The evening times., 1895-12-17

! Delegate TOMAS Estrada Pal,na minister
! piehipotcntiary 10 tnis Country OF the Cuban
revolutionary assembly. rvaCued Vus.,il,.,.
/ ton today.
Senor anna viii probably open the Cuban N
| legation, ior whicn Al house mas pe..n rcnt,u.
ae VIII confer with ConSrcssuien and Sera-
tors before flresentinx nis creuci.l,uls ia
President cleveland,
srcrrtary uoi.4aiode Quesala ofthe Cuba I
| revolutionary party Will he secretary OF
Tue GuDin I.gat1on. trfrt
horatio f,.oriis, attorney for the Cuban
Insurgents Legation, suiu III an iiitcryiew
Nc are di-o"tu no O.IjciaI stsil-dii.s aid
| are coinpeiicd to work In the DARK. Once
pehiSefehcy is recognized, All Will be
changed and We miiI Snow our uunu tu u,,
worid As an iiiust ton, within ten days
ltoih tbt recognition Ot beiHgerency the
| nag OF the CUBAN republic via D.. r..t, an
IN New YORK harbor on a craft which viii
e creuit 40 aby navy IN tue worio. She
was ouiit tor ii government when, faInlg
need her services, sod her 10 her pres
eBt owner at great sacrifice.
THIS party offers her 10 tEc Cuban re-
peDbc for S.,oo.'tUo, agreeing to fake his
pay in Cuban bonds at their lace value
through the sale OF prizes captured from
Spani5.i commerce on the high sea, Every
thing Is in readiness for active work.
READY TO COMMAND.
IL wcll-knvwn and most able officer,
who has seen many years or service in the
Chibct Si6ito navy, 10 Icduy 10 III hc coin
uiaId- Her working ana liStiing crews.
lneiuding many American veterans. have
Deen seiected ana Der Dament IS feuuy 10
go aboard. IN Tact. notbiilg but tie recogui-
lOn of DeIiigereHcy stabus between as aid
naval demonstration which will play u
very important part in the struggle for
Cuban independence.
the cruiser spoken of will take up her
position In The line OF traTfi. between spain
Cuba. ana Mexico. Sue SteHiis eIgnteen
kbols Under orcinary pressure. aud under
forced drangbt can easliy make nineteen or
twenty Tbis will place the rich Spa nish
liners plying belwecB the Two comments
absolutely at our mercy.
The Reina Mercedes, the Alfonso Doce
ana the Alfonso Trece alone represent
nearly five millions, without taking into
consideration their valuable cargoes. 1t
VIII be impossible for Span TO protect her
commerce crossing the Atlantic.
Her nien-Or-war re too slow 10 act as
consort TO these vessels, ana She can hard
~ afford to withdraw. cruisers from Ihe
Cuban coast, which is not now sufficiently
guarded TO prevent the landing of our eN-
peditions. Ine capture and safe OF u few
rich Spanish liners Will soon force the in
rant KING to swallow his rattle, and the
llehinsular, as We'll rs Cuba, may then be
Tree
six thousand Cubans in New York and
four times tnat number scattered all over
the United States scan the papers every
morning trying to find something IN which
TO base u hope of belligerency being recog-
nized by our administration in Inc near
future
over a million people on the Island OF
Cuba watch the malls with hated breath.
hoping to receive encouraging news on the
subject from their friends In America
UNCLE SANS RECOGNITION WANTED.
While we do not propose to wait for
recognition by the United States, aAd
while sucn action on the part or the adj
is by no means necessary to
our ultimate success, still II would uD-
doubtedly bring things to a climax and the
war to an end in very short order.
From the day that belligercncy is recog-
nized the sale or Cuban bonds can be Bego-
tiatcd with certainty and success. Cash in
Cuba at the present time Is necessarily
scarce, and patriots in America have coi-
tributed so generously for nearly year
that they are worse than short
with the recognition or beiligerency.
which means simply an Official acknowi-
ttlgment of that which the whole world
knows to be a fact-that q war Is going OF
in Cuba-moBey and aid now difficult To OBJ
ain. Will pour In from various sources. Fif-
cen millions will come from one syndicate
who, owning heavy inter-
-sts on the island. want the war brought TO
a speedy termination, men who are suffer
Ing heavy losses each day OF the struggle.
and who are convinced that Spain, at tbe
most. can only drag IL along indefinitely.
Under existing circumstances. although We
have every moral right on our side, out
side of Cuba we are not permitted TO fly
Dur flag