'This three months' war has made startling changes in American opinion and has extended far the horizon of national interest. It was begun for humanity's sake, to relieve the Cuban people from the dreadful oppression and cruelties of Spanish rule. It has ended with utter contempt for the Cubans as araca. The American soldiers returning say that the natives are entirely unfit to govern themselves, are unreliable as active allies in warfare, and are by nature thieves. One soldier's remark that twe had rather shoot Cubans than Spaniardg" expresses the common feeling.
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