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Show Hare !! llaUeil In talis. Tho raio Issuo uf Cuba has been I raised lately In a peculiar way by a j large number of Havana negroea and ' mulattoes They have petitioned the authorities to prohibit tho application to Cuban citizens ot tho descriptive i words "black" or ' brown" In warrants war-rants Issued by tho pollco court nnd to forbid the use ot these adjectives In newspuper reports Tho petitioners also ask that the newspapers be pro- V hlblted from making refcrenco to the African origin of any ono Their argument argu-ment Is that, the terms as now used perpetuate race antagonisms, and that alnco the negroea ot Cuba have proved their worth In the struggle against Rpatn tbey should be called only Cuban t cltttent. |