The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-05
AUTONOMY NOT POSSIBLE.
Cubans Will Welcome Annihila-
tion Before Compromise.
VIEWS OF HANNIS TAYLOR
Former american Minister To spain
Satisfied That Peace Can Only
Come hy This Government Inter
fering- -Hollowness Of Overiures
Made To the Insurgents.

New York, Nov. 3. The Herald repro
daceS a fac-simile of d letter sent 10y Gen.
MaxImo Gomez; also a sta atement by Saliva
dor Cisneros Betancourt, formerly pres'-
dent of the Cu.an republic, which viii set
1t ress the question as to the possibility
u the insurgents accepting any terms OK
cept absolute independence. II can be
stated also that the government AZ Wash
iueton has letters from Gen. Gomez and
other IrnrnineIt leaders in the field IN Cuia
20 the same effect. Ex President Cisneros
writes as follows:
independence or death has been and IS
our motto. We would rather see our be
loved country disappear amid heap ar
ashes than accept any concessions, n"
matter how ample, unless they carry with
them the atsf.lute independence OF Cutn
To obtain this many OF Cuba 5 best SONS
have given up their lives; To obtain tlis
n ar.y ether sons are daily shedding their
blood. " .'icl. absorbed by the plants %
our soil, We breathe in the air we inhale.
Gen Gomez. in his letter, says: The
cnemies % Csba have circulated in the Uni
ted states the runOI that 1 ana disposed To
accept apuonoIiy as basis of settlement or
solution of the present war. The consitu-
tion or Cuba absolutely establishes in arti-
Gle Ii that pace is to be negotiated upon
the basis Of the absolute independence Of
Cuila. ItiS 10 obtain independence that We
have been fighting for two years, aud viii
continue to fight until victory be ours. Al.
statements that have been made hitherto
or NAV IN future be published to the effect
that w e are willing 10 accept any SOLUTION
Snu-t of Independence should be Regarded as
false We WI; fight for absolute inde-
penCence. az we stated ia the manifesto is
sued al Monte Crsti, as also II was later
81. DOWN In our constitution, and as we are
daay c0ufirTaiig il by the shedding of our
tlool Oh the battlefields."
IN a letter published here today HanniS
I aylor. fbrr5cr 4 ,a-rican minister 10 Spain
announces himself as the advocate of inter
vention by this country, because he is salts
fled that il is the only remaining means by
which pcece in Cuba can be- restored. IN
4
Senator CASTELAR, tried to persuade the late
Premier Canovas to offer genuine reforms
to the Cahans. Is otherwise Intervention b."
tie United states must follow inevitably.
Al Ills first interview with Castelar, Mr.
Taylor said:
'-My last nope is in you. You alone can
speak TO Canoyss with authority. for you
represent the people OF Spain Go To him
al Gree and urge upon him the Imminent
necessity % a giant "a genuine reform to
Cuhs. save me isl.,nd for spain. 10
something of which | can speak sonie day
as your crowning act as = lover of hb
srty.
''Not "a moment did he hesitate or falter,'
continues VT raylor. Swelling with efrU-
ton. he took Iny hand aud said:
You ere a true friend. | will 90 tC
Ccuovas. ;aG in three or four days | VIII
come t. yCu."
--CasUpLtr aud / came together 4 gain alta
private breakfast. After the feast was
ovel Castelar, to- K me into n private rooTn
and tod me all he had secured, the rs
sanCe Of whciI was that Canoyas had at
Lost yielded ana in very short time gen.
uine reforms ruI Cuba would be put in
alas, when they were made public, saw
that the great man had trifled with Us As
if we were children"
Mr Tay'or dclounces the "tCnowneSS
and emptiness Of the whole shade Wy pr,
tense embodied in the royal decree 'f
FebrCary, ] IeST After discussing what
he believes Ia le the attitude OF spain :
ruling classes he says he sees no soluticn
of the Cuban problem which VIII end the
inluman strife except Intervention 10y tnis
country. Gen i3iaEcU, he points cut, tas
brought with him no Dffer of autonomy.
else he would have proclaimed it alsp,
instead Of trying 10 conceal the fact that
he is pc cwerless to give any such assur-
anCes.
In the light Of the facts presented by
him. Mr.. Taylor declares that IL is utterly
unrea sonable for any one to call him
hugo. Il am Just the reverse he con
tinueS. anl then says.
MY dear friend. the Duke Of Tetuan, late
minister of state, who escorted me ~ tie
train upon nay depart ure, gave me his ptr-
trait, with hatonderinscription, in IA emory..f
my continuous efforts during stormy times
to keep the peace. For that reason many
tre,nhcd 10 see me ro away.
And now that this personal transaction
has been brought to light by Senor Salvani.
who mas the right to speak for ScnDr Gas
tclar a Wen as himself, il appears that in
season ana out OF season, personally as
well as officially, 1 was always working To
find a wa- TO eId this cruel Cuban war
and TO render unnecessary the Intervention
OF the United States.''
ScfOr Canalei las, who has Just arrived
il this country from Spain, referring 10
the statement of Mr.. Taylor says:
"Mr. Tay lor haslived toolong in Spainnot
u know C'iat any foreign intervention in our
doiae,;lic affairs, or in our relations with Ger
tain elements in our Antilian province can
only WOUND Spanish sentiment.
Spain, happily, is not placed in posi-
tica to consent to imposition, nor 20 leg
any arrangement, in spite OF the fact that