The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-04-24
CUBAN HOME RULE
SPAIN WILL GIVE THE ISLANDERS
A LITTLE SOP,
rhe Law Is Said to Have Been Ste ned
by the Queen Regent and That It
VIII he Presented to the COrtes
Within n NOnth-''Nilitnry Exc
cutiOns' Nothing Less Than Muir
dern

Washington. April 22.-Thc Spanish
government. within the next four
weeks. will put into execution IA COM
prehcnsve system of home rule or
autonomy for the island of Cuba.
There is good reason to believe that
the state department has received
from Madrid information to this eff
feet. In any event it is beyond Ques-
ton that this important move is as
Sured. This promises to bring to 4
sudden termination the irritation and
friction which has existed for many
months between the United States
and Spain and to replace this feeling
with one of friendly and amicablc
nature.
The law, which will be put into ef
feet. was signed by the queen regent
of Spain March Is. 1895. and will be
followed up by rules and regulations
developing the present scheme Of re-
forms. BY the time the queen regent
of Spain makes her address to the
Spanish cortes. which assemblies in
one month. the law will be promulga
ted throughout Cuba. and the long
expected policy of home rule for Cuba
will bc realized.
The law is very elaborate i'm its pro-
visions. The element Of home rule is
secured by the establishment of two
local bodies, drawn largely, il not en-
tirely from residents of Cuba. One
of these is to he known rs the provin-
,ial chamber Of deputies, and the 9th
er rs the council of administration in
the internal management of public at
fairs. but the governor general will
continue as the supreme representa-
tive of Spain OH the island and viii
have direct charge Of military. naval
and International questions. The de-
tails Of the reform projects were pub
lished at the time Of their adoption by
the Spanish cortes in 1898.
Murders by spain
New York April o2-A dispatch to
the World from Havana Says IT
Gen. Maceo succeeds in crossing the
eighteen mile barrier in spite of the
10000 Spanish regulars pressing him
on all sides. Gen. Weyler must confess
as Gen. Campos did that the cam
paign is Il failure and that Spain can
not end this war by her own unaided
forces. The rebel general has sent
word TO his rebel friends in Havana
that he will break through the trocha
when he is ready ana that with the
first shower of rainfall the captain
generals plans will crumbie. 1t is
certain that Cen. NaceO has some sure
means Of suddenly assembling his row
| ing bands on this side Of the trochas !
| some say by means Of colured paper
| balloons. ana others Ivy messages.
| There is a growing belief here that if
| Gen. Weyler is out-maneuvcfcd now
| Spain Will presently welcome the
| friendly mediation Of the United
| States. Even among the Spaniards
here there is this feeling.
I Prisoners Of war are condemned to
| death as ineendiaries without proof of
actual guilt Evidence that Il rebel
! soldier belonged to Il column of the
enemy which burned property is siff-
| iicient to insure his death. A prison
er's conviction depends on whether he
joined IN offending band before or
after the incendiarism occurred. 1t
is said that nearly ii hundred prisoners
will be shot rs incendaries within =
few days.