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Businessmen who refused to grease official Filipino palms complained that they could not purchase any of the $600 million in U.S.-donated surplus property. Many a postoffice mail sorter called upon business houses for "remembrances," saying, "You know your mail passes through my hands." Said cynical Interior Secretary Jose Zulueta, who saw more of corrupt Manila than of the less civilized but more honest interior: "There is no such thing as honesty nowadays...
There are 400,000 Spaniards resident in Cuba. Quick and hard the Spanish Government acted. In Madrid Foreign Minister Luis de Zulueta made a statement on the killing (which was barred from all Cuban newspapers) and wired urgent orders to Spain's embassy in Havana. Spanish Charge d'Affaires Rafael Forns called immediately on Cuban Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara, sniffed indignantly at the latter's suggestion that all official moves be postponed until after a Cuban "judicial investigation." Next day he delivered his Government's formal note, a message conspicuous for its lack of diplomatic...