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Show j COOLIIS IN CUBA. J INew York, 17. A pitiful story of the horrors of the Chinese coolie 1 system in Cuba is told to-day by an I educated Chinese mandarin. From (this account it appears that the condition con-dition of Chinese laborers in Cuba is i much worse than that of the negro i slaves. The poor Chinaman is held : for a limited period, and as his owner jhas paid a good price for his term oi bondage he must get all he can out of him before tho coolie freedom freed-om comes. Death so olten intervenes inter-venes before the end of the term of service that it is estimated that only one iu twenty live to return to China. It is thought there can be no hope for the Chinese people until there is a change in the ruling power. |