Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-09
CHARGES OF C0LLUSI0N.
Cubans Believe that After All Mckinley
Wants to Assist Spain.

issued by the Cuban junta in New
York, on Wednesday, through Horatio
S. Reubens and referred to in the dis
patch to THE ENQUIRER Wednesday
afternoon
"The declaration I am about to
make is official, for I am the legal rep
resentative of the junta, and | know
their unalterable convictions and posi-
ton. 1t is in line with the utterances
of the delegate of the Cuban provi.
sional government to the United
States, Thomas Estrada Palma, when
suggestion was made that this govern
ment should counsel the Cubans, and
| if necessary coerce them to an accept
ance of autonomy"
After quoting from the address to
the people of theUnited States issued,
by Mr.. Palma on March II, Mr.. Reu-
bens says:
"In the face of the present proposal
of intervention without previous rec
ognition it is necessary for US to go a
step farther and say that we must and
will regard such Intervention as moth
ing less than declaration of war by
the United States against the Cuban
revolutionists.
"If intervention should take place
on that basis and the United States
shall land an armed force on Cuban
soil we shall treat that force as an enc.
my to be opposed, and if possible, ex-
PEELED so long as the recognition of a
free Cuban republic is withheld. do
not mean to say that the Cuban army
will assemble on the coast TO resist the
landing of Federal troops, but that it
will remain in the interior, refusing to
cooperate, declining to acknowledge
any American authority, ignoring and
rejecting the Intervention to every
possible extent. Should the United
States troops succeed in expelling the
Spaniards should the United States
then declare a protectorate over the
|island-however provisional or tenta-
tive-and seek to extend its authority
over the government of Cuba and the
army of liberation, we would resist
with force of arms as bitterly and ten
acious as we have fought the armies Of
SPAIN"
"It was I who, yesterday, from the
most trustworthy private sources of
information conveyed to the newspa-
per reporters the forecast of the bur-
den of the presidents message-inter-
vention without recognition of inde-
pendence. The forecast has been con-
frmed by subsequent public advices,
and the accuracy Of any information
in this particular should give authori-
ty to the information, even more i'm
portant, which I am now to divulge.
"It has been in my possession for
many hours, and l have hesitated be.
tween my duty as an American citizen,
on the one hand, and on the other, as
the legal representative of the Cuban
junta; but I regard the time as now
arrived when must make these facts
known.
II have it from Spanish authority
high in official circles that the whole
course now proposed by the president
is in pursuance of an understanding
between Washington and Madrid, the
object of which is to secure peace III
Cuba through Cuban acceptance of
Spanish autonomy, without the she'd
ding of drop of American blood or
the expenditure of another dollar OF
American money.
"See how perfectly the proposals,
with this light upon them, are adapted
to work out to that end the evidence
alone is almost sufficient to prove the
accuracy of my information, which
runs thus:
"It has been agreed between Spain
and the United States that this gov
ernment, while declaring for interven-
ton, shall refuse to recognize the inde-
pendence of Cuba. 1t is mutually
hoped by the two governments that
the Cubans will then become convinced
that the object for which they have
been fighting all these years-indepen-
dence-cannot be obtained, and that
they will accept perforce, first an arm
istice, and eventually autonomy under
the Spanish flag. A part of the pro-
gram is that congress shall empower
the president to intervene, but shall
not direct him to do so. The object of
this will be to gain ample time in
which to persuade the Cubans to make
terms directly with Spain.
II assert again that this information
is trustworthy, and it explains what
has seemed inexplicable-the optimis
tic tone still observable among promi-
nent officials both at Washington and
Madrid, despite the strong sentiment
for forcible intervention prevailing
both throughout the nation and in con-
gress. incidentally, also, it accounts
for the tone of the stock market, both
here and abroad, and the apparent
firmness of Spanish securities.
"The Cubans are already fairly in
formed of this entente between the
Spanish and American governments,
yelled as it is by every semblance OF
an open rupture; and I speak with
full authority in saying that the Gu
hans in the field can be relied upon to