The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-21
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.D1E LONE ON THE REBELLION
Says Spain Will Crush the Rebels
in a Few Menths. r u
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cl;ims Tint intependetlceeaRfoa NdiasRs
y blessing and instances hayAi
aud GuAtcnnnla us Example.
of What Would Follow.

Washington, ID. c., Sept, 17.-Senoi
Dupuy de LONE was visited by! u stan
reporter in regard to the insurfectiot
IN Cuba. The Spanish minister sale
that he was surprised at the genera
misunderstanding and misrepresenta
ton OF facts Pertaining TO Cuba Ht!
said that the statements that great ad
van.ages would be derived by the Is
land of Cuba through its independence
were erroneous, and 10 persons &C
quainted with the situation of affair,
there, absurd. He remarked that Hayti
San Domingo and Guatemala We're y.
amples of the experience that Cubt
would have if once the Spanish rule
We're given up on the island. A firu
military ~despotism characterized those
Islands, and he said that even after
seventy-fine years of independence.
Guatemala had not reached that high
state of peace under republicanisn
which has been predicted for Cuba
Haytf and San Domingo. he considered
to be now what Cuba would be for Very
many years to come under Independent,
rule. Cuba, ace free from Spain
would be a scene of lawlessness. He
knew a number of large investors o,
N~aDA MlIo MCIS aIIedIl ant
soul in sympathy with the Spanish
cause. and they had declared to hin
that IL Cuba We're given over to the in
surrectionists they would be ruined
Their interests would have no chanel
OF fair treatment under the lawless swa,
of the insurrectionists. He said tha
most of the substantial people of tn,
Island of Cuba favored the Spanish gov
arm mont a Y,fl r,n,.1 .,~t H.. -. a.
the warfare being carried on by the
natives of the island.
Senior de Lone remarked thai he had
no patience with absurd and false re,
ports which, he said, are scattered
broadcast over this country in regard
to the Cuban cause. 1t did not seem tc
be generally known. he said, that the
island of Cuba was represented in tho
Spanish cortes by tw%enty-four members.
which representation 1t had enjoyed
since 1878. Just before the present .in-
snrrection. broke out..he said, S~thecortes
had voted a bill allowing additional
home rule for Cuba. giving it control of
Its financial affairs, etc. This measure
had been discussed In the cortes for two
years, and had just been adopted when
the insurrection broke out.
The attention of Senior de LONE was
called to the statement published in a
New York paper that The. Cuban fnsur-
l~ectionists had purchased apoWerful
Runboat from the Peruvian government.
The minister laughed at the report, and
said thatalt was In keeping with many
other f1mors that We're set afioat} by Gu.
bans in this country. He remarked that
1t would cost half a million dollars to
carry a gunboat from Peru aiound Cape
Horn osCuha III the first place, and, In
the second place, he discrediteH the idea
of the purchase of such a vessel.
The minister said that he, had received
Information from General Martinez
CamDos, in command of Spanish
forces in Cuba, that left no doubtHin his
mind that the insurrection would be
stamped out during the coming fall.
General Campos, he said. was confident
that the trouble on the island would ba
settled in the fall, until which time
active hostilities had been suspended
Senior de LONE showed a list Of vessels
that had been dispatched from Spain for
Cuba between the 10th and 18th of, Au.
gust, all of which were due at their des.
tlnation by the goth of the present
month. The total number of troops car.
ried in these vessels numbered 24,557.
In the fall, he said, probably by the mid.
die of October, forty armed cruisers
would sail from Spain to Cuba. These
were powerful vessels, and in addition
to them a large number Of steam
launches from 40 to 300 IONS would be
sent. The forces in Cuba and Cuban
waters would then be ample to crush
the rebellion, which would doubtless be
done promptly.
Senior Dupuy said that the Spanish
government had received many con
| CALCULATIONS over the I'M in which
1t had modified it's forces in Cuba. He
said that the government had not found
it necessary to borrow a dollar outside
of Spain. and that, all Spanish troops
had been transported to Cuba in Span
ish boats. This had greatly surprised
European nations, as it showed a re-
markable strength and power of Spain
to carry on a war with her own re.
sources. He laughed at the idea that
| Spain would give up the contest be.
cause of the amount of debt now borne
by Cuba, all of which, he said, was
guaranteed by the Spanish government.
He remarked that the Cuban war was
not a commercial transaction. but was
q matter of principle with Spain. which
proposed to protect her loyal citizens dn
Cuba.
Cninpos Says 1t IL Very Serious.