The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-15

IMPoYKRI,HFp cuRA.
It's Condition so Bad That it Could Hardly
Be Worse.


Be Worse.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-Colouel ]. A
Nunez, late Consul at Cartlenas, Cuba,
was at the Ebbitt House to-day, en- route
FOR his home in Louisville, KY. He re-
signed his oonsulship on the Sd OF Septem-
ber, but was not retired from duty until
the sOth. He left for Havana on that day.
Mr.. Nunez had the following conversn-
ton in regard to Cuba:
What is the present condition of the
islRnd?" ta
$50 bad that it cannot be well worse.
Every material interest is prustrated,
almost every one Impoverished, land
rapidly becoming valueless and a general
outlook of gloom and despondency."
WAS not the last sugar crop a good
one?"
1T was much above the average, but
unreasonable rains cauged about ten per-
cent 10 be left uncut in the fields. Prices
were low"
What is the prospect for the crop this
season."
"There is a prospect of fair crop for
the present season, though the want Of
money has prevented the planters from
hestowirg the necessary care on their
land. II prices should. rule high this
year, they would prove respite for an
island in great distress"
what is the cause of the low prices ?"
The remolochs, beet sugar which
gluts our markets where the Cuban
planter must look for his sales and his
profits"
''How do the spaniards and Cubans re-
gard each other?"
"Tn q cat and dog, or monkey and parrot
fashion. They are linked together by
malignantdestiny, and hate each other cor
daily"
"Csu you understand why this is"
only by understanding that there ia
moral as well as physical strabismus
Spain ia short sighted and cross.eyei, and
sees her own interests and those Of Cuba
through perverted sense. She takes from
the island all that she can grasp, and
leaves it only blood and vitality enough
to breathe. She has learned nothing from
the fable OF killing the goose for the golden
egg
extortions2"
because, though they might desolate
the islald, they can not by themselves
achieve their independence. They have
tried and signally failed"
"Would it be tn their advantage for
them to achieve it,"
"No; because though spain's control Is
horrible, anarchy would be worse, and an
anarchy would be the result Of Cuba
ruled only by CHbans. Every noted guer-
'rilla chief would want to be President, and
they would reenact the scenes that
have so often degraded Mexico, the Cen
tral American and the South American
migcalled. Republics"
"Ars the CubGus dt for republican gov
ernmentN
"They are not, neither ara the Spain
ards. There are few CASTELAR, men in
Spain, and republican government can
only be sustained on the basis Of prima-
tive simplicity and innocence, or advanced
Civilizations full and practical reoog-
nition Of all civil rights Of person and
property. These facts are we'll known TO
all the more intelligent Clbans, who toll
crate Spanish rule only because it ia pre-
ierable TO anarchy"
"Do the Cubans desire annexation to
the United states2"
"0enerally they do, and most earnest
ly, and 1t would be grand thing for Cuba,
but for the United States it can only be-
desirable aB a choice Of evils. With the
mass Of ignorance among the population,
it would BE- dangerous element TO admit
into our political siaterhood. 1t Is gravit-
ating towards us, and We must eventually
posses5 the Island, which ultimately, by
large emigration and infusiens Of Anglo
Saxon vigor, will become qualified to ap-
preciate and participate in the admins
tratiOn OF those institutions which have
made our Government the cyuosurs Of
the world,H