The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-26
SPANS NOTE TO POWERS
THE AID GIVEN BY UNITED STATES
TO THE REBELS.
This is Pointed Out and Also Mentions
Spain's Repeated and Positive Deuials
to the Allegations of Cruelty Toward the
cubans-Four Clauses of Spanish Pro-


Cubans-Four Clauses of Spanish Pro-
posals.
London, April 26.--The Times this
morning publishes Spain's memoran-
dunn to the powers dated April is and
signed by Senior Gullon, the Spanish
minister of foreign affairs. The memo
radum begins by recording the moral
and material aid the Cuban rebels have
received from the United States in fili-
clustering expeditions and the opera
tions Of the junta- It mentions Suain's
repeated and positive denials to the al
legations of cruelty toward the Cuhans
and lays great stress upon President
Cleveland's dispatch Of December Z.
1896, to the effect that peace would be
possible if Spain gave sufficient
autonomy to Cuba
The memorandum contends that in
the face of the new liberal constitution
granted Cuba, which has already borne
fruits, it is difficult to understand why
President Mckinley in his message Of
December 6, 1897 and General Wood
ford in the note Of December 20, 1897.
should still doubt Spain's loyalty. The
document then speaks at some length
of the Maine accident and asserts that
the Americans, under the pretext of
the extra territoriality Of the vessel,
never allowed the Spanish authorities
TO visit the wreck for purposes OF in
vestigation and it most solemnly as
serts the absolute innocence Of Span-
ish officials generally.
The fairness and loyalty Of Spain are
then shown by a reference to the
equitable treatment which American i'll
ibusterers. more especially those Of the
Competitor, have received at the hands
Of Spain; and, in order to show more
fully how pacific and correct has been
the attitude of the Spanish govern
ment, the memorandum enumeratesl
the four clauses Of the Spanish pro-
posals. They are:
1-An offer to submit all questions aris.
ing from the Maine affair to arbitration.
| An order to General Blanco to retire
| into the western provinces and to apply 81
900, 600 pesetas for the relief Of the agrscui
tural population with an acceptance BY the
sent BY the United States, provided such
5LIhe cooperation Of parliament in for
| reserved for the central government. III
| lin view Of the Cuban parliament not
meeting before May the proclamation III
an Immediate armdstice.
The memorandum proceeds to de-
clare that the United States has not
accepted even these far-reaching con-
cessions, and that the good offices of.
the pope have been equally unavailing.
1t asserts that the Maine acciden. was
used by political parties in America as.
the means of hurting most gratuiious
and intolerable calumnies at the Span
| ish government" and yet, the doca-1
ment says, Mr.. Olney, in an official
note dated April 4, 1896, to the Spanish
minister in Washington, himself ex-
pressed very serious apprehensions lest
1 the only existing bond Of union in Cuba
| should disappear in the event Of Spain
withdrawing from that island Mr..
Olney, as the memorandum argues,
feared at that time that a war Of races
would ensue, all. the more sanguina-y
in proportion to the experience and dis
| cipline acquired during the insurrec-
ton, and that two republics would at
once be formed, one white and the
other black, the upshot being that one
of the two would swallow the other.
The grave view thus taken ~ Mr..
Olney of the future Of Cuba freed from
Spanish rule is then enlarged upon, and
| inevitable racial wars are foreshadoW-
| ed which are certain to wreck the ex-
| istence Of Cuba as state, should Spain
/ be deprived of sovereignty over the ISL
and. "Spain will not and cannot sur
| render her sovereignty in Cuba"