The age-herald., 1898-04-02
APPEAL OF THE
 HOME RULE PEOPLE Spaniards of Cuba Address a Document to Mckinley. LIKE SPANISH GOVERNMENT foists Upon Chief Executive Old Claim That Suffering Has Been Magniied and That
 Majority of Inhabitants Cling
 to Mother Country.

Washington. April 1.-The Cuban govern ment (meaning thereby the present home rule authorities in Cuba and not the insur- gents) has appealed to the president of the United States to respect the will of the ma- jority of the people of Cuba
 The appeal was placed in the hands of the president this morning, and the state ment was made that it was the direct ex- precision of Cuba itself without the inspira- tion or the knowledge of the Spanish gov ernment either at Madrid, Havana or else where.
 The appeal to the president is as follows:
 The colonial government of Cuba desires to make known to the president of the United States that although there are some Cubans in arms, yet there are an immense people who accept home rule and are re- solved to work zealously under this form of government in order to re-establsh peace and prosperity to the land. The insur- gents form a minority, while the autono- mists represent the majority of the inter- ests of civilization by means of justice and liberty. The Cuban people Is an American people and has, in consequence a perfect right to govern itself according to its own wishes and aspirations, and in no way would 1t be just for foreign will to impose upon 1t a political regime which 1t esteems contrary to its happiness and conscience.
 Oppression Instead of Liberty
 This would be a substitute oppression fn-
 
 a free people; 1t wishes to rule its own des- tinies, and it would be a great wickedness to dispose of it's lot without its consent. The history and the feelings of the United States do not permit an American people to be sacrificed and forced to form gov ernment which the same people consider pernicfous to its permanent interests and to the cause of peace and order in a country of different races, of small population and whose political education Is yet incom- plete.
 The formidable government of Cuba hopes that the president of the United States, faithful to the noble traits of the North American republic, will respect the rights of the Cuban people, not permitting violence to prevail.
 Re-establishment of Peace
 It also hopes that he will contribute by powerful action to the re-estabIishment of peace in Cuba under sovereignty of the mother country, and with home rule gov ernment equal for all, and which might be still improved so as to inspire the confi- dence of every one The home rule govern- ment of this island, which is a Cuban gov ernment, protests energetically against the faisehoods of part of tine American press, published with the malignant end of firing the passions, making it appear that injus- tice and brutal force reign in Cuba, and that home rule has failed before even the colonial parliament has taken it's seat, and when experience cannot yet tell whether the new regime will answer or not. There is no good faith in those stories. As was stated by the immortal Washington, "hon- esty is the best policy
 The Cuban parliament is about to meet. and both the spirit of America and the principles of right demand respect for the will of the majority of the people.
 (Signed) JOSE MARIA GALVEZ, President of the Honorable Government of China