The copper country evening news., 1898-06-02
d oREORGANIzE CUBA
-, N,,Nez UNFoLos THE Fu-
We We o, ANS FOR THE ISLAND.


'igh" IN a Military Governor.
:. abundant supply of chickens mas
[aaav % been counted, though as YET sne
4 'is, !. still laying her eggs and the ou, u,
s oS al the rest of us are talking OF
y :. ' : Going to happen when this war
Pat Is sT,n1 Tho most interesting topic is OF
U.s, ,rsa tbe reorganization OF Ouoa anu
irse LII III be done in the island when
aS aSaoniard has been driven out.
Oloral op"l Emilio Nunez and DIR. Gas,
5elo," me- at Kew West Nunez talked
~ ito 'f freely while coming here OH 'ne
Iot from Tampa. a.o,.
INV opinion about the war ana apou'
N. Ils.;tad States is well known he
1ond there is no reason IN my re-
t;,o what | have already said a doz-
l.i~s ..'os Rut some wrong ideas seem
have got around as to what we III
T 80 do in Cuba when this war Is
Some persons think that we in
ID 70 do as the Spanish have done
|n6scate the property OF the spanish
aaonts as they have confscated the
o0srtv belonging to my friends. That
false impression. Every native born
an in the island of Cuba is a CUBAN
.hat II would be manifestly wrong
taLe away from the generations TO
me what should rightfully be theirs.
nonr movement is not against chill
BOW growing up TO be good Cubans and
on who NAV be an honor to our coun-
No Spaniard who owned at the
Ethreak of the war what he now has
n who came by it by hard work ana
Dtornrise is to be despoiled. That
{onld not be Justice, and two wrongs
Drdlv make a right. The Spaniards
[ye despoiled us, but we have no
bought Of repeating their tactics. The
kme crimes that have made Spain odi-
I,s would make us odious.
"We intend to have our own, how
Eer and all that property taken from
Nv friends by the government Will Ger
Iinly be returned to them. They will
|et their own, but nothing more.
"The only way in which we intend
discriminate against the Spaniards Is
h denying them the right to vote. The
6ture of the island will be decided upon
an election to be held as soon as
eace is fully assured. The autonomists
i hid the Spanish will not be allowed tc
ote on the future of the island. Ii we
Sermitted that then Cuba would GER
5binly be annexed TO the United States,
br the Spanish and autonomists are,
rst of all, enemies of the Cuban repub
ic and would vote for annexation. / dc
OF say that | am against annexation
but the future of the island will depend
%pon the will of the majority. What
ver that is, so will we decide, except
hat if the vote is in favor of returning
b Spain the election will certainly bt
eclared null and void.
1t is understood here that Genera
Fitz-H Hugh Lee will be made the frs
military governor, and General Nune'
vas asked what he thought about that
Whatever the United States does,
be said 1--WE will agree to and will re
rain from discussing its action. W.
you'd, however, prefer as the militar.
Governor a man who has never been Il
cuba and who has formed absolutel,
pj opinions as to what should be don
With the island. Then we would be lef
llone and permitted to decide for our
elyes General Lee has his opinion
bout what should be done with Cuba
ie has been our great and good friend
put we would prefer a man who ha
pever been in the island and who ha
po opinions about us, say General Shat
fer' for instance. talk this way abou
What is to be done in Cuba because
ook upon her as already free. A defea
FOR the United States is incomprehensi
DE to me. OF course we cannot tell no,
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 abor
wo men who went out hunting. On
ian was Spaniard and the other wa
us enemy. The Spaniard fell into
wen and couldn't get out of it. HI
Fnemy found him.
You help me out, said the Spar
aru, q, and l will spare your life.
ihe operations of the fleets off Ke
west arenot allowed to pass over til
Caoie' but they are nevertheless inte,
sung TO persons here. There never wa
oet'er position or opportunity for
'OOhadlng fleet than Commodore Wa
On mas His boats can slip in here {
MY ume for coal and be out again {
HOe while enough vessels are left O
'a lue blockade the others may come ovt
@ ers Tor coal. There is danger of I'll
IA ~ supply running out.
Inc hospital arrangements here a,
fsearly complete. DIR. Hall is now /
|lato a'se ~ Ihe Convent of Mary Immacr
!" to'e mas turned over all of its BUILDING
to,s sHv ~ government to be used as hosp
|mis.oi s. me school children have been di
|tbe ',ea so, and cots have been placed in a
| ip wS So.ls' An operating room is no
ni.o, %naV used to be a schoolroom. Ho
|rrOnns @ tents have been put up in ii
|in thus tho and 400 men can be attende
From r1e -, convent. Four trained nurs.
|pronns n sne north are here. The conver