The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-12

guerrilla warfare For ali this suffering
he believes he should &c rewarded. ard
nSw that the Spanish have been driven cut
ne clamors for an equaI posiuon VIZ ~ s sse
milton Of their position before the iAW 70
demand their rights
las bribery AM corruption charac,srixeo
the rule Of Ca5a nsfore ths war. all classes
exu-ecS II 70 resume its sway when tine
Americans have departed. The Cuban as.
ssrpiy Was organized for this purpose enc
fact that Cuba has bat one refuge. ana
believe would advocate annexation II ~
were not for the certainty ne would pc
charged with having been oriced cs sns
Trnired states The deal which resulted IN
the rejection OF the s3.ooae ny the as.
sen1oly was engineered BY the holders ei
.-1,sars accepted the 81 aa.sss, as all due
them there would ~ 10 chance OF having
the bonds guaranteed ~ the United states
ard tneir value wo.td fall. IL t1ey coalc
hold the army together and make IL ap-
par that the Cuaans had an army ara
civil government wniea was strong enough
10 refuse the oTe- IF re Inissa $40.
they expected the latter 20 come 10 terms
ard guarantee the Cuban bonds, which
would Immediately rise
why There Are So Many Omcers.
81 asked Gen Gomez how they came
70 have so many generals IN fae army am
SO lew solder Ihey nave "a seiistai tot
every private. i% told ne II "a- t'StssaS
they haa no means O. rewardlrS soldier
for hraxery except - promote nin IN 20
sitton Consequently every soii.es Why
displayed nravery in acton vas az, ssmaIa .ss
by being made an officer All seisel ais
were made members of the assembly,, anu
Il was naturally expected t,at When ..se
assembly met the generals shoNi. paI .ic ;
rate and In lieu OF their long overdue SAL
aries and o.her claims asainst the govern
raerr would vote themselves large Sums
OF money 10 De taken from the tax ist.
or give themselves q quantity OF nonos 10
no. sad .ss as reS
defeated az the refusal of the Iniito
States 10 recognize the asse nn.y.
Dispositiom of franchises.
.sThe assembly was also expected 10 vote
away the franchises. II was prevented
from doing this eut ii was the common
rsn0rt in Havana that Mr.. Aiger anu his
friends did very well In cuba The Cuhans
said that all the mahogany amt other tfih-
her lands had been goboled up by Aiser
and his associates, ana that me Wafer.
gas and other public franchises have gone
to other -.mericans equally as prominent
| believe the remark attributed 10 senator
Elkins before The war. when congress was
debating the proposition TO declare 1t was
NOT our fnteriiar TO take the island. To be
true Senator Elklas then said: w can
rot afford 10 let this rich island sip
through our fingers | don't think We
have.
The whole situation In Cuba may be
summed up in a nutshell by saying the
people there expected the French revoiu-
tinn to be repeated They expected the
poor 70 rise and trample the upper classes
under foot and they are disappointed.
While the Spanish hate the Americans for
driving their compa triots from the island.
they are anxious for them to remain to
prevent the Cutans from despoiling them.
On the other hand. the Cubans thank the
Americans for their trouble but wish them
10 retire in order that they may begin
their work of retaliation. They say they
have gained nothing by the exchange OF
masters"