The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-22
DELIGHTFUL DE- Tome
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be sufficiently known in the United States
at this day-to perceive how absolutely
groundles such impressions are.
"A collection of the CUBAN
newspapers published in recent years
would suffice to show that few civilized
countries then enjoyed to an equal de-
gree freedom of thought and of the press
the foundation of all liberties.
1.-The government Of his majesty ard
the people Of Spain wish and even long
for the. speedy pacificauion of Cuba. III
order to secure it, they are ready to ex-
crt their best best efforts and Mt the same
time to adopt such reforms as may be-
useful or necessary and compatible, OF
course, with their inalienablc sovereign
ty, as soon as the submission Of the in
surgents he an accomplished fact.
1.-The Minister of State nvhile directing
me to bring to the knowledge Of your
excellency the foregoing views, instructs
me to remark how pleased he was to OBJ
serve that his opinion on this point also
agrees with yours.
"NOne is more fully aware of the seri-
Gus evils suffered by Spaniards and aliens
i'm consequence of the insurrection than
the government of his majesty. 1t realizes
the immense injury inflicted on Spain by
the putting forth, with the unanimous
cooperation and appreciation OF her peo-
pie, of such efforts as We're never before
made in America by any European cOun-
try. 1t knows at the same time, that the
interests Of foreign industries and trade
suffer. as we'll as the Spanish interests,
from the insurgents system Of deyasta-
ton but if the instruction should tri-
umph. the interests of all would not only
merely suffer but would entirely and for
ever disappear amid the madness Of per-
petual anarchy.
ut has already been said that, in order
to prevent evils of such magnitude, the
cabinet Of Madrid does not and will not
confne itself exclusively to the employ
ment >Of armed forces.
1.-THE speech from the throne, read be-
fore the national representatives, formal
ly promised Motu Propria not only that
all that was previously granted, voted by
the Cortes and sanctioned by her majes-
ty on the 18th of March, 1896, would be
carried into effect as soon as the Oppor-
tum;ty offered but also by fresh authori-
cation of the COrtes, all the new extern
siOns and amendments of the original re-
forms, to the end that both extensions
and amendments of the original reforms,
to the end that both islands may, in the
administrative department., possess a
personnel of local character, that, the
intervention of the mother country. in
their domestic concerns may be dis
pensed with with, the single reservation
that nothing will be done TO impair the,
rights of sovereignty or the powers of
the government to preserve the same.
rhis solemn promise, guaranteed by the
august word of he's majesty will DE full
filled by the. Spanish government with
true .liberality of views. ....,....x
'.The foregoing facts, being better
known every day will make it patent to
the fair people of other nations that
Spain, far from proposing that her sub
jects in the West Indies should return to
a regime unfit for the times when she
enjoys such liberal laws, would never
have withheld these same laws from the
island had it not been for the increasing
separatist cOnspiracies which compel her
to look above all to self defence.
"The government of his majesty most
heartily thanks that of the United States
for the kind advice it bestOws on Spain
but it wishes to state, and entertains the
confidence that your excellency will readi-
ly see, that it has been fOrestalling it for
long time past. 1t follows, therefore,
as matter of course, that it will COM
ply with it in practical manner as soon
as circumstances make it possible.
Your excellency will have seen, never
theless, how the announcement of this
concurrence of views has been received.
n, toll INV no c,frn nCrth
which they have acquired through the
aid of certain number of citizens Of the
United States, have contemptuously Re
PEELED, by the mediums of the Cubans re-
siding in this republic, any idea that the
government of Washington can intervene
in the contest either with its advice or
in any other manner, on the suppOsltlon
that the declarations of disinterestedness
on the part of the government of the
United States are false and that it wishes
to get possession of the island one of these
days Hence, it is evident that no sue
cess would attend such possible media
ton, which they repel, even admitting
that the mother country would condos
cend to treat with it's rebellious subjects
as one power with another. thus surely
jeopardizing it's future authority, de-
tractlnS ITOln us ndtlOlldi dignity ana hi
pairing its independence for which it has
at all times shown such great earnestness
as history teaches. In brief there is no
effectual way to pacify Cuba unless 1t
begins with the actual submission of the
armed rebels TO the mother country.
The remaining portions of Senior DE
Lome's letter were read by Mr.. Foraker
in the Senate Wednesday and were in
Guided in these dispatches at the time.
Following the offer by Secretary Olney
of mediation, by the United States, Off
GERS of the Cuban Junta were quoted as
rejecting intervention on the lines sug-
gested. The Spanish Minister'S state
ment that the insurgents, through their
agents in the United States, cOntemptu-
ously repealed Intervention, refers 10 this
attitude assumed by the Junta.
SPANS STRONG TALK.