| Show MAIM IN AMERICA I Tho conditions prevailing In the Central Cen-tral American republics would undoubtedly un-doubtedly be duplicated In I Cuba should that Island become Independent afl now seems probable The Central American Ameri-can states for nearly three centuries formed a part ot the Spanish empire and had no Independent role In the history his-tory of the world Then > they broke loose and I plunged I w Into the maelstrom ot revolution from which they have reyer Wen able tu emerge PlunderIng Plunder-Ing dictators have > followed each other In rapid succession trade languishes and the Veople remain poor and Ignorant Ig-norant In I the midst of wealth and the luxuries ot a tropical nature Roads hardly > exist forced loan and military a xactiona are the order 01 the day and It Is I believed the population ot the Isthmus today Is I less I nurnetous than It was at the beginning of the century A noteworthy fact Is l that there are to many aborigines Central America About twothirds of the entire population popula-tion Is said to be pure Indians a gentle gen-tle docile race Industrious and living Inuch In tile some way 111I their nn vesture did when the country alas first settled by the Spaniard The others are n mixed race milite and Intllan exhibiting generally the vices of both These are the rulers ot the countries tile > 1ltodo and the Instlgatois ot the revolutions The fact that so man pure Indiana still I exist In theCentral American states Is I pointed out ns an evidence that Spanish rule whatever can bo staid against It has at least not resulted In the extermination ot the natives lIB In I In many Instances the case In countries brought under AngloSaxon Influence The fact Is I that the Spanish Span-ish adventurer were religious In their waj They were accompanied by priests who baptized the heathen that could bo Persuaded to submit to the rite and mlien tilts mas Performed the church recognlzedtthe right of her newly adopted children to protection And trifled them as equals 111 many respects re-spects with the conquerors The Spanish women remained at home and the settlers mingled freely with the natives and plonledlholr homes In their midst Thus It happened that In all Spanish America 0 large proportion 01 the People remains us It was an Ito race when lint discovered riveoixtbaoftbepeopleof Guatemala and about onehalf of Mexico Mexi-co are said to Me Indian If the question were to try Spain before be-fore the bar of civilization on a charge of cruelty against native races on this continent and her acts were to be corn pared with those ot other countries In the sixteenth century In America or In AfrUaat the present time the verdict ver-dict would not be entirely against the defendant Her mistake at present as regards Cuba seems to be this that realizing I her Inability I to hold the Inland b > civilized methods she has resorted I re-sorted to the extremely revolting polio I bf starving thousands ot Innocent peu Pie to death to Induce the rebels to lay down their arms This more than anything else 1 his turned the Bjmputhj of a great nation for the Cubans and caused the art demand for a sled cessation 01 hostilities It would not be to the illsailtnntag t imln to rctlle up Cuban affairs U manner 01l1nt with the requirements of civilization |
