The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
CUBAN AUTONOMY,
Report That Canovas Has Ao.
 American Intervention
WILL GRANT CUBA AUTONOMOUS su,
The Island Will Be as minion Of Canada If the u,;.. States Can Induce Cuban.
 10 Accept the Terms.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-A Madrid cial to the Journal, signed "Dor ps nando Rodiguez" says: Fer
 Spain has at last concludad ,- her efforts to suppress or even ,o r" any impression upon the Cuban rection are futile and useless D'uf
 "Appreciating this fact. wbioh been patent to all other natioo. 7" nearly six months, Prime Mi~,. 9 Canovas del Castillo has defn;,a,A' cepted Secretary of State o.. % proffer of American interyent,on well as the terms which Prssia.'a Cleveland and Mir. Olney prescrihs the price for their interference .rS,i use of their prerogatives in attsm-. ing to bring about state of peac, {, the island of Cuba.
 Following the refusal of tbs ican secretary of state to aecan, far as America was concerned ., plan of the Spanish prime minis,e, @ sss restoration of Spanish rule in cph. Mir. Olney, through the usual ofSoi.I channels, su omitted in full to ssna. Canovas the terms for peace with Cnh. upon which the administrat;or :. President Cleveland was prepared ,a intervene and use its efforts to hr;.s about a settlement between Spain aDs it's colony.
 ''The conditions, am able to s,.,. upon the highest authority ,,meap p.,. feet and complete autonomy for Cub.
 'l am unable to transmit now ., authentic copy of the correspond.ne. on the subject between the United States and Spain through Secretar, Olney and the Spanish minister to tb. United States, Dupuy de Lome can state, with absolute knowledge of tb. facts, however, that they provide fo, home rule for Cuba as thoroucb as Canada, under the British North American act, enjoys. In brief, .thsv are:
 Cuba to govern herself.
 To collect all taxes.
 To disburse all public moneys.
 Spain to be debarred from all shsr In the revenues of the island and all interference in elections held on ths island.
 In fact, the scheme went to the CT. treme point of empowering Cuba to levy tariff in her own favor avaius, exports from Spain sent to the island The Cuban attitude toward Spain was to be entirely one of independence, CT. cept on the one matter that Cuba was to remain in name a Spanish province
 The Cleveland administration prom. ised, however, that if these terms were agreed to by Spain and she would put Cuba on as strong a footing toward Spain as Canada has toward England, 1t would attempt to bring about money remuneration to Spain for this practical loss of the island. If in ne. gotiating a peace Secretary Olney could induce the Cubans to pay Spain d sum something in the neighborhood of a hundred millions, it would be done. This might be brought about by Cuban bond issue, and the United States would, in fashion, stand sponsor for the bonds. But nothing definite was proposed in this direction It was simply indicated that in the event of Spain's acceptance the best that could be accomplished in this d. rection would be done.
 The Spanish government has noti' fled Minister Dupuy de Lome that t will accept Mir. Olney's proposition The minister was instructed to so in. form the American secretary of state, and he has cabled the authorities here that he has done so. He does not make clear, nor does 1t appear from any. thing which has come to this capita from Secretary Olney, just how 'ns Cleveland administration intends force these terms on the insurgents Gen. Gomez himself has said that noun ing but absolute separation from Span would be agreed to by him.
 With this unyielding attitde on 'neu part of the general-in-chief of the in' surgents 1t is difficult, from here, n least, to see how President Cleveiana will enforce these terms on Cuba. in' Spanish government, however, ies'e' that entirely to him. It is the Amer can proposition, Premier Canovss ar gues; Spain on her part agrees to " and Spain now leans back and expe0" America to carry 1t out