The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
An APPEALFOR HELP.
The President OF the Gubnn Lcn=ue
Tsucss nm Address.

lnc RfcStGent Oh the auDnh LcNsuc
Tsucss nm Address.
Colonel I9thnn Allen, who IL
president of the Cuban League Of the
United States. which was organized the
other evening by Il number "f promin-
emit New Workers at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. has issued an address to the pub
lie. IN which he sets forth the prn-
clples and purposes Of the organiZat ton.
The address. after reviewing the strug-
sic In Cuba from it's inception 10 the
present time. says:
I'VE are charged before the world
with impotency in no; protecting our
own citizens against Spanish violence
OH Cuban soil, and in husnlnE our IN
dignation at unnumbered cruclticS in
Cuba while millions Of American CAPT
tai there invested and gradually disap-
pearing, which would be saved by the
Immediate intervention of this Gov
eminent.
Fellow citizens. ii is due to ourselves
MS we'll as 10 Cuba that this record
should be reversed. This has not been
our rvruI hitherto. and We are per
suadci Mn not remain so now when nm
lapleal is made To the humanity rs well
Us to the material interests of our peo-
pie
eve do not propose, nor is 1t ncccs-
sary To violate our laws. But If the
laws stand in the way. .hen change tn.
laws. We. the people. are The source OF
power, and may dictate what the law
shall lie, and therefore cannot shield
ourselves behind statutory nhrascoio.Y
from the Odium of not fulfilling our
natural Obligations towards n people
Struggling to he free. Let us So spca X
that The Executive of this nation and
our representatives in Congress shall
recognize Cuban Independence. and All
will be we'll We are not required to
raise hattalions of men nor to furnish
Inn N
declare that the heart or this nation Is
with the oppressed Cubans. and then.
with her independence acknowledged.
her armed heroes may obtain from us
as required. the equipments of war as
Spain has done heretofore and thus we
blaze the way for u final victory as sure
ly To follow as in the end, right triumphs
OYER wrong
While we willingly give our sym
pathy in words we should remember ihat
there are times when an empty hand
carries no favor. Such n time is the
present, when the Cubans stand in need
OF every necessity of life and exhaustive
battles They must, of course, be drain
ed of resources. which our people should
supply. Arms and ammunition and
more than these. food for hungry troops
and people. with medicines for their
sick and wounded. may be shipped to
insurgont ports with full permission of
our statutes. since, with no formal
blockade against us, we may as freely
traffic there as with the ports of CON
linental Spain. To furnish these things.
which may legally be done, money he
comes literally the sincws of war. The
league asks for subscriptions through
out the United States in aid of patriots.
which may be sent to Hon. Darwin r.
James. the treasurer. ut 203 Broadway.
New York City.
The Cuban League OF the United
States is organized 10 give practical
consolidation to the sentiment of Amer
lean citizens. and the moral support
or the same in securing To Cuba by all
legal means the inalienable right of self
government. II is proposed to so arouse
public sympathy by mass meetings
and through the press that recognition
as an independent State shall be Sc
cured
THE league will hold grand mass
meeting in Cooper Union, I'm the City
or New York. on Monday, Dec. 81. 1t
is desired that branch organizations he
formed throughout the country and thai
meetings be held in other prominent
cities of the nation. Friends who may
! read this address will assist If they or.
ganiZe at once and report progress IN
the secretary. Francis Wayland Glen.
132 Nassau street New York CITY. we
earnestly request the cooperation of nil
! men and women in this cause In CRATE.
ful recollection of those who crossed the
ocean 10 help our fathers n century ago
let us do now what is necessary to en-
courage those who are repeating the
story Of Washington and his GONNA.
triots. From the North and from Inc
South. the East and the West. let onf
united voice proclaim in peace for The
patriots. and young Cuba, powerful be.
cause OF this, shall scourge the assail
ant from her soil and take her place with
US in the family of republics.
ETHAN ALLEN, President
Executive Committee: Paul Dana
John Jacob Aston. Gen. d. ButtertieId
Irwin Waldman. Frank p. Carpenter
Fred G. Grant. John D. Kelley. John {,
Mcguire, X. c. Alexander, Constant 4
| Andrews, Walter s. Logan. Thomas T.
Stewart; Francis Wayland Glen, secre
tary."
| When most needed it is not unusua
for Your family physician TO be away