The New York herald., 1921-02-20

OruS as InlS WnlCn are developed IN
this only complete history of Cuba
ever written, ever published in either
English or Spanish: at is an inter-
esting and significant circumstance
too. that while Spain was resplendent
and eXultant in the Golden Age OF the
sixteenth century, Cuba remained in
tellectually dormant and inactive. and
then when, at the end Of the eigh-
teenth century. Spain reached her
nadir of degradation Cuba began to
rise to intellectual puissance. . For
nearly a century Great Britain and
France were frequently, almost con-
tinuously, each planning to annex
Cuba as a colonial possession, either
by conquest in war or through barter
or purchase in time of peace.
Cuba was the first detached coun-
try not destined for annexation to
which the United States extended and
applied the fundamental principle
which was later developed into the
Monroe Doctrine. The develop
ment of American policy toward Cuba
is an important and interesting part
of the history of the United States as
well as of Cuba"
When a new nation dawns upon the
worlds commerce an unfailing stream
of gold Is poured into her Golfers. The
office of the Secretary of State of Cuba
is swamped with queries. with dazzling
offers to install manufacturing plants
for the production of everything from
women's hosiery TO caterpillar en-
gines; offers to investigate and develop
her oil fields. her magnetic iron, cop
per- gold asphalt deposits, flora, fauna
and mineral springs. her coal beds, her
vanilla bean possibilities, her coffee
and her cocoa, her lumber of hundreds
of varieties-valuable mahogany, cedar,
ebony, lignum vita-her fruit markets
--delectable grape fruit, oranges. ba-
nanas and lemons-her market gar
dens for export of such stuff as pep
pers frijoles. egg plants and tomatoes.
It has been the custom. | believe,
when the impulse came To seek for
eign expansion Of an industry TO send
an intelligent employee, chosen with
care, to report on the field. But when
! Cuba calls the corporation head him
self takes che trip-a unregretable,
unforgetable trip to this island so
beautiful. so desirable. And this was
true even before the machine entitled
the Eighteenth Amendment began
| grinding.
The fifth volume of DR.. Johnson S
History of cuba is devoted entirely TO
the resources Of the country. In its
way as complete as "Whitaker's AL
manack." it is n faithful guide book TO
every possible necessary bit of infor-
nation pertaining TO Cuba and her
natural resources, climate, soil. mines,
forests. fisheries, agricultural products
I lands. rivers, harbors, mountains. min
eral zones. quarries. foreign and do
mestic commerce, business opportuni-
! ties &c. compiled under the auspices
of the Department of Agriculture,
Commerce and Labor and verified by
the Bureau of Information. II Is in
tended to acquaint the world with n
sympathetic. accurate picture OF the
twentieth century Cuba. which nature
designed for greatnessi
Readers Of popular fiction and movie
fans may be impressed by Rex Beach's
exclamation at perceivng the beauties
of the Whales Valley. which he saw
loT lnc lTSl ilInc III l'lV' ~ - pOoSAhA'
that this valley is the same described
by Dutch Jan Huygens van binscho-
ten: stopping his machine suddenly
he [Rex Beach, jumped to the ground
and stood spelbound. looking down into
that beautiful basin. over thousand
feet below. After a moments pause he
exclaimed: I have visited every spot
Of interest from northern Alaska to
Panama and travelled through many
countries, but never before in my life
have I met anything so picturesquely
dramatically beautiful as this valley.
this dream garden. that lies at our feet.
There Is nothing like It in the Western
Hemisphere, probably not in all the
world There is no fiction in that tes-
timony"
Nor Is there anything so indoscriba
bly, mystically beautiful as this iden-
tical valley on radiant starlit night
with the Southern Cross stretched
ef1itipr1N Os-or Tho f,,peape of up4uUfH