American control in Cuba has been in operation for a little more than a year now and the results accomplished may well be pointed to with pride. Consider fur a moment the conditions which the American officials had to meet.
They were placed in a foreign country among n people whose language and customs were strange to them, and whose Latin character was excitable and susceptible to imaginary insult at every turn. The rancorous feeling existing between Cubans and Spaniards uecessitateil the exercise of a strict control; protection for life and property was urgently required, and for this end the formation ofa reliable police force imperatively needed; the financial depart ment of the {sland demanded instant attention in order that a revenue might be collected to meet current expenses; and tually, the reconstruction of the economic ig with agreeable
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