New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-14
TT rs FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
1Nsr1RGENrs WILL NEVER LAY DOWN
ARMS UNTIL CUBA IS FREE.
porH SIDES ANXIOUS TO LEARN WHAT PREsi-
DENT CLEVELAND WILL. DO-AN AMEfi'AN'
EIGHT REASONS WHY BELIIGERENcY

BOTH SIDES ANXIOUS To irAf'' VIVA"
DENT CLEVELAND Will. Do-AN AMERICANS
EIGHT REASONS WHY BEr.LGERENcY
SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
,,. Arru II via Tampa, Fla. April 13-An
.h ,ou here this week Is conjecture as 10 wnat
Mr. cleveland will do with the resolutions oi .''e
two houses OF Congress The brief capie u''p''o"e'
from the United States which the havana pape'
publish after the press censor mas eu''eu '
have been read with interest by all classes VI CIV
zens little light has been thrown on the suoJec'
go far. ..., o,s .,
rno svstemetic suppression Of truthful news Oh
the progress OF the revolution has pi'hueu man.
pcople here and has undoubtedly Deeh VI 81
helm TO Spain abroad. The offlciai report Vi .'',
engagement is carefully cooked so as 10 MANI -
appear that the Spanish have won VICTORY a"u
.vo, then II there Is danger OF wrong impression
heinx created abroad the foreign correspondents arc
not permitted TO telegraph the news y" '
NJ the elections the Madrid authorities i"pa'...'
q, trivial items cabled for encouraging news. Inc
emergency was met by sending out the report ~
Comez's death. and designating the pace Vi ,'
burial in Matanzas. when he was marching WIKI
an escort OF 5000 men In another province.
cn,r,,ras here profess TO believe that President
Cleveland will not recognize tne pehseren'y % ~
Cubans baslng their assurances upon Mi"'s'e' u'
nr,o.s d,snatches but their confidence IN toVerh-
ment messages is weakening There 10 no wa. am
among Standards here. They say that recognition oi
bclllgerency will not help the Cubans ma'ei'a''s'
and that the sending OF additional men-oi-"" MN.
Spain will offset any advantage gained All 'a'N u
a,ro,rise between Spain and the men In arms Is
IDLE cubans have no faith In promises OF autonomy
or reforms The insurgent leaders declare '"es VIZ
never Law down arms until Cuba is free The decree
OF General Weyler the harsh treatment OF poi'''o"
suspects and the killing OF peaceaoie citizens "a''
made compromise out Of the question An intern
con, ,,eople here recognize that the difhcuity pc
and
for all Many property owners VINO nave opposeu
the revolution until now. thinking IL mPoss'o'e ~ ~
break SPANS rule. are now In hopes the repe's "'
u,n or that some other nation. preferably inc
United States will interfere. on the ground OF hu-
manity and the destruction OF property. -,
An American OF wide experience and careful ooser,
WALTON who is entitled to write "Honorabe p'loLo
h,s name and who has been In Cuba four months
representing large corporation mas sluueu Ire
situation carefully. He has come 10 INC conca"S h,
that the United States should recognize the pei
ligerency OF the insurgents ana gives inc io'o"'"e
eight reasons for such action: az, ..s
I because 1t is jus,inable rebellion OF long stand
ing Is maintained by a force which practically dom-
the greater part Of the island except seapors
which could no, be he'd by any land force against
Joint and land force ,, L, .,a,,
to the age and, by reason OF the proximity OF me
United states Is prejndca 10 ,Sai sires reaso
able hope OF endurable conditions IN CUBA except
Because there can be no assurance against re.
curing revolutions and continued disturbance OF
commercial interests except by removal OF the cause
Because the United States. by reason OF its prox-
unity ana It's institutions Is responsible Tor the I'D
eral sentiment In Cuba.
q Because the United States. as the champion OF
the rights OF man may sit by Indifferent TO the
right OF revolution upon which Its own existence as
a Nation Is founded. -
7 because ninc-tenhs OF the people OF Cuba desire
relief and are favorable to Intervention by the
United states their burden having become insup-
portable.
: because the insurgents maintain de facto gov
eminent I'm as tangible form and substance as from
the insular position would be practicable to any