The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-30
IE LATEST REPUBLIC
ials and Tribulations of the
Island Of Cuba.
ll9RY OF ITS INVASION BY SPAIN

yonpns Have Done For the Good of
d voc Island.
bo,, ,he island of Cuba which has just
49,, ,lrted out under Uncle Sans aus
eats us 'ue Sounsesl Aiiis' .e"h ,'puo'
Big Of American history, says the
Times. Cuba was the
s. Sond island reached by Columbus on
first transatlantic voyage In 1892,
"a It was named Fernandina In hon
ou' Of it's discoveries royal patron. Not
til after the death Of Columbus, who
of ID with the belief that IL was part
great continent was there an In
sion Of the island from the neighbor
Cg Spanish colony Of Hispanola. where
was believed that there were rich
iadtnes In Cuba The natives offered
tie resistance % the armed force sent
subdue them. and Don Diego Velas-
'uu iez was appointed governor In l5lL.
uring his ruin Nclas1ucz founded
ANY towns. introduced the systematic
bltlvation Of sugar cane ana FIRMLY
itablished the slavery OF the aborigi-
IS. a system that was not abolished
.ntil 1888. when the Efforts OF Padre
as Casas secured the almost univer-
release of the natives
From 1911 70 1907 the island was In
ermittently racked by violent dissen-
ons among the Spanish officials and
n gerrun by pirates OF all nations. The
rIkost memorable event OF this period
J IIlas the departure from Havana OF
fernando de Soto with a fleet brought
-om spain to accomplish the conquest
Florida.
From 1907 to 1862 the island lay in a
late OF lethargy, but on June G, 1862,
n event occurred which awoke Spain
some realization of the worth Of
tuba. A large English squadron, with
1000 men, under the Duke Of Albe-
~ narle, suddenly appeared of Havana
~ md laid siege to the town, which was
hken after stout resistance by the out
numbered and surprised garrison. From
- his time until July. l763, the English
Z leld the north of Cuba, imported negro
abor, shipped in much European mer'
shandise and gave the first impetus
which pushed Cuba from her old leth'
l. lrgy toward the development Of her
atent wealth. In 1903 by the treaty
II Paris, which ended the seven vel 5
war. Spain received back the TLg 81
oseizures in Cuba. BY 1901 thee wls
established steady increase of popu
alton.
About this time there began a series
instructions on the part Of the ma
live inhabitants, which showed theiI
,-desire for greater privileges and free
k--iom. In 1928 there was a society call
Led "Soles," headed by one Lemus. II
made plans for an uprising which was
4. peyer accomplished. In 1929 revolu
tionary conspiracy Of the "Black Ea
giles" involving many MeXlcans, wal
discovered and crushed. In 1914 th'
of the blacks, who had th'
intention of killing all whites on thu
Junsand, was remarkable for its com
rrpleteness of plan. The rising in 1851 oi
Narclso Lopez, with 300 men, was
lrtidaring but short lived stroke for free
dom, and It was not until 1865, whel
the ten years war for independence
.orinstlCated by the outbreak of the revo
luton In Spain, began, that the corte
felt the full force of an expensive
draining struggle with stubborn peo
. Sle fighting on from year 10 year. Thi
revolt closed in 1873, when promises
such as representation in the Spanisl
WHICH were never kept wer
-jmade by Spain.
gu In 1895 the Cubans. tired of the bro
NH ken promises of their governors AM
ioptheir ministers In Spain, revOlted again
as President Palma, the then insurgen
representative, wrote to Washington
"for the same reasons as those whic
had forced them into their forme
struggle" The history of that wa
~ fresh IN the memory. The sloN
Nstruggle, carried along on the guerrill
lines of past years, stretched on to tn
blowing up of the Maine in Havan
~ harbor In 1898, the Spanish-America
- war. the final treaty of peace and tn
military governorship conducted by tn
$kUnited States Just ended.
~ Since the evacuation CT Cuba b
81 Spain the administration of the II
81 land by American army officers ha
ullullltu AZ u 'h'iN 49,
unusua! results. The entire municipa
z government of the cities and town
q held by the Americans for three year
lhas been remodeled. Efficient polio
and harbor forces have been traine
and established. Sanitation, whic
~ was formerly in most primitiy
IN state, has been modernized, and ec'
nomic conditions, which were despe
~ ate at the end of tie war have bee
relieved. Crime has been checked, III
death rate has been reduced, emplo!
/ ment on public works has aided IL
w poor, and by the mastering out of II
Cuban army agriculture has receive
an impetus which it had not had for
decade. The church and the stat
have been quietly severed, laws hay
been reformed to meet the exigenci'
in of the present, the school system hi