CHAPTER

CONTENTS

I. THE CARIBBEAN WORLD-YESTERDAY

-TO-DAY-TO-MORROW

CUBA-FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER

II.

IV. THE BLACK REPUBLIC-Continued

V. THE TRUTH ABOUT VOODOO

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VI.

THE TRUTH ABOUT VOODOO-Con-

tinued.

VII. SANTO DOMINGO-OUR FINANCIAL

VIII.

PROTÉGÉ

VENEZUELA TO-DAY

IX. THE STORY OF CASTRO

X. COLOMBIA AND THE SPANISH MAIN

XI. CARTAGENA AND THE LOYAL NORTH

AMERICANS

XII. THE ORPHANS OF THE CONQUEST

XIII. THE ORPHANS OF THE CONQUEST—

Continued

XIV. THE FRENCH ISLANDS

XV. PORTO RICO-OUR POLITICAL

XVI.

PENDIX

MEXICO AFTER DIAZ

XVII. THE Conquest of the Isthmus

XVIII. THE USUFRUCT OF THE WEST INDIES

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Note II-Record of Political Troubles

Note III-Government of Hayti

Note IV-Commerce and Industry

APPENDIX C

Note I-U. S. Convention with the

Dominican Republic

Note II The Dominican Republic.

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410

4II

414

418

Note II-Table of Political Troubles

APPENDIX F-The Danish West Indies .

APPENDIX G

Note I-The British Islands

Note II-Population

436

Note III-The Race Question

448

448

456

Note III-General Conditions

APPENDIX H-The Dutch Islands

APPENDIX I

Note I-The French Islands.

Note II-Financial Condition

APPENDIX J

Note I-Imports to Panama

Note II-U. S. Treaty with Panama.

APPENDIX K-Canal Legislation and the Hay-

Pauncefote Treaty

APPENDIX L-Our Policy in Central America

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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483

THE PRADO, HAVANA

THE RUINS OF SANS-SOUCI, HAYTI

THE CATHEDRAL AT PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAYTI
STREET SCENE IN CURACAO, WEST INDIES
MARKET PLACE AT CARACAS, VENEZUELA
STATUE OF SIMON BOLIVAR, CARACAS
OPERA HOUSE, CARACAS, VENEZUELA

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84

118

142

154

166

202

CALLE DE LAZADO, CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
GENERAL VIEW OF ST. THOMAS, DANISH WEST
INDIES

A WAYSIDE SCENE, PORTO RICO

CULEBRA CUT, CULEBRA, PANAMA

THE CATHEDRAL PLAZA, PANAMA

THE WATER-GATES AT GATUN

THE GATUN LOCKS AND DAM

MAPS

MAP OF PANAMA AND OF THE CANAL ZONE

MAP OF THE WEST INDIES

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