The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-06
INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH"
Maxine Gomez TO The PubcSpain Still Talks Au-
tOnOmy and Suffrage In the Colonies
of The West Indies.

New York. November a-Tho Herald
says II II too late 20 talk autonorny.
Cuba IL Loot TO Spain. only lndop n.
dcnoo for the island will put an end to
tho struggle now devastating the colony
and yuining Spain, That ls what eight
leading cubans an Of whom formerly
favored autonomy told Senior jose Can.
alicia at tho FIFTH Avenue hotel Thcs.
Cubans did not represent the jun,a. for
the junta will discuss au,oaoqny wifi, .o
one. hut N" conference In tho NOR, "a.
markalas IN Us result. hecAnso the men
who talked 50 firmly asuins, any prop.
oNi'inn except Independence were form.
chy leading auionomis,s who IN view Of
the recent developments. say mat even
were they 10 listen 90 such a propos,I
tho Insurgents In tho field would simply
a"o"i az x as an evidence, not Of sEuln's
good h,i'h but of her w~,kneos and vii. !
lngnc1s to promise concessions rather
Than prosecute a hopeless war.
Colonel Canalcja was formerly A man. |
bcr Of tho spanish cabinet. He comes
to sound American feeling and 10 inform
himself by personal observation Of the
state OF affairs IN Cuba. Before his con.
ference with the Cutans. Scnor canaleja
was unable to obtain an exchange NJ
views with Estrada Palma. pres!den, OF
thu Cuban Junta,
Tell him." said General Palma, to an
emissary who sought 10 arrange an IN.
'Orvicw. that when was president OF
tho republic OF Cuba I assisted in max
Ink law which Is In force TODAY AMI
by which any member OF the government
who listens to a proposition from Spain
short OF absolute independence. Is re-
ganied as traitor"
The meeting at the Fifth Avenue wos :
In reality an accidental one. Senior Can. {
lleja did not then, and has not slnce hts
arrival posed as representing the spon. !
sh government, but It Is known that his $
prominence in Spain makes his mission ,
iere likely TO bear fruit when he goes i
ZONE. The Cuban representatives an. y
'ointed Senior Narona as spokesman. Sc c
lor Canaicja remarked that he cou,d a
lot understand why, II the Cubans hrd c
c'dly heon in earnest in asking for au- Il
onomy, they now refused 10 accent Fl, o
enor Narona cited the history Of Cuba 81
ince 1878, and declared that with victory &c
I hand the patriots scorned the Spanish s.
roposals. Senior Canaleja expressed re- &C
ret that their attitude was so uncompro. c'
llsing. saying that Il was impossible ul
Or Spain to yield, and that therefore
he war must necessarily he continued.
pain, he added, had all the resources
ccessary TO prosecute the war. an as. r.
,rtion which the Cubans received with
oubt, He said he could not see why
autonomy would give to the Cubins
J the advantages OF independence with st,
ut It's drawbacks, they should prefer III
continue the war There was some III
TX as to whether some OF the Cubans W
lmed for important posts by the new tn
'emier were men likely to imbuc the lat
surgents with the idea that Spain re- ini
ly intended to deal fairly with the NJ
Iony Senor Heredia Escabrera. of the to
lban party, said these men were rather lo'
such character that the insurgen,s of
ould be rrltated rather than soo,hed mC
7 their elevation. mi
The cubans continued talking phrase ere
ter phrase OF the autonomy question sci
ID expressed the belief that there is In
end Of the war short of independence. of
ID their firm conviction that the In Tv
rgents will accept nothing else. up
This discusagun w|s cOnaueted w1th tai