Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-01
FLORIDA INVADED.
Great Excitement at Key West Over the
the Landing OF Spanish Marines.

tne Landing or Spanish Marines.
Key West, Fla, September 3O.-Great
excitement and indignation has been
occas.oned here by a report that ma
rines from the Spanish cruiser Conde de
VenaditO have been landed on .
Florida Keys, north of here, to %
for fEbUsters. The COnde ~
ditto has been cruising in <e 5
frOm time to time, lor' 30 .ous
i,,r,3..,.l tiers. 1t is the geD.:sSNsss chat fl
keys north Of \ nd The Spanish
cruiser has eA y been trying TO
find them. FA,nermeu who came in
from the keys report that Spanish ma
rines have been making a diligent
search. The fishermen say the Vena-
ditto has landed searching parties On
almost every key where it would be
possible for filibusters to rendezvous.
This is considered an outrage here, and
a gross insult TO Florida and the United
States.
The keys belong to Florida, and if
Spain has a right to land searching
parties on the keys, it also has a right
10 land marines on the mainland The
insult is considered to l'e as outrageous
as if the Conde de VenaditO had landed
a party TO search the homes of citizens
of Key West. The State Department at
Washington viii be asked to investigate
and demand an apology from Spain
forthwith. So much Indignation has
been aroused here by the act that it
is feared the Spanish consul will be
openly insulted
New York. September 3O.-Senor
Rafael Montoro, the chief Cuban men,
Der of the Spanish Cortes, left to-day
for Tampa. In a signed statement OF
his views on the rebellion, he says:
The insurrectOn is not popular with
representative CUbans They insist on
having suitable government The
country has been torn by too many
dissensions and reyolts during the past
half century. The law-abid:ng people
desire peace. I consider the insurrec-
ton ill-advised and inopportune. I am,
and have always been, an autOnomist. al
home ruler. Cuba's great need is home
rule, and that, too, under the Spanish
flag. 1t requires such a union with.
Spain, as Canada enjoys with England.
The people Of Cuba are OF Spanish birth
or descent. They are Spanish in feel
ing, Spanish in customs. They prefer
to live under the Spanish flag just as
Canada prefers to be bound to the moth
er country.
Promising this much, it must neces-
sarily follow that Cuba should enjoy
complete colonial rights. She must by
an actual right enjoy all equal priv
leges. The concessions made to our
party last January in the Cortes for
home rule would be perfect Part of
the Abarzuza measure is a compromise.
which contemplates q legislative body
sitting in Cuba, and regulating Cuban
affairs, just as the Canadian parlia-
ment looks after the interests 0f its
people. 1t is unfortunate that progress
we have made this year has been ma
terially lessened by the unlO0ked-for
interference Of the separeGsts, who are
now in the field. But, we autonOmists
look for suppression Of the revolt.
Il am certain that the United States
will not recognize the revolutiOnists un-
til they have demonstrated their ability
to hold at least one port on the coast.
e+A > A@Au N4C NUA4Llc4 " VI LuaL udI-
Dor"
Chicago, September 3O.-The Tribune
publishes interviews with II governors.
all of whom favor the recognition by
the United States Of the Cuban insur-
rection.sts as belligerents.
Boston, September 3O.-Rev. Geo. c.
LOrimer, D. d., pastor Of the fremont
Temple, during a sermon in Music Hall,
yesterday, spoke strongly on the atti-
tude Of the United States toward the
Cuban rebels. He said: L cannot un-
derstand why we are not doing more
than we are to express our sympathy for
Cuba We claim to be liberty-loving
people, and 1 want the people of our
country to do two things: want them
to express their sympathy with Cuba,
saying, We believe that Republican
government is the best government un-
der heaven, and while we know It is
not perfect, and while we know abuses
grow under it, nevertheless we bid YOU
God-speed in trying to realize it. and
then | want our government to grant
them belligarent rights"