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The intentions of this officer were only foiled by the arousal 

 of foreign public sentiment against him, and his replacement 

 by the humane General Campos, who tried to restore peace. 

 The third attempt at extermination, a matter of present history, 

 was made by Weyler, Who expressed sentiments as ferocious as 

 those of Valamaseda. 



How successfully Weyler's policy has been partially carried 

 out can be answered by the graves of a fourth of the population, 

 which have been recently filled with starved or assassinated 

 victims of his cruelty. Had not this government raised its voice 

 and demanded his recall, the sole remnant of the Cuban people 

 would now have consisted of the soldiers of Gomez. 



We have now given in brief the geography, resources, and po- 

 litical conditions of this island. In all history no other country 

 has presented such an unfortunate exhibition of misgovernment. 

 Perhaps ere this article reaches the reader the great government 

 which stands for the highest type of humanity and whose every 

 interest — commercial, hygienic, and strategic — calls for a cessa- 

 tion of Spanish misrule, will have made its influence felt and 

 established a permanent peace upon the island. 



Supplemental Note on the Isle of Pines 



The principal of the outlying islands considered geograph- 

 ically as a part of Cuba is the Isle of Pines, which is situated 

 about 38 miles south of the coast of ! I Rio. This is the 



only one of the adjacent islands which is not merely an elevated 

 reef or mangrove swamp, .'and which has a geologic structure 

 and configuration comparable to the mainland. Its area of 1,214 

 square miles is almost equal to the combined area of the other 

 1,300 islands and islets. 



The island is circular in outline and almost divided by a 

 bayou or salty depression into two divisions, the southernmost 

 of which is a vast cienega or swamp, occupied only by a few fish- 

 ermen. The main portion of the island is diversified, being dom- 

 inated by a central ridge of low mountains extending from east 

 to west, rising to 2,000 feet above the sea. Elsewhere the island 

 is quite flat, consisting of land which represents a coralline plain 

 recently reclaimed from the sea. 



Steamers from Batabano run to Santa Fe and Nueva Gerona. 

 The latter place is a very small town at the foot of the hills, with 



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