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48 Cuba would belong to the United States. He thinks that [[red underline]] within two years there will be another revolution.- [[/red underline]] Is this mere guess work of a young inexperienced man or is this current opinion in cuba? At lunch at the hotel I met another young man whom I had seen first in the boat. he is a spaniard from Sevilla. his name is Jose Perea Solada, just graduated as a mining engineer and here on a visit of study. He says that Havana reminds him entirely of his native [[red underline]] Andalusia. [[/red underline]] Afternoon went to the horse-races with Lister and [[red underline]] Bush [[/red underline]] seems to be most frequented by americans altho' there are quite a number of Cubans. Except for the characteristic Cuban landscape with royal palms in the plains and Sugar centrals [[end page]] [[start page]] 49 in the distance one would have thought to be in the U.S. [[red underline]] I fear [[/red underline]] the newly opened race track and other gambling institutions [[red underline]] will attract here a very undesirable sort of americans to the detriment of the expectation of America as well as to the detriment of the city of Havana. [[/red underline]] Stayed with [[red underline]] Bush [[/red underline]] and Lister until bet time. This morning got letter from Celine advising that my [[red underline]] sister [[/red underline]] finally got that money which I sent thru Dr. Van Dyke so I feel considerably relieved. Also a letter from [[red underline]] Professor De Bruyne [[/red underline]] smuggled thru the lines, by intervention of my sister in which he expresses himself of [[red underline]] the sad but proud condition of the Belgians. [[/red underline]] [[ink underline]] February 28 [[/ink underline]] (Sunday) Last night was even noisier than before. At midnight some darned fool in front of the hotel started hammering down packing boxes! while a