Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-28
PLAN 70 BuYc0sA.


New York. Nov. H.-Jose de Armas
Cardenas. 9 Cuban journalist. made pub
lie, yesterday. = history Of 2 visit b
purpose I.n Of conferring with Prime Minis
Ter Canovas de Castillo on the subject o
Cuban autonomy. based on the sale Q
the island BY Spain to the be-. insurgents ~ gen =
ish. and details the refusal Of the prim'
minister to consider the proposition. AM
the 0utburst he made against the Unitet
States when this country was suggested
as a possible mediator.
Senior Armas-Cardena tells Of an m
terview he had In 1894. in London, witt
the Meesrs. Seligman Bros. who sug 6
his trip to Spain two years later when
he saw the prime minister. He describes
the Interview at length. In reply 70 e
Gomez and Maceo would agree upon II
Spain should accept plan for the ter
mination of the war. Armas-Cardehas re-
piled; c,,na - - arms wo,,ld accept, to-
day. plan founded on the aDsoiule ~ !,
dependence of the island, ana WHICH
would consist of pacific and numani-
cause II Spain waits until the wealth Of
the island shall be deslroysu ~ ,h MdS IS
too late. for the only motive wnlcn' -
my mind, inspires the revoiutionas'sS; ,, ,me
avoidance of the complete rum VI Supa'
And do YOU not believe that II au-
tonomy was granted the country N It's
.ial rely, ,sr aske ss'''i ~ s''
~" I'm the first place / answered. Il do
mt believe that such autonomy would
be granted, and in the second place the the
Is years. will accept nothing now but In
this Senior Canovas .sprang to his
feet. purple with rage, and In 4 voice OF
thunder exclaimed:
.Srhe Cubans are a set of ingrates.
Cuba is nest of vipers! Spain. with the
sublime love of a mother has done moth
ing but good for that perfidious people.
saving them from the barbarous DONNA
ton Of the negro, enriching 1t up to the
point of placing it in the first rank OF the
world as an industrial country. and has
been rewarded for this with the most In
famous treason, Do you want war?
Well. there is and shall be war. Do you
want blood? There will be rivers Of
blood--.so much that the sea OF cuba VIII
be red
At a subsequent interview when it was
suggested that the United States guar
antee to the Cuban army the fulfillment
of SPANS promise to grant self-govern-
ment to Cuba the prime minister grew
angry and excited.
His view Of the proposition is thus de-
scribed in the pamphlet:
THE United States?" Canoyas burst
out Never. Never. A nation of trades
men guarantee the word of Spain? Never,
The United States are responsible for ev-
erything tnat Is taxing pace IN CuDd
They are the true authors of the war.
and I guarantee you that if Spain loses
Cuba the United States will pay what
Cuba is worth. The Mora damages are
now costing them dear. The indemnlties
which Spain has asked of them amount
to a hundred times more. They threaten
Europe with the Monroe doctrine. and
Spain. in the interest of Europe. will take
up the gauntlet. Do not speak to me
about the United States mediating. Spain
will fight. and if they do not wish the
Spanish flag to float in Cuba they will
have to obtain 1t after a glorious Trafal-
gar at the gates of Havana
Senior Armas-Cardenas concludes his
history of the attempted negotiations
with these words:
1.-The end is near. The glorious Ira
falgar of Senior Canovas may never come
to pass. but the Cuban flag will soon
wave VIGOROUSLY in Cuba. even If it is
on a heap of ruins which Spain may have
forced the Cubans to make of their own
country"
The Cuban COLONY in this city regard
the pamphlet as of considerable import
ance. and believe that as soon as it be-
comes known to the prime minister of
Spain, will result in his denial of that
part which relates to this country and In
affirming the opinion expressed about the
Cuban people. That 1t will become a
subject of international controversy is
not believed by the more thoughtful of
the revolutionary party in this city.