Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-25
THE NEW REGIME
MAKES MANY PLANS
II Is Believed That the Natives
VIII Be Able to Govern Them
selves from Now on
Without Future
Trouble.
Washington, Ja.

Washington, Jan. 25.--on January
% TTncle sam turns over 10 The Deonio
of Cuba the reins of government.
With them rests the destiny of the
republic. Those closest In touch with
the conditions of the island, includ-
ing Governor Magoon and such a we'll
known authority as John Barrett of
the international bureau of American
republics, tAInR lat the Cubans real-
ize the Importance % conservative
and substantial government and are
determined to succeed in this second
trial. They know full well that a slip
on thier part Will mean the taking
out of their hands entirely of the
government of this island republic.
They know that should the laws pass
ed by the next Congress be contrary
to the best judgment of Uncle Sam
or should any revolutionary attitude
appear which is likely to injure prop
erty that they will be the losers and
! that the United States win step in
and take over the government
! The new regime with President
| Jose Miguel Gomez as its leader Is
planning to carry out fundamental
ideas instilled into them Dy Governor
. Magoon. They anticipate carrying
| forward the n:untcipal and national
| improvements whlch Governor Ma
sgoon hRs iupcgR ~ ID, = u et Or
not they will succeed time alone VIII
tell.
The Senate chamber i'm Havana has
been thoroughly remodeled. 1t is now
trimmed I'm cedar handsomely carved.
Iirlt In, ha
ter panels and a lamp will also be
placed in each of the square sunken
panels. The raised platform at the
upper end of the room is duplicated
at the lower end and altogether the
refinished capitol building viii pre-
sent a very attractive appearance.
Havana up to the present time has
depended entirely for fire protection
upon volunteer band of firemen,
Just as do many small towns in the
United states This is entirely made
uuatc to the necessities of the city
and under Governor Magoon's direc-
tion a fine structure has been erected
for the fire department headquarters.
This will be fitted out with the best
of apparatus and the men will be
paid $50 a month and will devote all
of their time to the service. The new
building is now being erected on Zu-
elta street
Another improvement is a magni1-
cent hospital at Cienfuegos. This was
erected at cost of 100000, and Is
thoroughly up to date in every par
ticular
Cienfuegos is receiving considerable
attention and is prospering as per-
haps no other Cuban district is. I'm
der Governor Magoon an appropria-
ton was provided for $4,000 in or
der to continue the work of dredging
the harbor of Cienfuegos.
! one of the first bills to come before
! the next Congress when ii assemblies
on the 2Sth of January will be an
appropriation to provide for the open
ing Of the Rio Canto. Cuba's largest
river. The opening of this stream to
the navigation of small boats would
be q most important enterprise to the
commercial development of the is
land A school for the deaf and
dumb will shortly be opened at san
tiago de Cuba under government su-
pervsion. This les the first like school
to be opened outside of the city OF
Havana. Altogether Cuba is in con-
ditiOn more prosperous than she mas
ever known and it is up to the Gu
bans themselves to continue this pros
perity.
According to the bureau Of statist-
les Of the department Of finance, 81
227 immigrants arrived in the repub-
lie during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1908. OF this the vast majority
were Spanish, but 1,52S people arriy-
ed from the United States to take up
permanent abode in the islands: 1,400
came from England and the Central
and South American countries fur
nished many more.
The influx of 31,227 immigrants TO
the island Of Cuba can scarcely be
appreciated. The United states thinks
it is considerably oyerburdened when
it accepts 100000 immigrants dur
ing the year, but this is only about
one immigrant per year TO every three
square miles in the United States.
While $1,000 immigrants to Cu0a
means one immigrant to approximate
ly every square mile in the island re-
public, or on an area basis Cuba
has three times as great an immigra-