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Friday, January 23, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Seven
HERE'S ONE NEW BERNIAN'S OPINION
OF RECENT CASTRO VIOLENCE IN CUBA
It is doubtful that anyone in
North Carolina, or the South, can
better evaluate the Latin view
point than Karl Snow, who termi
nated his travelling In 1942 to be
comes a New Bernian by choice.
While living in a Latin country,
he visited various countries, saw
countless uprisings and revolutions
in the South American area, and
learned firsthand why folks below
the border react the way they do.
Many of the leaders he knew per
sonally, among them Sandino,
whose exploits in Nicarauga sent
United States Marines scurrying
there a generation ago. Sandino’s
wife, an officer in the army, was
moved to Honduras after being
wounded twice with shrapnel, and
Snow recalls bouncing her young
son on his knee.
A peace-loving man, Karl would
probably be the last person in the
world to start a revolution him
self. However, in his genuine love
for people he looks at both sides'
of everything.
That’s why The Mirror is happy
today to present this exclusive look
at the doings of Fidel Castro in
Cuba, taken by a man who knows
whereof he speaks. You may not
agree with your fellow New Bern
ian—a lot of folks won’t—but be
cause his is an honest opinion and
he doesn’t hesitate to express it,
we pass it along to you.
“Castro is being severely criti
cized,’’ says Snow, “about his hea
vy-handed dealing with his politi
cal enemies. Most of the criticism
comes from people who do not
know the inner workings of Latin
politics.
“Having lived for over 20 years
among them, and being intimately
acquainted with all classes from
the Indian in his mountain shack,
to presidents who Were elected,
and presidents who became presi
dent by force of arms and set
themselves up as dictators, I learn
ed many things.
“On one occasion I was invited
toHspend a weekend at the ranch
of a president wh« was later class
ed as a dictator. As we were about
to start the trip, he noticed that
I was the only one in the party
without a rifle or sub-gun. He told
his secretary to go back and bring
a rifle for me, as it wrmld make
him feel better.
“The Latin has a different way
of doing things. If he doesn’t like
the way things have gone, his first
thought is knife and his gun.
It makes no difference whether it
is against his ovm brother. It is
common to see brothers leading
opposing forces.
“One day I was visiting a certain
president. He was handed a tele
gram from his Son, who had been
court-martialed in connection With
a revolutionary plot, and sentenced
to be executed. The son was appeal
ing to his father for help. The old
man read the telegram and said
that his son was 21, knew what he
was doing, and that there would be
no intervention.
“In another case, a weak presi
dent had served under the dictates
of a shrewd wife and unscrupulous
family. They pocketed every cent
of money they could lay hands on.
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revolution.
“I was taking pictures as they
marched on the palace, so I was
there. When the new government
took over after months of fighting,
the national treasury had a balance
of 14 cents. Someone must have
slipped, or that too would have
been gone. *
“Naturally, the leaders were hot
under the collar, and quite a num
ber who weren’t lucky enough to
escape were taken down to the
river for water, and never seen
again.
“By nature the Latin likes to see
gore. From childhood they see
cockfights in the streets, and'bull
fights. The boys start out carrying
any kind of knife under their belts,
and later' a machete or gun. DCte
to the wild country where they
live, knives really are a necessity
for self-protection in many cases.
“When a patriotic man comes
along who has undergone days and
months, and even years, living like
an animal, fighting inch by inch,
trying desperately for an oppor
tunity to throw out the money
changers, a real hate builds up to
a white heat.
“He is ready to do anything to
the ones he feels to blame for the
crooked things he has fought so
hard to overthrow. Naturally, in
these cases many innocents pay the
supreme penalty due to associa
tion.
“There is one point that we
should not overlook. The leaders
in charge of this clean-up work
do it knowing full well that they
will become marked men. Once
their reign is overthrown by the
friends and relatives of the victims
that they have ordered executed,
they too, if caught, wili pay the
same price their victims paid.
Leaders must have real intestinal
fortitude.
“Naturally, it is hard for us to
understand their way of doing
things. Here, in our beloved Amer
ica, we can get all “het” up and
throw mud, and yell our heads off
before an election. But, if we lose,
we go back home and drop the
matter, while making up our minds
to throw more mud and yell louder
next time.
“Then too, it was not so many
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tain folks did a lot of this same
kind of fighting and feuding. You
know, it isn’t a very healthy busi
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“Sometimes things get mighty
rough, but in time they too will
wonder why they did it.”
That’s the way a New Bernian
who certainly ought to know—Karl
Snow—views Pldel Castro and
events in Cuba now making head
lines. You may feel that Karl's at
titude toward Castro is inclined to
be too charitable. This, however,
all of us will agree on. Imagining
yourself in the other fellow’s shoes
does make quite a difference.
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