The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-22
SPAIN HAS A STRONG FRIEND.

El Concrete, an able Spanish English
paper published in this City, takes THE
CALL severely to task for recent editorial
asserting that the Cuban rebellion is grow
ing, that General Campos has proved him.
self unable thus far to suppress it, and that
the dissension in the home Government oil
Spain and the apparent expectation OF
General Campos that the United States
will recognize the belligerent riGhts of the
insurgents seem to indicate that such in
reference would not only be proper and
timely but would possibly be welcomed
by Spain as solution of q difficulty from
which it seems unlikely to escape without
humiliation and great loss of life and
treasure.
Our contemporary declares that the
news upon which our conclusions were
based was false. "It is evident" 1t asserts,
"that the seeds sown by the filibustering
center established in Boston have pro-
duced good crop, when SO faithfully and
with such conviction the falsehoods and
calumnies there invented are upheld and
propagated by said paper" Elsewhere it
says: at would be most disgraceful for
Us should our silence in the matter author
ize such publication of groundless and
highly offensive Judgment on the nation
to which we take pride in appertaining."
AS for the news from Cuba which THE
CALL has published we know OF no reason
to doubt its accuracy, and our contem-
porary has given us none except in saying
that it emanates from a filibustering GEN.
ter at Boston. If THE CALL doubted the
accuracy of its news service it would re-
gard itself as having been grossly imposed
upon in this instance. and would take
prompt measures for redress. But it be-
lieves its news to be correct. 1t adopted
The United Press service because it be-
lieveG that to be reliable.
The declaration by our contemporary 8
editor that he takes pride in appertaining
to Spain precludes any assumption that he
is all American citizen or has any SYM
pathy with the American idea OF re-
publican form of government. But as it
seems safe to assume that he loves Spain,
her monarchical form of Government and
her oppression of the Cubans better than
a republican form OF government better
than the American love of freedom and
better than the institutions, aims and as
der is, not that he should so bitterly ar
raign those who sympathiZe with the Gu
bans in their effort to throw off oppression
and secure autonomy, but that, knowing
of the existence of filibustering center at
Boston, he should fail to assist the country
to which he proclaims allegiance in bring.
ing it before the exterminatng notice OF
our Government. In IT'S readiness to sup
press filibustering aimed at the security OF
SPANS hold on Cuba our Government has
set an example of loyalty to it's friendly
relations with Spain which the Spanish
patriot who conducts our contemporary
might well emulate
1t would be interesting to know how
many OF Et Comercjo's Spanish-speaking
readers are in sympathy with the senti-
ments which IL expresses; how many of
them prefer the monarchy of Spain to the
republic of the United States; how many
are ready to deride the efforts of oppressed
peoples to throw off the yoke of mon
archy and exercise the inherent and in
alienable right Of intelligent human beings
to have Government OF their own making
and conduct. We do not believe that there
are many. We are confident that every
Spanish-speaking person born on this con-
tinens is freeman and republican to the
marrow in his bones, and that those nu-
merous natives of Spain who have re-
nounced allegiance to the country of their
birth and sworn fealty to the institutions
of the United States have hearts that beat
in pity for those suffering under monarch
zeal oppression wherever they are found,
and that they cherish generous sympathy
for all honorable efforts to aid these
wretched, helpless and worthy victims of