The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-17

re Civil Governor 81 Msntsnzss Thought
10 Have Written the Circular
IScITING cuBANs TO PREPARE FOR WAR
tion should He Make No
Dental,

Havana, July 16.--The pronounciamento
recently issued in the city of Matanzas,
signed "Betancourt," and calling upon
Cubans to prepare to hurl from the coun-
try the crafty eagle" as they had re-
moved the naughty and hungry Spanish
lion is 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 Senior Betan-
court has not positively denied the au-
thorshlp. and 1t is notorious that he has
expressed almost identical sentiments in
the Havana cafos on different occasions
before American officers. He once used
language closely resembling that of the
proclamation" In the presence CT an
American brigadier general and an Ameri-
can colonel Both officers believe 1t quite
probable that he wrote the appeal, IL not
its author, and he is cognizant of 1t and
agreed to the use OF his name. Many
Cubans of high rank are satisfied that
Betancourt was in some way intimately
related to the publication of the address of
the people OF Matanzas. General Wilson,
governor of the Matanzas Santa Cara de-
partment will doubtless ask the civil gov
ernor for an explanation In Z, Sc there Is
no denial from him.
The Bank Court ilspanol announced a
semi annual dividend of .M per cent, pay
able in American gold Tho I'd g'sator
Commercials, the leading financial journal,
which processes TO be shocked nj this sud-
den change OF policy on the part OF the
bank. says. Its capital is Spanish. Why
is not the dividend made payable In Sran-
ish gold? Certainly the iilea must be to
please the Americans n order In gain
future banking favors. For no or'Icr rea-
ton can we SEQ why the court could de-
clare c,33 per cent n Spanish gold"
1t il understood that Tor several weeks
the aank has been getting rid OF a large
deposi. o! silver and has consequently
made immense profits. The Santiago
branch bought last autumn more than
at 81.
Ell Diaro do Lamarinas says: II the
human ideal Is material in the island then
the United States possesses the highest
form of civilization, but. thank God, the
Spanards and Cubans have been taught
in a nobler school. The predominating in
fiuence in the United States is capital
Monopoly, coupled with the use Of ma
chinery, has only served in the United
States to curb personal intellectual en-
deayor, 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 Amert-
can newspaper in order to find letters and
interviews from returned officers which
have gradually changed the entire senu-
ment toward Cuba While the Americans
may be richer, stronger, more active and
more business-lil1e than ourselves they
can not claim to be cultured, not even to
the degree of Spains Cuban offspring.
Cuban major called at the palace
yesterday to ask an interview with the
governor general. who, he said. he would
like to get from him an appointment, Lieu
teuant Castle OF Brooke's staff informed
him that he must make his application in
the usual way, setting forth his qualiflra-
lions and submitting certificate of good
moral character To this the Cuban Of
fcer replied that he had earned the posi-
tion by fighting for the revolution and that
If he did not get 1t he would take to the
woods. as several others had done.
The Commercial Gazette says The worst
method OF treating the bandits Is the legal
method, as II puts honest men at the
mercy Of robbers and frontier law. The
best method is to capture them let them
try to escape and then kill them. The
reason why Mexico now has immunity from
bandits Is that she has followed this
course.
Citizens and property holders at Bata-
bapo have protested to Governor Brooke
against the appointment OF Martin Casuso
as mayor owing to the fact that he Is
nonresident. They have asked for the
appointment OF Major Dubuchet. but Senior
Rivera. the civil engineer insisted upon
the arbitrary appointment OF his own
friend.