The Detroit times., 1916-11-28
Professor star- Describes the Crush
ina inHuerce u American Trusts
~Pauperizing a Prov'nSe.
gY~FREpERlck STARR.

fralnst Spain were many ana
a,iahtf Three. however stood out
rreaminmt and in varying forms
were ths main impulses First, The
Cuban was 4 despised aud neglected
ie.rg against shom discrimination
Wss made In every way Second.
Cula was conducted a. a colony
rnl, in the interest OF the mother
cuuntrg Third. Cuba, A. such, hsa
no actual representation On he span
$50 corirr The degree to which DIR
glmiuauon Vas practice against A
nam for The mere fact that he wa
burn Ia CUBA Is almost .u oDceiv
stlc lie grandfather might have
beer 81 high position and pure fam
n, in spain, the man hiu~eli 'night
nave been educated IN Milfld shd
have kent IN touch Nth events ia
spain he might have wealth ana "a
tpilpni personal qualities. ail was
lost -ha vas horn IN Cuga Spanish
cnptsins general were alwsys sent
lo govern the island. they surround
90 themselves with Spanish advisers
sBd helpers. the were maintained
4, Spanish soldiers. they were sc-
oomnsnied By Spanish priests span
iarde acre the preiates and spanish
lrlests held The desirable church
lositon~
During spain's holding % Cuba
every enor was put forth go make
IL "a pay .Gg colony: enterpri ~ that
would interfere with home industries
were all discouraged tr13inC win
other nations was prevented The
enc idea was to make Cuba ah-olute
Is dependent upon the mC'hel coHn
rs, and only such production VAS
ENCOURAGED as was necessary 10
spain or profitable to her There
were times when constitutional re-
ferns took place IN Spain. or threat
eBed "a take place. on such occa
slons- -sacTts we're siways made 90
letter The situation in Cuba, aRd
particularly 10 secure represeAtEtioH
fpr nur in the spanish cortes But
tuch reforms were transient, ana
the first symptom Of relapse would
he The failure 10 do what lad bear
hoped IN Cuba
The Struggles for Liberty.
The tenyear war began with tho
"grgo de- Hara"--"vIvs Cuba Libre.
IN 1865 il erded with the treaty ~
Zanjen In 1878 There were mo-
nrnis in II that taxed SPANS re
sources 10 their limit. a govern.
uent was set up by the insurgents
and . president was elected Meta
5lt battles were won, and leaders
likt Mayimo Gomez and Antsnio
Star uEd Callvto Garcia we're pro
Uccd and trained. Yet IL failed
lua failed chiefly because OF dssen
cus Apiong the insurgents them
Gives peitv differences. based 90
locsliiy spain Wi, IN no ccB6itioE
a. aake ihe tcrias II peace too hard
AMI TO- treaty of ZaIucn nigh have
Rd 20 IN adjustment uuiually ad
Naniagopus Bat. the crisis pssl
Spain relaxed he- vigilance. failed
20 keep her promises, and thinTs
we're soon IN a. bad shape as ever
n was Mart WAC finally brought
shout The new struggle. tle dnsi
ono n began Ia 1895 Tho three
old tested leHders were again IN
command OF forces. Mari $50 siiled
while lhr var was new The 4is
proportion between the numlt aie
equipment on the twc sidr> Dictated
las mode OF procedure The iDsgr-
gents destroyed eveythin- that
made the island valuable to spain.
The mother eounirg wsged the cruel
cst of warfare Recommendation
tsince practiced in the Philippines
srd South Africa with equal ssYage
tsl went into operation under
Weyler. But brutal measures made
things worse. not better. and auton-
tJny was promisen under BlsRco
Then came the blowing up of the
Maine and our war with SPAN Jan 4.
1899, Spain yielded her severe ignty
over Cuba absolutely. For more than
tvc years We were IN cortrol and
then on May %, 1902, we trans
terred authority 10 the president OF
The new republic OF Cuba.
Who Gets the Cuban Prehtsf
And how has II gone with Cuba
Libre? In my first letter told how
prosperous was the last year. with
Il balance Of trade In favor q Cuba
that amounted to more than $50 per
capita. What could be finer on
course, such q statement OF pros
rerity needs investigation Does
zach man. woman. and child In Cubs
receive this $40! Does any ons here
ia cuba receive it, A. a matter ol
TACT this handsome profit s in sugar
aud sugar profits gu "a suraT planta
ton and sugar mill owner- Al
well. these people are lsrssls t0r
ciRnsrs Most ~ tue profits o
Cuban industry e 20 American
trusts and a few Cubsns and Span
isrds who have been able 90 trrsnEi
amicable terms with fron TN
ulk OF Cubans src not ueh, an
While The cost Of living b. very higl
there sre Thousands ~ Cubsns VII
can find no work. and many thor
ands more Who work for small pa
not enough 10 feed aud clothc an