the title IN
teryention or Absorption" in which 1t iamehls
the many innovations the Americans nave ai
ready made in the Cuban social ana poHticai
order. 'In our social and private life II com
plains. 1--WE are threatened with the extihc'io"
OF everything that is Spanish or Cuban La
Discussion" especially deplores the necessity ioi
using English In the transaction of official ousi-
ness on this point its complaint has much
foundation, for the American civil ana nhii'di'
authorities have so far failed to enforce as
,est ~ fitness for holding office at least passa-
bic acquaintance with the Spanish tongue
Were such test to be applied in the CUBAN
departments business would be Immensely "a
cilitated and far friender feeling to"aru
American Office holders would prevail.
GENERAL SANGER COMING HOME.
General Sanger, General Wilson's CHER OF
staff in the Matanzas- Santa Clara Department.
called on General Brooke to-day to say goouoS
before returning to the United States. Geherai
Sanger will sail from Matanzas on May ~
PAYMENT TO THE CUBAN ARMY
Payment to the Cuban Army Of the s"'oV'oo"
fund now on the Burnside will probably be be-
gun on Monday next