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EXPECTATIONS
OF sPAN|AROs.
A Guarantee and Protection for
Persons and Property.
ARE FOREIGNERS IN CUBA.
p,eser Annexation 60 Independence
Extended American Occupation
Greatly seeded.


HAVANA. April i5.-tCorrespondenoc
M the Associated Prcss.)-Nicolas
uivern. director OF the Diaro de In
Marina. today gave to n representative
of the Associated Press his opinion as
90 the wishes Of the Spanish element In
cuba concerning the government Of the
island. The Diaro II the oldest cstab-
ilshed paper In cuba with two editions
daily and II II has a large circulation
among the spnniards Of the island. The
paper can be said to be- the rcprcscnta-
tl,c organ. THE spanish people In Gu
la said Mr.. Rivera, number about
$4,000. or onc-thlrd OF the total pop.
ulAtion OF Cuba. which " today not
more than million. Their wealth
amounts TO more than two.thirdr Of tho
total wealth OF the Island. for almost
ali the commerce " In their hands, as
a large part OF II II manufactures ana
much OF II agriculture. Furthermore.
the farms held BY cubanH are almost
every one mor,gascd to spaniardS or
other foreigners"
"Then you consider yourselves for
elgncrn In Cubai And how, ar Tor
clgncrr. have you been treated since
1--WE decidedly do consider ourselves
foreigners In Cuba and aa such we
desire those things:
persons. our property and our labor.
Since the evacuation by spain. our
treatment In the largest towns mas
becn bcnrnblc, and for this we have 10
thank the presence OF the American
troops and authorities. but, IN tne
smaller villages of the interior. where
the moral and material Influence OF
the United States II not yet felt, We
have been prosecuted upon more thnn
one occasion"
"In how far do the spaniardH In cuba
accept GENERAL Gomcz'n program OF the
nmalKnmntion Of cuban and spanish
interests aud Efforts IN the Island. with
the Idea OF bringing the speedy tcrmln..
alton Of the American occupation ana
Immediate establishment OF a CUBAN IN
dependent government
's'rhc ApaniardH In cuba accept the
proposed union between Themselves ana
Cubann, which by the way. was pro-
posed by the spanlards before Gomez
ever took the matter up. with the hope
81 forgetting past dircorda ana OF for
wnrdng by this union the rc-conrtruc-
tion OF the island. ilut they do not ac-
cept this plan with the idea 81 AFFECT
ing the termination Of the American
military occupation Of the Island. And
this simply because We know that with
out this military occupation OF Cuba.
there would be protection for no one,
least OF all for SpaniRrda.
AS for the ultimate establishment
OF a Cuban independent government.
the spanihrdn wish this were possible.
but an a matter Of fact. they fear u
morc than they desire II. The kpaniafdH
In Cuba care more for the cubanA who
are their brothers. than they do for the
Americans. who until yesterday, were
their enemies, and who vnnquinhcd
them IN the Antilles and the Philip
mines. but the cubann dctcnt Span
iarda while you Americans respect
them. Consequently. aA between cu-
ban independence and the annexation
OF the island to the United States, YOU
would IND every Spanlnrd In cuba
unhcsitntingiy voting for annexation.
| assure you that the mnj-.ity or
spaniarda Ia Cuba today would with
draw from the island as soon m tho
United States announces Its Intention
OF leaving Cuba free and independent.
With the Americans gone. the Span
iarla would have no protection ana they
would u necessity have 20 leave.
II believe the most important thing
for the American authorities In cuba
20 DO. n TO tranauillxo tho country 10
that the men may return To Work on
their farms. For this purpose. the best
thing would bc the formation OF rural
guard composed 81 Cuban. spanish and
American soldiers and differed In every
case by Americans, n guard that would
III the place OF the former spanish
yuariia civil.
Further thnn this. tranquility and
peace In tho country 20 stand needs
credit and to establish this the Amerl-
can authorities at Washington should
a. s.N
which prohibited ana rtill prohibits
creditors In Cuba from using the courts
Ga settle their claims. AZ long M this
decree exists neither foreign nor local
capital can or VIII be invested. No man
will loan money. no matter how good
the security. II the courts cannot be
used TO sustain his Just claim In case OF
defaultcd payment. Furthermore. TO
render confidence universal and TO lift
the country us rapidly na possible from
the prostrnting effects 81 three years OF
war the United States should. inso-
much aH they will not today state what
n 10 be the ultimate and definite gov
ernment Of Cuba. declare that the study
~ Cuban men and Cuban aifaira made
by them during these first three months
81 their military occupation OF the ISL
and have convinced them that In order
20 fulnll their obligation TO establish In
-ruhu a firm and stable government, an
extended occupation " needed Let
them TX upon determined number or
years, be II six. ten or twenty. and state
that during these years the military oc-
cupation Will not cease. that during
this period the island Will be governed
by provisional laws. which laws should
Immediately he formulated and put In
20 execution In order Ia put nm end 10
the present confusion existing In all
branches OF the public service, and es-
all L.. -. - taal
declaration and action would give
M all confidence IN the future Capital,
and there N much ~ II In cuba. would
come out Of strong boxes and md
rcndy channels Of business and aRrl-
cultural employments. Then the ISL
and. instead ~ needing the charity or
the United stnteH. as she does today,
would return TO be what II was In
Spnin's day. an abundance ~ wealth
whore fortunes were made easily ana