The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-07
GOMEZ SPEAKS
FROM THE FIELD
Cubass Must and Will Have Peace by
Absolute independence.
SPAIN TO BE CUBAs FRIEND
Soldiers NEEDED to Till the Fields asd Up
bsild Island Cuba Ready to Ray
arfise for rsuee.
SPAIN TO BE cUBAs FRIEND

New f@t, Jan e.--'rho Herald rrint.
the following letter from General Maxine
Gomez. 'ommandor-in in.chIrt Of ,hs Cuban
army iat"d Ia thr Field Dec. %. lsg7
You ark M for M opinion regarding
Nha, cf~'t IN" autonomous regime about
20 ho implanted Qy Spain IN Cn,n mlgrt
have toward N, p.eincatioa ad t,r f,anni
m" ouhans IN arms lo not propose 10
giy' up shall never y4,ld IN their f,tr7ig.
vie Nifr he metrotnlliaHs, until they
T have established their absolute tnd,1oni.
cnc, No matter Nalat number of lber-
! ties ~ wrgused to cuba by any Spanish
EoY riImsslt even m c1ur Spain should
rcacf,r for hr'''r4f no other right than 10
Keep Cs' Spanish nag oycv Cuba aa
symbol VI nominal sovereignty. She viii
not sIcc.rd in ending the war. The Gu
Tan pnplc rsili mimit Of 10 other toiu-
lion OF the pr"s~nt connbrt than that
Welrfrhy Cuba shall be- recognized a.
menibcf OF the -iu,oyhood Of free states
In this attitude of atsolutc radictIlsm
Nc arr sustained by tNo great mouvcs
waIich. unified aa one single for,c. impe
the Cuban people a. a whole as we'll a.
individuals to adopt the grand r,-olution
Of th"ir Nlstcncc-Scnitmept and inter
that thcy have essen profoundly hur, by
the horrible war msl,hcds employed
against them by SpaAn. thc lattr- ne
cgtus. they are all firmly convinced that
only A. frec men will they b. ahlc 20 en-.
soy p-lee and vommalri thi n-c,slsary
creih To ro,arStucs thetr country, which
has bcon devastated by Spain hersrh
In short Osiha no; only wishes. bu,
ne,'is TO Dee free. I; is about time that
Spain should r,>>ognips that fact ana
leaving ASIDE all chaotic autonomy
shouh manfully confront the true prob
fem Let IN Spanish nation arknnwl-
edge Cuba's indcpcnhonre whi,ih she JUST
ly claims and receive compensation
which s. right and equitable. And
even IT,; her claim from our goyernmcn,
some advantages in The Cuban tarir to
foster her own Industries Then ana
ongy then. will t,e rainbow OF peace
tighten thr horizon w|htch h, now reflected
! by the glare OF the glowing iclds and
the firing of the cannon"
with Conner NJ date later than the
above. The correspondent found Gomez
in ,hc best OF heoltSh and spirits and fully
convinced that the long struggle is draw
! Ing 10 a Close. The IntranNegcants OF
Cvhu. said General Gomez, have been the
/ only oncs willing 70 continue the struggle
because they feared tha, Cuban triumph
would rH1lt In their prosecution and the
ccnnsation OF their properly. They are
utterly mistaken. /. Maxlmo Gomez.
| whose wort has never been broker. as
sure thom OF absolute protection.
81 know these people represent the
thrifty business element OF the island ana
believe they are destined to rank among
the most valued citizens OF the republic
The triumph Of our cause will bring to
them assurance and permission to follow
their vocations in peace, There will be
no presidents resolution. either political
OF social. All We ask OF them Is to help
build the fortunes OF the island ana re-
pairing the waste of war. / say the same
thang, too to the Spanish officers In the
field. They have been fightlng Us not be
cause they hate Cuba but because they
love Spain. They have proved Them
selves to be loyal sons OF the motherland,
and when they have laid down their arms
We will gladly extend to them the right
hand OF fellowship, We viii bury the
bloody past and go forward shoulder 10
shoulder to build up Cuba's laboring
classes which have been destroyed ana
I'VE shall need men to iii the soil. The
rank and file Of the Spanish army viii MI
the gap"
Speaking Of terms on which Cuba might
win freedom, Gena'al Gomez reiterated
his statement that Cuba Is still waitins
3 to purchase her liberty, 1t is believes
that Ss5OOOO.OOO would be an euuitabl,
amount now, He said he had no doub
that an arrangement would be made witt
American capitalists to form a syndicat
collect customs duties and pay Spain 4
irstallments. In this way the genera
J said there would be positive end TO tn
war by the establishment Of friendly N
lations with Spain.
when peace is declared" he declare,
1--WE want TO reckon on Spain among OF
friends" tl
Referring to uha ability Of cub
to carry on the war Gomez said h
forces were ample AMI declared that Cut
could continue fighting even II the so
diers had to go naked; that tne war co
the Cubans nothing, whereas SPANS III
- hood was being drainei by her enormo'
expenses. He spoke IN terms of affectio
ate admiration for America, descrbi'
- her as the light Of Cuba and said that
- would welcome intervention as affordli
an instantaneous SOLUTION Of the p-obleI