New-York tribune., 1898-01-02
CIrBA'S PROSPECTS.
n,.cc1r FOR INDEPENDENCE A
Ii'D i'1,pr-HoME RULE HER HOPE.


IN 'urpr-HoME RULE HER HOPE.
.,e Editor Of The Tribune
80. The letter of Francisco "e"'" 80
,',.s issue of your paper "hi'e WIZ" :.
u". sood faith and with III" oo">'''''''
u'N - serious criticism. He says
ope" crnon patriots have set up government
The ouusol,.es Ii matters not whe'her IL & naS
for lnV"agnized or not by other Powers ne
been recognize II. and this Is enough 'oi N'ein
49,. affection 10 this last sentence Is '""' III
-. ceIlen hegs the entire question ana AFRO
~ % himself the right to SPEAK LOT 'ne
es IN bulk What he should nave saiu Is
.oroe Cubans recognize 1t. The cofnpi'ca'ihs
mo The Cuban question is that representative
are themselves greatly DIVIDED as 10 'he
Cuo1,0 o,,coroe Of the present revolutionary
.e,,ent All Cubans worthy OF 'he name al
m.,.,ous Fri thinking that some change must
uiah''. about by which the impossible
- things existing prior to the uprising
s., cease forever. but as TO what 'ha'
Sc should be there IS no unanimlt!'
ehane' ,,o tho pro- Spanish Cubans who cor
ia - the Tory party in our own ReVoIuuo'h
resp crhars are divided into three distinct
P"' O-a class desires absolute independence
-. ,siand erecting IL into an independent
i ,ok,nc its place as such among the o'"ei
,.,s ~ the world This class Is rePreSe"'e'
go .,o Cuban Junta in this country anu '9
,,or NJ course by the Cuban Army !" '''
80, Another class desires anneNaho" ~ '"9
ma states This class is probably 'me''
.,soa NJ those wealthy and intelhgen' VI
.bo have spent much time In TINS 'ou''i!
- sreak English fuently. This ciaSs'
..,on or large. numerically speaking - "i ~
.r,ort and influential one. from It's cha'"V'o'
p0' ...,,o, at home The third class IS COM
am :. ,na "Autonomistas" or those IN 1aNoi
,, 80 rule under the Spanish GoVerh'he""
% 80 .he hone Of making an Independent ma
49,, y, Cuba. II would be well to glance AZ '"'
49, -. the problem. cuba is an lslanu haN'"s
~ oree of about $4,000 square mics apPioN'
.o,,. that Of the State Of New-horh i's '''"'
..,s,,cs are somewhat uncertain Out '"o fP
,o.,oc &c nrobahly about a million ana ia'i' "
.ssi.b nerhaps one-third are negroes NOW ''''
so,revhat slender basis for the puiIu'hs up
a.,on ovan if IT were possible for 1t TO
ACQUIRE independence 80. C,ho
a.. .o,. long il would take Independent Cuoa
bu. NV ,on,, 20 stable condition how many
80, dissensions II would be necessaI!
IH''I,' me-, ,a.ora this condition could be reached
a.ne,ber Il could ever be reached al all 10
VI -..,,,,o 20 Guess our only guide TO the
o.tor o". oe an intelligent opinion is the past
~ "a rreeent state OF the existing span
history ana p'e7''''
,sbsneakng republics.
.oo,,exation that Is the forcible seizure OF
49, ,sland bv the United States. as that is some
.x,rc which the present generation WI" "S
.no i, &c useless to discuss the points ihVo''eu.
:. ,ho ,reeeni condition Of things, home rule
LAWS n he the only practical solution oi '"e
rrohlem II it had no other recommehua'io"
,,e fact that it is the only one "iiic" "a"
,roro,,lv restore peace and prosperity Oueh' 10
p'0'' =. The insurgents cannot achieve
IT. chico, Of driving out the SpanlaroS' anu
s,.or - in a misguided moment Presiden, Mc.
Xinlev should send a message 70 t1de9
Nlnaee,E,,erdinc MINI the recognition Of CUBAN nue-
s"rn. the ensuing discussions would lons
pv,Ii,.s his present term of Office and woulo emu
sr The rejection Of the proposition .,,,,,o.o
1,-hat remains then. to be done TO teriiIat &c
" .a[ n.lseri condition Of things while there IS
orv,hing left on the island excep, "Iechas
0rI,, the establishment OF nome RUE ~ 10 ,d CA
'..s 80. ,hat This would have been accepted eIau-
a.; S,rire The first wear Of the war. why shouiu
:. bo now rejected when time has shown tnat
,bere is no other choice. and when SPAN dltYi
ber terrible experience, is FAR more lNeiH -
i.ean faitb than she would then have been
". sensr saws tina. the Cuban war is no chiid $
niav" We may he permitted to say that II has mas
bacorne So a war persisted in 10 accomplish
,ss,lts which are den9onstrahly unattainabIe can
te qualified no less severely. That II Is nloooy
r'sv makes n no less childish. The FORCING OF
cna,n IN offer home rule is in Itself a ihasI,iI
o1,, ,rluronh which the insurgents belittle by
rejecting the offer with contempt 1iaIu'is
that patriotism was the impelling motive III
taking up arms true patriotism would now oC
tate the LAYING Of them down. and az the SAT-
fee ~ personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aiding IN Int
restoration Of peace and prosperity; Nna'
Cuba needs is the chance 70 develop her ehor-
nous resources. which are probably greater 10
the square mile than those of any other poruoh
of the earth's surface. What the United states
wants is 10 aid her in this development Inc
quicker We both get at II the better. .
IN speaking Of the killing Of Colonel ffuiH' MI
Selen undertakes to give the facts OF the caSe'
He forgete thst they have not yet transplren.
No one outside Of the immediate participants
knows wha1 these facts are. No one knows Wha'
Colonel Ruiz's mission was. nor how H. was re
Ceived Evidently he did not have the heNs'
Of trial at headquarters. such as is accorded
even 10 SPY We do not even Know Wnethrr
Ararguren was himself executed. We Know
nothing about II. and the case is one apou
which there should he an absolute suspension OF
opirion one way or the other. until the true
circumstances shall hav" been made known
YOnkers y. Y. Dec. 2S lS9,. r. . "
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