Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-18
THE CUBAN LEAGUE.
ADDRESS FROM THE NEW YORK
CITY ORGANIZATION.
APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The Patriot Forces Need Arms and
Ammunition, Food Supplies, ana
Medicine-Thcse May lie Sent With
out Violation of Law.

NEW YORK. December 17.-Colonel
Ethan Allen, president of the Cuban
League of the United States, which was
| organized the other evening by number
of prominent New Workers, at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, issued an address to the
public to-day I'm which he sets forth the
principles and purposes Of the organiza-
tion. The address, after reviewing the
struggle in Cuba from its inception to the
present time. says:
1--WE are charged before the world with
impotency, in not protecting our own
citizens against Spanish violence on Cuban
soil, and in hushing our Indignation at
unnumbered cruelties in Cuba, while mil
lions Of American capital there invested
are gradually disappearing. which would
be saved by the immediate Intervention
of this government
"Fellow-citizens, II is due to ourselves
| as well as 10 Cuba. that this record should
be reversed. This has not been our record
| hitherto. and we are persuaded VIII not
remain so now. when an appeal is made 10
| the humanity as well as to the material
/ interests Of our people.
1--WE do not propose nor Is 1t necessary
| TO violate our laws. But If the laws stand
| i'm the way. then change the laws. We,
| the people are the source Of power, ana
| NAV dictate what the law shall be, ana
| therefore cannot shield ourselves behind
statutory phraseology from the odium ol
| not fulfilling our natural obligations To-
ward people struggling TO be free. Let
us so speak that the Executive OF thls hd-
| tion. and our representatives IN congress
| snail recognize Cuban independence, ana
all will be we'll We are not required 10
raise battalions Of men, nor TO furnish
| ships of war; but We are called upon 10
declare that the heart Of this nation Is
with the oppressed Cubans, and them with
| her independence acknowledged, her un-
| armed heroes may obtain from US, as re-
! auired. the equipments Of war, as SPAIN
| has done heretofore, and thus we VIII
blaze the way for final victory. as surely
10 follow as. i'm the end, right triumphs
over wrong. 49,.
I'm words. we should remember that lheIe
arc times when an empty hand carries no
favor such a time is the present. wnen
tho Clbans stand in need of every neces-
sitv Of life and exhaustive battles Ihey
! ,oust Of course. be drained OF resources
which our people should supply.
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
"Arms and ammunition. and more than
tbese food for hungry troops and peo-
nle with medicines for their SICK anu
Wounded NAV be shipped to insurgent
,,orts win full permission Of our statutes
| Inc with no formal blockade against
rs we may as freely traffic there aS
| with the ports Of Continental SPAN. 10
| furnish these things. when may les@'-
|
| sinews of war. The league asks lot
subscriptions throughout the United
| states i'm aid of the patriots, which may
| he sent TO Hon. Darwin r. James, the
treasurer. at No. 2O3 Broadway. New
! York city. ,-.,..,
.Tbe Cuban League Of the United
States is organized 20 give practical con-
solidation 10 the sentiment of American
| citizens. and the moral support OF the
| same. in securing 20 Cuba by all lesai
means the inalienable right Of self-govern-
| roont II is proposed to arouse public SYM
| natbv by mass-meetings and through the
nress that recognition as an independ-
ent state shall be secured 10 the pa
triots.
"The league will hold grand mass
| meeting in Cooper Union, in the city OF
New York. on Monday, December list
II is desired that branch organizations
he formed throughout the country and
| and that meetings be held In other
prominent cities Of the nation. Friends
| Who may read this address will assist
| II they organize at once. and report pro-
| a,ress 10 the secretary. Francis Wayland
| Glen. No 1872 Nassau street. New YORK
| CITY. We earnestly request the co-opera-
| tion Of all men and women In this cause.
In grateful recollection Of those who
| crossed the ocean to help our fathers a
| century ago let Us do now what IS ne
! cessary to encourage those who are re-
heating the story OF Washington, and his
! eompatriots From the North and from
| south the East and the West. let one
united voice proclaim independence for
! the patriots. and young Cuba. powerful
| because Of this. shall scOurge the as
| sailant from her soil. and take her place
with US. in the family Of republics.
ETHAN ALLEN. President.
New York. December II, 1896.
Executive Committee: Paul Dana.
John Jacob Astor General Daniel But
terneld. Erwin Wardman. Frank b.
Carpenter. Frederick n. Grant. John
d. Kelley. John c. Mcclure r. Q.
Alexander. Constant A. Andrews Wal
ter S. Logan Thomas +. Stewart
FRANCIS WAYLAND GLEN.
Secretary"
REFLECTION on SPANISH HONOR.
| HABANA. December 1.-THE "Diario
de Ia Marina" continues to publish pro-
tests against the stories printed in the
United States regarding the manner in
which Maceo met his death. 1t main
tains that the rebel leader was shot in
open battle. In a leader to-day. it says
with the unconscious reflection on the
Spanish character that the stories oi
assassination are more to the discredii
Of Maceo, in accepting the alleged in
vitation to parley, than they tend tc
diminish the fame, honor, and chivalry
Of tho Spaniards.
In this sentence, the "Diario de Ia
Marina" shows unintentionally that, Il
its opinion. MaceO did not in trusting
TO n Spanish flag Of truce, show the
intelligence expected of him.
La Lucha" bitterly comments upor
the news received from the United
States. and claims that the American
sympathy for the rebels is due TO a sub
sidized press 1t says that the govern
uent Is responsible for not employing
the press Just as the insurgents do, add
ing that if it did so 1t would find th'
newspapers powerful medium Tor th'
defence Of the Spanish cause
SPANISH DEsERTER CAUGHT.