The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-09

speCted journal such as the Herald is, l
wOGld have rejected IL a : unaut LOriZed.
''SenOr CASTELAR, W az la power, temporary
monarch as he says himself, during the
! former Cuban insur rectiOn. What did ne do
toward the pacificatiJn Of the island during
that period? Did he grant Autonomy? No.
/ Did he reform the adimIiisIrat No. Did
! be make Cuba one OF the states in hlsfederll
Republic? No. Did he abolish slavery, as
| he had done IN Porto Rico? No. Didhe fur
nish the inhunan butcher, Gen Burriel,
v hO shot, without warrant OF law, the cap
TEN ana many or the crew and passengers
G. the Virginils? No. HeprOnIised To do ~,
tut Burriel was promoted. Senior CASTELAR, is
indeed a living eNemplification Of the truth
that, - far a. Cuba is concerned, III parties
ana all statesmen and all forms of govern
ment in Spain are alike. There has been 10
substantial change or improvement In the
conditioned Cubs during the present century.
The Cuba OF Ferdinand VII a. the Cubaof
CASTELAR, and the republic. The vices OF
Spanish rule in Cuba are incurable ana per
manent. No spanish statesman has sue
ceeded, n De desired, IN aiueliorating or inn
proving conditions IN Cuba. Spanish govern
ment in Cui,a only Provoked instruction.
CASTELAR, and SagaSta have seen thirteen
years OF civil war IN the island. Neither
they nor any OF their contemporaries have
found a remedy for those evils, III they
Ia ve sought a remedy.
They are today a. incapable OF reaching
a solution, either toy force or 10y concessions,
as they have heretofore been. Can any
body wonder, then, that the Cubans, wear
iec, IncredulOus, desperate, after SO many
years OF persecution, tyranny, spolia ton,
and misrule, refuse now to listen to any
further submission To Spanish authority?
No Anglo Saxon community would have
endured a 1.-THE Of what Cubaus have
suffered.
The enumeration of grievances in our
Declaration OF Independence is a state
ment OF trivial complaints compared with
the long catalogue of wrongs Cuba has en-
dured Tor the last fifty years.
MY relations with Senior Castelar," con-
tinued Gen. Sickles more gently, land
with all the men in authority during my
residence in Madrid, were on the most
friendly, frank, and agreeable footing.
/ saw no evidence of unkindness toward me
from anybody in Spain. My sentiments
toward Senior Castelar, are those OF admira-
tion and esteem. ] trust 1 have said
nothing today inconsistent with the highest
personal regard For him.
Having deposited these Goals of fire with
deprecatory air, Gen. Sickles W as ready to
talk OF MIR. Hannis Taylor He had no crit
fcism TO offer on that gentleman's proceed
ure.
do you consider II viola ton Of dip
dcktu. lOI re-
turned minister To make a public state
ment regarding his official acts?"
Il do not he answered. mr.. Taylor
did not have word to say about Cuban
affairs until he reached home and until
after he had visited Washington. have no
doubt that the publication of his views was
sanctioned by the State Department. He
has not disclosed any In structions given to
him by our Government while he was i'm Of
flee. He is private citizen The question
is of absorbing interest in this country.
and his contribution TO our knowledge of
the matter viii be valuable to Congress and
the people. His views are temperately ex-
pressed and are the result of patient close
observation. Mr.. Taylor endeavored, as L
did, diligently and earnestly, to restore
peace I'm Cuba and TO point out means by
which Spanish sovereignty in Cuba could
be maintained as has English sovereignty
in Canada-by wise administration, con-
oeding home rule. he failed, as [ failed.
to convince Spanish statesmen that some
means must be found to end the irreooncil-
able conflict between Spanish colonial rule
and the American ideas OF government the
Cubans have learned by contact with the /
United States.
There is the root of the trouble. The Gu
bans are Americans, and their ideas and
Spanish ideas are irTeconcfla BILE. Mr.. Tay-
Tor has pointed out the hopelessness of this
Conflict and in this, IL seems TO ne, has
rendered a public service to his country
men," ,
Would Spain now accept the mediation
OF the United States2" 1 inquired.
offered it during the last insurrec-
tion," said Gen. Sickles, "on the basis OF
Cuban indsnsndence. Gen. Prim, who was