ologue to records of
progress and attainment which shall honor the name of Cuba and adorn the
story of the world, "far on, in summers that we shall not see."

From Velasquez to Menocal. The span is tremendous, in character as well
as in lapse of time. It is a span from the fanatical and ruthless
conqueror seeking only his own and his country's advantage, selfish and
sordid, to the broad-minded and altruistic statesman and philanthropist,
seeking the advantage and the advancement of his fellow men. It is a
span, in brief, from the Sixteenth Century age of force to the Twentieth
Century age of law.

Nevertheless, the span and the contrast involve a certain analogy. It
was the work of Velasquez, masterful man of vision that he was, to begin
the transformation of a land of aboriginal barbarians into at least a
semblance of civilization; the transformation from the primitive,
scarcely more than animal, existence of the Cuban autochthones, to the
strenuous if sophisticated life of Spain. It has been and is the work of
President Menocal and his accomplished and patriotic colleagues to
induct the land and people from the discredited remnants of a false
colonial system into the clearer light, the fuller life and the
immeasurably more spacious and elevated opportunities of a free and
independent people who "comprehend the responsibilities incumbent upon
the founders of nations."

INDEX

Abarzuza, Sr. proposes reforms for Cuba, IV, 6.

Abreu. Marta and Rosalie, patriotism of, IV, 25.

Academy of Sciences, Havana, picture of, IV, 364.

Adams, John Quincy, enunciates American policy toward Cuba, II, 258;
portrait, 259;
on Cuban annexation, 327.

Aglona, Prince de. Governor, II, 363.

Agramonte, Aristide, in yellow fever campaign, IV, 172.

Agramonte, Enrique, in Cuban Junta, IV, 12.

Agramonte, Eugenio Sanchez, sketch and portrait, IV, 362.

Agramonte, Francisco, IV, 41.

Agramonte, Ignacio, portrait, facing. III, 258.

Agriculture, early attention to, I, 173, 224;
progress, 234;
II, 213;
absentee landlords, 214;
statistics, 223;
discussed in periodicals, 250;
rehabilitation of after War of Independence, IV, 147.

Aguayo, Geronimo de, I, 161.

Aguero, Joaquin de, organizes revolution, III, 72;
final defeat, 87.

Aguiar, Luis de, II, 60.

Aguiera, Jose, I, 295.

Aguila, Negra, II,