The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-20


the United States could not contem-
| plate with comDlacency another ten
years Of Cuban insurrection. His sug-
| gestion looked 10 finding a way ito CO.
| operate with Spain in the immedi-
ate pacification Of the island on such
a plan as, leaving Spain her rights of
sovereignty, shall yet secure to the
people Of the island all such rights and
powers of local self government as they
can reasonably ask. To that end the
United Antes offers and will use her
good ofiltes at such times and in such
manner as may be deemed most ad-
ylsable."
Mr.. Olney then suggests that neither
Spain nor the Cubans can reasonably
object to this intervention. and adds
that If anything is TO be done II should
be done at once, and on Spains initia-
tive. In closing, he says the communi
cation Is prompted by the friendlest
feelings towards Spain and the Span
ish people
Mr.. Foraker read extracts from Mr..
De Lome's reply. among them the fol-
lowing:
There Is no effectual way to pacify
Cuba, unless 1t begins with the actual
submission of the armed rebels to the
mother country.
"The government of the United States
could. by use Of proper means. contrib
ute greatly to the pacifcation of the
Island of Cuba.
THE government of his majesty Is
already very grateful to that of the
United States for its intention to pros
ecute the unlawful expeditions to Cuba.
The struggle is being prolonged by the
powerful assistance which the rebel
lion finds in the territory Of this great
republic.
1.-THE constant violation of interna-
tional law in its territory Is especially
manifest on the part of Cuban emil
grants, who care nothing for the losses
suffered in the meanwhile by the citi-
zens of the United States and of Spain
through the prolongation of the war.
when the government Of the United
States shall once be convinced of our
being in the right, and that honest con-
viction shall in some manner be made
public, but little more will be required
in order that all those in Cuba who
are not merely striving to accomplish
the total ruin of the beautiful country
in which they were born, being then
hopeless of outside help and poweress
by themselves. will lay down their
arms"
MORE TROUBLE FOR SPAIN.
Liberals VIII No Longer support tho
Governments Policy.
Madrid, May 20.--At a meeting of
Liberal senators and deputies yester-
day Senior SaEasta, former premier,
made an impromptu speech, in the
course of which he said:
I'VE have 200 600 troops In Cuba. but
we are not even masters of the ter
rltory trodden by our soldiers AT the
same moment Carlism is organizing it.
self in the peninsula and menaces us
with new war, thanks to the impunity
it enjoys, while the seeds of separatism
are terminating in some Of the prov
inces.
"The picture could not be goomiar.
We have war in Cuba and in the
Philippines, and We have almost a
civil war at home, The government is
not responsible for them, but it is un-
fortunate in its administration. Re-
forms in Cuba will not solve the Gu
ban problem"
SenOr Sagasta severely reprobated
the conduct of the government in inan-
cial political and diplomatic emergen-
cies, and said
at Is In this way that new conflict
has arisen with the United States. We
wish to know what has become Of the
10000 900 of the former loan, since s. 8.OOO,-
600 are still due the army. In Cuba no