Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-19
GEN. LUDLOW'S VIEW
The Retiring Military Governor Of
Havana Interviewed.
The EDUCATION OF The CHILDREN
And the Regulation Of the Municipal Serv.
Ice Two Thing. That should Ne Pushed
This Cause of ms Cuban Pubic
school.

| Tho Cause OF ms Cuban Pubic
schOui.
Havana, April l4.-Gen. Ludlow, the
retiring military governor of the de
partment of Havana, when inter.
viewed yesterday by the correspond
ent of the Associated press, called
special attention to the addition made
| by Gov. Gen. Wood to the recent order
continuing the police court, by which
the court is empowered to try libel
and black nailng cases and to treat
them on The same footing as other
misdemeanors. The addition was
made in consequence of the numerous
misstatements made by the local pa
| pers. He said he had received many
proofs Of regard and good will from
Cubans who, regardless Of what hos
tile newspapers might say, had not
hesitated to express their gratitude
for his services. The municipalities
of Regla and Guanabacoa have sent
him testimonials of this character, ac-
knowledging the permanent good ac-
complished during your term of Of
fee"
"If | were to remain in Cuba" said
Gen. Ludlow, 81 would devote my
time and resources principally to the
education of the children and to the
regulation of the municipal service,
teaching municipal officers to per-
form their duties with due regard to
their public responsibilities. The po-
lice force is an excellent body, which
can be relied upon with absolute con-
fidence when the leaders are well
backed up. A good illustration of
this was furnished during the general
strike, which was suppressed entirely
by the police and without any help
from the military.
"rhe Cubans are very DESTROYS of
figuring as a well-ordered and civil
lized people, and | do not believe they
will cause any trouble, as they realize
that to do so would be fatal to the
hopes of Cuba to become sovereign
and Independent state. Possibly. how
ever, there may be some trouble in
the province of Santiago, where the
people are wild, turbulent and some
what different in racial origin and
customs from the rest of the Cubans.
Excellent work is being done, and
has been done, in Havana, among the
orphans. Not only have they been
cared for, but they are being taught
trades and otherwise prepared to earn
their own livelihood. A great deal
could be done for Cuba by assisting
and teaching orphans throughout the
island"
Gen. Ludlow will leave for the Uni.
ted States to-day.
The Cause OF the Cuban Public Schools.
Boston, April 1.-THE cause of the
Cuban public schools was sufficient
ly and even eloquently presented to
the American people last night
through the means of mass meet
ing held here, addressed by NJ. Alexis
Il. Frye, superintendent of schools in
Cuba, and President Charles Eliot, of
Harvard university. incidentally, it
may be said, the meeting was in
touch with the movement under way
in Boston and more particularly at
Harvard to care for in appropriate
and complete fashion the l,400 or more
Cuban teachers whom Superintendent
Frye proposed to bring to this coun-
try in the summer on patriotic ex-
as it were, the means for
which will be provided by the gov
and private aid.
After giving brief summary of the
condition of the schools of Cuba prior
to the late war, Mr.. Frye said
"rhe war practically swept the
schools of the island out of existence.
Soon after Gen. Brooke took command
Of Cuba he authorized the re-opening
Of the schools under the Spanish sys-
TEN and set aside funds to nav the
expenses. No attempt was
made to reform the school system or
The methods of instruction. Under
This system less than 10000 pupils
had entered the schools before the
middle of October, 1898, when Secre-
tary Root recommended to Gen.
Brooke that an American be placed at
he head of the school system.
"rhe introduction of the American
system met with very bitter attack
rom all sides and the new year found
llmost the entire population opposed
% the work, but 60 days later, at the
md OF February, the work had gone
Onward so rapidly and the purpose
If the American superintendent was
shown to be so favorable to the Gu
,ans, that complete revusion of
ceiling took place and he received and
$ receiving the heartest support
rom all possible sources
President Eliot's address was an
Emphatic Endorsement of Mr.. Frye's
,roiect.