Wilmington journal., 1873-11-14
THE }li>HINIUS CASE
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Fi<h yesterday morning with reference
- the action ~ our Government iii
t!le 3:DplicatioIF> arising ont cf .ha
seizure nt tin steamer Eirginius, and
the execution 0f four Of the captives.
nov THE EXECUTION MOTT JtAyE BEEN
sThTED.
The Consul at Santiago dc Cuoa IS
\. X. Young. Some how or other this
important f!lnctionary was away from
his post. Said hir. tish, mir. Young
was lot ut Santiago tie Cuba. He was
away from his post without leave"
The fact seems to be that the Govern
ment Of the United States had no one
but the Assistant Consul (Smith1 on
hand to enter protest, and hence
the executions were rushed through
before intervention was possible; when
if a Consul Of the United States had
been present TO de1nur, q stay might
have been had long enough, at all
events. to have received the order
from Madrid foripidd;ng the cxecu-
tions.
MIR. FISH OnIc;IoS OF THE SPANISH
GOVERNMENT.
Said Mr.. Fish, the Government Of
Spain is composed Of good republicans.
They mean well. They have made
many concessions at :he instance Of
this Government. The whole trouble
is with tl~'5 volunteers tSpanisI) in
Cul>a. 2T2 ore attempts To apologize
for their bruts1itr and butcnery. I
tl1ini, # the Spanish Government was
to cut tle1<aiF"afs Of the whole batch
of them Phe volj,ntaers) it would be a
good thing: i don't mean physically,
but politically ,-",tThey have displayed
blood-thirsty qualities. and have given
their home Government great deal
OF trouble. Bat. said Mr.. Fish, .tt'e
Minister of the Colonies has been sent
from Spain to make an Inspection; lie
IS armed with great power, and I cx-
poct to hear OI great reforms.
STAY Al 1ToA.s! soIDIEEs.
Continuing, The Secretary said x
am III sympathy with the Cuban cause.
The trouble with them IS that they
have no seaport. They have no means
OF communication they are shut ont
from the rest of the wsrld, and III get
ting supplies of any kind have to smEg-
gle them in through Spanish waters-
Ali those who were executed were 10
doubt in the commission Of the insur-
gents. Il would have been much bet
u
home doing service where it was val
uable. Fighting battles III New York
and in Washington by the words Of
titled officers viii not earn victories. If
they had done more service II C;iha
and less elsewhere, the cause on the
is 'and might to-day present n more
fattcring aspect. / would rather see
Cuban patriots made Of sterner stuff.
In reply to an inquiry, Mr.. Fish said
the distance from Havana to Santiago
de Cuba was $50 miles. and that it was
possible that the CI1bans themselves
might have cut the wires and have pre-
vented Geographic communication.
In parting with the Secretary he OBJ
served that as soon as he received any
additional official intelligence concern
ing the Nirginius he would at once
communicate it to the press. The re-
preventative Of the Star said - tIr.
Fish, what reparation viii be demand
q d Il the Spanish Government VIII
it be q mere apology from them =
Well, said he, s. We can't tell at this
time, not having facts before us, but
Won can rest assured the Government
Will act promptly IN the premises. 1t
is q somewhat 4 similar case TO the Ma
son and Slidell affair. The insurgents
actually want tie Government Of tha
United States TO DO what the Govern
ment of England did not dare do dur
ing the war of the rebellion. They
want lis to Fl out expeditions and land
them on their soil. This IS more than
England did. True, she fitted out one
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