The fair land of Central America . burnt alive—Corpses sprinkled with petroleum—The bananas misdeeds—Another paradise guarded by mosquitoes—The land of thecigar—Good-bye to mermaids and sharks—^The Cubans wereonce dirty but handsome—^The Tobacco Trust—Spanishpride—^The Cuban lives for love—Caged doves—The colourproblem—^Witchcraft—The history of Mr. Seneca, corre-spondent of the Temps newspaper—Business and sentiment—Spain has too many children—After the iron yoke, the silverbit—An intellectual desert—An unknown work by VictorHugo—A skull used as a champagne glass—Suicide amongpoets. In order
The fair land of Central America . burnt alive—Corpses sprinkled with petroleum—The bananas misdeeds—Another paradise guarded by mosquitoes—The land of thecigar—Good-bye to mermaids and sharks—^The Cubans wereonce dirty but handsome—^The Tobacco Trust—Spanishpride—^The Cuban lives for love—Caged doves—The colourproblem—^Witchcraft—The history of Mr. Seneca, corre-spondent of the Temps newspaper—Business and sentiment—Spain has too many children—After the iron yoke, the silverbit—An intellectual desert—An unknown work by VictorHugo—A skull used as a champagne glass—Suicide amongpoets. In order to realize what fate the United Statesare holding in store for Central America whenshe belongs to them, one need only to go to Cuba,where the Yankee conquest is already bearingsweet and bitter fruit. It is easy to say that it is a simple matter togo to Cuba. In reality no journey is easy in thatpart of the world. In order to get to Cuba Ihad to change my train twice and the boat twice ; 162. JAMAICA : STREET SCENE IN PORT-ROYALReproduced by permission of York & Sons, Netting Hill
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