The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-07
A CUBAN ULTIN AT(n
latcrvsntina Without ltrcaani'iou Of
Independents. MT Wanted.
tyrN 1llREA1lNlU r.GllI rNItG SAM
Nckinlcy's l'ulicv Muuld Br Cousid-
cred Mar Dcrlara ,inn.
oIrosED TO \ rR0TeuTokATE
Cuba Nants thc frccdom for Which
She Has Loan Fought.
.lllE sPsNlSll-AMtR'CAN INCREMENT
II, Mcnns Tint thr Patriots AFRO 10 n.
ltor-cI III Ncrcps xu,opoms.
tsntcs Docnmcnt.
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Cuba Wants thu frccdom for Which
She Has Lonn Fought.
iii. sPsNIsh-AMtR,CAN AGREE aHNTf
Eorrc1 IL Nrrcp, Ansonoms.
snics Docwmcnt., 81

MN Nori, Aprn 6..ihr Cuban junta
Through lis tuungsl lIurnlio S. Ruhcns
Made an tuptrtam tiatculcnt today |.
gtiagn that tfo Cuban provisional GOV
rfrmcnt aHd che Cuban army would re-
jcet absolutely intervention by Inc United
Statra unless II shouid be nreefdcd by
recognition at The iudrrcndcuee OF The
Cuban republics that IL the United states
persisted In Intervention Without rcecg
mixing cnbsns as Andcprndcnt Tho Cuban
government aud military forces Would re-
fpso 10 co-opcratc, and that if The United
Stairs ,roors Should bnssnt 10 Cuba on
the basis vi lptrrvenilon without rctps-
nltion, tho Cuban army would IN the last
tesoH, turn rs arms against tho United
States.
The abatement made BIZ Mr. Rubeus WAS
ps&cedcd by tho following;
"rho deciaIn,tn | a;n sacli to make Is
official for I'm the legal representative
Of the junta and ! know their unatter-
able convictions and position II Is ~ line
with the uttrrances q The delegate q the
cnhan nrovlsonni government t. the Upt-
w NtNltSs Ht.uub I.sAiNsf WIEN
augsrston was mado t,tat this government
should counsel the cuhaps and. II neees.
gary, cotreo them TO IN acceptance Of au-
tonomy"
After quoting fran inr address 10 the
people OF the United Stairs issuot by MIR,
Palma on March is Mr. Rubcns says;
I'm the face Of the present proposal OF
Intervention wlthnut previous recognition.
! is necessary for nsio 70 q s,ep further
ana ray thai We must aaa VII regard snrb
Intervention as melting lose than a dcclar
aa6n Of war ~ the United States aslnsts
tbs enbet l5s3'i,inpis.,
.If intervention shan lake acc on ,iist
basis and the United States shall land mn
armed force on Cuban soil, We wiil treat
that force as Nh epcay 10 be opposed, and.
II possible expelled olong a ths recogni-
ton Of fire. Cuban rep,fii9 is withheld.
| do not mean to say that the Cuban army
viii assemble on The coast TO resist the
landing of Federal troops but that II VIII
remain IN ihc interior refusing TO co.
operate with the American troops. derli,-
ing TO Acknowledges IN American author
lity. Ignoring and rejecting this intcrvep-
lion 10 every possible extent Should the
| United States troops succeed In conquer
| ing Spain; should tho United states ihrn
| declHic a prutec.orato over The ISLAND
however provisional or teniative-and seek
to rxtrnd ;'s authority ever the gosora-
ment of cubn and the army Of liberation
We would resist With force of arms as bit
terly and tenaolously ~ VIC have fought
\
! the armies OF Spain.
ut was who, Yesterday. from tho m 81
trustworthy private sources Of Information.
conveyed to the newspapers the forecast
Of thc burden of the prerilent's massage.
| Intervention without recognition Of IN
dependence The forecast has hem CON-
4 6rmcG by subsequent public advlces ard
tho ncctirncy ~ any. informstlon In titi
particular efonld give Authority 70 mfr
aud. The Intrinsic evidence alone Is suffi-
now to divplgr.
| 1T has baen In M possession far mary
hours and have heel,a:cd between my
d1ty ms IN American citizen o1 one ha
and on the other rs q legal REPRESENTATIVES
of the Cuban !tnta hut regard tho time
has now arrived when must make tatss
facts known. I hayo II from u Spanish an
lthority high III financial circles that tho
whole coursr row proposed by tho rrssl-
dent II In pursuance 81 an uniera'andi 8
between Washington end Madrd tue 90
beet OF which II TO sccurs peace II cups
i through Cuban acceptance OF Spanish nu-
tonomy WITHOUT The shedding OF drop Of
American blood or the expenditure Il AZ
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