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prosperity as that, or such a 

 tribute to enduring peace? 



Not all of this wonderful de- 

 velopment has been due to the 

 American protectorate, of course. 

 But the writer, who has visited 

 every country that touches the 

 Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of 

 Mexico, and who has studied at 

 first hand the people and the nat- 

 ural resources of Mexico, Cen- 

 tral America, the West Indies, 

 and the countries of northern 

 South America, cannot escape 

 the conclusion that a vast deal 

 of Cuba's prosperity, as com- 

 pared with that of its neighbors, 

 is due to the blessing of stable 

 government and a freedom from 

 the stalking specter of devastat- 

 ing revolution. 



Much to be regretted is the 

 lack of satisfactory communica- 

 tion between Cuba and Porto 

 Rico. If it were possible to 

 plan a trip that would carry the 

 tourist to Havana, thence to San- 

 tiago, thence to Santo Domingo, 

 and thence to Porto Rico, one 

 could see in a single six-weeks' 

 tour the three stages of Latin- 

 American development under the 

 touch of the United States. 



Santo Domingo is a land that 

 long has been revolution-torn, 

 and has only latterly been com- 

 pelled to travel the path of peace. 

 Its soil is as rich as that of Cuba, 

 its people are not dissimilar, but 

 perennial revolution has pre- 

 vented its development. 



When one gets to Porto Rico 

 one finds a prosperity as great as 

 that of Cuba, education more 

 general than obtains in that na- 

 tion, and everything possible be- 

 ing done to bring the masses of 

 the people up to standards of 

 living, habits of thought, and 

 freedom from disease that obtain 

 in our own country. What I 

 wrote under the title "The 

 Countries of the Caribbean," in 

 the National Geographic for 

 February, 191 3, and in "The 

 Wards of the United States," in 

 the August, 1916, number, con- 



