The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897

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Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No.
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VOL. 1 MARCH 18, 1897. NO. 19
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Cuba has changed places with Greece this week, and again occupies the
most important place in men's thoughts.
An American citizen who was arrested there two weeks ago has been
found dead in his cell, under very mysterious circumstances.
This man was Dr. Ricardo Ruiz.
He was born in Cuba, but came to the United States many years ago.
He studied dentistry in Philadelphia, lived there several years, obtained
his papers, and became an American citizen.
A foreigner who wishes to become an American citizen has to go
before a judge and declare his intention of becoming a citizen of the
United States. The court then gives him what are called his "first
papers."

He must have lived here five years before he can become a citizen. To
do this he asks for what are called his first papers, and then he must
wait two years before he can get what are called his "second papers,"
which make him a citizen of the United States, and give him all the
rights and privileges of a native-born citizen. Before the second papers
are given him, he has to take an oath swearing to be a true and faithful
citizen of his new country, and he has to give up any title that he may
have borne in his former land.
[Illustration: Prison at Guanabacoa Dr. Ricardo Ruiz]
The oath he takes, which is called the oath of allegiance, binds him to
give up his citizenship in his former country, and to become so
completely an American that if a war were to break out between his old
country and the United States, he would fight against her and for
America.
He went back to Cuba, after a while, and settled in Guanabacoa.
Guanabacoa, if you will remember, is the town which is ruled by the
cruel Fondeviella. In Number 13 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD
we told you about this man, and his cruelty.
It would seem that Dr. Ruiz fell a victim to Fondeviella's cruelty.
The Spaniards seem to have a very spiteful feeling against Cubans who
have become American citizens.
They vow vengeance against such men, and are ever on the watch to