The times., 1897-06-13
.CUBANs TO BUY CUBA FREE
An Ubiquitous Scheme Being
Engineered by a Ring.
MILLIONS TO BE MADE BY IT
Spain to BE Forced to the Verge
of War, Which Would Depreciate
he Made, the United States Guar
anteeing the Debt.

| anteeing the Debt.
II have notyerv much money at the pres
ent time, but If the Administration MS plan
| for the settlement OF the war in Cnba goes
| through, shall clear a cool quarter of q
| million dollars
| Thus spoke well-kno wn Republican poll
| ucian at Chamberln' S last night, and the
| speaker is man generally credited with
| being ON the inside, so far as this Admins
| tratlon is concerned
The discussion OF the ugar schedule and
| the anxiety OF the Republican managers to
| get that part of the tariff bill through,
| coupled with the absence of the President
| from the city, has caused dearth of
Cuban news and tagging In the interest
IN the subject But the iniqutous scheme
detailed some weeks ago in The Times lis
being worked out, and, al soon as Con
gress is out OF the way Cuba Will be forced
TO the front in the manner agreed upon by
the Administration
The war In Cuba is to end by the Cubans
throwing Off the yoke OF Spanish cruelty
and control and putting upon their necks
the halter OF the American bond syndicate
Cuba must purchase her freedom or remain
the vassal OF Spain. No choice win he
left her, however The greed of the New
Workers who are behind this. as they
We're hehnd the last administration, viii
force her TO buy the island aud hypothecate
it to Wall street. The Cubans are TO lie
hled, relentlessly and copiously
In a nutshell, the scheme concocted
several weeks ago and now working out
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submission TO Spanish authority; second,
Spanish recognition Of Cuban Independence;
third. Cuban assumption of $500 900 900
! of Spanish bonds, and fourth the guarantee
by the United States OF this Cuban debt,
and United States protectorate over the
island
The preliminaTies to this comb'natjon
have begun. 1t consists In an organized
effort TO batter down the value OF Spanish
bonds issued ON account OF the Cuban
debt These are TO be pounded down as
far as possible, and at the right time the
Administration is TO begin a campa ign of
bluster and begin to bully and threaten
Spain. She is to be brought to the yergt,
of war war itself, if that be necessary.
A controversy OF SO serious character with
power like the United States is counted
price of Spanish bonds, which will be
seized under options and locked up.
Those OIL the inside OF this gieant' C deal
expect TO get hold of these securities for
10 or 20 cents on the dollar, possibly less
for war with the United States would
send Spanish securities of all kinds
tuInbling to the bottom OF the pit But
Cuba is here to pull these chestnuts out of
the fire. The Administration viii dictate
the terms and Cuba and Spain must obey.
The scheme is TO be founded upon q
patriotic appeal 10 the country to free
Cuba and, at the same time, to deal
fairly" with Spain by conlpensating her
for the loss of the Island Then comes the
steals and the divide among the men in
this intrigue, and in which Cuba is TO
be plundered and the credit of The United
states pledged to guarantee To these fl
nancial brigands the enormous profits that
would flow into their Golfers, instead of
the exchequer of the new Island Republic
This profit cannot, IL the scheme is backed
UP by the Administration, fall far short
OF $500 200, 600. It's the most stupendous
idea OF the age, and it is fitting that ;t
emanated from the brain of the men who,
III the recent bond sales, have mulcted the
United States out of millions of dollars
This syndicate could afford to promise
liberal shares in this plunderng scheme at
any stage.
The only security there is against its
success is the refusal of the President to
yield to the demands of the men who con-
tributed great sums OF money toward his
election, and to the pride of the Spanish
government, which the reckless courage OF
the mob in the streets of Madrid would not
allow to abate
1t is not believed for u moment that the
President would lend himself to this scheme,
but the matter is being put TO him in a
different light, and unless his attention is
called to the designs of the men now shout
ing for patriotic Interference as % cloak
for their nefarious designs, the Admins
tration may innocently be committed to
policy that can only end In an interna-
tional scandal
The administration has some policy with
respect to this Cuban question, but what it
is the Administration men in both Houses
nave declined to intimate. The charge
that it contemplates the purchase of Cuba
by the Cubans has never been denied The
plea was made during the fruitless efforts
to call up the belligerency resolutions in
the House that Congress ought to wait
until the President learned the facts
through his own representative. 1t was
stated then that Judge Calhoun couldIearn
no more than the President then knew
His stay on the island-always within the
Spanish lines-shows the impossibility of
his reaching the real situation. His report
is valueless, and even the report of Consul
General Lee conveys little additional to
that which the State Department and the
Committee on Foreign Relations already
knew and which the press Of the country
had previously exploited.
1t is apparent now that the object in
sending Judge Calhoun to Cuba was simply
to gain time-to postpone action SO that
Congress might get through and be away
when the Administration saw fit to spring
It's policy. This Is one of the reasons the
tariff bill is being rushed through the Sen
ate with such tremendous and unprecedent-
ed haste
4 study Of the condition OF affairs In Cuba
and the utter neglect of her colony by Spain |
only make the enornity of the proposition |
to compel Cuba TO gain her freedom bypur |
chase more prominent. Every conceiy- |
able indebtedness that Could be charged |
against Cuba by the home government has |
been set down against her, until on the |
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