| Show united states praised in cuban school boohr As I 1 walked about the 0 irta vt of havana and rode through the country districts speaking in long neg elected spanish I 1 wondered what could bo be in n the minds of these cubans concerning Americ americana anit they are embarrassingly polite it was wn hard to find the truth why dont you look in our books and see what they teach ulf about the united states one young cuban asked me I 1 followed hla his excellent advice there tire are two standard school hir histories in the cuban schools one bone for the primary grales grades antl one for high sel schools I 1 turned to tile alie paces talat told of the rescue of 0 cubit from roin spain there was Koose picture anti and taft tafta general let teral woods and ma ala goona in tile primary iary history there are three solid pages of praise for the norte americanos Amert Ameri canos carios and how bow they drove the spaniards out of the land it Is 14 embarrassing pral sefor for it covers er s the koars and stripes with glory the high school history goes into det detail till it shows shown how bow we challenged old spain how low we sank tier her navy ant and drove weyler out and then it how our government scientists helped culm cuba to conquer levers and miasma ani make inake theil country a safe anti anil beautiful place in which to live this praise of us tins has been put into alio heads of cuban children in their school rooms for almost two generations it Is there yet in the minn t of all adults adi ilta william 1 Q I shepherd in co colliers lifers |
