New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-08
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
RAMON O. WILLIAMS AT HOME
HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM THE
DENT As TO THE SPANISH M'ss'oN
,,r Talks ON CUBAN AFFAlKs.


,x.u,,u. cx-Consui- General at Ha-
- Cub. arrived In Brooklyn yesterday tr"'n
Noxico where ne has been spenoihs .""p
months A Brooklyn paper puo's"." w ,,ro.,
rnent that Mr.. williams had iearheu no .r
dent Mckinley had written TO MIN !" 49, 90 an
49, .,,, ~ come to Washington IN rceaIo 80
ne ,,or, "a Minister TO SPAIN ana 'na' ,''
,.s. nad coached Mexico the day after ms "''
parture for New-Yorh ,,,,..r,s last
A Tribune reporter visited DIT " 49, .rd
night AZ his home, No. 81 Camer'uee y. haa
questioned him concerning the reports " yvu,
49,, so,oc,cd for the Spanish mission. MI. W." W..
,ams said: Il have received no ,"s.ars
r,, ,be President ana I have no MN" 20.
.so,ovor ~ any letter having been sen. W 49,
IN Mexico and reaching there a1te' NY .,or.
The FIRST thing l knew OF the eNis'e"eo - ,roa
counting my name with tho SP"''S' 49,. ~,
when l arrived this morning anu VIZ L., New.
reporters who showed me an ar'c'' =" 49,.
York newspaper. published last "oe" ''"
I had been selected for the piace go h,v.
81 have not applied for the post W. 80
learned that some Of my commercial ir'ehu' "
IN nv absence asked the President 10 APRON.
They are the same men VIM as""
Grant TO appoint me IN 1914, ,a ~.
W, h.ye been quoted Mr.. Williams" said the
r.,or,er as saying in answer 10 question: az"
the duty OF the American Minister. ma. "e o. o.
sen;ed Cuba side OF the matter 10 'nc 'p
mier autonomy could be secured ..r..
American Minister whoever he may be. can 10
o,h,rr dyson, ne he Is instructed by the Depart
,ar. ., s,-te he Is absolutely under the ordcrs VI
,ha, Denar;ment which ne must ODE! ihphci'!'
and of course 1t would be the Department o' 90
alone that would formulate any proposition 10
America might present 10 the spanish rien''ei
Minister no matter who he IS must adnere st''cu'
70 his Instructions and he Is not gong 20 thrust HIS
perso nality INFO the matter at all
1.-The Cusan war" continued Mr.. Williams. is one
phase OF q great economic question IL $ inc '"'"'"
res,H, of IN unnatural state Of affairs Any keen
observer mus, have seen long ago that such re-
sui, was inevitable prophesied 1t thirty years ago
Nobody believed me at the time. nave been
preaching i, ever since. and the event has 1ustihed
my prediction.
This economic question IS. In a nutshell the
Gripping Of Cuban commerce by artificial! and arol.
trary restrictions II one country has Its iarif
and financial legislation made for 1t by another
country miles away. and governed by other eondi-
take its place in the markets Of the world ard CON-
pete with other nations This Is exactly te ease
S are removed and Cuba can take her pac, in the
worlds mars such events as ss any scheme
autonomy for Cuba must include the right OF inc
island 10 fix its own tariff and make us own
is the prospect Of spnins e9nsen'ins to
IF Spain doesn't do it. 1t viii be the worse for
her But IL is perhaps too late now rms shouiu VI.
sSvs oeeb wns to h Violation Of natural
dustry In Cuba is crippled and commerce de'trof ICY
and rebellion was the logical outcome OF such
state OF things - ., ,,
Mr. Williams is thoroughly familiar with CT ,hn
AFFAIRS For twenty-seven years he was IN CupS
through commercial interests. He at last retired
from business and settled in this country when IN
iG4 President Grant appointed him temporarily 10
act Consul at Havana. He resigned two months ms
afterward. but finally yielded TO the urgent re-
quests of President Grant and many merchants en-
gagged in business with Cuba and retained ms pos
He acted practically Nice-ConsuiC General uhu
1884 when he resigned. President Arthur then ap,
pointed him Consul General and he was retained
In office by President Cleveland and President mar
rison although in the term Of the latter ana BON
terms OF the former there were many other can1i-
and his resignation was accepted inns spring.
After il had been accepted he started on ms tlp
10 Mexico from which he has lust returned IL
was purely a pleasure trip. and while there he
met a great number Of his old Spanish and CUBAN
friends