The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
LATEST NEWS FROM HAVANA.
A TreasOnable PrOclamatiOn-Cuban
Idea of CivilizatiOn-Demanded
Office as a Right-A Protest.

eagle" as they had removed the
naughty and hungry Spanish lion." il
now believed by many to have been The
production of the civil governor Of
Matanzas. The reasons for this view
are not very convincing. but Senor
Betancourt has not positively denied
the authorship. and it is notorious
that he has expressed almost identical
sentiments in the Havana cafes on diff
ferene occasions before American of.
ficerS. He once used language closely
resembling that of the proclamation
in the presence of an American brig
adler general and American colonel.
Believe He Wrote the Appeal.
Both officers believe it quite prCba-
BILE that he wrote the appeal. IL no.
its author, then, in their judgment
he was cogniZant of it, and agreed
TO the use of his name. Many Cuban
officers of high rank are also satisfied
Senior Betancourt was in some way III
timately related to the publication
and circulation of the address to The
people of MatanZaS. Gen. Wilson,. mil
itary governor of the M~atanzas, Sants
Clara department, will doubtless ask
the civil governor for an explanation
in case there is no denial from him.
Payable in American Gold.
The Banco Espanol, the largest tinan'
cial institution in Cuba, announced re-
Gently n semi-annual dividend of "a
per cent. payable in American gold.
The Adyisador Commercial, the lead
ing finance journal, which processes 10
be shocked at the sudden change "a
policy on the part of the bank, says:
Its capital is Spanish. Why is not
the dividend made payable in Spanish
gold? Certainly the idea must be TO
( please Americans in order to gain ia.
ture banking favors. For no othcs
reason can we see why the bank did
not declare 3.S5R in Spanish gold"
Real Reason of the Banks Action.
\ prominent banker says the real
reason of the banks action is a desire
to place its capital upon an American
basis. particularly at present, when
Spanish silver is inflated far beyond
Unsuitable reasons. This authority
saws he considers that it will be only
q matter of months before silver is re-
duced to its former level, and that
1t is better to get upon the American
basis before that reduction is accom-
plished.
1t is understood that for several
weeks the bank has been getting rid
of n large deposit of silver. and has
consequently made immense profits.
The Satiago branch bought last an.
tumn more than 81, 100000 at so cents.
/ This now stands at "a.
Ideals of Civilization.
FL Diario de la Marina says:
"If the human ideal is material in.
terest. then the United States Dos
sesses the highest form OF civilization:
but. thank God. the Spaniards sad
Cubans have been Taught in n nobler
school. The predominating influence
in the United States is cap
ital. Monopoly. coupled with t2e
use of machinery. has only served in
the United States to curb personal in
tellectual endeavor. to disappoint such
ambitions. and to make culture and
knowledge hardly worth the candle.
1t is only necessary to glance through
the columns of the American news
papers in order to find letters and
interviews from returned officers
which have gradually changed the en-
tire American sentiment toward Cuba.
While the Americans may be richer,
! stronger. more active and more bust.
nesslike than ourselves. they can no!
claim to be cultured. not even to the
degree of Spain's Cuban offspring"
Demand of n Hishwayman.
A Cuban major called ut the palace
to ask an interview with the governor
| general. whom he said he would ask
to give him an appointment in the chs.
tomhouse. Lieut.. Castle. o. Gen.
Brooke's staff. Informed him that he
must make his application in the
usual way, setting forth his qualiica-
tons and submitting a certificate of
good moral character. To his the Gu
ban officer replied that he had earned
the position by fighting for the revo-
luton. and that if he did not get it. he
would take to the woods, as several
others had done.
An Humble Imitator.
During the afternoon another appli.
cant. a negro lieutenant. insisted on
seeing Gen. Brooke. in order to make
a personal demand for S75. lie said
he needed the money and insisted
upon waiting. After an hour or so the
man. who looked fat and happy, asked
Lieut.. Castle for the loan of ten cents.
The Commercial says:
'The worst method of treating the
banditti is the legal method, as il
puts honest men at tine mercy of rob
bers and frontier law. The best meth
cd is to capture them, let them Try
to escape and kill them. The reason
why Mexico now has immunity from
bandits is that she has followed this
course"
Citizens and property holders at Ba-
tabano have protested 20 Gov.-Gen.
Brooke against the appointment OF
Martin Cause as mayor, owing to tht
fact that he is a nonresident
Enemy of Dreyfus to Fall
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