The Washington herald., 1907-06-30

his nose for everything he buys from
them. 1t is their only way OF getting
even.
The Spanish Populations.
The high caste people. of pure Spanish
blood. are very ike other white people
the world over AS rule they are we'll
educated and extremely polite, but the
peasant IS the mongrei Of the world. He
Is likely to be Of white, black, red,
and yellow composition. His ancestors
may be Spanish conquistadors, Indians,
buccaneers. Congo negroes, English,
French. Chinese, and a sprinkling Of
other nationalities. and he has not in
herited the best traits of any OF them
but this is his native land, and being
human he resen;s being showed aside
and slammed around by foreigners.
Among the educated classes OF Central
America there Is a firm belief that war
is impending between the United States
and Germany and that the fighting Will
occur I'm the Caribbean Sea. In such m
event they will pray for the success OF
the Americans because Germany, In a
political sense, is feared but in the
meantime they will trade with Germany
in preference TO the United States They
seem TO regard the latter country as a
boy does his big brother who tyraniZes
over him. but will allow no one else
10 do so. The Jamaicans believe that in
case Of war involving the United states
or Great Britain the latter, by an
existing undcTsta nding. will cede jamaica
10 the former. and they deplore the fact,
If It be one, as they are loyal 10 the
Crown.
Not Diplomatic.
In a conversation with a very lntelli-
gent North Italian who has been in the
tropics some ten years as oyerseer and
foreman Of laborers, he told me he liked
the Americans very much, but that they
were not diplomatic, and lacked ''pacien-
"a" in handling laborers. He said the
West Indians. 10 do anything like effct-
i've work, must be instructed like so
many children and allowed 20 go their
own gait. when they would perform about
30 20 20 per cent as much work as
lab0rers in the United States. but that
they would not hustle at work A fight
or an earthquake might induce them %
move more lively, but work, never
The foregoing statements are true and
not derived from special interviews hasti-
~ made, but from months Of careful
study The tripper who comes here FOR
a few days writes up interesting stories
about the canal. but could he hear the
comments Of the "Isthmians' on his
work he would not feel fiattered.
President Highly Esteemed.
The President Of the United States Is
very highly esteemed by every one, home
grown and foreigners. Gov. Mago0n was
also popular, and so is Secretary Taft
Some Of the steam-sboyel men, / under.
stand. are a little sore toward the latter
regarding an interview they had with
him concerning a raise OF wages They
foolishly. or inconsiderately. threatened
TO strike unless certain Of their requests
were not complied with. The Secretary
promptly informed them IN effect tina
the United States government would no
consider a proposition accompanied will
threat from any source whatsoever
I think the majority Of the men realized
the mistake
Quite a number Of shovel men left foi
the States I'm q body on account Of failur.
20 secure more pay. but the arrival o
others prevented any serious interruption
/ Of the work
The American employees for the mos
part seem contented. Their chief com
plant is about the clean kitchens and
/ poor cooking al the mess halls. but il
/ is hoped and believed that when The
army officers get under Roadway thel
viii remedy these matters