The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-15
And 1t Is Reported That the Up.
rising Is General.
TALK OF A SPANISH CONSPIRACY
The Whole Affair Is Said to Be a
Plot to Draw Out the Cuban
Chiefs.

bringing large number of Havana papers.
They give lengthy account Of what ap-
pears to be a spontaneous outburSt of revo-
lutionists all over the island. According
to FL Pare of November the uprising
started on November 5. Twenty men in
La Jos entered the store OF a dealer in
firearms and demanded the surrender of
the place. He refused and was shot. and
the place was looted. The men, being
thus armed. took thirty horses and were
reinforced by more revolutionists. In an
other small town thirty men are in arms.
They had an engagement with Govern
ment troops, in which five men were taken
prisoners and the rebels dispersed. only to
get together again.
General Marti, who is now in New
York. said this morning: The present
movement was started by the best youth
Of Las Lajas. All the neighboring towns
Immediately joined it,"
The World tomorrow will publish a
special dispatch from Key West to the
following effect: Evidence accumulates
that the so-called Cuban revolution is a
putup job instIgated by the Spanish author
tiles themselves. The person who arrived
here with the first news undoubtedly mis-
represented everything for the purpose of
drawing out the Cuban chiefs. The real
insurrection. when it comes. will mean
something. The Spanish authorities know
this and bogus Instructions are their
scheme fer thwarting it,"
Cuba was very loyal to Spain in the ola
days-the only loyal province of all the
empire in the Americas. On the deposi-
tion of the royal family of Spain by
NAPOLEON, the news OF which arrived in
Cuba 10 July. 1903. every member of the
Cabinet took oath to preserve the island
for the deposed sovereign and declared
war against Napoleon. Since that time
the island has been ruled by succession
of Governor r-Captain-GeEerals from Spain
armed with almost absolute authority.
some of whom have conducted themselves
honorably. while the names of others are
loaded with infamy, the Office having been
frequently sought and bestowed only as
means to acquiring fortunes.
The deprivation of political, civil and
religious liberty and exclusion from all
public stations. combined with q heavy
taxation to maintain the standing army
and navy, have resulted in deadly hatred
between the native Cubans aud the mass
of officials sent from Spain.
This has manifested itself in frequent
rsings for greater privileges and freedom.
OF this were the conspiracy of the "Black
Eagle in 1929, the insurrection of the black
population in 1874, the conspiracy of
NJ aciso Lopez in 1S48. his landing with
600 men from the United States in
1850, and his third attempt in 1851,
which cost his life and that of many of his
followers. Soon after this reformist
party spraDg up, desrOus of coming to q
settlement which should insure the rights
of the colony without impairing the in
terests of Spain, and after protracted
efforts this party succeeded in obtaining
an inquiry at Madrid on the reforms
needed in Cuba; but the only alteration
decreed was that of new system of taxa
ton more depressing than the former.
Great sympathy had long been shown
for the Cubans by the people OF the
United States, and in 184S President
Polk had gone the length of proposing.
through the American Ambassador at
Madrid, transference of the island to the
United States for the sum of 81, 100000.
A similar proposal was made ten years
afterward in the Senate, the sum sug-
gested being S3O.00O.0OO, but after debate
it was withdrawn.
When the Spanish revolution of 1868
broke out the advanced party in Cuba at
once matured their plans for the liberia
ton of the island from the military des-
potsm of Spain,ro in arms at Yara, in the
district of BayamO. and made declaration
independence, dated at Manzanillo on the
18th of October OF that year. This insur-
rection soon assumed formidable dimen-
sions in the eastern portion of the island.
On the 18th of October the town of
Bayamo was taken, and on the 28th the
jurisdiction of Holguin rose In arms.
Early in November the patriots defeated
force which had been sent against them
from Santiago de Cuba, and the greater
number of Spanish-American republics
hastened to recognize the Cubans as bellig-
erents. During subsequent years, in spite of
the large ana continued increase of the
number of troops sent from Spain and
organized by the Spanish authorities on
the island the yearly campaigns up to the
present time have shown that In the east
ern interior the Cuban patriots are practi-
cally invincible and that by maintaining a
guerilla warfare they can attack and harass
and even defeat their enemies who NAV be
bold enough to act on the aggressive.
In a debate on Cuban affairs in the
Cortes of Madrid In November, 1876, it was
stated that during the past eight years, in
attempting to crush the insurgents, Spain
had sent to Cuba $4,000 soldiers and her
most favored commanders, but with little
or no result On the other hand, Cuba,
under the perpetual apprehension of the
rebellion, has seen her trade decrease, her
crops reduced, and her creoles desertinp
to the United States and Spanish re-
publics, and her taxes have been trebled in
vain to meet the ever-increasing expenses
and floating debts.
TROUBLE IN SPAIN.