The Indianapolis journal., 1899-01-30
spaniards Growing Uneasy over "A Re-
port that Cuba Will Soon BE Turned
over 10 the Natives.
LUDLOW'S DIFFICULT TASK
BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY MIL
LION DOLLARS NEEDED.
Many improvements Necessary before
the Capital Can Become an Ideal
City-Evcrything MOrtgaged.

HAVANA, Jan. 29.-Four thousand per-
sons, men in their best clothing and women
gaily dressed, stood, amid pouring rain, in
Paula square to-day listening to six in
tensely patriotic eulogies upon Jose Marti,
the Cuban patriot and first President of the
Cuban revolutionary government. A tablet
to his memory was unveiled at the house
where he was born in a street near by, and
eighty-two societies, consisting of $500 per-
sons, with banners. flags and five bands,
marched through the principal thorough
fares to the square
The procession whose distinguishing fea-
ture was 500 girls wearing white dresses and
red liberty caps, started at / o'clock, reach
ing the square two hours later. The streets
were gaily decorated with Cuban and Amer
lean flags, and though the interest
high, there was no disorder of any kind.
Mart's widow. mother and son led the
parade, with the first Cuban flag used by
the patriot, which was loudly cheered.
The oulogies contained few references to
the United States the military admins
tration, and the only two vituperative ref
erences to the Spaniards were quietly re-
ceiyed. The tendency of all the speeches
was toward the ultimate independence of
Cuba, which the orators recognized as a
fact not yet accomplished. They declared
that all Cubans should unite to reach that
great end, to make their desires known to
the world. and to claim independence as
right when the proper time arrived. SEN
ator Gonzales Lorente suggested that the
Cubans should take steps to preserve the
house itself IN Martfs memory, and should
give financial assistance to those he had
left behind. He called upon the Cubans to
go to work.
Juan Gomez. mulatto with consider
able reputation as an orator. made the best
speech of the day. He counseled firmness,
concord and determination as means to gain
the coveted independence '"The power
which has intervened between the old
regime and the one we are striving for,'' he
said, els unfamiliar with the ways and
habits of our race, and naturally it will
sometimes blunder in it's efforts to fulfill its
obligations to Cuba. The Cubans must real
ize this and keep it in mind. They must
calmly indicate a mistake when it is made
and have faith that the error will be cor
rected.''
All the references to Cuba libre were ap-
plauded, and Marti was held up as an ex-
ample for all Cubans. A telegram of salu-
tation was sent to General Gomez. Only
two Spanish flags were on view throughout
Spanish steamship line, and the other over
the Banco Espanol.
The plan of General Gomez to unite the
Spaniards in Cuba with the Cubans proper
In party whose platform should be the
independence of the island, does not alto
gether thrive in the Spanish mind Some
Spaniards say, Yes, give us the Gomez
programme of amity" Others are silent.
As for the annexationists, they are very
outspoken in Havana, but more reserved
in the interior of the island where they
are outnumbered and far from the protec-
ton of the American troops
The Marquis of Pinar del Rio has caused
some apprehension among the Spaniards by
the assertion that during his recent visit to
the United States he became convinced that
the American government did not intend to
hold Cuba permanently. Spanish bankers
and merchants decline to lend money or to
give liberal credits because they fear the
American occupation will be brief and that
the reconstruction Of the insular system of
government will be retarded in consequence.
This promises TO be a lively week in Gu
ban politics. The special commission from
the Cuban military Assembly will return
TO Havana after it's interviews with the
Washington government and popular inter-
est is increasing in the preparations for the
mass meeting on Feb. at the Tacon Thea
ter, when Separatist party, proclaiming
the principle of independence, will be found
ed under the direction of such men as
Senor Gibera, a noted autonomist, General
Leyte Vidal, General Lacret, Senor Font
Sterling and other opponents of annexation.
The United States transport Resolute ar
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