Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
CUBAN NEGROES
TO FORM PARTY
HOTEL BAN MAY RESULT IN
NEW POLITICAL FACTION
OPEN CONFLICT AVERTED BY
PRESIDENT GOMEZ
Republic Begins Its Second Year Of
Independence with Splendid
Prospects for Prosperity
and Peace
Associated Pressl

HAVANA, Jan. 3Q.-Fears of u race
conflict, growing out Of the recent dis
orders resulting from the refusal of
the management of the principal hotel
in Havana to entertain negroes, have
in a great measure abated, possibilities
of further trouble having practically
disappeared.
For a few days the situation was
/ threatening and there was a strong
undercurrent among negroes, which,
| il was feared, might not be kept in
check
! That not only was it restrained but
| the difficulty for the present also sue
cessfully smoothed over is mainly due
to personal efforts of President Gomez.
The president sent his secretary to
| confer with the management of the
! hutei and summoned to the palace
General Cabreco and the other negro
/ leaders. He pointed out that the i'll
| trusion of negroes where their pres
ence was not desired was undignt1ed
| and merely served to rouse the AMI
mostly of Americans. with ~Whom II
| was highly desirable that all Cubans
remain on friendly terms.
He also reminded the negro leaders
| how much the prosperity of the city
| of Havana was dependent on the num-
| Der of American tourists, whom any
! danger of social disorders would deter
! from coming.
Appeal to Negroes
The press appealed to all patriotic
! Cuban negroes not TO persist in en-
! forcing their rights at the cost OF the
rest of the community.
The result was the negro leaders
! engaged to use their influence to pre-
vent their followers from further IN
reference with the hotel.
In spite of this, however, the affair
has served to revive the agitation,
which always comes to the fore at the
! least suggestion of racial troubles, in
! favor of organizing a negro party 10
control the government.
Provision. the organ of the Partido
| independents de Color Independent
party of COLOR prints the newly CON
| structed platform of the party, winch
contains these significant provisions;
THE Independent Party of Color
shall be organized through the whole
republic. with a national character, TO
maintain its equilibrium toward ali
Cuban interests.
THE republic of equality, sovereign
and independent, without race dis
examinations or social antagenisms,
shall get our services"
Neqroes Would Rule Republic
To what extent the promoters Of
the new movement may be successful
remains to be seen, but there can be
no doubt that if the organization of
tbe negro race as a political party
should be effected it would rule the
republic.
The ir,1ranrfa1 e.e ~, - n ara~'e'i7'a a
elections in July can hardly be over
estimated. 1t is not so much ques-
ton of which party shall return the
greater number of candidates as
whether the Independent republic, un-
aided by American supervision, shall
prove itself competent to conduct an
absolutely fair and peaceful election.
President Gomez appointment of
Senator Manuel Sanguilly as secretary
of state ends the long suspense re-
garding that important office. 1t is
significant that the president should
have gone out of the ranks of all
political parties to select Sanguilly,
who ever has been an Independent of
the independents.
Americans are disposed to regard
the presidents choice as unfortunate
in view Of Sanguilly's avowed hos
tility to everything American.
Hostile to United States
The senator lived in Harlem in the
war of the revolution and returned to
Cuba under the first Intervention,
DuSylng nlmSel1 at once with protests
| against the interference of the United
States in affairs of Cuba.
He is the author of several unsuc-
cessful bills to restrict the immigration
of foreigners and to prevent their
acquisition of land in Cuba. In one
of his impassioned orations he de-
nounced the influx of American set
tiers and beWailed the coming time
when where now were Cuba's virgin
forests there would be clearings, ring
ing with the laughter of golden haired
! Anglo-Sa children.
Senator Sanguilly is for "Cuba for
the Cubans."
January IS marked the end of the
first years existence of the new re-
public. On the whole the republic
has much for which to be thankful
The only instance of armed resist
ance to authority was the abortfve
little uprising in February in Santa
Clara province. With the magnificent
sugar crop now being harvested, Cuba
enters on her second year of indie
pendence with the happiest prospect of
prosperity