Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-06

| for years declared that America had no real
| sympathy for the Cuban, that she cared only
for his territory. Do not let her say: 81
told you So"
| Handle with Care.
| "It is my prayer that the friendly rela-
| tions between Cuba and the United States
may never be tainted with breath Of sus-
picion. That they will some time coalesce
and become one, politically, socially and
| commercially, Is inevitable. But let care be
| taken that that union be not marred by the
| ill-feeling and disappointment which would
| be inevitable If the mercenary Vaccinations
| OF the former enemies of Our independence
| are allowed to prevail. l hope to live to see
| the day when the English language will be
not only taught in our public schools, but
will be as we'll the language OF commerce
and Of state.
1.-THE public school system of the United
States, by men who are especially compe-
tent to Judge of educational systems, has
been found on the whole admirable and sat
isfactory. Nevertheless, there are certain
notifications which would render it better
adapted to a system of public school educa-
tion for the Cubans, and such notifications
will be readily grated upon 1t through care
full observation Of the intellectual training
Of other countries, as Germany. We are
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education. The only education heretofore
attainable by the Cuban was that offered
by the church, cramped and imperfect sys-
TEN, which, when brought into competition
with progressive ideals, has been found in
every instance wholly inadequate.
The Provisional Government.
ITO President Mckinley and the adminis-
tration at Washington We have appealed not
only by letter, but through the personal
offices Of special envoy for counsel and ad-
vice. So far these appeals have been in vain.
1t is true that ours is only provisional
government, that we were not elected by
and do not represent all of the people of
Cuba. We do not represent the Spaniards
or their sympathizers, who sustain the same
relation to us as did the tories to the colonial
congress during the American revolution.
, But it is equally true that ours is the only
authority, civil and military, which repre-
sents the people who have rebelled against
the rule Of Spain the only government
whose legislative acts have been respected
whose judicial DEGREES have been accepted
and whose executive orders have been obeyed
| during the last three years throughout two
thirds of the island
! 1T is this section, the vast Interior of the
island, with its more than a million of in
| habitants, that In dire distress now appeals
to us for advice and succor.
| Santiago de Cuba and few Of the coast
cities have been reached and aided both by
the United States government and by the
agents of the Red Cross, but to the great
J and suffering interior nothing has come
; "The instant the administration of the
United States sees fit to recognize us mil
/ lions of dollars are ready to pour into our
war-depleted treasury. with which we can
oil fay,a oil ori,&
| on our government and become financially
independent of the rest of the world. Our
entire Indebtedness today, aside from the
amount due our soldiers, is less than 81 900,
| 900, so that our start in political life will
| be without burdens or obligations, except
| to the United States.
Expenses of Government.
"The running expenses of republican
| form OF government in Cuba will be very
! light. Under the protection of the United
| States our army and navy budget will be
| almost nothing. Nearly all of the revenues
of the island, which will accrue from a
moderate tariff, internal taxes, charters,
| franchises etc, will be devoted to a perfect
! system OF sanitation of our cities, to the
| establishment Of schools, to the building of
| roads and to the general development OF a
! free and Independent country. Failing to
get from the administration at Washington
even those unofficial suggestions or notifica-
tions of its purpose and desires which we
wished, we can only instruct the assembly
SC exercise its own best judgment in regard
to the formation of just and equitable cleo
toral laws and to call for general election
which will enable every citizen of Cuba en-,
titled TO vote in public affairs to cast his
vote for those men to whom he may wish
to intrust the government of his country.
This government once established and
recognized and Cuba's troubles will be over
Loans, public and private, almost without
! limit have been offered us the moment we
| are recognized by the United States so that
1t rests with her alone to say when suffer-
ing in Cuba shall cease and the reign OF
| peace and prosperity begin"