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Show PL! TO HIT CllljltlS Island Declared in Danger of Becoming Western World Monte Carlo. NEW YORK. Pec. 10. A campaiRn to, prevent Cuba from beconiiiijr "the Monte Carlo of tho western World and the oasis of the Xorth American Sahara," was launched today bv the interclturch movement move-ment of Xorth America. Knghsh spoakin,: resirlen's of Cuba are ready to eontr.hutc $1i;i.'0i tor the campaign, cam-paign, aoeordins to Cluy S. itunan. secretary sec-retary of xhr inter,!,.., mi national rani-nuttee rani-nuttee of the churches, in connertttion in J.at.n America. Clu.roli or'ran:";U.pns throughout the United States will be asked to assist. "Theie is a very definite attempt be-in? be-in? made." said j;.r. Ionian, "to make Cuba. particularl Havana, the Monte Carlo of ti e western woral. The winter season in Cuba Kener,;l!v is pay. hut this year eft'orts w 11 be made to arid new tan-actions. Horse rncinjr and other forms ot gambline; and worse will be in full blast. "As Chr'stians we cannot ttet away from our duty T" intervene" It. Inman sa d that f-'t.ieio Americans had apnhe.-l to the s-ute department for passpirrs to Cuba for the whiter season, sea-son, and that bv January 1 the number would exceed H 1. Denial that the sin -id was becoming Monte Carlo was made Caiay by I.c .pal Poise, Cuban cnso! ueneral ai Ne York. lie said there were no plnr.s o foot to smrt roulette and other fiamblin seen lit Monte Carlo. "Raeimt is attraetimr many Amria' to Havana this season, as usual," be sa' "There :s hetrmr on the )'!. s as tit' is in Xeiv York City, with this rt'fr ence: In Cuba, the pr 'vernnient protTS the betters: in Xew Y'.rk. the man . i1 wins has no redress if the pers.aii ttn whom he laid tbe ivnea.r fails t':i; And it is leetal in f'uha for one t 'n'' a cocktail. In Xe-.v i'ork-. acc..r.,c,to tho papers. van sonielar.es cai,u a drivk. but it is not ic-al. "I have never heard of nnyJ'1tr!s speaking residents, of the ;s'a n"'' " ir.tt to rnckiK and e.ckta iis, "-"' should raise anv fund at all in,1B nnn-nection nnn-nection it would probably be cr nlLjre of the same," |