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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN NEWSPAPER COMMENT. 



EL MEDICO :— iCono te sieat-c^s? 



CUBA: — jMal Doctor! . . . De cst.os granos que usted me cnr6 tan bien en 1S99, uno se ha abierto ys, 

 oijro me esta dolieindo y este jmire como va!. . . . 



Uncle Sam as the doctor is inquiring regarding the licaltli of his fair patient Cuba. The 

 latter tells him she is not feeling very well and points to the marks on her arm, named, respectively, 

 lottery, bull fighting and cockfighting, and says: "You cured me of these things very well in 1899, 

 but one has opened again and the others pain me." Pointing to the lottery mark she adds: "See 

 how this is growing." — From La Lucha, Havana. 



No Sign of Revolution. 



Jose de Armas, editor of the Diario de 

 la Marina, one of the most influential 

 newspapers of Cuba, while in Washing- 

 ton on May 17 was interviewed by sev- 

 eral newspaper men and spoke in part as 

 follows: 



"You hear more about revolution in 

 Cuba when you come to the United 

 States than you do in Cuba. If the 

 people of this country would cease to 

 talk about fighting in Cuba and let the 

 people of the island work out their own 

 salvation they would be able to get on a 

 working basis much sooner. Mind you, I 



don't say that it may not be necessary 

 again for Uncle Sam to intervene. But 

 at present there is no sign of revolution, 

 although I'll admit there has been some 

 talk among some of the malcontents. 



"The conservatives went into the re- 

 cent election with the understanding that 

 if defeated they were to accept defeat 

 gracefully, and I believe the leaders of 

 the conservative party will abide by the 

 result. Nattirally, the leaders of the 

 conservatives in the Cuban congress are 

 on the alert for any mistake the liberals 

 may make, but this fact does not signify 

 that they are seeking trouble. Alto- 



