The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
CUBAN HATRED OF SPAIN.
<HE CLUSES or MArOR LdCOSTE'S
FAMOUS ELdG ORDER ~ HdT5NA.
Doubt ms to the Wisdom of ForbiddinR the
Display of the spanish Red and Vel.
low in tho CitJ-Clashes which May
nnlnX thn DeXrlonmrnt of Cmhn.

IumOrs running up and down its spinal column.
hut the worst is over The parOxysm was not n
dangerous one and served among other things
u make life interesting. This umc II was over
the red and yellow flag Of Spain which has served
this purpose many a time before and which even
now though torn in defeat and disgrace from
the moro and the palace still survives TO haunt
tho memories Of the Cubans. THE SUNS cables
from Havana have already told in brief Oi Mayor
Lacostes order forblddng the display OF Spanish
flags from the housctops " in the streets and also
Of the escapadc Of young julio Sanguilly and
some Of his comrades in hauling down the banner
81 CASTLE and AIngon from the stat Of the Centric
de Dependencies some two weeks ago II was this
latter incident which served To call forth the procla-
nation OF the Mayor, but back Of it and connected
with IL are many circumstances which are In
themselves Of interest and which have more or less
barring on Cubas future.
No one who has spent the summer in Havana
will deny that the bitterness between Cubans and
Spaniards Is more intense today than II was six
months ago. and, strangely enough. this seems
g. result from an increased frendliucss Of tho
two factions toward the United States Six
months ago Cuba was in a turmoil The bitterness
engendctcd by the Assembled chickering's had not
died out The veSing problem Of the payment
ci the Cuban army was unsolycd and irritating
To both Cubans and Americans. Tho military
government under Gen Brooke had not yet had
time 10 demonstrate its worth The future policy
Of the Administration was by no means clear
and the suspicion was everywhere that the promise
made in the Joint resolution Of Congress that Cuba
should be independent would not be kept The
Cuban press was bowling for a reiteration Of that
promise by word or deed and reiterauon was
forthcoming. Everything was at sizes and
cns There was wild talk Of war and gratitude
fled. As hostility TO things American increased a
rapprochament between Cubans and Spaniards
doomed up Latin sentiment was appealed to.
The fear OF submersion by Anslo-SaSon civil
2ation the dread Of the substitution Of Anglo-SaX
on laws for the Spanish code and the death OF the
Castan tongue before the more vigorous English
language worked on Cubans and Spaniards
alike The newspapers Of each race took up tho
cry and call went out for action for the pres
ervation Of Latin ideals
But slowly the purposes OF the American
Government became more apparent Friction
decreased Tho Administration moved along
lines in keeping with the resolution Of Congress.
The benefits accruing To the country from an
honest and orderly administration Of It's affairs
bocame more manifest Cubans began to see
that their fears had been imaginary, and senti-
ments OF hostility toward Americans gave way
u those Of frendlinesa
events they saw that their Latin institutions and
their language were not endangered, at least
by governmental decree. They saw too that
the Cubans were coming more and more to con-
troll the civil administration OF affairs And
what to the Cubans seemed In the policy OF the
Administration 10 betoken so happily the near
establishment Of their Independent republic was
To the Spaniards menace for their future, a
cloud upon their title to the enjoyment In perfect
security Of life and property SO they, In the
dimming memory OF their national defeat, and
spurred on by the law OF self preservation, to-
gether with the Cubans grew nearer to the Ameri-
cans That was the end Of the rapprochemcnt
along Latin lines
The common danger. imaginary though 1t
had been. being removed the old antipathy be
tween the two reasserted itself. Political nation
atty oblitnrated, blood kinship and reprisaIs of
vengeance were renewed Not only in the country
districts. but here in Havana, where the forces
uf law and order are strongest the turbulent cic-
mcnt occasionally got to the fore and deeds OF
violence followed In the very streets OF this
city Spanish ex-guerillas were dragged over the
pavemcnts with ropes around their necks by
angry m, bs bent on iynching them. The police,
in the two instances occurring here have rescued
the prospective victims but in the country dis
ricts their power has less avaied and the lyncheTs
nave sometimes Dcen SUCCESSFUL vi idS tI'S
tendency toward mob violence has been increasing,
and the Spanish press has been loud in its ndig-
nant protest On the other hand the Cuban
newspapers, while not defending the outrages,
have been but lukewarm in their condemnation,
blaming always the arrogance and insolcnco OF
the Spanialds as being responsible for the out
breaks. SO in and out Of the press the contro-
yersy has waNed warmer the passions OF the
more rabid in each faction feeding on poiemics
until further trouble was engendered.
So far as concerns the military establishment
in Cuba no charge of partiality either 10 the one
r,re or tho other cou d lie against it Both
sides have been getting square deal in an official
way. Yet for one reason or another II can scarce
ly he gsinsaid that the sympathies OF n vast ma.
jority of the Americans on the island are with
the Spaniards. and they have shown it in such
way that the Spaniards thoroughly understand
IT, This has probably been factor in the r CON
duct which. in all fairness 1t should be said, has
been IN some instances reprchcnslble. Conscious
of the general sympathy OF Americans. anxious
as II class that American control Of the island
should continue indefinitely. now that they have
seen the character Of the government unioldcd
they have been trile too ready to display their
disregard for Cuban prejudice, and in the end
they find their wings clipped and their flights
Sincn the very day of the America occupa-
ton the SpaniardS, aS we'll Ms the rcpr CntAtiNCS
here Of all other nationallties. have be ! allowed
81 fly their flags on Sundays and all other hOli-
days, not only over the CUnsLlateS, but also over
their private residences At first the CubanS
rcocllCd and there was trouble. which quickly
ended as soon As the Government showed its
hand From that tim" ON every holiday found
the city alive with Spain \ red and yellow hunt
ing, more plentiful and more gorgeous than the
Culurs Of Cuba. Comment upon this fact had
almost ceased when tlcrc came this rcltlndlinE
OF the old hatred, and the arrogant defiance Ot
the Spaniards showed itself plainly in the added
number Of the flags The Sp9niarlS boosted.
loo that they would swamp THIS cuban capital
with dclugc Of their Culors and 50 the Cuhaus
knew that this increase in their patriu ism was
but u taunt tn them Hence, ON fine Sunday
morning tw, weeks and more ago Young Julio
Sa Nguilly--som II the distinguished general
who 50 won tn" hearts uf the IUbarS III the Ten
Years War that nothing h" has since done can
qu te dislvlgc him from their ah,ctuuS- gath
cring about linn a number 81 his friends from the
tables Of IA" lnelat rTa CAFE, invaded the To
dc De0rndlautrS oT Spanish clerks tlUb and
hauled down the red and MELLOW llng OF Spain
which was flung above II tr the breeze There.
upon, in their own little CutrT'C these Young men
became heroes The intelligent, substantial rr
meat among the tUbarS were inclined Ia write
Them down as being filled with foolish notions.
The SpaniaTds fairly howlcd wIiA r"EC and de
mandcd the Cuhnu,' immediate arrest and pun
iShmCut THIS followed the next day when San
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