Evening journal., 1897-02-24
DuBA'ST TERMS OF PEACE
The Republic Would Pay Spain
Indemnity For Freedom.
VOTE FROM oIsNERos AND GOMEZ,

The President and the Commander Say
They WIN Accept Nothing Short of In.
dependence. but VIII indemnify the
Mother Country-Deigado Died In JAIN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The World this
morning publishes under the head of The
Most Important Document In the Cuban
War" an autograph letter written to that
paper by Salvador Cisncros, president OF
the e'provisional government of the Cubans
and couptersigned by Maxine Gomez, the
general ia chief
The letter was approved by the so called
cabinet Of the provisional government and
bears the seal of the infant republic IL is
rs follows
At the request Of your correspondent
We have the greatest pleasure in answer
ing tho following questions:
Do you believe that the war can be
ended on the basis of independence by the
payment Of an indemnity by Cuba TO
spain With the United States as arbitra-
tori
ON the basis Of independence it viii
be possible to enter into negotiations.
These should provide for the evacuation OF
the island by the Spanish and for the fu-
ture relations between Spain and the new
Cuban republic
we believe there should also be in
cluded an indemnity to be paid spain, pro
vided the amount is reasonable. This
would be honorable, practicable and good
Tor all.
WIN Never submit 20 Spain.
But IL done it should be done as soon
as possible. The indemnity should pre-
vent the further loss Of blood and of mon
ey, and it would save the economic re-
sources of the people who have sworn to
the complete destruction OF the island be-
fore they will submit anew to the domin-
ion of Spain.
Each day that passes causes fresh
hatred and devastation. Soon the produc-
ing capacity Of the country will be de-
strcyed.
Cuba can pay less as time passes, not
only because each moment she earns less
but IL will be Increasingly difficult for her
TO fulfill the stipulations and agreements
She is now able to make
The indemnity TO Spain should take
the form of the acknowledgment and
guarantee by Cuba of part Of the debt
already contracted by Spain or the pay
ment of a sum in bonds or IN money to
Spain
We would not deem it inadvlsable for
the United States to intervene as arbitra-
ter or semioflicially as the friends of both
sides, providing always that the island Of
Cuba shall not sacrifice thereby her own
sovereignty.
We arc yours, in the greatest consider
ation "SALvADoR CIsNERos,
"MAXIMo GOMEZ. "
The Letter Sent by scoveI.
This letter, which is forwarded by Syl-
voster Scovel The Worlds correspondent,
now imprisoned at Sancti Spiritus, was.
II is sta,ed obtained exactly one week be-
fore ho was caught, while trying to roach
tho scacoast He had forwarded q copy by
pacifco to be cabled TO his paper. This
messenger was also caught by the Span
ish, and the contents Of his dispatches
were cabled to Senior de LONE, the Spanish
minister at Washington
The original documents, including the
letters in the original Spanish, wero only
received last evening. In his letter accom-
panying them Sylvester Scovel writes:
1.-The Cuhans can afford To pay very
large amount, and j am in 4 position to
state that they will do So Cuba will ac-
cept any peaceable means laid down by
the United States that will secure their
independence. Last year General Gomez
authorized the statement that in his opin-
ion the Cubans would even 20 as far as to
allow tho United States TO administer the
finances of the island until such time as
any loan secured from or in that country
should be repaid.