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THE CUBA R E \" 



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THE NEW UNITED STATES MINISTER 



Arthur M. Beaupre, diplomat and 

 lawyer and now appointed United States 

 minister to Cuba by President Taft, was 

 born in Osweko, 111., in 1853. He went 

 to Aurora, 111., at the age of 21 and was 

 admitted to the bar. Mr. Beaupre was 

 appointed consul-general and secretary to 

 the legation at Guatemala in 1897, and was 

 transferred to Colombia in the same ca- 

 pacity in 1899. 



In 1903 he was appointed United States 

 minister to Colombia, serving there during 

 the pendency of the Panama Canal treaty 

 in the Colombia Congress. In March, 

 1904, he was sent to the Argentine Re- 

 public as minister, and was later trans- 

 ferred to the Netherlands. 



The Hon. John B. Jackson, the present 

 American minister to Cuba, who has been 

 transferred to the Balkan States, left Ha- 

 vana for the north on August 19th. On 

 bidding farewell to President Gomez Mr. 

 Jackson said that he intended to return 

 in September to again assume charge of the 

 legation for a few weeks, and he would 

 then leave definitely for his new post at 

 Bucharest. 



MR. JACKSON ON CUBA 

 That Cuba has never experienced a 

 more prosperous era than the present one, 

 was the statement made recently by John 



B. Jackson, the retiring United States 

 minister to that country, to a reporter of 

 the Nezvark (K. J.) N'ews. He said: 



"The reports of unrest circulated in this 

 country regarding Cuba's troubles are un- 

 founded. The country is more prosperous 

 than it has ever been, and so far as I 

 can see, the future is fully as promising. 



"The only thing which could be men- 

 tioned as threatening the country's pros- 

 pects of prosperity is the approaching 

 season," continued Mr. Jackson. "This cy- 

 clone is due in October, and if the enormous 

 sugar and tobacco crops are not seriously 

 injured there is every reason to nope for 

 a continuance of the present status. 



"The state of affairs, politically?" he 

 asked in response to_ the question. "Really 

 I can't say. But I should judge that the 

 present government is very strong, and that 

 there is very Httle possibility of serious 

 trouble ahead. Only the next presidential 

 election, which is due in 1912, can show 

 whether the present government is popu- 

 lar with the people or not. From ob- 

 servation I should say that it is popular." 



"What about the shooting of the editor 

 of the El Dia?" was asked. 



"That," answered Mr. Jackson, "really 

 amounted to very little, and if it had oc- 

 curred in the States it w^ould have at- 

 tracted no attention whatsoever. As a 

 matter of fact the matter has been for- 

 gotten already." 



Arthur M. Beaupre 

 Recently appointed United States Minister to Cuba by- 

 President Taft in place of Mr. John B. Jackson 



