Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-01-28
WAR 70 THE BIIR /
President Palma, oftbar,.I
Junta' Issues aStatsnss,'
NO THOUGHT OF comppo..
insurgents Will Not Ao,
omy-rhey Are Fighting T., y
Independence and q

,nas Fighting 70, n
Independence and Noth,D,
New York, Jan. 25.-Tbo,
trada Palma, presiednt Of ',lIls .Il
Junta' tonight issued the 'Is t.n
statement: WV iOlAE
so much has lately been s,a
probability of the terminatioa ap
Cuban revolution by the acsent,'. Vt
the part of the Cubans, of autoaa' p'a.
reforms, that l feel it incumbSn, S,tp
me, as the accredited represpN,.,,,
the Cubans, to make a brief s,as' s,a...
on the subject: '''"'
Reforms were passed bytbe SD,
cortes' but the outbreak Of This r,'
tion was as, not thereby STAYED ed h. h.
hour. There was and is but a",l
for which the Cubans are Fol,i'
had enough of so-called ,'s
enough of promised AUTONOMY Wv
intelligent man would rightly mrI..
the leaders and participants h /
movement if anything short Of /,
pendence were the basis Of tre,t,
peace with Spain. 1t is claimed
General Gomez is willing to treat
Spain on the basis of AUTONOMY
that a letter to that effect has be-,
ceived by me. There is no such lpt,
Gomez is made of too stern matet,
surrender on any such terms mti
larly when, in his latest letters n
he writes of his own convictiOD,t
this winters campaign will be hi,
successful.
But, even though any one Of n
foremost leaders should be inClipsl I
terminate the war by the acceyu
of autonomy (Which is barely with
the bounds of possibility, while
himself might surrender, he would
so alone. We Cubans are not vOpLl
pers of individualities. We are nd
fast followers of our ideals. The das
of our glorious Maceo brought sorrow
the hearts of every Cuban, but we
not falter; his forces did not surenis|
the revolution received no perCetS
check. The leader who proposed pa!
under the Spanish flag would find dhu|
self without followers. No treaty
peace can be made by the Cubam d
less ratified by specially convened \
sembly. 1t is beyond the bounds
possibility to expect that the Cubar
after two years OF sanguinary stdR|
when they find themselves in a pod
tiOn such as has never before been thdI
good fortune to occupy in point Of NUM-
bers, equipment and resources, VII
now weakly accept terms Of cOmprOnlsI
Every Cuabn, every American, know
that the apparent generous and coNilI
atory spirit of Spain springs not frn
her strength, but from her weakn@
How can we, then, under the crun
stances, be expected to waver?
"If the Cubans in the field ann
strong to even consider such prOpoas
the Cubans in the cities are too Vd
advised OF spain's plans and SPAN
precarious situation to counsel thisit'
In the cities, Spain's only stronghold
men of position, OF refinement
wealth, have but lately signed sa'
ment, in which they unequivocalg
to those in this country, who seem
labor under the error that autOnen
would be a solution of the sO'calf
Cuabn problem, that nothing shCI''
independence is acceptable to 'nel M
They base the statement, not on!
political, but also on economic fes'V' ''
"What form of autonomy would ls =
Cuba, when saddled not only win
previous debt, but with the added :, y
den of the cost of the present war;
future of the country would De u
and starvation. News OF our sucN
in the field may be suffocated Oy'
censor; paciiication of the island Pr
inces may be falsely proclaimed s
the case of Pinar del Rio; DEGREES
lowing grinding OF sugar may De l's' ~
where all cane has been desuVl
promises of reforms and autonom! u
be given and amnesty promulgass a.
and foreign countries may, oy ~
means and mendacious Spanish l'l /
macy, be cajoled into the Dellei \ \
Spain is mighty, is generous anu u,
we are weak, are ungrateful, Du'
Cubans will continue to fight iof y, y
pendence, first, last and all Iile :"
Our leaders may fall, but others ,',,
take their places. The opPol'I
will find the man. Gomez mas wiz W,
that, even should he fall, the i.,' y,
ton is strong enough to continue y, i'I !
umph. The only excuse we Wl'' W, =, =
for having begun the war VIII -" ~
triumph; the only fitting monla .ha
for our fallen comrades will DC Wv
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