Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-12
The Cabine, U pm the Cuban Hm,chery


General Ryan AMI others, and the instructions
:, Mt 20 Minister Sickles at Madrid and Consul
General Hall at Havana. He said III az he was
unable at the time TO formally present the mat
ter, as the State department was without Off
cial dispatches, owing to the interruption OF
tel graphic facilities between Havana and
." o. Cuba, but that he hoped
sfeItly 70 be il possession Of such details
would enable the government To act
aehnit ). This allusion TO the matter was FOL-
INV u BY general remarks on the part Of all the
members OF the cabinet. The Secretary OF state
said that it was impossible now 10 fairly judge
the question; but, az would appear from the
cable dispatches received, the Spanish govern
nent had no intention or desire to assume the
responsibility which the grievousness OF the act
prtsentFd. As he was advised, the government
at Mad were without details. All that had
been sent abroad was from Washington, based
on the PR Sc 6i patches and what were undoubt
edly official dispatches from the commanding
officer at Santiago de Cuba to the Captain gen
was concerned, he was assured that ASmiT 1I
Polo knew no more OF the details than the State
department. Until the State depa rtment was
N possession of a detailed statement, he was
rot prepared to offer the matter for formal con.
81, era ION.
The urinary execution of Ryan and others
was men talked of. and the Secretary of State
said the only explanation he could give for
what might now appear as an unwarranted
execution, was that the parties shot had been
adjudged guilty Of treason, and the sentence of
the Spanish government passed upon them
some time ago. IL was an old Spanish law as
much in force to-day as II was forty years ago,
and those summarily executed he had no doubt
were on the list of condemned traitors or omen
enc mics of the Spanish government, and Cd cir
identity being proven, the military officer at
Santiago de Cuba had no discretion in the mat
ter, but carried out the decree of his govern
ment. 1t was nothing new, merely the enforce
ment Of decree based upon old Spanish law.
Coming back TO the question whether the
sen ure was legal or illegal, whether the Nir-
sinius was in every way protected by her regis
ter ana clearance papers, whether the parties
on board were destined tor a regular port, as
he had already stated, could only be known
when the State department had received such
particulars as the magnitude OF the question
demanded. The President said he had read
the press dispatches announcing that eighty
Cuban insurgents captured as prisoners of war
had been shot on the field and while the report
lacked confirmation, he was prepared to
hear OF its confirmation after what
had already occurred in Cuba, and he
was sa fed the Spanish government
would not approve of such butchery. 1t was q
matter, however, which an enlightened govern
ment could not overlook. Ifiudeed this method
ofwartare was necessary TO the Spanish repub-
! g, Individually he could not wish such a gov
eminent prosperity. II the Spanish people in
their effort TO establish republican form of
government, could not control the authorities
in Cuba; then in the interest OF humanity, he
thought 1t time to Interfere. Not to
encourage the struggling Cubans or TO
embarass the Spanish republic In any
way, but wholly in the interests Of civilized
humanity. Such precedent had already been
CeldbileHtus My attention mas recentlN been
called to this, and l refer the matter to the
Secretary OF State" After the transaction of
the routine business which ordinarily comes be.
fore the President at cabinet meeting, the
session was closed. The document referred TO
bv the President is substantially that Ferdi-
nand VII, King OF Spain, having no male issue,
declared about 1852 the abrogaton of the
Salic law, so as to allow of the accession to the
throne of Isabella his elder daughter. Don Car
los, his brother, whose heirship was DESTROYED,
retired in 1858 to Lisbon. and issued protest
The Ferdinand died
tina, his widow, was made queen regent; an in
surrectlon i'll favor OF Don Carlos began in the
Blscayan Provinces Don Carlos left Lisbon in
le1i for England, whence he left for Spain. BY
that time Zumalacorrequi, the Carlist gen.
eral. had organized q large army, which held
the nine or ten northern provinces OF Spain.
The queens government from the first de
c!ared the Carlists rebels, and ordered them
when captured to be shot. This was done for
about two years. The Carlists did the same.
The government had places to hold prisoners;
the Carlists had none. They held the open
field. Horrible butcheries occurred on both
s:des: eombattants and non-comb attauts were
slain. In May, 1884, an English vessel was
stopred on the high seas, taken possession of
by spanish man of war; two Carlist officers
were taken from it and shot. The Duke of Wei
ington was secretary of state for foreign at
fairs in Great Britain; that country was in al
nance with France and Portugal to support
Christiana's government. The duke, however,
determined to offer mediation, taking the out
rage above-named as the impelling wedge.
Lord Eliot now Earl st. Germans, was
employed by the Duke. He entered Spain and
went to Don Carlos headquarters in 1884. Here
he succeeded in the adoption of a convention
between the two forces This convention made
NO political or beligerent recognition. Lord
Eliot was instructed by Wellington to as
sure Don Carlos that no such recognition would
be given by the allied powers, separately or to-
gether; that Eliot's position was meditatoral
IN the interests of humanity, and not at all de-
signed TO NEEDLE with the internal affairs of
Spain in the instruction. This had
previously been made known TO the Queen
Regent. ON the 10th of June convention of
nine. articles was signed for the Carlists by
Thomas Burnabcarnequi, and for the govern
ment by Geronimo Vsldes, each commanding
their respective armies. So carefully Is all
recognition eliminated that no titles or rank APP
peared to either. Lord Eliot signed as mediatory
witness for both parties. The convention pro-
vided that captured prisoners should be treated
as prisoners OF war, that they should be ex-
changed pre- rata and according TO stated rank,
two or three times per month; that after it was
signed no one in any case should be condemned
or executed for political opinions only; that one
or more towns should be neutraliZed so as to
allow of the holding Of unexchanged prisoners,
and also, that the convention should not be abro-
gated during hostilities, and If the area of war
territory. This convention continued in force
until 1889, when the Carlists surrendered. No
prisoners were Killed, and no one executed for
This IS substantially the text OF the document
which is now in the hands of Secretary Fish,
and which will be the basis in few DAYS of a
GLASSWARE FOR THE WHITE HoUsK.-At the
Corning glass works a set OF glassware, destined
for the Presidential Mansion, has Just been
completed 1t is described as follows by the
Elmira Advertiser: cit consists of two dozen
goblets, which are cut about half way I'D the
bowl, the remainder of the bowl being richly en-
eraved, and prominent among it is the United
states coat OF arms. Four dozen champagne
glasses and saucer bowls, cut and engraved as
the goblets; two dozen regular champagne
glasses, engraved as the others six dozen canary
coiored hook glasses; seven dozen ruby bowl
mint stem sauterne glasses. These colorst
glasses are very superior. There are also four
dozen claret, six dozen sherry and four dozen
cordial glasses, two dozen finger bowls, which
are cut and engraved with the coat of arms;
tnree dozen punch glasses with handles. four
oozeh Ice cream plates. cut and engraved as the
glasses. The value of this glass is about s. 900
IL is not full set, but ordered to make good the
1uli set sent to the White House some time
since. 1t is all gotten up with the best OF taste
and OF most exquisite pattern. The engraving
Is perfect. We noticed beside the above, a
large number Of entirely new and beautiful
samples OF preserve dishes, shell, and other
iofms, also bottles, decanters. Sc, which far
surpass anything we have ever seen.
AN INJUNCTION AGAINST JAY COOKE & Co.
A suit has been brought against the St Paul
H.