The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30
HEAR CUBA'S CRY
A Petition Circulated in Atlanta Asking
for Recognition.
REBELS WANT TO GET ARMS
They Can Raise Plenty of Money but
Are Not Able To Ship Guns from
This Country.

Atlanta IS moving in the matter Of the
| Independence Of cuba.
Always ready to take advance ground In
| a good cause. alwaye ready To lead in the
1 right direction. the citizens OF Atlanta in
great numbers Offering their sigma
/ lures 20 a petition TO the congress OF the
/ United States to recognize the Cuban re-
bellionists. or patriots. as bcliigcrents.
That the rebel Cubans have risen To the
rank OF beligcrents the great mass of
people Of this country are agreed, and
/ they think 1t high time that the
| United States government should 50 recog-
nize them.
| Under the general principles Of inter-
national law the United States government
/ has been acting up 70 date. These piin-
cirlcs require that no nation shall i'm any
way aid insurrcctiorists in the territory Of
| another friendly nation. The treaty be-
| tween Spain and the United States also
provides that neither power shall allow
| contraband goods-mUnitions of war-to be
| shipped from any of its ports into the ter
| ri;ory Of the other to aid any insure ,tion-
| lists. Under this treaty the United States
government must act unless congress by
| resolution recognizes the insurgents as
/ rcvolutionists.
/ Congress can do this by resolution i'm
:n,uiateIy it meets. and this is what the
people Of Atlanta are signing a petition
asking il 10 do.
The petition was orieinated by Mr.. Ber-
nard l.iorens. "A wealthy Cuban resident
OF Atlanta. who owns a cigar factory At
Tampa. few miles from the city. In
securing names 20 the petition Ir. l-lorcns
I has been assisted by some OF the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens Of Atlanta.
all OF whom would like to STE Cuba feed
/ from the yoke Of Spain.
Congress has many prccedents Tor such
II. Ns.rs- Hns~.rs
| that OF France. which recognized the con-
federate government soon after the south
ern states seeded froa The Un!on. Every
body remembers the Aiason-Sli1ell incl
dent in this connection. and il IS well
mcmhered how the French harbored the
cruiser Alabama in its ports.
That the Cubaus have PASSED the stage
OF mere insurrrctionists is recognized 10y
Spain itself To ihc extent that the Spanish
government has announced IT'S intention Of
sending army OF 5H.OU9 men TO the shores
of Cuia Just rs soon as the weather is
cool enough TO protect them from the raw
ages ~ yeiioS. fever. which nas been so
fatal 10 lie Spanish troops this summer.
Mr. Ll0rens Talks.
III the Cubans ,au secure the rocorui-
zion % the United States as belligercnts in
stead Of insurgents" said Alr. l.iorens last
night, "Cgia VIII be able To throw OF the
yoke Of Spain and become an independent
country within thirty days. As n IS uow
the Cuhans are nEhurs against the world
50 10 speak. ", know We have the symp;.-
Thy OF the Irgciou-lgViug people uf The
United States. bat the government Is moon
us. and We can make no snipma n;s of a ms
or ammunition a. our arm.'s ia Cuba.
we have 2s.uy armed troups now sn the
reil-lullaut lighters WHO have rapulscd
the spanish ARMIES mere than oA,,. ana
alo are now o. possession uf "a large I,.-
..r
would have one hundred thousand s,s.
tw1 huHIftI thousand IL We hau tnc
arms Go equip theui. Isut Boa L." present
condition vi affairs We cauuCt sct tnc arms
20 theH3. Adjacent committees. Iik, tn-
limited States. viii not allow Us 10 ship
them from their perts.
THAT would hc cilerent. however, 81 the
Cuban rrNoluuUHists were recognized. We
go uot ask aId from any otat. government.
5. e simply want 10 De- reto l:riaeI as rance
recognized your confederate government.
Ner" we permitted % make shipments OF
mun. tions "a Nar from Omitted States ports
Ue would take ou- chances of getting
them by the Spanish suuho3ts patr0ilins
th- Island of Clts. amer, are but eight
vessels OF war gua.diug the coast now. u
is TRUE SPAN has jest uIrchase4 Two adj
ditioual un.s iE &eW York. blt We know
how 90 ,luac tHcfn-"
Plenty OF Money.
but have yuu th. money To carry on
this war To a successful conclusion j
asked.
Abundance 81 ~. W. now have in a ma
tionL bank IN Neg York more than S2.oJo.-
70" 90 aid oar cause and we are raising il In
large sums We have plenty OF money.
oar troops ere amply provided with il. bat
We cannot get tl'U tile arms necessary for
succcsslvl way against r., Spanish troops.
There are 5000 CulaGs m the United
States. aHd 40, ETvat majority of them
give one days WAGES every week Go the
cuban cause. This amounts 10 very large
sum. The majority u them are cigar max
ers Who earn from $ so s. day. There
are i5ts'i be Florida alone who gilc "A days
earnings "a week 10 the caus-. and >o,1 in
Ntw York. aud D. right here in Atlanta.
besides these there are many wealthy
CuLans go the United States. an 81 whom
donate FROM 500 to SO a month to the
cause.
we are receiving money from Mexico
and Peru and Chie and Nenczuela and
lr~-- sum monthly from Paris. ON.
tGeat-~ in Paris which gave "A ben, .i-
for the guhaus sent &.e10 last week as tie
receipts Of one Performance. These U!I
De repeated frequently.
They Want Georgia's Aid.
''No. il is not money THAI we lack. ii IS
eyHi ltH. recognition We hope wlen
coE=r6ss meets we viii get IL from the
United States. Already the congressman
from Fior.da. Pennsylvania and New York
have been petiiioucl % aid in the move
ra@ut fu- recognition on the part or the
United States % the Cuban revo!utionists.
O. ~ tte republican governm,a. which We
have set up. and they have agreed ID DO
So Now We want the aid of Georgia. X
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