Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-11

Cuba, but tho offer was peremptorily rejected.
 In lS49 Narcisco Lopez, who had served in tho Spanish army, became i'm plicatod in revolutionary movements and fled to the United States. Ho represent ed that the creole population was ripo for revolt and annexation to the United States. The first expedition fitted out by Lopez for the conquest of tho island was defeated by tho vigilance of the United States authorities, but in 1851 Lopez and Colonel Crittcndcn, n Kentuckian, left New Orleans with 800 men and landed at Morillo. Tho people did not revolt according to expectations, tho rovolutiOnistS wCre routed, Lopez was garroted, and Crittcndcu and 90 of his | followers were shot in Havana. In 1859 President Fillmore refused to join with France and Great Britain in guarantee ing toSpain tho possession of Cuba, and 1 since then tho United States has been the ground of preparation for numerous revolutionary oNpt diti"ns,
 From 1852 to lN6S there wcro numer- ous small revolutions, but i'll tho latter year FranCiso AUEilCra, Manuel Agui- | lora and Francisco OSuriO formed a most formidable Cuu~piravy tu hNcrato Cuba. Generals Cyspri,',, Alvarez Vicente | Garcia, Marmul and Fernandez raised bodies of armed men, and n desperate war cnSucd that lasted ten years. Tho revolutionists captured several impor- l tant towns and routed tho Spanish troops on numerous occasions Spain soon had nearly 20, 900 men i'll tho field. Tho revolutionists elected Ccspedes presi- dent of tho Cuban republic and Manuel | Quesad as commander ill chief, In May. 1869. General Thomas Jor- dan, n graduate of West Point and an ex- Confederate officer, landed 175 men and arms for ?, 600 moro and joined tho revolutionistS. Jordan was soon ap- | pointed commander in chief of tho pa triot armies. For years the revolution ists held the center of the island despite the fact that Spain sent thousands of troops to Qucll the outbreak. During tho war tho American ship Virginius, a blockade runner, flying the stars and stripes, was captured in British waters by a Spanish warship, and 53 of her men, many of them American citizens, were shct in public square at Santi- l aSO l ilG SlNb hEoNSSNA n SUI HI NA AAANtASS- nation in tho United States and nearly resulted in war with Spain. Tho United States and Great Britain both protested against the barbarOus act, and Spain set tied tho trouble by paying the United States an indemnity uf about $500, 900.
 During tho first three years of the war Spain spent over SEQ, 900. GOO in fighting tho rovolutionists, and thou sands of her troops were killed. From 1868 to 1879 l3, 600 of the revolution ists wero slain in battle and 43, 300 prisoners wcro put to death by the Span iSh authorities In lS1S the insurgents | had been driven to tho mountains, whence thoy could not bo dislodgrd, and Spain made praCu with them. prOmis ing torefurm its corrupt and oppressive administration uf the islands affairs.
 The promises were not kept, and Cuba is now taxed beyond endurance and practically without representation. It is said that Spain's lovies are equivalent to $50 per capita of the inhabitants. In 1880 General Calixto Garcia and Jose Marti, the present president of the rev olutionary party, landed i'll Cuba with a small force and held their ground for six months. The country was not rlpe for revolt, however; Garcia was cap tured, and Marti was driven from the country He located in New York and has since been planning revolutions. Marti is about 10 years of age and has been working for Cuban freedom ever since be was boy of 15. He has been twice banished from Cuba and impris- oned in Spain. but each :ime made his escape.
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