The New York herald., 1869-06-10
Important from Cuba.

hsn III our columns to-day, both by telegraph
and mail, is of the highest Importance. 1t
will be seen that revolution has been con-
summated in Havana. General Dulce, on
signing his forced resignation, declared
it to be ''the last Of Spanish rule
in Cuba" and it has filed the Spanish
Minister at Washington with alarm. Still
the Spanish volunteers hold on in their
mad course, killing even their late idol,
General Lesca, in Trinidad, and displac-
ing other governors who are obnoxious to
them. The natural sequence of all revolu-
tionary proceedings is forcing itself upon their
consideration in the important question, What
next? Some desire to proclaim separate
nationality, with friendly connection with
Spain; others think Cuba should be divided, as
st. Domingo is divided between Dominicans
and Haytiens, leaving the central and eastern
portion Of the island as free republic and
holding the western for Spain; another party
wish to proclaim Isabella, or at least the
Prince Of Asturias, and a fourth, comprising
the conservative Spaniards, look hopefully to
the coming of General Rodas.
This officer is now on his way from Spain,
and will probably arrive before the close of
the present month. The condition Of things
he will find in Cuba assimilates in some
respect to what the Viceroy Venegas found in
Mexico when the Spaniards there made o
similar revolution against the Viceroy Itur-
rigaray, in 1903, and sent him back TO Spain
in something like the same manner that Dulce
has been sent back from Cuba. The move
ment in Mexico secured the revolution there,
as this in Cuba seems destined to do for
the revolution in that island. But one
immediate result can follow, and that
is great increase of the weakness of
Spanish power in Cuba. lis resources
will be dried up by the disorders of the mad
volunteers on the one hand and the exodus Of
wealthy Cubans on the other. Our tele-
graphic accounts state that a second emigra-
ton had commenced in Havana, while our
correspondence informs us that the volunteers
affirm they hold the names of two thousand
Cubans who are to be brought to account. We
fear that terrible massacre is impending in
Havana, in which Americans and Cabans will
be slaughtered without distinction. Should
General Rodas on his arrival attempt to
control this fierce and ignorant volunteer ele-
ment he may make matters worse instead Of
better.
We have constantly endeavored to awaken
the government to sense Of the true condi-
ton of the Cuban question and of the perils it
involves to the individual interests Of our citi-
zens and our national interests at large. 1t
would seem as though darkness like that
which cursed Egypt is spread before the eyes
of the administration, and that they are wrapt
in sleep as deep as that of
death. On their heads will rest the
responsibility of coming events, which
are already casting their bloody shadows
before. The cold blood of our Secretary of
State cannot appreciate the fires which are
kindling in our own domain, and it is time for
the President to awaken to the danger and see
that our national and private interests are en-
compassed with safety. Our fleet must be
largely increased, and that Immediately, in
Cuban waters The true position and relations
of the republican government must be recog-
nized and their belligerent rights acknow-
ledged. Admiral HoT should be at
once instructed TO make known to
the Spanish revolutionary leaders in
Havana that the lives and proper
ties of American citizens must be re-
spected; and if we would establish our due
influence in the new republic we must take
some steps that viii show our sense of the
obligations of civilization and humanity to-
wards the struggling Cubans. A blind belief
in the lallacies and polite words of the Spanish
Minister will not save Secretary Fish nor the
administration Of General Grant when the
public mind shall be awakened by the progress
OF events of which they have been forewarned
and against which they should be forearmed.
REPEAL IN THE DOMINION. Nova Scotia
is still discontented with the Canadian Consoli-
dation Union. Attorney General wilkins in
his place In the Legislative Assembly, in Hall
fax, denies the power of England to tax the
province and, consequently, her right to hold
its people to Canada. He proposes to test the
question In legal form before one OF the high
courts of Great Britain, as the province must
be liberated" by mild measures If possible, or
''extreme steps" II necessary. This is ominous
of dissolution. Attorney General wilkins
wants repeal, self-government and home taxa
ton, as he has already demonstrated in his
correspondence with Major General Doyle, the
General expunging the forcible arguments
from the official publication. Mr. wilkins
rests on the very principle which freed the
United States. 1t cannot fail, and never dies.
ARIsTocRAcY "CAvrSG IS."-The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury advises the House Of
Lords to pass the Irish Church bill, and
twenty-five conservative peers refuse to
pursue the policy of rejection Of the measure.