Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-28
REFORMS FOR CUBA.
The Ideas Of Sl1Of Hof3. Y Ppli.r.
CAST, q Prominent Liberal
GREAT SUFFERING oS mE ISLAND
uoeco SATISFIED With tbc Success lie
Has Had-Arms aud Ammuul.
ton Needed.

senior Morot Y Prendorsa,, in an
Interview say3
"l am thorough liberal and have
always fought Tor Cuban liberty.
When 1 was minister Tor rho colonies
iu 1870, 1 introduced two laws Of
which / am very proui-ono Tor the
abolition Of slavery which i' silil
called Ia 5paiu the M3rot law and the
other onactng c9usitutIuu Tor
Puerto Rico, which was unanimously
approved aud which was To- effect self.
government. This constitution was
put aside whom the liberal party went
out Of power. also gave free trade TO
Puerto Rico.
81 could not give the came 20 Cub0
as the island WIS In state OF iuHurfeC.
ton. / am thoroughly ice favor Of The
application OF liberty TO Cuba ON three
p.iuts. DO not say "aut0u0my," 'Ur
tup meaning which that word conveys
Del too vague. Everybody can inter.
Irot autonomy % hU himsulf chooses. l
prefer 20 define clearly the reforms 1
consider necessary.
Flint economic reform, j mean by
this Tree ttauU, tho guarantee " oil
foreign capital employed iu tuoai tue
application OF large portion 90 tho
Outau revenue 30 tn. public works 10
the Island, and unity or similarity N
tho banking system umplnyCl, extend
Ing t1 Cuba tho national Credit
"Spcluu, Administrative reform. The
formation % muuI0irghUos with prop.
90 Independence, 90 be- submitted 90
Che referendum, and some Rlnl OF pro.
vlucial body 90 be called, let us ray the
dcputali0n, with proper faculties and
u.wUra 90 administer all local Inter
este.
"rhird, political reform. rhisis to
be- the last 90 be applied, ana OF IL con.
sequence only a uisurcg uuderttaud.
lux between the rUulu-ulaT and iusu.
lar peoples with regard 90 the TWO pre-.
yI0us p5uu, ani only after the com.
UlrIo paclhcatiUn OF the island. The
iafm inst this viii take will be- sub
Iuct for future discussions aud arlnnge.
munt between the two peoples ueiJTB
being sub nitted 90 the Cores. There
grr twO methods, either imperial iedst.
alton ot tho present system u sending
deputies 90 the Spanish parliament,
The selection OF one OF those y lll de-
PEND on thu state Of mind for the time
being Of tho Cuban 5panish states.
men,"
Your correspondent asked Senior
Murri, whether, IN his opinion. these
reforms could DO ini1rCrd Immediately
in Cub huu whether no thought there
would hpuuy difficulty To- doing ~.
"lUf," replied be-, economic anu
administrative TeioTms could be- Gu
forced OF once, bot not political re-
forms, 70 nay mind the UElstiug war
would 0iiuf uY uuftsC'UH, Difficulties
might afisu from rgutlam or from ppf-
sUual Interest,", hut ! DO nUt attach i'm.
plfInuco 90 these, They could easily
bo overcome. My Idea would DO o.
propose then on tho assembling Of the
C1rtes, ami they could bu approved la
i1TtuiThL'
"Ought Puerto Rico 70 20, reforms
without regard g. CuDnGn
"MOtt certainly, auI 1 cannot under.
stand why tho government, with tuch
wood fold IN which 10 display their
intentions, should not have granted
them already"
"buea your oxcelleucy agree with
srnIr Boga0tu, the spanish people, uH q
whole, would resent friendly ovortuTts
from tho United Slgtei9'
81 do thoroughly agree with him,
Spanish pride will not allow any inter.
ference from the United States. THIS
D.. due chi, Ny 10 the language employed
ln the Senate and House VI Represeu-
tat vca.
only individual Impression lie that
the United States should cooperate
with Spaiu 10 suppress the iutufrocli0u
30 Cuba, not 10 order 60 UbliRe Spain
uul In tue cause VI civilization Aul ia
the Interest Of the United STATES com.
mOuweaIth."
CONDITION ~ PrNAR Dbl mo.
NEW York, April ga dppatch
10 ihp heralI fruu Havana sag:
Trains are running O. Plnar del RIO
Cily. The general health ia bad thurc,
anu many poor people from lhU feldt
who are without homes are dyi1g. No
business h done and there is crest sui.
fsTiug. Many plantations around
Dlmas, including 800 bulljlnEs have
bouu destroyed aud There Is nothing
left Co support liiu. Ihrou thousand
hands In tho tobacco fields are Wilh0u,
WORK and nft now IN Dlmas. More than
10000 bnloa OF tobacco were do.
siTuytd.
Tho lose Is Osllmaied ut mora than
$1,000, 600, that OF PeJr0 MudA'B alone
beng S7JU,UJU,
MACEO WRITES \ LETTER
NEw York. April ga letter from
Antonio Mauo8, one uf the chief IN.
sufgUnt leaders To- tho field, hHs been
received at tue Cuban revolutionary
headquarters here, The letter was
wilton 90 El RlDi, Plnhr del Rio, rs
dated Apul IL, and 10 addressed 10 H.
Estfnda Palma. Tho writer ssys;
"With us everything gees On very
we'll ana there ls 90 i0ubt Of our AUlll.
~ 50 Triumph n by no other meRns
lhan by eKhuusuug 5phiH. However,
san early determination OF the war
muUt he sought Tor, ami / read In the
papers that lt h discussed whether Inc
United States could intervene Or not
and have no doubt that, impelled by
your patriotism, you make every effort
TO obtain whatever may be beneficial
Tor Cuba, take tho liberty a
temBrkiug that Ihe surest way a.
bringing the war 10 very early
termination would be 10 place here
some 90 900 rihrs and A,OOO,OUO curt.
ridges 10 the United Stgtos, obsetv.
Ing their own lave, would not inter,
lure with the shipments Of arms auu
ammunition Tor "a, II would be- ~ great
I.ryice rendered 10 Cuba Without pro