The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-16

WASHINGTON, Nov. l4-Ihe department.
of state has received a dispatch from
Ramon O. Williams. consul general at
Havana, inclosing translation of the an
nouncement in the official journal of the
fact that the chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, chairman of the Economic
society, chairman of the To-
bacco Growers and Manufactur-
ers' association and the chairman
of the board of sugar planters. of Havana,
have been called to the place by instruc-
tions from Madrid, and requested TO 90 to
Madrid and report personally the views Of
these corporations on the negotiations OF
reciprocity treaty with the United States.
Mr. Williams also inclosed the translation
of an editorial from La Lucha, a leading
paper Of Havana, regarding the action or
the Spanish cabinet at Madrid, as follows;
'Mr. Canovas del Castillo, according to
the kilograms received from our agent
in Madrid, considers the petitions adj
dressed to him from this island asking
for the negotiation of a treaty of commerce
with the United States as imprudent,
because Of its tending to encourage the
Yankee and to be the more exacting. 1t
would seem almost incredible for the
premier of the Spanish cabinet to discourse
in such a manner Can Mr.. Canover
believe it is impossible to hide from the
United States the gravity of the
crisis brought on by the new
tariff of the great republic? The United
States is admirably acquainted with eY-
erything relating TO this island. They
know its economic, financial and political
condition in a most exact manner. Even
the geography and topography of Cuba
are known in the United States much
more than can perhaps be supposed. \
highly respectable gentleman has said
that in the offices Of the federal govern
ment there exists data with reference to
the cost of the island, showing that its
most important parts have been surveyed
and sounded
Mr. Blaine, the present secretary Of
state, is just as well Informed on the af-
fairs of Cuba as if he had lived and labor
ed amongst US, or had lived in the island
many years. Our export and import trade,
the state of our agricultural, commercial
and industrial wealth, the yield of our
customs, are all known TO Blaine. The
exposition of the chamber of commerce of
Havana and Santiago de Cuba, the report
of the Cigarmakers' union and the opin-
ions OF the Havana press upon
the great questions now agitat-
ing us are all read in Washington
a few days after being printed in this city.
Moreover, the secretary of state does not
even have TO order the translation of those
because they are sent to him
from here already translated Blaine
kuOWS GNeINJDllR- he dlfGduN lOSScSSeS
that which our government is in want of,
namely, facts and data demonstrative of
the real state of our commercial relations
with the United States. Has not a recent
telegram published by us from Madrid
told us that the government has requested
the Spanish cOnsuls in the United States
to furnish it with information OF the same
kind?
The statistical information in the possess
sion of Blaine is of so decisive and culmI-
mating a character as to enable him to say
to Spain: Accede, agree. as is just, to my
policy of commercial reciprocity, or l will I,
sink the sugar plantations of Cuba.
And the day our prime industry, that /
of sugar planting, is lost, all the minor /
industries will be lost with it, Our rail |
roads, our banks, our great commercial 1
houses, our professions, our industry, all 1
live and flourish because we plant cane |
make sugar, and sell it to the United /
States. Blaine knows all this, and acts ac-
What does Mr. Canovas /
wishr That we should not talk so plain? |
That we shall increase our. arms? That /
we shall quietly stand by the wave of |
misery now threatening to swallow us in |
its depths? No people, unless degraded |
and debasCd, can resign itself TO lose, /
along with its wealth and happiness, its /
culture and civilizations. Our campaign |
had to be undertaken, and we have realized /
It's ideal publicly and in the light of day. |
Our clamors are loud and energetic, !
though not so much as we would wish, for !
The dangers threatening us are great and |
imminent
Take heed, Mr. Casanovas.