The sun., 1878-01-29
a CHANGE or GovERNMEyT FOR CUBA.
unsucccssfui Attempt 10 Bribe the Cuban
Leaders with Gold.

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Leaders with So'"'
HAVANA, Jan. 23.-Thc latest sensation
here is the renewal of the report that the royal
feosts in honor of Alfonso wills wedding are
ofter NIL really TO take place They we're to have
oa,,,,,o,ooJ al, ,bo OIL of Fobruarv but we're |
commenced on the ., o, coi un' y ,,''.,, wv
indefinitely postponed. NOW IL III "lilouh'V"
TINT thev will begin on the 10th Of February |
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nouncement made Mt the same time oi ,ne COM
plete and final paciilcation Of tho island. has not
as yet been promised; and. in fact. it is not
even thought OIL III the pacihcation OIL 'he isi"iiu
be not announced. it will be solely because In
cohse'"on'o VI 'a'S o's. .'.'',,, III, ha |
further on any such announcement migh' pe
% p"'pae'' s,a.,.,,,,, ,.o,Id rocou an ito |
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authors.
II ia currently believed here that Captain
oaaor,, Ioyo,ar will leave for Spain by the
first mail steamer leaving this port after the
10th proximo. and that he is the last Captain
General that SPAN Will ever naVe ia ,'''s
On his departure the present Spanish colony OF
cuha Ia ,o be , snanisb proyince similar in all
respects to those Of the Peninsula. In the place
OF Captain General. the royal authority VIII,
- ,a.,ad In n sunarior Civil Governor and
oe Ves,eu III ,u, eas,,,,r ,ho ,,resent Inton.
Senior Canovas del Castiilo' the prese"' ,".
dente or Chancellor OF 'ne EScneaa.r So Mr,ser o % n
is'anl anu pro,ner a., "o "',.n n"nosnnr Gan
Madrid. is to be- the ilrst CiVil "oVerhor. u"'
Martinez Campos will remain here as Com
.,o,,lnr.i,. .Cb,e, ~ tho army The above plan
'l'"'l,e' ~ ,s,''iia,ior 10 ,he Govern
goes hy the name OF nssiinllutloh 10 'he """'"
ment Of Spain, and Cuba Is to have representa-
ton in the Cor,ez
As said the plan is farclcal. and II has not
even The merit Of novelty.
In the first place. Cuba. on the basis OF her
popuaton would Se entitled TO 8, s9ms siStsen s
These Deputies from Cuba would inevitably be-
elected under the pressure OF the Spanish Coy
ernrneut. npd would represent solely
Spnnish colonial Interests, which are
to-day exactly what they were three
hundred ycnrs ago-namcy, spoliatlon under
III" name and by tile power Of liw. All the cor
| rutt elements and monopoles by which Spain
demoralizes and rules to-day would be main, min,
would still be the reward Of military and politi;
cal tricksters and tools. The civil service would
| for broken down politicians. slavery would, Of
course be maintained. nnd the slave trade
| would probably he revived. either from Africa
or China. 4 very heavy contingent of the Span;
| ish army would indlspensably be required
| here and Spain would have 10 maintain in
Cuban waters an important proportion Of her
| nret. In iact. the expcnses oil Spanish rule in
the province Of Cuba would be ~ heavy IA they
| would have To be betrayed 10y taxation of Cuban
Industry. and any opposition tha, night b, be
would nominay bs supposed to represent
Cuba's Interests. would naturally be drowned
| However this plan OF assimilation to the form
| of royernment OF the Spanish provinces OF the
| neiinsuIn has been submitted to the Cubans
| vcnrs npo and nlwnys declined by them, ON the
| prounI that II would in no practical way vary
| HE old regime The requirements of the coun-
try are such rs cannot possibly be met by any
plan under Spanish rule.
As your renders know the plan by which Gen.
MARTINEZ Cnmpos hoped to attract " the three
leading pntrIut chiefs utterly failed Trusting
10 his experience with the Carst chiefs in
Sunin he deemed that failure was impossible.
Ro semi letters signed 10y himself and delivered
hy officers Of his staff To Gems MaAimo Gomez.
Molrstn Diaz md Vicente Garcia, in which
h,. offered TO hand TO each Of them in person
the sum of s50D OOO in gold conditional Npon
| their leaving the island and promising never
tn return Ia n ms long ms A single insurgent re-
| manned In the field and not To use any part Of
| the money against the continuance OF Spain =
rule in the island Conpdeatly relying upon the
arceptance OF what he'considcrcd such liberal
| offers he sent "A spanish gunboat to an appoint
sd ulur,. ON ihe coast and pledged his word TINT
| the Cuban officers should be taken to Jamaica
ar 10 the L Cntrd States at their option in perfect
| GOOD faith The gunbout went Ia the appointed
, | placr but the Cubnus were not there.
But the" attractive" plan Is not yet discarded
II j. positively asserted that on the 10th inst. a
general amnesty 10 all offenders will be publicly
aunoun ced and all property which has been
s.uupstersd Will be returned. To the Spauisl
> cause this apparent lenicncy will be- of ne
avail IL is simply II confession OF inability 10
suppress a revolution which, for nine years
| they have declared could be suppressed
by force. But to the Cuban cause
Q | coupled with the already well-ventilatcC
r | proofs OF determination, MS given by the re
fusn OF Gomez, Diaz ana Garcia 70 DE- ATTRACTED