Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-04
cicnfuegos. Jan. 1. iso,

Grecinl correspondence.
Talklng Of expansion the other day
with a New Highlander who for TWEEN
~ years has been growing sugar near
clenfiiegos. he voiced the opinion OF
every weil.postcd American In Cuba
In a single tcrsc.if not grammatical sem
tencc. Said he: "Durn me, maam.
II hnint afraid that Uncle Sam has
Bit on moren he Kin chawi"l
However things may turn out In the
rest Of our newly-aoquircd territory.
IL Is certain that Uncle samuciB
troubles viii be unceaaing with tho
present generation OF Cubans. to whose
ungratelul eyes the sight OF the STARS
and stripes IL as Irritating uB red
rug to bull. 10 thoroughly under
stand the complex political situation In
this unhappy Island. one must have AN
inside View. NO to speak. and even then
the foreigner finds II diincult to sec
thlngu from the standpoint OF the aver
axe cuban. The worst thing that our
government has 10 deal with In not
getting rid ol spain. or the unsanltary
cinditions OF CUBA, but the Cuban's In
sane Jealousy of all outsiders and that
ealped ana 1aundiccd Idea which he
calls patriotism" which he wouid
c0nslgnc his beloved island TO the
bottom OF the sea rather than rclln-
quish his own way about II. while
few % the more Intelligent leaders ac-
knowledge the necessity of American
control. at least for u time. ana are
willing 10 adapt themselves to changed
conditions for the general good, the
radical and unrcasoning majority are
beat on going ON to the dogs In their
own mad fashion, and are already plot
ting armed Resistance to the United
States. II IN well known that secret
dcpota FOR arms are being established
all over the iHland-that IN this central
provinces AZ Well as In the vicinity OF
lIabana. Matanzas and Santiago. thou
sands of rides and carbincH. together
with "a large amount of ammunition.
have been hidden. and heaven only
knows what wild Ideas OF American
oppression" are daily gaining ground.
The recent elections which, thanks
TO American Interference. were the ilrHt
worthy the name the CubanH ever en-
lpyed-madc plain the fact that exist
lnr political differences may be nf-
filint,d about aH easily nH water mixed
with oil. Numerically strongest among
the several factions II the scpcratlHt
party, which Includes most Of the Gre
ole afintocracy. na well as the late In
Hurgonts. The former are the boHt
blood OF the island. with brains. cdu-
cation and nforctlmc with wealth to
back their opinions: the latter
ragscd. hungry and ignorant rabblc,
stark staring mad ON the subject OF
Cuba librc. These widely different
classes have but one thing In common
the desire for an independent republic.
20 long their one ambition that Il has
become an absorbing passion. For II
they have sacrificed life. property,
everything, and they will be satisfied
WIN nothing but absolute indcpcn-
"a Fla -
HES descended from the nobility OF
spaln-lnclude the nctnncouri the
MendoznH. the Sotolonroa. the .Iaurins.
the Iayas who together own more
than half the island. They are the pro-
ErcHsivc pcoplc'of Cuba; their sons are
COLLEGE graduates; they rcad.trnvel and
are Wen up with the times. and have
the most profound respect for the
United States. But they viii never
vote for annexation: they would
ale hrnt. 10 a innn-and ospcc-
lany 10 a woman. They and
their fathers have sacrificed too
much for freedom TO rcilnqulHh now
the golden dream which seems Ho near
fulnlment. And they deserve all con-
Liberation. being socially. politically
and intellectually fully capable OF gov
crning themselves. hut. unfortunately,
they are Ia the minority. The great
"ulk OF the Hepnfntiata are the rank
them negroes or mulnttoca. and nearly
hll the rest small farmers who know
nuthlnf about the world beyond their
little lnland-n lazy lot, as denaely ig-
nofhnt ~ unambltiour. God help the
long.suncring Queen Of the Antilles
should she fall absolutely into such un-
Stable hands, Most OF thenc raR.tag
PATRIOTS have become downright luna
tics, or rather monomnnlncs. like Go
mex given over to the Que idea OF their
own great consequence; and since the
disease Of "rcvolutlng" has with them
become chronic ana incurnblc. there ~
no hope of their laying down their
arms permanently while the breath OF
NE remains In their bodies. Al the
tlghtent provocntion they Will take TO
the Held again ana keep II up etcrnally.
na their fellows do In salvador. Hon
uuraA nnd other revolutlon-curacd por-
Tons Of Spanish America.
The "Autonomistn." or nutonomlat
element, were the great property-hold-
rs ot tho old regime In cuba. eminent
" respectable. but unprogrcaalvc. ~
heaft they favored the insurgcnt cause.
nut never enpoured II openly. Az we
ny M America. they remained ION tho
fence secretly preferrlng annexation
70 Independence ar the easiest way out
OF H. but saying nothing on either side.
what complicated matters atill more
was that the heads Of some ~ the most
prominent Creole families. whose sons
ana dhuahtcrB werr rabid Hepnrntlata,
belonged TO the "Auton0mintn." for
nfnyidont reasons Of their own; and
W these pntriarchnl families the head
OF the house IN ruler and his word Ii
Jaw 80 FAR aa outward conduct In con-
cernei.
The anncxationlsts are not numerous
enough 10 cut much figure IN nm cleo
uon' They are mostly cuhans who
nave been educated In the United
oMtes and spent time enough there to
understand the financial and other nd
NahlhEcs which would nccruN from nn-
neAhiion. They are q worthy element.
Practically American In everything but
pltlhi and their ranks are Increased by
unr renegade countryfmcn who. having
nlen long In Cuba. have forHworn the
ahl or their nativity and call them
selves cuhanH.
me Ho-cnlled conservative" party "
class entirely different from either of
hpse above mentioned. They are true
a.eehdnnta OF the conquiatndores.
.u'ef cortes's own heart. In tho past
my assumed an air OF superiority over
~, W. The island, except tho army and
nc church, In the order named, They
,n.re the Shylocks Of cuba. whose sole
sullheai for centuries has been that ~
,n.nney-getting. at the expense Of the
,auses' Caring nothing whatever for
nv stand, except TO wiring money from
and sun less FOR Its people except as
,n'f lools-thcy have held tho cuhnnH'
're 70 Inc EflndHtone and Kept him In