Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-16
PROGRESS IN CUBA STIRRED BY HADLEY
Vice President of the Repub- Attack Stone AroIses
lie Gives His Views. Missouri Democrats
PAYMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT SENATOR TO ANSWER HIM
Obligations Declares Statement Satisfy
Discharged in Year His Constituents
FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE MERELY GAME OF POLITICS
Meet President Taft by Diversion
viaion Plight Of Republicans
Vice President of the Repub-
lie Gives His Views.
PAYMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT
More Than S., 1000, 900 of Obligations
Discharged in Year.
FINANCES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
Senor Alfredo Zayas In the City to
Meet President Taft by In
vitation.

Senor Alfredo Zayas. Vice President OF
Cuba. who is passing through Washing
ton on his way home from the Lincoln
celebration In New York, where he was
guest of the Republican Club of that
city, was received by President Taft at
the White House this afternoon. Senior
Zayas. who has been for long time the
leader of the liberal party in Cuba, first
met President Taft when. as Secretary Of
War he was sent to the island as gov
ernor by President Roosevelt. At that
time a part of the liberal party was in
arms against the Cuban government. and
it was Senor Zayas who carried on the
negotiations with President Taft. then
Secretary, which brought about peace on
the island.
When President Taft met Vice President
Zayas at the banquet at the Waldorf
Astoria in New York he invited him to
call at the White House as he passed
through Washington on his way home.
Senior Zayas will leave here at O'Clock
this evening, but expects to return IN
April for the opening of the bureau OF
American republics.
Corrects Erroneous Statements.
sT can say that much Of the news that
is erroneous said Senor Zayas to re-
porter for The Star this afternoon. Yet
the Cuban people have a great interest In
letting the truth about the island be
known in this country. Our financial af-
fairs are in excellent condition. l can
affirm that when the provisional govern
ment left the island we had In the treas
ury S. O0O,OOO in cash and against this q
debt of 5000 600. In one year, since jan
uary q, we have paid more than S, .OOO.
notwithstanding that the budget had been
increased by new expenses created by the
provisional government. such as per-
manent army of 5000 men, the civil serv-
ice commissioners and other institutions.
1T is true we have budget now that
is higher than in the days of the Palma
administration, but we can say tnat
the ordinary estimates. not counting
Extraordinary expenses, are not greater
The excess in the present over the for
mer budget is due in part to the pay
ment Of the debt, to the increase In
the creation OF new boards and tn
congress. due to the new census 20
claims from the custom house.
1--WE have had this year the greatest
sugar crop we have ever had. and also
good prices. Our tobacco crop has bean
very large. The entire country shows
marked evidences OF development and
prosperity along both agricultural and
industrial lines
UcaLQ RATE Low.
"In sanitary conditions we take great
pride in the fact that the death rate in
the island for last year was only 12.6 per
thousand while in the United States II
was 16, and in several European coun-
tries it was as high as "a. Since 1900 our
death rate has never been higher than IL.
Yellow fever and smallpox have been en-
tirely obliterated.
1.-The race problem in the island is of
absolutely no Importance, as the condi-
tions there are just the reverse of what
they are here. The relations between the
whites and the negroes are friendly. Our
slavery system was not as severe as that
in the United States. and our colored peo-
pie have been protected and educated by
the whites We don't anticipate the
slightest hostility between the races. even
though a few people on the island have
| attempted to start negro party. This
fact has been exploited in certain parts
of this country, but in Cuba we attach
absolutely no significance to Ii"