The Dickinson press., 1898-06-18
TO R%EORGANIZE CUBA
GENERAL NUNEz UNFoLDS THE FU-
TURE PLANS FOR THE ISLAND.
Leaders Will Not Countcnance q Policy Of
Revenge - s%paniards May Keep Their
Rightful Property, but Cannot Vote.


Revenge %spaniards May Keep Their
Rightful Property, but Cannot Vote.
Preference as to q Military Governor.
An abundant supply of chickens has
already been counted, though as yet the
hen is still laying her eggs, and the Gu
bans and all the rest of us are talking of
what is going to happen when this wa
is over The most interesting topic is of
course the reorganization Of Cuba and
what will be done in the island when
the Spaniard has been driven out.
General Emilio Nunez and DR.. Cas-
tillo are at Key West. Nunez talked
quite freely while coming here on the
boat from Tampa.
"My opinion about the war and about
the United States is well known" he
said, "and there is no reason in my re-
peating what I have already said a doz-
en- times. But some wrong ideas seem
to have got around as to what we in
tend to do in Cuba when this war is
over. Some persons think that we in
tend to do as the Spanish have done
confscate the property Of the Spanish
residents, as they have confiscated the
property belonging to my friends. That
lisa false impression. Every native born
man in the island of Cuba is a Cuban,
80 that it would be manifestly wrong
to take away from the generations to
com what should rightfully be theirs.
sour movement is not against chill
dren growing up to be good Cubans and
men who may be an honor to our coun-
try. No Spaniard who owned at the
outbreak Of the wal what he now has
and who came by it by hard work and
enterprise is to be despoiled. That
would not be Justice, and two wrongs
hardly make a right. The Spaniards
have despoiled us, but we have no
thought of repeating their tactics. The
same crimes that have made Spain obi
GUS would make us odious.
eve intend to have our own, how
ever, and all that property taken from
my friends by the government will Ger
tainly be returned to them. They will
get their own, but nothing more.
"The only way in which we intend
to discriminate against the Spaniards is
by denying them the right to vote. The
future of the island will be decidedupon
at an election to, be held as soon as
peace is fully.assured. The autonomists
and the Spanish will not be allowed to
vote on the future Of the island. If we
permitted that, then Cuba would GER
tainly be annexedsto the United States,
for the Spanish and autonomists are,
first of all, enemies Of the Cuban repub-
lie and would vote for annexation. I do
not say that I am against annexation,
but the future Of the island will depend
upon the will Of the majority. What
ever that is, so will we decide, except
that if the vote is in favor Of returning
to Spain the election will certainly be
declared null and void"
1t is understood here that General
Fitz-Hugh Lee will be made the first
military governor, and General.Nunez
was asked what he thought about that,
Whatever the United States does, -
he said, 1--WE will agree to and will re-
frain from discussing it's action. We
would, however, prefer as the military
governor a man who has never been in
Cuba and who has formed absolutely
no opinions as to what should be done
with the island. Then we would be left
clone and permitted to decide for our
Selves. General Lee has his opinions
about what should be done with Cuba
he has been our great and good friend
but we would prefer a man who ha'
never been in the island and who hal
NJ opinions about us, say General Shat
ter, for instance. I talk this way abou
what is to be done in Cuba because
look upon her as already free. A defea
for the United States is inc~omprehensi
BILE to me. Of cours we cannot tell hov
long the war will last.
"The offering Of reforms to Cuba b.
Spain is like Spain. A story is told tina
shows what Spain is like. 1t is abou
two men who went out hunting. On
nan was a Spaniard and the other wa
his enemy. The Spaniard fell into
well and couldn't get out Of it. Hi
enemy found him.
".You help me OUT said the Span
lard 'and1 will spare your lfe.'"
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