The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-15

mails, openly tolerate a case of piracy
in violation of neutrality and filibus-
tering expeditions against Spain, be-
cause they suppose she is weaker than
the United States and in a position in
which it would be difficult for her to
vindicate her rights and obtain fair
play.
The main reason General Weyler
gives for remaining in command in
Cuba after the government has dissent
ed from his views in the Competitor
case, is that he deems his presence
there necessary to restrain volunteers
and the Spanish party in Havana, who
show strong disposition to take the
law
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS,
and who insist upon the putting to
death of the condemned filibusterers
General Weyler contemplates sending
several battalhons of volunteers to re-
inforce the forces blocking" General
Maceo in Pinar del Rio province, with
a view to using the regular troops now
there to reinforce the column trying
to arrest the advance of General Go
mez towards Matanzas and Havana.
Much stress is laid in the press and
official circles on the fact that the con-
tinental and European and the tele-
graph press manifests sympathy with
Spain In the Competitor instance. Juris
consuls believe Spain might make a
strong case against most naturalized
Americans arrested in Cuba, said Senior
Lastres to the World correspondent in
an interview
Senior Lastres is the leader of the
conservative deputies from Porto Rico,
vice-president of the chamber, and is
much respected by the Spanish conser-
vatives. He is devoted to Premier Can
ovas. 1t is well known here that sew
eral of the naturalized
AMERICANS ARRESTED IN CUBA
resided in the United States very little
beyond the time required to obtain
naturalization. Some had even until
lately filed municipal and other offices
in their native island, thus by implica-
ton pretending TO be subjects of Spain.
Spain could show continued Senior
Lastres, that the majority of those
claimants to United States protection
comes well within the scope of the
sweeping stern comments once made
by President Lincoln on Germans and
other Europeans duly invoking alien
to avoid obligations and re-
sponsibilities to their native coun-
tries.
Il admit that the Spanish authorities
in Cuba were negligent in not prop
erly seeing to it that the treaty stipu-
laion was observed before the f1libuster-
ers Of the Competitor were tried by
court marital as Consul General Will
Jams had made representations upon
the subject before.
The Washington government not
only instructed Mr.. Taylor at Madrid to
call attention to the treaties, but in
sisted upon Minister Dupuy de Lone
getting the sentence SuSDended
Il have often endeavored within a
year, though vainly, to induce Pre-
mier Canoyas to
PUT REFORMS IN FORCE
in Porto Rico. 1 believe he certainly
will draw up and keep in readiness a
complete scheme of colonial reforms,
like that that was contem-
plated in the bill of 1885, only such a
scheme will be purely administra tive
and economical, allowing the colonies
to put in operation measures vetoed by
the imperial parliament, but reserving
all executive, legislative, initiative and
power DO the home government and the
imperial parliament, in which West In
dian. senators and deputies will con-
tinue to sit
Senior Lastres is very confident that
Premier Canovas will persevere in the
to pacify Cuba and is equal
to the task of carrying out the pro-
gramme laid down in the royal speech.