Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-05
SPAIN ONLY THRILLING.
r.. Profession Of Reforms in Cuba aiHollOw
Mockery.
limited STATES MUST INTERVENE SOON.
v,,ster Taylor Gives Light on thu
subject, and States the situation
In "A Nutshell.

,-o,,, York, Nov. 4.-The Herald pre-
~. this morning a remarkable letter
,,or Hannis Taylor, formerly United
s,atse minister to Spain, in which,
.,,er telling of his strenuous efforts to
-.,,srt n rupture of diplomatic rela-
~, between the two countries during
~. dork DAYS of the Competitor case.
osserts that the ruling classes of
s.o,n are determined to refuse any
.ncoesions which would be accepted
by the Cubans'
VIZ Taylor, the seal of secrecy hav-
Ian been removed, tells how Senior Cas-
.ior tried to persuade the late Premier
canoyns to offer genuine reforms to
,no cubans as that otherwise interven-
,,on by the United States must follow
inevitably. ,..,ao q. n
,,ainnatic representative anxious to
uipp,.art war For time he believed,
saws that the iron premier mad
,,ioJad But when the proposed re-
INNS were made public, he says, !
sow that the great man had triied
,-th MS as If we were children.
Nj" Mr. Taylor denounces the hollow
,oes and emptiness of the whole shad-
nwv pretense embodied in the royal
decree of February, 1897" and after
Sisrnsslng what he believes to be the
o,,St,de of Spain's ruling classes, says
Ss sees no solution of the Cuban prob
iar, which will end the strife except
irtervention There are many dram
s;ic phrases In the letter and 1t makes
SiaIn much that was dark. Mr.. Tay-
hrs letter concludes as follows:
ain my former article. l deliberately
vertured to assert that I am satisfied
after careful investigation that the
ming classes of Spain, civil, clerical
and military, are resolved, regardless
Of party. to refuse to make any con-
csssons to their rebellious colonists as
would meet with their acceptance. l
cannot doubt that any minister who
dares to undertake such a perilous en-
tsrnrise will be at once discredited and
driven from office, and 1t will be great
weakness upon our part to be misled
by any false hopes and promises In
that regard.
Events in the future will demon
strate that / am right on that point.
Of course. II General Blanco had
brought with him anything like auto
4 nomy he would have proclaimed 1t at
once. His effort, on the contrary, was
TO conceal the fact that he was power
less to give any such assurance.
\ IN the light of these facts, believe
h that NIL fair minded men will see how
Utterly unreasonable 1t Is to call me a
lingo I am just the reverse. My
dear friend, the duke of Tetuan. late
minister OF state. who escorted me to
the train upon my departure, gave me
his portrait with tender Inscription
In memory of my continuous efforts
during stormy times to keep the peace.
For that reason many trembled to see
me go away. And now that this per-
n sonnl transaction has been brought to
light by Senior Salvini. who has the
right to sneak for Senior CASTELAR,, as
A well as himself, II appears that In
season and out OF season, personally as
well as officially, I was always work
\ Ing to find a way to end this cruel
Cuban war and to render unnecessary
the Intervention of the United States.
81 am now the advocate OF such in
tervention because | am satisfied that
Il II Is the only remoining means by
which peace In Cuba can possibly be
H secured"