The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-17
A CUBAN OFFICIAL
Suspected Of Having Inspired o
Revolutionary Circular,
ARE NOT CULTURED.

This Is the View Expressed by n Lead
Ing Havana Newspaper-"The Span
iards and Cubans Have Been Taught
in n Noblcr school"
Havana, July 17.-The pronuncia-
mento recently issued in the city 81
Matanzas, signed "Betancourt" and
calling upon Cubans to prepare to huTl
from the country the crafty eagle
as they had removed the naughty
and hungry Spanish lion" is now be-
lleved by many to have been the pro-
duction of the civil governor of Ma
tanzas. The reasons for this view are
not very convincing, but Senor Betan-
court has not positively denied the
authorship and It is notorious that he
has expressed almost identical senti-
ments In the Havana cafes on different
occasions before American officers. He
once used language closely resembling
that of the proclamation" in the
presence of an American brigadier
general and an American colonel.
Both officers believe It quite prob
able that he wrote the appeal. If not
Its author then, In their judgment, he
was cognizant of 1t, and agreed to the
of high rank are also satisfied that
Senior Betancourt was in some way in
timately related to the publication and
circulation of the address to the peo-
Pile of Matanzas General Wilson, mill
tary governor of Matanzas-Santa Clara
| department, will doubtless ask the
civil governor for an explanation in
case there is no denial from him.
A Cuban major called at the palace
Saturday to ask an interview with the
governor general whom he said he
would ask to give him an appointment
In the customs house. Lieutenant Cas-
| tie, of General Brooke's staff, informed
him that he must make his application
In the usual way, setting forth his
qualifications and submitting a GER
tificate of good moral character. To
this the Cuban officer replied that he
had earned the position by fighting for
the revolution, and that If he did not
get 1t he would take to the woods, as
several others had done.
During the afternoon another appli-
cant, a negro lieutenant, insisted on
seeing General Brooke, in order to
make a personal demand for SIS. He
said he needed the money and insisted
| upon waiting. After an hour or 30 the
man, who looked fat and happy, asked
Lieutenant Castle for the loan of ten
cents.
El Diario De La Marina says: "If
the human ideal is material interest,
then the United States possesses the
highest form of civilization, but, thank
God, the Spaniards and Cubans have
! been taught in nobler school. The
| predominating influence in the United
States is capital. Monopoly, coupled
with the use of machinery, has only
served in the United States to curb per-
| sonal intellectual endeavor, to disap-
point such ambitions and to make cul-
tuTe and knowledge hardly worth the
candle. 1t is only necessary to glance
through the columns of the American
newspapers in order to find letters and
interviews from returned officers which
have gradually changed the entire
! American sentiment toward Cuba
| While the Americans may be richer
stronger, more active and more bust.
nesslike than ourselves, they cannot
claim to be cultured, not even to the
degree of Spain's Cuban nffsnrinR 50