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Show D300.SO mi o?t;;;3sj VIEl70FCiID: Noted Englishman Declares It Cleanest and Healthiest Healthi-est of Coontrles. PRAISES WCSX CF AMERICANS TIILrZ ThlnKi Future Katerirl Prosperity of Island Ta-puhlic Ta-puhlic Is Assured. " NEW TORK... Slay 12. "A Hrltlrn View of Cuba" is given bv rvdnev BrooKs of I.ondon, the well known English publi-clet. publi-clet. woo la now In New York sfter spending teveral months In Cuba In beiialf of the London Times. Mr. Brooks nwm-marlaea nwm-marlaea torn of hla Impressions of ihe Island and Ita problem as fellows: "What moat surprised me was to find Cuba ana of Ibe rleaneet and healthiest countries I haiw ever eome across, lie death rate la Ihe lowest but one In the world, and It waa nlmo.t bewildering to be forced to realise that tlnvana. wlih lie terror of whoae Mania u II Kurope a' 1 America bae run or 3'' ears. Is n--. no longer a fever den. tun ont of i choicest and beat patronised health r-sons r-sons and lottiisr resorts In the West Indies. In-dies. Amerl-sn energy and examoltj at"l l-'uliin docllltv and sood sense are to lei (Inn. anything dee fr 'ur thev won 'I deserve her lastlne snttiK' ie for havii z Put the fear of dirt Into lle 'nl.en l- -tl. It le not the I'letl a nieprf uient I -I keeps the Cuhena aeoiirliic an.l n it i their streets and Inatalllna waitr m-vf and eewaa-e a-atems. It la almplv I n -1 Ihey have leerned that such things rw. t fnr thetnaelvea a IhouKand thnea ovr-Tel'ow ovr-Tel'ow fevar haa neme nt uterelv oi-snlete oi-snlete but virtually Iniwe.i'ile. and ! n not believe thai any qu-ileni of aani-tatlon aani-tatlon will ever aaaln online the 1 nned Htates to lake an active Interval In Cuban Cu-ban affaire. Oood Field for Capital. "The Island la prosperous snd n'ne rapidly ahaad. Mr Hrv.v. the Hrn.ni emhaeeador at Uashlnatna. da-lair-d a few years ago that no belter nnl for the expenditure of capital could be wi-"l fnr. and the atatement la even truer i-i-iv than when It was ftrat nia1e. ful- one of the moat accem.tole and rtem i :t 1 1 v Ofie of the richest arnla on .arlli. "t xl Ihe same lime ote rt the lent l.ve ' - 1 and the mrit sterelv pop nmed. ' v about one-lwent ici h nf Its area Is to r any kind of culitvaMon, and I's pc- e number not niote tln I.tMlnnn. 'j a eastern end nr the''t- .id, i-e. i- !v n - I II la tr-era tbat the aarp.-u.tilrnl an i r trial fiifire of f'til-e ll-a I. a ator. .. of natural wealth rlnnmntic for n o. hlffhwava and caulial to iit .o.-a i. It i. eoselhle for anv well ora.niiwd conr--n to so Into what la now an iin-lfared darness. end in five or six years to bui i up -a areat and oroaperoua Indu.'rv in suaar, timber and fruit. olr Wii'.m Van Horne. by driving hie ruilioMd throtis-h the heart of tlie t.lnnd. hs opened up districts thai were nrevioi,' aa remote from one another and mi Inm'-ceealhle Inm'-ceealhle mm though titer had been a-oa. rated by .vwttioenta Ineiead of kilonieina. and It le only e nuestlon of time before Nureltaa and Andllla. on the north coe-l. and Kantlago. on the south, begin to d.a-Dute d.a-Dute the aecendanvy of Havana. No Doubt of Fat ore. "The material future of rube. In short. 1 take to be a thing aasured. Ther will be momenta of comparative depreaaion. of course there le one now. due to a short siurar crop, a long drought and low prices hut on the whole nothing, not even politico, can etop the rapid upward movement of Cuban prosperity. Witi on the other bend might be dona to facilitate It, Men. rmllroeda end hlKhwave are tret crying needs: a supply of cheao credit la hsrdlv leaa eaaential the normal rale of Interact In t'ube today le I per cent: means should be found to break ue tne unimproved estates that at present do no good to anyone; titles are bv no meana as clear se they might he: the lottery. In my Judgment, le a source of onmltis.ted evil; end the ayatem of Indirect taxation falls, aa usuel. harder on those who are least able to beer It. The social and political po-litical reformer. In fact, will find plenty lo keep him buev in Cube for eome years to come: but the material foundattona of the Island's welrsre ere not merely sound but Indestructible, end whether refomie come oulckly or elowly will prove In the long run to be of little cimeaoueno. "As for politics. Ihe first thing tu tie eetd of the Cube of todav Is that It la ah- eolutetv tranoull The few men who have It In their power to make trouble see loo huav with their mine and plantations to think of politics: snd those who would ilka to make trouble have not the power The country te admlrshlv policed: ths fear of another American Intervention like that of lBOS operates aa an ahldmg restraint, and pretty oesrlv everjhodv I cross examined elmptv laughed at - the sueeeetton of a revolution. "Cuba has foond In President domes a ruler aha Snows, likes and respects, a shrewd, engaging man of the people, who thoroughly understands his ountrvmen. who has surrounded himself with strops and able advisers, end who will stamp with both feet on the slightest attempt at Insurrection. One hears, of retire, a greet deal of talk shout corruption and srsft; Hsvaoa. Indeed, talks of lime else. But when one remembers what Cuba 'a pest has been, how ebaolute Is her political Inesperlence. and how Ingrained la the dlepoeltlon of tha Cuban people te aueprct their rolere and to take It for granted that every franchise end concession conces-sion repreaented bribery In eome form, and that everv politician la feathering hie own neat I cannot sav that either the goeelp ef the streets end cafee or the amount of foundation that la possessed la fact, at all surprised me. "It le abaurd to expect from Cuba, m bey present stage of development. Ihe sams political method end prlerlp.ee thot one looks for without, however, a -wavs finding. In Englleh speaking coun. Irlea. Such a teat ls much too severe. Judged In the light of her past and hv comparison with other Upenlsh-Amaricss countries. Judged, that Is M ar. bv tljj onlv standards that are really applk-el to her case. Cube Is making a valoreuj effort to keep a decent. Progressiva, eel governing republic In being The leak la an extremely difficult one. but I am very far from despairing of Its success. Indeed, In-deed, the moot gratifying result of a tour of observation through the Islsnd today Is that It leaves ope seeing no detinue reason why the United St.iee should evt eaJai be troubled with Cube s ertairs.' |