The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

The Destiny of Cuba

10 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

The Destiny of Cuba

A Personal Word--Account of a Mysterious Missionary--Comparison of Campos and Weyler--Spain has Lost Cuba--The Destiny of the Pearl of…

The Destiny of Cuba: Spain

The American appetite for Cuba has long been one of the facts to be taken into account, and behind it was the history that Spain had lost…

The Destiny of Cuba: Havana

The anxiety to join Cuba to our imperial estate just then was to maintain the latest idea of Southern statesmanship before the fatal…

The Destiny of Cuba: Congress

There was a good deal said in the American Congress and newspapers that was unworthy the nation--frantic demands for impossible things…

The Destiny of Cuba: Spanish

My reception by the Spanish officials in Havana--this arrival was after Campos, and before Weyler--was full of politeness, and seemed…

The Destiny of Cuba: Cubans

He spoke no English, and through the interpreter I asked whether his information was definite and certain. He said with gravity it was. Did…

The Destiny of Cuba: Islanders

The disappointment and depression were general. This was a narrow escape from having greatness thrust upon one, but the advertising done in…

The Destiny of Cuba: Island

To the failure of Campos must be added the failure of Weyler, and the reason is not to be found in the men, but in the situation itself…

The Destiny of Cuba: Spaniards

It is asserted that there is more food in this province than elsewhere, and therefore Maceo is in no danger of being starved out; and if he…

The Destiny of Cuba: Cuban

It has seemed to some writers fair to refer to the Cuban rebels as a rabble and a lot of barbarians, unworthy respectful attention or…

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