The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-26
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Cuba faces a financial crisis. bot
e " stiii possible for tho United
States e. steer her safely over the
shoals and breakers and. after att
keep the pledge 80 soiemniy given
~ years ago VIII she Do itf
No one in Havana who has Obj
served tho courus - recent events
believes she will 80 one iu wash
inKtun who b. At all familiar witt
the Intentions ~ Freeldent Taft
and his advisers duuhis for an IN
slant that within a year the stars
and Stripes viii b. unfuricd over
Mnrro and Cabannaa castles. newer
% be hauled down agaln.
True. President Gomez has auc-
cseded Tor thc time being Ia qucii-
Ink race troubles but the blacks
are reported "a be organizing with
greater diligence than ever before.
II r. generally agreed that when
the time 20 strike does arrive there
viii b. plenty ~ funds 90 finance
the revolution and that these VIII
come from the United States
There are men IA Cuba In position
to know whereof they speak who
viii tell you the names 81 certain
capitalists and ~ certain Interests
that an ready % furnish them on
short notice
Corruption IN rampant In Cuba
the goat - the symbol OF graft
The Spanish wurd for goat b.
"chlvo.- which word r. also the Gu
ban slang for corrupt scheme. For
months the papers ~ Havana have
teemed with cartoons. the principal
figure 81 which IL the "cbiyo"
MiBgoyernment has been the rule
and lnsurrcction haa boon IN the air
from the day that Gomez was inaug-
uratsd Why, when the ships bear
ing the American troops sailed out
~ Havana harbor. Immediately fol-
lowing that event. bets were freely
made In the leading hotels and cafes
that they would be called back by
Wireless before arriving IN New
York,
Prior TO the Intervention ~ 1885
comparatively few citizens ~ this
country owned any property what
ever In Cuba. To-day thcy lead the
Spanisrda
From the date ~ the Spanish
evacuation 60 the present. cuba has
been doing business largely on bor-
rowcd capital Practically an the
railways are owned by British ana
| Canadians. mono ~ whom reside on
the islands In addition to her great
bonded Indebtedness. all Of which o.
controlled by Speyer a Co. Of New
York cuba owes this country &c..
/ 100 a5s for the second Intervention
Probably no better summary Of
the situation iu Cuba today could be-
given than that delivered by Senior
ganguilly. az banquet rendered
him last February. Just after he had
become secretary Of state. In part
he said:
Impoverished by wars and cor
porations. losing each day the fertile
lands which. FOR lack ~ association
and through necessity. they have
not been able 10 keep, surrounded by
very powerful foreigners who owe
their economic pre-eminence 10 an
accumulation OF fortuitous eircum.
stances. slowly invaded by irresisti-
bic capitnilatic companies and nu-
daeious syndicatcs. which daily IN
crense production. yes, but contrib
ute chiefly 90 the wealth that goes
out OF the country tho native popu
latIon ~ being dislodged from iis
possessions. many with final ruin.
until now there remain to the Gu
hans only the public offices and
their heroic banner. outward and
palpabie signs ~ their national ok
letonce and sovereignty"