The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-26
The Spanish and United States
Governments.
WORKING TOGETHER IN HARMONY,
But This State Of Feeling May Not Last
Long The Edict Forbidding tho Ex-
portation of Tobacco to This Country--A
Fair Diplomatic.

20 popularize his party and himself befor
the campaign has progressed very far, an,
think the political emergency will max
for Cuba's good. In we'll informed circle
1 find precisely the contrary TO be the pre-
vailing opinion.
The Present Situation.
AT the present time the governments o.
Spain and the United States are working
together with "a perfect understanding
There is no friction between them. Tn,
Spanish do everything they possibly car
that the United States asks for, and on
the other hand President Cleveland and
Secretary Olney are careful not TO offend
the government at Madrid or To increase
the difficulties against which the Spanish
ministry have To contend The spirit
which governs the intercourse between the
two governments was described TO me by
an eminent diplomatist in the following
words:
| 1T is all question of appeasing public
sentiment on both sides In this country
the Cuban sympathy Is very strong, and
the administration is trying to appease Il
without doing any real harm to the span.
ish case In Spain the anti Yankee feel
ing is strong and bitter, and the ministry
has to be very careful To keep up a show of
boldness toward the Washington govern.
ment, SO the Yankee haters will not con-
| clude their government is knuckling down
Many things are done ON the surface for
the sake of stopping the mouths of the
populace, but under the surface Spain and
the United States are getting along like
brothers.
Charming Diplomatist.
How long this state of things will be
permitted To continue remains to be seen
That 1t Is the truth about the situation at
this time have not the slightest doubt
Moreover, / have heard very interesting
explanation of the change of front on the
part of the administration, one which ex-
emplifles the truth Of the old saying that
women mix themselves up i'm all things In
this queer world of ours. The credit for
bringing Cleveland around to the Span
ish view of the Cuban case Is in Washing
ton almost unanimously given to Senior
Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish minister,
and TO his charming wife Senior do LONE
Is himself tactful diplomatist who Is
familiar with all the arts and tricks of his
trade. Mime. dc LONE, according to the
gossip of the capital, is host all by her
self. They say" she set out some time
ago TO capture" the wives of two or three
admirably. 1t Is even said that Mrs.
Cleveland has fallen undor the charm of
this fascinating Spanish woman. Those
who believe in this theory are not able to
demonstrate very clearly just what the
friendship existing between Mrs Cleveland
and ladies of the cabinet on one side and
the wife of the Spanish minister on the
other has TO do with the Cuban question,
but they are satisfied IL Is controlling
factor. Such things have been
The edict recently Issued by Captain
General Weyler, forbidding the exporta-
ton OF Cuban tobacco from Havana l.
likely to Kick up quite a row in this coun-
try 1t Is To be brought up in congress,
and speeches Will be made concerning IL
The great manufacturing industry of Ha- |
vana Is cigar making. The stock of tobacco
with which to Keep these great factories |
going Is now running low. If the factories |
were compelled TO stop altogether, thou |
sands OF workmen would be thrown idle |
upon the streets of Havana, and the au- |
thorities fear that riots would ensue |
Many of the cigar makers are insurgent |
sympathizers and the result of turning |
them loose might be very serious; hence |
the edict TO cut off further expectations of |
the raw material.
The Tobacco Edict.
But the people of the United States have
direct interest in this tobacco edict of the
Cuban captain general Cigar factories
employing many thousands OF men are |
now running in Tampa, Key West. New
York and other American cities which
use nothing but Cuban tobacco III these
shops cannot get more supplies of the raw
material they will be compelled to close
down. Protests have already been made TO
our government, and Secretary Olney has
asked Consul General Williams at Havana
for Information. or course every one un.
derstands that General Weyler wants to
close up the American cigar factories. for
IL Is from the Cuban workmen employed
in them that the insurgent treasury re.
celves the bulk OF the money with which
the revolution Is carried on.
But many Americans resent this auto.
cratic method with which the Spanish
government throws thousands of men out
OF employment in the United States No
one denies the right of Spain to do this
under international law, but 1t is argued
that the incident shows how intimate are
the commercial relations existing between
Cuba and this country and how necessary
It Is that the devastating war should Inc
brought to "A close The tobacco episode
has called attention TO the fact that Cuba Is
much more American than
&c Is Spanish, and that the social and in
iustrial relations between the Cubans and
The Americans are closer than between the
Cubans and tho people Of old Spain.
am able to give on inside authority an
important fact, which may be taken as I'm
some degree justifying President Cleveland
m the attitude toward Cuba which he has
aiken. 1t Is that the government has in
formation OF n secret nature which leads IL
20 the conclusion that in case Of recogpi
ion of the belligerency of Cuba by this
country the Spanish government would be- |
orced to pick quarrel with the United |
states in order To maintain itself at home.
furthermore, In the event of war between |
spain and the United States there still OK.
SITS the danger that Great Britain would
Interfere on SPANS side. Until the Ven
zuelan boundary dispute Is out Of the way
resident Cleveland will be very cautions
n his management Of our relations with
spain. WALTER WFIruAN
Iistaken sympathy Of ZEE. Governor Boies.