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Show GOMEZ A DIPLOMAT PRESIDENT OF CUBA CHECKED THREATENED RACE CONFLICT BY PER80NAL EFFORTS. Trouble Grew Out of Refusal of tho Management of Principal Hotels of Havana to Entertain Negro Leaders. Havana. Fears of a race conflict, growing out of tho recent disorders resulting from tho refusal of the management man-agement of tho principal hotel in Havana Ha-vana to entertain negroes, hnvo, in a great measure, abated, possibilities of further trouble having practlcall disappeared. dis-appeared. . For a fow days the situation was threatening, and thero was a strong undercurrent of Indignation nmong negroes, ne-groes, which, it was feared, might not bo kopt in check. That It not only was restrained, but tho difficulty for tho present was successfully suc-cessfully smoothed over, Is mainly duo to personal efforts of Presldont Gomez. Tho president dent his secretary to confer with tho management of the hotel, and summoned to tho place General Gen-eral Cebreco and other negro leaders. Ho pointed out that tho Intrusion ol negroes whore their presenco was not desired, was undignified and merely served trvrouso tho animosity of Americans Amer-icans with whom it was highly desirable desir-able that all Cubans remain on the most friendly terms. He also remind, ed tho negro leaders how much tho prosperity of tho city of Havana was dopendent upon the number of American Ameri-can tourists, whom any danger of social so-cial disorders would deter from coming. |