The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-01
SUGAR TRUSTS HAND IS
SEEN BACK OF UPRISING
IN CUBAN REPUBLIC
United States Intervention
Would Benefit Combine That
Is Working Lard.
NATIVES ARE DISSATISFIED
Ninety Per Cent of Acreage is
in Control of Foreigners
Who Exploit Country.

HAVANA, May 31-Foreigners own
more than 80 per cent OF Cuban land
and property, and exploiters rule the
island as relentlessly as did Spain.
The peasant. whether he be the white
or the Negro, lives from hand to
mouth, under conditions not a bit
better than when Spain dominated the
island. Foreign capital is draining the
country to pay dividends to foreign
owners Of stock Practically all tie
land Is cultivated by Cubans as hired
men!
II Cuba has been annexed right
after the Spanlsh-American war, the
sugar trust would be out OF business
today. That was why the trust did
not want Cuba annexed-then. The
tariff on sugar going into the United
States from a foreign Cuba protected
the trust.
The sugar trust set to work to con-
troll Cuban politics. Watch the par
'allel with the doings down here now.
An uprising was carefully planned and
abundantly financed by the sugar
trust against the first president, Pal
ma. In August, 1896, 1t broke out.
Cries went up for Intervention. Amer
lean troops came down, and Charles
z. Magoon was sent as governor to
straighten things out.
The sugar trust put up for Presi'
dent Mario G.. Menocal, creator and
manager of the Chaparra sugar estate,
a former revolutionist and abou, the
smoothest politician in Latin-America.
He Is the Cuban manager for the
American Sugar trust.
And because he was the represen-
tative of the sugar trust, the peasants
walked up to the polls and voted BY
an overwhelming majority for Gen.
Gomez. who Is now president and
whose term ends in January, 1913.
Menocal is again a candidate for
president The sugar trust is again
backing him. An uprising is again
under way United States interven-
ton is again threatened.
II Menocal Is elected the trust Will
get laws to help II and troops 10 put
down striking Cubans.
II he Is not elected. Intervention.
another Magoon and perhaps annexa-
ton will be fine for the trust. Be-
cause, mind you, il has been busy In
another way of late years. II has
been buying certain sugar estates,
gaining majority stock in other big
sugar plantations, until now 1t Is, by
its commanding position, in control OF
the sugar industry OF Cuba.
That is why we'll informed Cubans
believe that another Intervention
means the end of Cuban independence
and its annexation to the United
States.
There Is no patriotic reason back
OF the proposed sugar trusts grab; It's
only a question of dollsrs.
The present revolution probably
will not amount to much 1t is re-
suit OF greed-of the desire of the
foreigners to take more and more
money out OF Cuba. Wages have
been repeatedly reduced. This spring
there were more reductions and wide
spread strikes resulted.
Most of the strikers were Negroes
and leaders among them induced
them TO take UP arms They are
poorly orfanized. There are few vet
Grams of the revolution In their ranks
and the chances are they will be de-
(eated and dispersed without help
from the United States.