The morning times., 1895-12-16
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and two or the presidents of the govern
nent are today. one. Cisneros Betancourt.
tile head OF the Cuban republic. and the
| this country.
But that revolution can now be praised:
1t Is dead. This one ls triumphant: it
must be condemned by Spain.
~ am glad to see that the author admits
| that we forced Spain 10 accept our condi-
tons in 1878. and that tie revolution
was the cause OF the emancipation of the
slaves. Only another revolution can OBJ
tain the freedom of the Cubans. for 1t is
| to be renitniDered that the previous war
came because the reform party was fooled.
as this revolution was also precipitatcd
| by the niockery OF reform gwen by the
| metro polls.
| Just think of the kind of home rule
/ winch consisted in only changing the collar.
| but not the dog. Why not explain the
great step anu concession which reduced
itself TO make the council of administration
today a partially elective body. One-half
of the members were to be CHOSEN by the
| government and the other hall elected by
qualifications leaving al the power to the
governor-general, who had Il right to veto
all its resolutions and Ia suspend at Will
| the elective members.
| And as to legislation. excepting small
part, everything was lett to the metropolis
Il nd even this was given Only after tneV
| became scared at the preparations which
were being made by Jose Marti In tne
United States To cooperate WIN the CuDaEs
OF the island to raise the banner OF iEde-
pendcnce.
I'm three months Spain will be willing
| to give Kind of home rule, but Sue VIII 90
| this only when she sees all hope gone.
Jose Marti was statesman and "A so.d-cr
who proved with hisdeath that he Dracuced
| what lie preached. ard instead of the revo-
| luton receiving setback with his death
| II has grown. SHOWING the profound Justice
OF his teachings, how far-seeine he was
and how Wen he Judged the situation. 1t
| is natural that the revolution should have
| It's principal leaders without. otherwise they
| would have been In the lions grip; bat t.
say that the 10000 men whom ii Is ad-
tnittcd are armed in Cuba came from without
! and were armed from without Is an untruth.
| or else the Cubans have disposed of in
| Vulnerable vessels to transport them ard
| evade the successful (?D vigilance OF the
ever absent spanish Armada
The Cuh1n-Americans have right 10
| sympathike with the land OF their birth.
| Don't the irish and German Americans love
| UiIcir native hedrths? The Cubans have
| not abused the hospitality of this country.
Theeourts have vcproveGthat wehave violated
| no laws. we have not iDsuited the Ameri-
| can flag as the SDaniards did in the AL
| liauca affair: we have not written the in
famous articles that the Spanish organs
have published about this country and Its
men, and we have no; accused Tins nation
| of being "idoiateIs of gold, destitute of
honor and shame"
The Spanish have bought Openly the
means to crush liberty in America: the
Cubaus have had serious obstacles put in
| their way TO provide the meu who have
| learned in American schools and universities
| oust the uuixotic nation which threatens to
| invade this country and wipe her off the
| face OF the GARTH, after she exterminates
| her subjects.
The Cubaus are worthy OF respect be-
| cause we have never by word or deed done
anything but what would show our regard
aud veDeration for the institutions of this
| republic. Cuba wants to be free. OF course
| thecorpordtioils, the towns. theplanters and
| the propert y-ow wners, who would baveevery-
| thing confiscated if they showed their sym
IL al
| 10 give Spain the opportunity TO do what
| she did before embargo everything possible.
but they help III secret, and Gen. Canpos
| has said it.
ARMY OF THE PATRIOTS.
