The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-07
SOLD OUT THE CUBAN REBELS
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and it explains what has seemed in
explicable-the optimistic tone still OBJ
servable among prominent officials
both at Washington and Madrid, de-
spite the strong sentiment for forcible
Intervention prevailing both through
out the nation and in congress. Incl
dentally also it accounts for the tone
of the stock market, both here and
abroad, and the apparent firmness of
| Spanish securities.
CUBANs KNOW ABOUT IT.
THE Cubans are already fairly in
/ formed of this entente between the
! Spanish and American governments
yelled as it is by every sembIance of
an open rupture; and I speak with full
authority in saying that the Cubans
in the field can be relied upon to resist
all oVertures of peace, unaccompanied
! by complete independence. The Gu
bans viii not trust the United States
] first to obtain possession and then to
grant Cuban independence. The very
1act that recognition is expressly with
held now. implies the possibility that
1t may be permanently withheld In
fact, we more than half know what to
expect in the event of the United
States becoming master of the island.
A plebecsite would follow; the people
would be permitted to choose between
allegiance to Spain under the forms of
autonomy, independence, and annexa-
ton to the United States, and the pres
ence and pressure of federal force
would determine the election in favor
of annexation.
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
''The Cubans are resolved to make no
such farcical apparent choice for them
selves. They will make only an abso-
iutely free choice, and that choice has
been, is, and viii be one thing only
absolute independence. They will not
have the United States step in in the
eleventh hour of the most heroic and
self-sacrificing struggle against tyran-
ny recorded in all history. and repeat
all the fruits of it's saddling, among
other things, that of the financial cost
of its unwelcome Intervention.
But should the United States rec
ognize the independence and then in !
tervene, it would be most welcome to /
the Cubans. and the expense would /
gladly be betrayed from the treasury of |
the republic.
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
There is a view of the matter which /
it behooves the United States to weigh |
carefully. Should this country forcibly |
intervene without recognizing any gov
eminent in Cuba, it would be RESPONSE |
Bile to all nations of the earth for in /
jury to their subjects or to their prop /
erty during the whole period of occu-
patton, whereas, should the republic of |
Cuba be recognized as the lawful SOW
ereignty in the island, upon it would de- |
volve all responsibility.
1T may be said that the United /
States would be too big minded to in
fluence the result of the plebescite of /
which I have spoken. But has not the |
United States corrupt elections in its |
own borders? How could it guarantee |
an absolutely fair and unbiased cleo /
ton in Cuba? Shall it set up for the |
Cuban people a standard of purity at !
the ballot box which its own more en-
hghtened citizens have not been able /
to obtain?
OUR MISTAKE
1.-THE mistake of the United States is
in treating the Cubans as children in
stead of men fighting for liberty and /
prepared to keep up the conflict to the !
dead against whomsoever opposes their
one object. We infinitely prefer Hands
off, than that the United States should |
intervene without recognition of Gu
ban independence. There are 40, 700 Gu
ban guerillas to oppose such interview
ton.
But, of course, we hope for better
things. We expect even that congress
will upset this clever scheme of Spain !
and our executive and declare, first,
our independence. and then interview
ton will secure it"
This evening Mr.. Horatio S. Rubens,
counsel for the Cuban junta, supple
mented his utterances of this after
noon with this written statement over
his signature:
THE statement appearing over my
name in the evening papers, was based
on the indications appearing that the
oh Of IN, |
to recognize the independence of Cuba
was to annex the island to the United
States 1t was in view of this fact that
I expressed the determination of the
Cuban army to resist. We would, of
course. welcome the American army to
aid us in achieving our independence"
SHOWN TO PALMA.
Washington, April 6-Dispatched
containing Mr.. Rubens statement was
shown to Tomas Estrada Palma, the
representative in the United States of
the Cuban republic, who arrived in
Washington this morning. Mr.. Palma
turned the dispatch, after perusing it
attentiveIy. over to Senior Gonzalo de
Quesada, who read it carefully and
slowly. Then Mr.. Palma said:
Il cannot say anything about this
dispatch until [ communicate with Mr.
Rubens"
1t was evident from the manner of
the two gentlemen that they did not
for a moment consider the possibility
of such an unwise statement being
made by their associate and counsel
unless it had foundation.
Senior Palma did not hesitate to re-
iterate with great emphasis his recent
declaration that Intervention for the
purpose of establishing autonomy in
the islands would not be accepted
and that Cuba would be Independent.
MATTER FOR M'KINLEY.
When the remarks of Mr. Rubens,
counsel for the Cuban junta, was shown
Secretary Long, he declined TO make
any statement in connection Herewith,
saying it was matter for the presi-