The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-28
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their places on the map for much less
than Cuba's guilt.
AS to the populace generally, II
Is aimless, restless. These Cubans
are prototyped in the Egyptian fella.
heen-the remnant-the whittlings OF
race. Sex and cigaret cover all.
They can't rise out Of themselves.
The fault is racial Cuba, the criri-
ina. dumping ground OF Spain, cen
turtles long, yields hard, indocile
mixed blood that riots In depravity
and gives foundation for monumental
political misdemeanor.
Thrown Back Into PIunderbund.
Our government snatched this
ignorant and fetish people from the
fendlsh grip of Spain, but juggled
and threw them back into the lap OF
more inhuman plunder-bund, there
h0bbled hand and foot with taxation
and inadequate public improvement.
How proud Uncle Sam must be OF his
suzerain Kid! No wonder the think
ing minority plot and revolt.
The national lottery took $2,0OO,OnO
ont OF the ignorant poor In 1909, as
the governments margin. Bull fights
anu cockpits are being syndicated
right now, and the limit OF lootinG
audacity has been almost reached.
Graft stalks in the highest places.
Farmers desert their homes and go 70
the cities TO try superstitious luck in
lottery numbers and get-rich-quick de-
vices. OF just such material Is the
republic of Cuba. The level OF Haiti
will soon be reached unless forestall-
ed by revolution and annexation.
81 In 20
daily paper in Havana OF last Oct. l6,
says:
THE iniquity Of the orient Is weak
and amateurish compared with the
elaborate and abnormal wickedness
Of Havana
Paris pretends to refine little and
leave something to be guessed. but
not Havana; only the worst, and In
the open satisfies a Cuban. Nothing
like ii in Europe or the Asiatic me-
tropolises that stretch from Cairo to
! Hongkong and Yokohama! The an
cient "Yoshiwari" Is a Sunday school
in comparison.
This condition is not sporadic or
local; 1t inheres; and 1t obtains
throughout the island, and the town
officials are in the front seats. II you
Smith, care Ell Evangelista Guiana,
Havana. He Is the Methodist min
lister In charge Of a congregation at
that propaganda, under the auspices
Of the NJ. Z. church south. Listen! Be
patient a moment and judge for your
self
immortality Stalks In Public.
III Havana there are four theaters
that hold about 800 each. change the
audience every hour and charge ~
cents admittance. The advertisement
consists of circulars distributed In |
stores and hotels by children, bulletin
board announcements, a loud-yoiced
"barkerss and a brass band. The 10
cation .is An the heart Of the city, and
the streets seem to be the busiest In
town, and at night are like mid
way or pike" at an exposition. The
police move the crowd along to pre-
vent rioting.
What do they show and what do
they do?
Please don't ask again. Judge for
yourself by the effect II had on one
poor innocent missionary soul that
dragged to one OF these festas dia- /
bolos. He was not prepared for the
thunderbolt. 1t was his first offiense."
He wilted. His head fell on his breast
and he muttered piteous prayer, but
as IL was a poor time for that KIND
OF soliloquy yanked up his head now
and then, telling him his mission to
Cuba was worthless IL he couldn't go
up against 1t. | thought | had seen
in the lands all that is and was, but
this spectacle was too much for me.
The audience comprised about 300
young men and two women. while
several unadorned misses on the
stage gyrated, oscillated. alternated
and We'd with the moving picture
machinery in an attempt to exhibit
the fnality OF depravity. To convince
you that this Is proper, legal and pro- |
tected, give one episode.
| am not a reformer and have no
money in Cuba, but | felt duty and
manifested II by writing an article
and taking It to the one important
English paper in Havana; and as
pious reinforcement took also two
missionaries. The fates favored. II
was Saturday night The hurricane
had cut cables and mails. The Sun
day issue would be sCant. The editor
was honest but badly handicapped by
being only the editor, while the owner
was an American who operates a pub
lie gambling house in Havana. All
PAPERS are believed to be subsidized
at about 81 900 a month to voice only
the government.
Editor Takes Chance.
This conscientious editor took
chance and published the article, and
followed it up with an editorial. from
which have quoted above. But
little later the editor was notified by
the mayor to say no more about vice,
under penalty Of having his establish
ment closed. The missionary institu.
ton formally appealed to the chief OF
police. the mayor, the secretary OF the
interior, and the president, TO close
the shows, but to no effect.
What must the children think when
they see these courtesans sitting