Cuba has, placed in the field army
| ef 10000 ptB. She has population Of
| l. 500. 900 Take out OF this 7.o.oGe
| women and all tue children aud old men.
and we have about 26e.otO ahle-bodied
| men: therefore our army in tie field slows
| i wonderful population. an almost unanl-
| mons Gesire for revolution Hhat reyolu-
tion shows more? Refugees. outcasis.
bandits. ignorant mulatt0rs, dcmagcgups-
Are these Cuba,' he asks.
cuban patriots are today called tie
heroes cited BY thc Author Boliyer-
| They were bandits then and so
| r;iIled In Spain at that time. lafayette
and steuben we're -, as much Foreign i.i1s ad,
| Gomez. Gil, and others, fight for liberty
| now. The majority is in favor cf war.
| lpr ri rot. now u IL tDGt the WEnlt S)HitSn
army has not been able To crush this
| hand Of Gesperadoes, aud more than thirty
generals a nd God knows how many officers
| are chasing these Rob Roys without any
| success.
Either the Spanish army is very poor
| aiitl her leaders unworthy of their trust.
| or il is he whole soul OF Cuba which is
| aroUscd. Let the world decide. What
| hey said in February is teeoming mon
Strous repetition. not proven by sGbse-
quent events. Will the author ask any
-t...ts flN...
OF Santa Lucia. our president, is not of
| the highest titles in Cuba
"Massu. the vice president. he ad-
mits. is man of means and integrity.
! Bgt hc forgot Rafael PortuondO. the secre-
| ary ut foreign affairs. Il most distinguish
| i;twyrr OF the highest social circles: DR..
| Ferruir Valdez Domingucz. the late sec
| Tetary. a ioted physician. victim of
| spanish cruclties. when they shot the
| eight innocent students of medicine. but cil-
| cre-l To please tho Spanish ra ahbia: lie does
not mention that Roloff. whom he says is
| a. lew. by way OF insult. is a min OF
| varied lcJrning and most straightforward
| history: thai his su subsecretary OF war is
MeTocal. a graduate of an American col
| cge. n reEb,.w of the celebrated engineer
| who surveyed the route of the Nicaragrap
Canal And the other members of the
government DR.. CInzaycs. a man who
was the physician OF The port or Tunas de
Zoya: DR.. Joaquin Castillo. who is well
kIlown in Washington having tcen in The
Jeanette relief expedition.
'Dr. Pima is one OF Cuba best Law
vers and is the secretary OF the treasury.
Let him ask the people of Wilmington.
Del, IL Gen. Carrillo is a nlulatto: or in
Key West ask who is Gen. Serafie Sanchez:
or in New York. Gen. Jose Maria Rodri-
guez.
Here. are some names known all over
the country. which gives The lie to his
assertions. Let him find out who are
Galano. Mnnduley. Brooks. Estrada. Recio.
valiant. ACramonte, Primellcs,. Arrange
of others. There are nulattoes like the
Maceos. who defeat the best talent OF Spain
and who would be a credit TO any army.
| But why much talk about this point?
Was not Gen. Pueyo. whom the late Gen.
| Thomas Jordan defeated in the last war.
/! 4 negro and very prominent Spanish lead
that Martinez Campos himself is not many
generations from African blood. These
| arguments ire made by the Spanish for
effect The negro in Cuba fights on our
| side because he is grateful to us and be-
| cause he is like us, oppressed. He is
| a good soldier and has done nothing to
| merit hut praise. All the nonsense this
| American (?) writes is indeed un-Amer-
| lean.
| I'VE win pass over the home rule mani
| festo and the declarations of Montoro to
! whose arguments We oppose those of eX-
aeputy to the Spanish -Coftes, Enrique Jose
| Farona, who shows in a mastery pamphlet
with incont rovertibie figures how mis-
| governed poor Cuba has been. And why is
| it that the rank and file and the prominent
| home-rule leaders outside OF Havana are
| in the field? With the exception OF such
| men as MoDtoro all the autonomists are in
dependents in disguise. The PROOF that the
| government has no faith in them is that it
/ sends them to the penal settlements in Az
| riea and to the Isle of Pines. There are
more coiouels in The Cuban army today who
! were leaders OF, the Autonomist party before
| the war than in the Junta Central today.
1.-The Cubaps are oppressed: if not, it