San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-06

DeIOGe ulSldnI power, sustained Dy
an army of which he is captain gener-
al, by an administration of justice of
which he is the inspirer, and by hun
bred thousand resident Spaniards, who
regard him as their supreme chief, all
these privileges will be a myth"
Reference is made to the example af-
forded Porto Rico, where it is declared
the "so-called reforms" granted by
Spain only served TO make more Sc
cure the monopoly of the petty Span
ish minority. The manifesto contin-
ues:
"As has already been observed, Spain
purposes only to deceive the world and
to reduce the Cubans, who, guided by
the noble desire of peace, may not see
that this transaction is only a fruitful
source of new troubles in the near flu
ture. But Spain has understood that
in order to give some color to her du-
plicity she must find assistance among
some well known sons of Cuba
The few at Havana who have lent
themselves to serve as accamplices of
the policy symbolized by Weyler no
longer share her sympathy.
Spain, therefore addresses herself
to another small group of Cubans who
left the country in order not to be
present at her martyrdom, but who did
not have faith enough in the effort of
her assassins. Two or three of these,
it appears, have lent themselves to Sec
ond the wishes of the new Spanish cab
met. Their names are mentioned In
the character of mediators between
Spain and the patriots, the object be-
ing to win over the latter to a discus
sion of their differences.
1--WE do not wish to Judge the con-
duct of these Cubans. because we do
not know their motives and we are
obliged to consider them honorable un-
til the contrary is proven to us. But
it is important at this grave moment,
and we deem it a patriotic duty to de-
clare in the most solemn manner, that
whatever Importance these men may
have had in our country, these coun-
trymen of ours are acting solely for
and by themselves and that their act
of loyalty to the projects of the Span
ish ministry is simply a personal mat
| ter without influence whatever upon
| the general mass, because the Cuban
emigrants, wherever they may be, re-
| ject outright the aforementioned trans
action and they shall reject every 9TH
err solution that shall not be based up
on the independence of the island of
Cuba.
ITO accept it would not only be to
| regard as useless the sacrifice and
| blood of so many thousands of our
| countrymen, but to close our eyes to
| the dictates of experience, the teach
| ing of foresight. So soon as the is
land shall again be at peace and the
denfenders of her liberty are unarmed
Spain will quickly impose on us a new
and harsh rule which will ruin us
without giving us peace in exchange
nor guaranteeing our rights. The
! continuation of her rover. therefore
| would quickly result IN war and the
reign of discomfort, of conspiracy and
of unrest, the enemy Of labor and
| wealth"
The signers of the manifesto reiter-
ate their allegiance to the revolution
airy cause and pledge themselves to
| help by all means in their power, I'M
| til Cuba's complete liberty shall be
| recognized and her absolute indepen-
dence shall have been achieved.