The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-02
CUBAN ARMY SHOULD BE PAID.
CONCLUSION REACHED ny EX-MIN-
ISTER HANNIS TAYLOR.

His Investigation Developed That
the Army Wants Between Ten and
Eleven MiIIiOns-WOuId Give Them
AbOut $500 "a Man and Enable
Many Farmers to Go to work.
Cubans DO Not Like the Military
Rule.
Mobile, Ala, Feb. 1.--IIannis Taylor, eX-
minister to Spain, VINO returned yesterday
from two weeks visit 10 cuba, has given
the Associated Press the Following inter-
view upon Cuban situations:
While in Cuba upon purely private bust
ness. l came in contact with the leaders
of every faction into which the popula-
ton is now divided. The extremes of
opinion are represented on one hand by
Cuban military chiefs demanding imme-
diate and absolute independence, and on
the other hand by the purely Spanish
element seeking protection under our hag
Between the two extremes are ranged the
main body Of the people, standing in an
expectant attitude, ready to give their ap-
proval TO any plan that viii re-establish
law order and material prosperity upon a
permanent basis.
Upon one point all agree, American ofi-
GERS as well as Cubans, and that is that
outside of the cities The country is in a
condition Of want and misery that can
hardly be exaggerated. As an aggraVa-
ton of that condition stands the Cuban
army composed OF a least 10000 idle men,
waiting with arms in their hands for such
a settlement Of their dues as viii enable
them to resume life again
Want $500 for Each Man.
when / asked those who had right
to speak for the army what sum would
suffice for a satisfactory settlement they
said ten. or eleven millions at least sum
that would give about $500 to each man.
With that they said the small farmers
could procure stock and live until they
could make a crop.
THE Cubans neither ask nor desire us
to contribute a penny for the payment
of their army. All they ask is that
loan should be made for The purpose,
charged upon their custom houses, now
yielding from twelve to fifteen millions
year, the proceeds of the loan TO be paid
to their soldiers. through our military
authorities.
Every class in Cuba Is now demand
ing that a settlement be made al once
so that a menacing and consuming body
of idle men may be converted into peace
full producers. In that way the industrial
energies of the country could be revived
and q force dissolved which, like the army
of Cromwell, is not only military body
but the dominant political power in the
island.
Quick Solution Necessary.
Il cannot doubt that If the just claims
of the Cuban army are treated with in
justice and contempt, and the present mil
itarV regime continued inde finitely, in
short time we will be hated by the Gu
bans just as the Spaniards were, and
condition of things brought about that
will force Us either to withdraw from the
island or to govern there lust as Russia
does IN Poland. Wise and humane as our
military governors are the fact remains
that they govern by the sword in def
ance of the civil power, and the result Is
that impatlence and discomfort are al
ready clearly manifested on every hand
1.-THE urgent needs in Cuba now are
prompt and satisfactory settlement with
the army of the revolution and the estab-
ishment soon as possible Of provislon-
al civil regime in which Cubans them
selves can have a voice. The President
should labor increasingly to attain both
ends and in the effort 10 do so he should
have the cordial cooperation and support
Of all patriotic and hberty-loving men, re-
gerdiess OF party
1--WE should learn from the English how
suicidal IL Is to carry our party diff
cultIes into our foreign affairs. The pa
triotic, instinct of Mr. Bryan hit The mark
when he urged the immediate ratification
of the pending treaty and the settlement
Of all difficulties afterwsrd. The Senate
should end az once the present situation
50 detrimental to all our foreign inter
ests, while Congress, as a whoe should
give to the President every facility nee
essary to enable him to settle every for
eign question now demanding an lmmedl-
aie aOlutlOn"