The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
MAY END CUBAN WAR.
Members of the JuntO Believe Their
Cause Is Benefited.

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-Emilo Agra Monte
| president of the Jose Marti Revolutionary
! Club and the Marti Charity Organization
| of this city. heard the news of the killing
| of Premier CanoVas tonight at his home
! and exclaimed This is truly hard to be-
| lieye" Then he said: "Sagasta, who is
| head of the Liberals, will surely succeed
! Canovas and 1 feel certain that should
! Sagasta succeed CanOVaS he will follow the
! same general policy in regard to Cuba as
| Canovas made every effort TO do. 1t will
! doubtless be his idea to bring about re-
| lationship between Spain and Cuba such as
exists between England and, Canada. But
| such relationship Cuba will never accept
| She must have complete and absolute in
dependence Still, it is my belief that the
killing of Canovas will be a great benefit
for the cause of Cuba. 1t may even lead to
| independence independence, that is the
! criy thing for Cuba.
Yes, Sagasta will succeed Canovas Can
ovas was directly responsible for the re-
lations which existed between the United
| States and Spain as regards Cuba, because
his instructions were carefully followed out
! by Spain's representatives in Washington
! that President Cleveland would not act
| friendly to Cuba. The death of CanoVas
( cannot but help the cause Of Cuba"
! CanOVaS received at the HiSpanO-
! American Hotel where the guests are both
| Cuban and Spanish, without much apparent
! surprise. Few OF the guests cared TO dis
| cuss the matter c. Richardo Aleman, a
| lawyer from Cuba on a visit here who is
a Spaniard and a loyalist, said he did not
| think the killing of the premier would have
! any influence on Cuban affairs was
brought about by the Cuban trouble. 1t
was planned and carried out, he said, by
| Anarchists and meant no more than an as
| sasinatioh of the same character in any
! other country. 1t was the work of Anarch-
! lists, he believed, seeking to remove an
! other influential mead of government Sc
Vile, or Sagasta, Lawyer Aleman added
| would be Canovas's successor and the
| change in any case he thought would not
| benefit the Cuban revolutionary cause.
AT the Central Hotel, another rendezvous
for Spanish-speaking people, a Cuban who
| declined to give his name, said that Cano-
! vass death meant the freedom of the la
| boring class in Cuba within a year.
Major Antonio Serrano, a member of the
| Cuban Junto who was an officer in the
| ten years war and now has two of his
| sons lighting for independence under Major
| General Calixto Garcia, appeared pleased
| when told tonight that Premier Canovas
| had met a violent death.
| 1T means" he said, 'the overturning of
the present government and the subversion
| OF the forces that are backing Weyler in
| Cuba. 1t means that the people have at
| last some tangible evidence of what they
think of the piling up of a debt that never
| can be paid and the inutility of further
! proceeding with the slaughters called war
|
| in shaping the conflict in the island, and
| will give to the insurgents q fresh vigor
and to the spanish soldiers in Cuba greater
| restlessness. / firmly believe that there will
| be a great number of desertions from the
| Spanish army in Cuba, following the an
nouncement Of the death of Senior CanOyaS
| and there will be q corresponding number
| of acceSsiOns to the Cuban army While
1 I do not believe in assassination l think
| the removing of Canovas will be the saliva
| ton of the pacificos in Cuba, who are now
being butchered ruthlessly by Weyler I
cannot believe that> it was an Anarchist
that killed Canoyas. l think that some
member of the ultra-republican party in
| Spain killed him. While there are a large
| number of Anarchists in Spain, they rather
| like the present regime because Ii foments
| trouble and begets disorder. revolution and
anarchy The news of the killing Of Cano-
vas will electrify the patriots in Cuba 1t
will fire the pacifcos and make of them
| partisans for Cuba libre. II is the right
! thing in this struggle for freedom CanoVas
| had himself to blame for this. Weyler was
| the brutal instrument of Canovas. They
! did not punish he agent. but the principal.
! Thank God that my sons will get now the
! fervor and fire and zeal to bear them up
! in their fight for the freedom of Cuba The
! killing Of CanOYas will do much towards
THE Spanish people realize that the situ-
| alton is hopeless and are protesting against
| Canoyas l rejoice at the news / first
| thought il was too good TO be true"
At the hotels America and Espanol Gu
| bans were found who voiced the same sentI-
| ments as Serrino They did not think the
| shooting was done by an Anarchist but bv
! an ultra-repubican, and that the killing
| was political one Senor Andreas Caren.
no who recently arrived from Barcelona
| where he is a merchant said he thought the
| Cubans had great deal of cause to be re-
| ioiced over the assassination.
| Justus Schwab the well-knOwn Anarchist
| when seen at his saloon, on First street
| said. "Ha hai That is very good There
! Is not the least doubt in my mind that an
| Anarchist shot CanoVas Some people
| might call him something else. but he is an
! A the / tell hot
! barcelona, CATALONIA. Aleonta and Cartha-
| archists The shooting of Canovas is one
| of the retributions for the torture Of the
! Anarchists In that hell on earth the prison
! Of Mount Juich. The death of Canovas
| means much to Cuba. Canovas was the
| man who was responsible for the butcheries
! in Cuba The death of that man also clears
| the way for Secretary Sherman. 1t looked
! as if Spain and this country would fight
| This slmplifies matters, The news win
! please Herr Most and all the other Anar-
! chists in the country. blow has been
| struck at despotism in Spain and revolu-
| tion is sure TO follow 1t Is not very often
| that violence is q success, but in this case
| n is all right because it is a success Wash
| lngton would have been an Anarchist had
| ne not succeeded.
ENRIQUE Trujillo. editor of El Porvenir
| was greatly surprised to hear of the death
| of Premier CanoYas. "Sagasta will GER
! tainly succeed Canovas he said Even
! had CanoVas lived ne would have resigned
| his Office in favor of Sagasta In two or three
months In my opinion the death of Cano-
vas will not have the slightest effect on
the Cuban cause