As soon as a man with African blood, whether light or dark, acquires property and education, he returns himself in the census as white.

The officials humor them in this petty vanity.

In fact it's the most difficult thing in the world to distinguish between races in Cuba.

Many Spaniards from Murcia, for instance, of undoubted noble lineage are darker than Richmond mulattoes.'" [Illustration: GENERAL RUSSELL A.ALGER, SECRETARY OF WAR.] May I ask you, Father Yates, to what do you ascribe the absence of Race prejudice in Cuba?
"Certainly.

In my humble opinion it is due to Church influence.