The morning times., 1896-12-18
APPEAL FOR THE CUBANs
Newly Organized League Issues
a Strong Address.
DOES NOT MINCE WORDS
This Country Called Upon to Rec
ognize the Belligerents at Once.
Spanish Methods Severely Com
demned Gigantic Mass Meeting
TO BE Held in New York.


president OF the Cuban League of the
United States, which was organized the
other evening by number OF prominent
New Yorkers, ut the Firth Avenue Hotel,
issued an address 10 the public today in
which he sets forth the principles and
purposes OF the organization.
10 the People OF lnc United states.
! lie people of Cuba are again battling
for independence. That noble people
resolved To be free never can he Con-
quered, is the lesson OF history. The hor-
rors of Spanish rule in Cuba have made
submission the basest slavery.
The recital OF the wrongs of the self
sdtIi icing, persevcring and heroic CuDans
should awaken for them the sympathy or
tariStendun The blood OF their martyrs,
already shed in yindcation OF their rights,
has given To the pen of the coming gener-
ail ms another lurid story of the revolt
of manhood agt Inst the burdens OF the
crown Cuba now locks TO the people
of the United States for such aid ann coIIi-
fort as ma Y be found i'll the open expression
of sympathy and legal material support.
This she also did twenty y-five years ago,
but without effect, because UNATTENDED
with the official action Of our govern
nent.
shall Cuba be again disappointed? How
patriot expire at his post OF duty, and then
shall this great republic spend its awakened
wrath over inanimate remains? May the
spirits of.our fathers, driving Us forward,
save us from such disgraccfui inactivity.
SENTIMENT OF AMERICANS.
Cuba asks for our coed will IS the least
that we can give; and by every considera-
tion applicable to Our nLtual relations. to
this and nIo ore she is entitled. He mistakes
the impulse OF the American people who
saws They view with wonder and admira-
/ tion the cheerful resolution with which vast
bodies OF men are sent by Spain across
thousands OF miles Of ocean. that the costly
gen OF the Antilles may still hold Its place
/ ia the Spanish crown. "
On the contrary, the American people
] view with horror this energy OF demons,
whose purpose is to continue the robbery
. and slaughter OF uEoffending subjects. 1hls
! voluntary euIogy OF Spain, whose revolt
! ing pcrfidy is on every page OF her history
! for the past four hundred years, could have
/ been said with eoual truth Of England a
century ago when George the Third mar
J shaled his Hessians upon our SOIL and tapped
at every wigwam for its tomahawk TO Sc
cure the reduction OF the colonies
Because OF the intimate commercial and
! social Intercourse between the people of
I al
their near relationship geographically, and
! because OF the bond of brotherhood which
should unite those who have achieved and
| those who are striving for self government,
| Cuba has the right TO expect from us the
! hand Of friendship: and to deny this right,
or To be false as friend, after having
| lured her people To [ heir present condition
by force OF our example, is TO bra nd our
selves as the IsCaTiot OF the republics.
| How stands the record at the present
! time2 And have our natural obligations
to sustain. by aHlegal means, the oppressed
| against the oppressor, been fulfilled?
CALLED UNCHARITABLE.
We, the people of che United States, are
| Indicted before the world as wanting in
/ ordinary charity o Cuba. If we shall CON
| tinue longer our Indifference to the mis-
| fortunes of her patriots, OF her helpless
women and children changing their i.onics
from the palace so the cave, starving and
diving for their GeN o.ion to principle. we
shall stand convicted on this Indictment.
We are arraigned on the charge of help
ing the strong against the weak, or EN-
bracinG where We should smIte, and or
shifting where We should embrace. The
fact that Spain ha s heretofore armed her.
self and may now 90 so, in ur waters, tour
neutrality to SPAIN, and that the Navy
| of the United States is active o pursue and
| destroy any sail secured 10y the suffering
insurgents tour neutrality 10 Cuba) forces
our conviction on this Indictment.
We are charged before the world with
! impotency in lot protecting our own citi-
| zens against Spanish violence on Cuban
| SOIL and in hushing our Indignation at
| numbered cruelties in Cuba, while mil
| lions of American capital there invested
are gradually disappearing, which woult
be saved by the immediate intervention ol
| this government.
lit, q fS It,n fp alr r-ns
as well as 10 Cuba that this record should
be reversed. This has not been cur record
| hitherto and we are persuaded viii not
remain so now when an appeal is made tC
the humanity as well as to the materia
interests of our people.
RESPECT THE LAW.
We do not purpose to violate our laws
But we owe to Cuba impartial neutrality
and if the laws stand in the way of meetins
this debt, then change the laws We, tn
| people, are the source of power, and maN
dictate what the law shall he; and there
fore cannot shield ourselves behind Statu
tory phraseology from the odium Of MOI
fulfilling our natural obligations toward
people struggling TO be free.
Let Us so speak that the executive O
this nation and our representatives IL
Congress shall recognize Cuban independ
euce. and all viii be well We are not re
l CURED TO rdISe DdIIdliIiIs VI l1lsH iof u
furnish ships Of war, but we are called upor
To declare that the heart OF this nation i
with the oppressed Cubans, and then witt
her independence acknowledged. her IN
| armed heroes may obtain from US as re
Quired, the equipments of war, as SpaiI
has done heretofore, and thus we blaZ
the way for final victory as surely t,
follow az In the end right triumphs owe
wrong
While we willingly give our sympathy il
words, we should remember that there ar
times when an empty hand carries n
J favor. Such q time is the present, whe
theCubans standin need of every necessar.
, of life and exhaustive battles. The,
must. of course, be drained of resources
! which our people should supply. Arms an
ammunition, and more than these, foo
: for hungry troops and people, win med
| cines for their sick and wounded, may b
| shipped to insurgent ports with full pei
, | mission Of our statutes, since, with n
formal blockade against us, we may a
| freely traffic there as with the ports O
continental Spain.
MONEY Is NEEDED.
To furnish these things, which ma,
legally be done, money becomes literall
TIE snews OF war. The league asks fo
subscriptions throughout the United State
in aid of patriots. which may be sent t
: Hon, Darwin r. James, the treasurer, 9
| No. 203 Broadway, New York City.
The Cuban League of the United state
is organized to give practical consolida
ton to the sentiment of American citizen
and the moral support of the same i
securing to Cuba, by all legal means, th
inaIienabIe right of self government.
, isproposed TO SO arouse public sympathy
mass meetings and through the press tha
recognition az an independent state sha
be secured to the patriots.
, We earnestly request the cooperation &
all men and women in this cause. In CRATE
: full recollection of those who crossed til
ocean to help our fathers a century ag