The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-24
CUBA IS
FOUGHT ON
PRINCIPLE
Many Opponents
to Commercial
Relations.
FIND REASON IN
PEOPLES ATTITUDE
Havana Full of AmericaphObiacs
in Spite of Millions Spent for
Country's Benefit.
(From an Occasional Correspondent

! (From an Occasional Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.. December II.
With a Cuban delegation in the city
and hard at work, there is feeling
stealing over some of those who are
keeping a close watch upon the course
of legislation that the propagandsts Of
the policy of giving the islanders all
that they ask, are somewhat overreach-
| ing themselves The Cubans are a soft
spoken body of men, and at first made
many friends, but it appears now that
they all have an ak to grind, which is
exceedingly dull, and they are bearing
down a little hard for the members
who are anxious to see absolute justice
| to all.
| The commission established itself
2 here without any ceremony and with
! the preliminary work done for them by
| the President and Gane-al Wood. mad,
proper progress at first. 1t is understood
! in some quarters, however, that there
has come over the spirit Of the dreams
OF several investigating Congressman a
decided change. They have been ask
ing the Bureau of Statistics for figures.
and these do not show such split in
! the Cubans as 10 justify any ecstacies
over the prospects of the trade which
may be built up in the islands. Re
ports have been made here, too, of some
Of the feeling noted among the Cu5ans,
and again the inquiring Congressman
are somewhat dumfounded to find that
the men whom the President and
the governor of the island have been
asking the American Congress TO favo-,
by setting them up in business, are the
very ones who are least to be consid-
cred in any distribution of fevors.
One Of the first things which has
been OF uncommon gossip here is the
fact that the Cubans are not here Of
their own accord, but as the represent
atives of the New York capitalists, who
have put their millions into plantations
in the island. Then again there ere
many OF the local men who believe the
Cubans are coming here at a very bad
time, when it is taken into cousidera-
tion that the people OF Havala arr 80
thoroughly out OF sympathy with
American ideas and sentimen.s THAT
Roosevelt has been deceived is the be
ltef Of many Of the very best people
here or the work which is being done
TO defeat the success of the plans of he
Cuban plantation men. not the least ef-
the general policy Of the CubaUs.
People there are who believe tnat
there must be among the Cubans some
thing Of gratitude for the sacrifices
made by this country during the war.
which had for it's aim their indepeuI-
ence. That they have been quite per
fectly deceived is shown by the news
papers and the reports Of the sentl-
ments of the people Of Ha-Ann. There
time copies of a cartoon published IN a
Havana paper the day when the Amer
leans there were holding their services
in memoriam Of the late President Nc
Kinley This cartoon represents cuba
as upon the cross while At either side
representing the thieves, are pictured
the dead President and General Wood.
While the americans were highly in
dignant they could say nothing in de-
fense. They realized that while they
were uominally IN control IN reality
they were serving an migrate peopie.
who were incapable Of apprecfatiag the
feelings Of the entire American repub-
lie.
one Of the most potent arguments
which is being advanced against tn
granting OF any favors To rh- |Ubaua
Is the fact thai the people there in h
vana have been vigorous in showing
their dislike fo- the Americans. aui
contempt for their service during tae
war. II is said 10 have been mcst
common thing during tho las wear t'
hear Cubans say.in pubic place wen
there were Americans pres MT. that th7
United States only came into the war
Whtl ii was apparen, that Cuta nal
its fEht won and that the Amr-ica1S
cam only to steal the country This
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holders VINO were being paid thousands
where before they could not earn 'en-,
were the most frequent users Uf tHs