Evening star., 1898-04-01
What Senior Quasada Has to Say
About It.
DELAY BY DIPLOMATIC DUPLICIrY
Bianco's Report on the Reconcen-
trados AnaIyzed.
SPANIARDS DESERVING

4 ny otdI EcpOEtcE lutS mOTIsiuB " give du
| expression Of his views on the present atti-
| tude of Spain and the real intentions of the
Sagasta ministry. He was naturally very
much pleased over the indications OF the
| early establishment of the Cuban republic
| in it's place among nations. He reviewed in
telling sentences the scheme of Spain to
secure delay on the part of the United
States government in reaching a definite
conolusio upon its inevitable course.
Diplomatic Subterfuges.
"Spain's diplomatic subterfuges have 50
far successfully averted and postponed the
crisis awaiting her in Cuba" said Senor
Quesada. For three years Spain has bea1
devising new makeshifts with which to
deceive the American public; sometimes
with the sweet words of De LONE and his
hcneyed assurances of the revolution's col
lapse, and again by declarations that the
revolutionists would be utterly crushed by
General Weyler's military plans. Finally,
when these promises were proven futile,
the so called reforms which were said to be
as liberal as Canadian home rule, were
Il omulgated. They were only intended
to prevent the United States from taking
the vital course which the American po-
litical platforms demanded and which all
the people still further demanded at the
beginning Of this Congress.
'1n December last, in an interview yoli
had with me, published in The Evening
Star" continued Senior Quesada. Il char
acterized the so-called home-rule reforms
as "a rere trick to delay the inevitable
action of the United States in recognizing
the.independence of Cuba and to dupe, if
pc ssible, the Cubans now in armes.' This
statement has been proven absolutely true
n, bo Of fed Cfofe
and representatives who have studied the
Cuban situation on the ground as well as
by the consular reports, as will be sho%n
when they are made public.
Blnneo's Hypocriticnl Decree.
'In the same way" he continued, that
Spain then lied for purposes of procrastina-
tion, she also lied and deceived the Presi-
dent by her representations that the policy
regarding the reconcentrados had been aD-
rC gated by the decree Of the 14th Of No
vember last. The 100000 graves filled since
then the mute and awful witnesses of
the falsehood of the Spanish government.
THE official statement published by the
Spanish legation this morning from Gen.
Blanco. said Senor Quesada. land the
hyPocritical decree Included in 1t, when
Iead by the impartial American repuo ic,
will bear out every claim the Cubans have
n ade regarding Spanish duplicity, for if
by the decree of November IA nothing was
gained, as we have proved, except to con-
tinue the extermination n of the Cuban peo-
pie, what else can be expected OF the de-
cree of March 80? Like all Spanish do:u-
rents. it is all on paper and only empty
words
General Blanco speaks of the home gov
errment deciding to alleviate the misery
tl<c II
would be interesting To know how this can
he accomplished when the Spanish soldiers
in Cuba are selling their arms and desert
ing to our lines to save themselves from
death by starvation. In recent engage
me nta in the Cuban eastern provinces
Sransh sol1iers who have deserted to our
side called to their former comrades to
come over where they were treated well
and had something to eat. The entire state
nent of Blancc is equally as false as the
representation I have quoted, especially
where he speaks of the reconcentrados
having been driven into the town and cities
by the insurgents The falsity of this Is
too well known On the testimony of United
States consuls to need further comment
flem me.
What Spain Means.
II can tell you in a very few words what
Spain means by allowing the reconcentra-
dos to return to their burned homes and
desolated property he said. 'She means
that they can then be done away with
either by starvation soldiers bullets,
and thus not create the horrible effect that
their deaths now cause where the victims
are concentrated inside the trochas. and
there will be no witnesses to their exter-
mination who can publish these atrocities
to the world. That is what Spain is after
1.-The recognition of Cuban independence
by the United States cannot be further
prevented by the tricks of Spain or the du-
plicity of her diplomats said Senior Quesa-
da in conclusion. "She will continue to fol-
low this course until the republic of Cuba
is recognized, and then, I am convinced,
Seeing all her subterfuges are exhausted.
she will bow to the inevitable and retire
automatically from the American conti-
nent."