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to oot'sl.a Hall, cannot bo construed IN
any any -. Other light tl'an. as hn unftiondiS
IT, and % ii, evidence Of crh h339u
ttonn had alrchdy lobit made nhou ho r. aceom-
plished without lilo possibility Of inter-
i. Tho dovernn1ont accept aecop}e V tliis iI''tts as
ton Of Ills graeoa aq fostaee soss of Ss r rh
tia, evident deduction 70 70 ,hdo therofroM = y
Of tho Oasno IBpia, aro in cffoot ndenontlent Of
their own inclination. Tho Government viii
accordingly -
on this assumption, but inaamuoh NJ lilo Madrid
authorities have made The voluntary promises TO
which alluHion Inns boon mado, tho dov-
ernment Is e,oempollet 70 awett futthor do
dato for thoir iuliiilmont. That tlmo has has
not vet expired: What action may be taken in
the, event Of tholr nonfulflllment Is matter
That viii in all probability rest with Congross ii
MOTT monday. 49,. '~ '~''@" A'A'4
THE srAriua or TIE INSURGENTS
on the ialand Of Cuda has been tho subject Of
slnco tho death ot jose Morales Ioonu1. tic
first Woo prosllont OF tho Cuban Republic and
tho United Btatoa, thoy lavo been irrqgularly
Represented S,gs,,, III Warrington. senor Meael ds
Fish, bnt no representation hns been made to
prove that they hayo euccooded In ostablishlne
q regular and rolinble form Of goyorpmout. Mo
oa .es" Placed the phrase Ees
that tho insurgonts shall hold rce11larly eBtaI.
lislhed courts, shall law taxes' ahn1l oon-
vene "a Constituent Assembly for legislative
PnFposse and md sha Ill bo Possessed Of no
the &hiuh seas. No representations to nrovn thnt
these recesaities haye boen comnliod win have
bocn madc. but. on tho oontrarT. the informn.
tbn, on 5os9ESa C E @ seens to indicate st the lat at
ucnt or Logislature VA dianarneti by
tho 8panish armies. and that ono
at least Of it's members was captured, and that
70 no., eif95t LAS 6een m.ae . sonysns il since
Representatives in th's conntrv that ti,ay havo
not taken tbe nrnoamtion In nrovc thnir
richt tn recoon,tian' and that t1,ov a,c n
a condition to comply with the roquiremonts ct
interrntionaJ ln,v W,f1o +ho 4o1ornnoant ho
lioyos that four.afths Of tho natives on tic
to sPsna1h i rue s anabo IL
to perceive tlat the insurgents have sue.
tie direction of raninu or maintaininp noynr as
to ontit1a tl,om - INV condition La1dTni thnt
which ia accordcd to INV rniclons cnmhina.
linn. Trha crv for
4 rvconu,r4nv ~ rur,p Dr,1,orpr,r ,,n.,-s
in, thorcfora viii in t7,a o1tron,o
aid whi1o n finds reanonao nndcrr
tic existing oxcftomont from lin Deonln of
every section Of our country. va and con]soansntly ]
tho Civilizations IF tia nation to no1yar Shich Il
vot fr;ahdiv md nrohnhSv vii rnnt;nne 4o ~ he
friendly demand that the utmost caution
sholl characterize onch .nccossiye stnn.
understood worfd nat incraaso tbn ndvan-
tnVcs whic;, ara now oncordoI ~ Iio inar9an.a
in lin nmrchaaa at arrna and villa tiar rSr,ra.
roscutatiyos haye ciamored for It thew hayo
ner1ectei lin onnnrt,,n;fv .yldc1, nnrr onan
nsfket Affords tlem s to Buy munitions OF war war
under Hnfo protection to any point they please,
till they reach tho prescribed line, tlroe miles
from tho Cuban shore, when, If 1t is proven TINT
vesael ia engaged in violation of Spanish law, :,
sho nay bo subjected to seizure. The in
surgonts, it may be remarked, in this
connection already enjoy tho bouoilt Of bellgor-
ont rights f1om several South American Repub-
lies, natural enemies Of Spa,p but,
HAVING NO SEAPORT,
and boiuE without q substantial form of Gov
elnment, thoir flag upon tho high Seas
must bo considered, in the yiow Of inter-
national law, aB tho emblom Of piracy. Il
doos not necessarily follow thnt either the United
Stntea Great Britain, or any other power would
treat their flag rs such an emblem, but 1t does
follow that Snain would DO entitled to trent it as
such, aud that pathizing Governments would
Do nowerIcsB to intorfere.
INTERVIEW WITH sEcnETARY FISH.
reporter Or tho washington itepn0ttcdn was
accorded nearly three hours IN all Interview, this
evening, VILE the Secretary ct State, who made
tho fotlowlng ssatoment, which has bcen telo-
graphed to one New Icy York paper, and is sent
to your readers. The Secretary Of State said:
"Ihe Government is without sufficient official
Information regarding tho recent occ!1rreneos on
me Island Of CUBA to enable 1t to act at Ill def
mtely, and lR in possession OF 10 information
beyond that Which has beon conveyed to the
Eublo through the columns Of tho press. It has
not been satisfactorily explained that tux. Viz
elnlus was
under
= TIRE ACT OF 1868,
tho duty Of the President when his
intervention is required to protect American
citizens from foreign Governments, it Ia impos-
aible that tho Administration can do anything
moro than protest agaiust such action. Tho
law provides most positively that protests Of
this kind, and subsequent action which may
follow, shall be limited to uBo of measures which
shall NOT amount to IN act Of war. It is. there
fore, apparent that tho Government Il virtually
v1r1S S.. .knu