Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-02
Unless Treated with Consideration
the Cubans will Lose Faith.
WANT AND MISERY RAMPANT


Mobile. Ala. Feb. i.-Hannis Taylor.
cx-minis,cr to Spain. whl returned
yesterday from two weeks visit -
cuba. has given the Associated Press
the following interview ON the cuban
situation;
while In cuba upon purely private
business. I came In contact with the
leaders u every faction into which the
population IL now divided. The eX-
trcmcs ~ opinion are represented on
one hand by the cuban military chiefs
demanding immediate and absolute In
dependence. on the other by the purely
Spanish element seeking protection un-
der our nag Between tho two cN.
trcmcs IN ranrcd the main body o. tho
people. standing In an cxpcctnnt ntu-
tudc. ready 10 give their approval 90
any plan that will rr-catibllsh law.
order and material prosperity upon u
permanent basis.
Upon one point all agree American
officers nn well as Cuhana. and that "
that outside ~ tho cities the country
IL In a condition OF want nni misery
that can hardly be- exaggerated AZ
an nrgrnvation Of that condition stand
the Cuban army. composed NJ at least
10000 men. waiting with arms In their
hands for such a settlement of their
dues as will enable them to return To
work
when asked those who had u rlsht
10 speak for the army what sum would
suffice for satisfactory settlement
they said ten or eleven millions vt least.
sum that would give about sspl g.
each man. With that they raid the
small farmers could proceed ana con-
tinuo TO live until they could make a
crop. The Cubans neither ask nor de-
rlrc for uH TO contribute a penny flr
the maintenance of their army. All
that they ask II tina, a loan should
be- made for that purpose, charged upon
their custom-housc, now yielding IRON
ten 90 fifteen millions a year. the ,,ro-
cccdr VI the loan to be- paid 60 their
soldiers through the military authorl-
ties.
Every class In Cuba II now demand
inR that settlement be- made az once.
10 that a mcnucinR and conHumirI
body ~ idle men may be- converted
Into peaceful producers N that way
the Industrial energies or the country
could be revived and fore uifrolv-d
which. like the army OF Cromwell. h
not only a military body. but the DOM
innnt political power Of the island.
II cannot doubt that N the just claims
~ the Cuban army are treated with
NaiNs A..
sent military regime continued indcn-
nltcly, In a short time we will be- hated
by the cubnna Just ns the Spaniards
were and condition ~ things brought
about that will force Us either TO with q.
draw from the island or, 10 severn
there Just aH Russia does IN Poland.
Wis. and humane as our military gov-
ernorr are. the fact remains tnnt they
govern by the sword. In defiance ~ tho
clvil power. and the result II that I'M
patience and discomfort arr ur-ady
clearly manifested On every iand.
'''Ihc urgent needs Of cuba nav nrr
prompt and satisfactory settlement
with the army of the revolution and
establishment aH soon ~ possible ~
provisional civil regime In which
the cubnna themselves can have 10
voice, The President should labor un-
ccaHlnHly To attain both ends. and In
the efforts 10 do pa he should have he
cordial cooperation and support ~ all
patriots ana libcrty-lovlng men. -
gnrdleaH of party.
"wc should learn from the English
how suicidal u u to carry our p1fty
difficulties into our foreign aTalrr The
patriotic Instinct 81 Mt. bryan hit 'he
mark when he urged the immediate
ratification Of the pending treaty and
the settlement of al difficulties AFTER
ward The senate should end a. once
the present situation 80 detrimental Ia
all our foreign Interests, while Cone
gross ~ whole should Give 10 the
President every facility necessary u
enable him 10 settle every foreign puer-
tlon now demanding an immediate solu-
ton"