The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-07
A CUBAN MANIFESTO.
II Is Regarded As a Most Extra,
ordinary Document
WILL BE SPREAD BROADCAST
The Paper Discusses the wsT In Cab,
and Lays Before the People Al
legged Facts which Have
Bssn Gathered Of tile War.


ment ever issued by the Cubans. The
manifesto will be submitted 10 Cuban
colonies and Cuban groups all over the
world for signatures. II Is as follows:
Nearly three years have elaps d
since the iniquities and corruption q
the Spanish administrative policy Inn
PEELED the people Of CUBA 20 launch
themselves into q desperate war that
has been the wonder OF the world.
From the frat moment the government
Of Spain Inundated our territory with
Aoldiers. proclaimed the barbarous
rigor Of its martial law and TO deter
mine 10 drown IN seas OF blood the
legitimate aspirations Of the colony.
weary Of bribery. monopoly. ou.rages
and dlshonor. against the acclama-
tionS Of the entire nation. the Spanish
soldiers have endeayored TO make Of
Cuba desert. strewn with corpse
They have laid waste our fields and
have killed our animals. as n they pur-
posed TO stamp out all hie on our soil
They have butehered our unarmod
men. even ~hen found PROSTATE In bel.
even when protected by the sacred
shelter of the hospital. They have
driven the families from their homes
and have huddied them together In
filthy and unwholesome places IN or
der that hunger and pestilence may
complete the work Of iron and IRE
"sueh barbari,y has proved lnenoct-
ual. Cuba has resisted with an indom-
liable spirit. In vain has spain mutt
piled her armies. sayaged by the led
Of the patriots and annihilated by N
rigors o. the climate Spain has At last
become convinced that she could not
subdue 90 by force and she has a.
tempted to employ other arms 10 o.
tain by deceitful nattery the temporary
prolongatlon Of her decropIt sovereign
~.
"she FIRST begged Tor the sunporl
even though Il might only be moral
OF the European powers. which turned
a deaf ear to SPANS petition She
then endeavored 10 gain over by vii
the friendship Of the United States
offering them the exploitation u our
market. but she encountered the indig-
nation OF this great people agains.
SPANS horrible policy Of oxierm.na-
ton. Il then became necessary Tor
Spain 10 change her method. az lolst
In form. to ooneiliate In some way the
world At large. and to introduce dii-
ferences OF opinion and enmity amors
the ranks Of the patriots and their sup
porters In the immigration.
The manifesto declares that the po-
llticd reform or autonomy offered %
Cuba by the Spanish statesman TO be
efieacious should have been the spon-
taneous product Of the national con-
scieuee. Il says. however, that Il Is
but an expedient to which the Mad a
government has recourse now that q
has exhausted all the means OF v.o.
ience and crime. and adds:
-No political change can be stable or
fruitful under these conditions What
Il granted through fear or coercion. Is
Withdrawn At the earliest opportunity.
Bat leaving aside these consideration.
which are 30 essential. the so-callei
reform Il unacceptable 10 the Cubans
because Il docs not respond to Their
necessities. satisfy their aspirations or
recognize the fullness Of their rights
Cuba must 30 organize her economic
life that she shall obtain the legi +
mate remuneration for her labor. With
IN the general laws that govern Indus
trial conditions. Her political connec-
ton with Spain would impose upon
Cuba a fiscal system which would rem
der the fulhnment OF this essential
condition an utter impossibillty now
and for q long time 20 come spanish
domination means On the frsl place
and At the very least, the payment Of
the interest upon a monstrcus debt.
the cost Of large army OF occupation.
OF a navy and bureaucracy. whatever
may be the term under which q viii
/ be disguised
The Cuban. no longer willing TO SUI
Ger a foreign guardianship. aspiges q
govern himself hut a Cuban govern
ment. surrounded by Spanish layC-
nets. watched by a Spanish navy sta
toned along the cost Of our territory.
whose laws, u the power oi logis'aii n
be conceded 10 Il. must be- applied hy
Spanish tribunals. and whose relation
with other countries must run alOns
the channels OF Spanish diplomacy.
The essential rights 90 a citizen
may be summarized IN the FUN liberty
Of suffrage his eligibility without willy
impedlments, and system Of indiv'd
ual guarantees, that shall protect him
against all usurpatlon which may az
feet his person. his goods or hls civil
capacity. SO long as there shall exls.
In Cuba governor, responsible folcly
before a distant power. sustained By an
army Of which he Il captain general
by an administration OF justice Il
which he Il the inspirer. and hy n
hundred thousand resident spanlards
who regard him a. their supreme