New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-01
ASSISTANCE FROM TIE CUB!NS.
rur,p VIEW OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AID THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELAY
From Fl Porver!r.

From ri Porverlr.
AIe, "s ron Tho SewYork Tribune May % 1865
in English fearing that In translsting might ios
In me language In which were drafted the noble,
generous and humanitarian resolutions oi, NE
riobt of cuba 10 be free. will please look FOR a
,ranslaior and ~ our paner reaches nc editorial
rooms OF Tho New-Yors Tribune. that paper may
have also TO translate tre remarks We make to it,
Let s say AZ the start with that satisfaction We
fcri in duty bound that the Cubans have accepted
with pleasure and enthusiasm the material h@IP
nronercd bv tho American Government. under
rtanding however, that had they enjoyed moral as
sstance bsf'Ts hsy w9Ir pf ssnd months ago
The Cubans have not accomplished more because
they did not previously enjoy that very hep Inc
Let us present tho facts OF history on April .
tho Department OF War, through the instrumental
~ OF General Miles sent Iicutcnan, Rowan TO
cuba with dispatches 10 General Calixto Garcia
Jamaica he found that he needed cuban pilots to
conduct him to the Cuban shores. and our cuban
az, x3Sowedge and orders from tho Cuban plen-
po,entisry Delegate Cable dispatches were ex-
snnrS M ii orcr"d our Knssion Agency
nish tho pilots. Had 1t been otherwise ideu'enant
April q the Department OF War OF the United
States has had the unconditional services Of the
The first expedition cent to Cuba with arms and
ammunition. after arrangements made 10y our ON
ton It was not conducted By any Cuban officer,
but solely by tho AmsrG@n gmP,@ nr General Nuncz
that cxpedition would not have ended in failure.
on tho afternoon Of April 70, after many Pto-
,racred interviews between Messrs Estrada palme.
tlucsada Castillo md Nunez and General Mics. Il
as agreed that cuban recruits might be eh,ste!
! to proceed to Cuba under the protection OF mo
American nag on the afternoon OF the eSth
there were 81. ut hundred Cubans from Ncw-York
Key West and New Orleans 0ickets paid by the
Delegation encnmped at Tampa. awaiting orders
Would The Tribune complain or the Cubhns peiilS
undor less Roadway than before?
Let The Tribune know that among those Cuoans
are married men. leaving wives and children and
beardless youths, whom their fathers have ordered
10 20 and do their duty I'm defence or our country
Since that date only four hundred OF those recruits
have sailed to cuba, and that not until May H.
Be blamed for such delay? The other portion OF
enlisted and encamped soldiers are still waiting
orders 10 sail. , a.,
busters we did send all our expeditions challeng-
ing every danger and every law. but now we are
allied to the United States with whom We must act
the Spanish feet. whom we made laughing stock
now we have to ask permission of the American
fleet blockadlng the island -,.,,,..
Tor the delay but we must state that the Cuban
Delegation which has worked with consistency
and patriotism deserving great admiration. ought
Offering their lives by the thousands TO fight for
their country were not able to SAL before 2 inc
date named nor the others able to SAL raster, pc,
cause the orders are not Issued now secretly by
our DeIega tion--No Sc New-st-but are transmitted
from the War and Navy departments at wash
ington. 49, o,.ro,, =, ~. ra,,,o,
doc. not share the Views OF The Tribune. for. In
stead OF such q display OF dlsdan. they d ask
Cuban assistance. knowing that sooner or later
they will have to count upon it on the field of tho
Our people In arms are such important factor.
nie Of this great and generous Nation we'll know
hat in this struggle the Cuban factor s ut home,
and. consequently. has the greatest advantage