Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-06-03
AMERICANS IN SANTIAGO.
Mass of the Cubans Are Suspicious OF
the Northerners.


There is very little indication of
American colonization In eastern Cuba,
according to the London Times. In
Santiago, with its 10000 inhabitants
and memories and relics of the war,
there are very few Americans; 1t does
not possess a single American or En-
glish hotel and the greatest anxiety of
the American visitor is to get out of 1t
as soon as possible. The immigrants
are mostly Spaniards, class wnich
carries on the commerce of the coun-
try and performs large proportion Of
its mental work. The Cuban and Spau-
ish elements in the population appear
to have let bygones be bygones, the
affinity of race prouaoIy assisting in
the process of Cancellation
1t Is otherwise with the relations of
the Cubans and Americans. The edu-
Gated Cubans are. as rule. friendly
to the United States; many regard po-
litical absorption into the union as not
only inevitable but desirable from a
personal and pecuniary point of view.
But the mass of the people dislike the
Americans. while they fear the Ameri-
can nation as a whole and regard the
policy of its government with suspi-
cion. They believe that the policy has
for its ultimate aim the acquisition and
annexation of the island.
Sensible Of this underlying current
of antagonism. Americans in the re-
public speak bitterly of the ingrati-
tude of the Cubans. They have, per-
haps, some ground for complaint. The
enormous revolution which they effect
ed during the military occupation OF
the island has scarcely received its due
recognition from the world They es-
tablished a civil government on care
fully thought-out lines suited to the
needs of the population, introduced en-
lightened systems of procedure in ev-
cry department of the public service,
and carried out public works Oh a gi-
gantic scale, such as street reconstruc-
ton, sanitation, water supplies roads
and bridges, and schools-ln short
made the town and country civilized
and habitat le-and mt the end handed
the government over with a balance
in the treasury.
The Cubans have had nothing to do
but to work the machinery thus es-
tablished- The tendency here. as In
other LatlnAmeriean countries. Is to
discuss public affairs ana draw out
rules and forms rather than to put the
principles into practice. 4 case in
point is that of the Santiago wafer
works. The Americans paved the
streets of that city with asphalt and
installed modern sewerage system.
The water supply, although augment
ed by the American engineers was In.
sufficient for flushing purposes and tho
task of completing the works and pro
yiding the additional water service
was handed over TO the Cuban authorf.
I ties. Since then nothing has been done
beyond considering plans; but pressure
has az last been brought to bear on the
Cubans by the American government
and the outlook is more hopeful Nleon-
while, the water of Santiago IL noto.
riously bad, while the sewerage miami
Is deteriorating. 1t is noticeable also
that the roads in the neighborhood of
Santiago constructed by the Americans
are showing decided evidence Of neo.
lect In other dc artments the 0Isnosi.
ton Is TO revert 10 the old methods