The sun., 1901-05-26
DELAY THAT LOST CUBA!
VIEW STORY or THE REAL CATSB
OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
II Is Declared That Capt. Gen. CalieJa Might
Have Crushed the InsurreCtion az the stsrt
Had Hc Not Listened TO the marquis Pru-
den,io RsbcIi and Failed TO Act Promptly.


Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo resi-
dent Of Havana, the Marquis Prudencio
/ Rabell, millionaire cigarette manuiacturer
and a Sclf-made man, - whom, perha pa.
more than to any other one man was dus
the Spanish American war
| In all the histories and articles written
about the Cuban insnrrection Of 1898 which
immediately preceded our war with Spain. it
I has been asserted that Gen Jose Mlru tho
leader .pf the Cuban patriots. arranged to
start his insurreCtion on Feb a. 1855 That
II did begin on that date is true, but II is also
true that il was not the intention Of the leaders
to start what was intended to he tho greatest
and most formidable III ght for freedom tne
! Cubans had ever made until much later in tho
year The true story, a told 10 reporter
| Of THE SIN is most interesting
The Ten Years War, a. the famous in-
surrcction headed by Carlos NInIel de Ces-
pedes in ls6S j, called has long been n brighs
spot In the memory Of the Cuban patriots.
and when Gen. Jos Marti, the active head of
the insurgents laid his plans for greater
and more formidable risinI in 1905 he selected
a. the date for the raising Of The nag of inle-
! pendence the annivar~nr" og Caspaiess
! declaration Of independence, Oc'. 10, and
| his selection was approved bT every member
| of his party For more than ten wears Marti
! and his friends had been gathering arms
| and munitions Of war and making ready
! for a last great struggle, and for ten years
| the Cubans resident in the United States had
been making their contributions to the cause.
But matters had not reached the point ao
which MART thought it was time to act.
! Al this time there were in Cibg n favar
than four political parties (which stood for
vastly different principles 50 far ~ cuba and
! its government were concernci Two of
these parties the Partido Constitutional.
| or COnstItutiOualiSt~ AMI the Iartdp Re-
/ fOrmlSti, or Reform party, ""r" IN me man
composed Of SpaniardN or Spanlsh-born
| Cubans or the former u1rtv- ~ ul2m1n,
| a lawyer OF Havana. wa m" u. Ter II "is
| ultra Spanish IN H. tendencies aud utterly
opposed - granting an concessions "nlv-
The RcforInsts, on the contrary. wh.ls
| insisting that the rclns 81 government should
remain entirely in the hands Of the mother
country, believed aS a matter of policy rather
! thnn Of principle, N mahinc some shgat
conCc''i2g,N TO thS CT9a99o p2a9o, 20 EEGeP then
| the officially recognized head.
The CubanS had two parties aso, the Partido
| Autonomista. or Aut1nomlSts, Of whlCl
Gable a Cuban lawyer, was the leader, and
which sought for cuba the same relations
with Spain that canada has with Great Britan
Separatists, led by MART in Cuba and /.
Estrada Palma and others in the United states
| and elsewhere, demanded a complete separa-
ton from Spain and Independence
| There is no doubt that the Autonomists
were merely a mder form Of SeparatlstS.
| end. but az this time the lines between the
! two parties were closely and distinctly
drawn, and while the SeparatlstS with Maru
at their head were making ready for a hand
| to-hand struggle for lndepe ndenCe, the Au-
tonomistS We're endeavoring to gain al the
! polls by degrees what they hoped would
lead to the same result some raw Cubans
| believed in nexation - tho United states.
| and occasionally advocated il but their
| her " Splprp n
fiuence 50 restricted that they could not bs
dgnined by the name OF a party ,,.
| Captain-General talleia, who At this t!me
| was In command in cuba, had been instructed
| by the spanish Cabinet on the eve of no
departure for Havana to to- careful not T.,
so far might b . possible without losing
prestige 10 make concessions m matters q
purely local interest For this reason, and
also because his disposition was weak and
yielding rather than stern and decisive, he
leaned 10 the Partido keforml~ta, and mads
much of Rahell the leader 0i The party. GuI-
man. the ConStitutOnast~' leader, did his
best 20 combat the influence OF Rabell but
the nature Of Callcja was 50 weak that he dld
Early in 1875 Gen Pando then in command
in Porto Rico, and afterward IN charge ot me
| column which did not relieve santiago do
| cuba, obtained through his spies fun lniorma-
tion as to the uprising contcmpll'"d by Maru
| and his followers, And tins lnlormauoli I"-
| gether with list Of about three or four hun:
| dred local lenders in the various provinces q.
| Cubn and with all the details except tho date
set for the uprising, he ,ransml'tei 10 zen,
| Calleia, with an urgent message Warning
| him that the Cubans were 10 rise Immediately
| after the general elections. then A. hano,
! and that the insurreCtion promised 10 eN"ee
| nimportance The Ten Years War, aud strongly
advising him 10 cause the instant arrest ol al
| the leaders named
| with the situation and on receipt Of tlls M
| formation from Pando called IN SAINT Guz-
man and Prudencio Rabcll 10 consult a. - 10
best course , pursue Hllnan, Fh' ! ths
| principles of hi> party. urged CowrliiN"-
with Gen Pando's advice and tie lmm"iat,
| crushing of the in,urrelt IN hr the arrr-t
! Of the person, named Rab"ll on tho her
| hand h".itI'.ng and sn~plc'ul-. p'"t'1dei
to zoe nGthinc = impgrt1u'" % -" c!4mnni
| said that he believed II was NOR" t"lrK *
| the COn-tit.tIouglist- UiuZWnn rs part! -
create alarm M 9aI %9 v@Je nf ,Ia lSr pEr % rar
! Rahell went further and r.d.oEl"a tie i1"A
that Mart, AMI h- friend w"r" real dan-
gerpus, or even meant Z 0uHmpt auN'Mn{
of the sort, either then oc later, ana in,l'ini
! that they were mCnev--eeNpg Scle ner'
rather than patriots
| formi~t- and used - t"mpnrillug, did not act.
j. is stated that Pand" sent a ,rc'nd Gnl e[en
effect as the lr-' Hnh".! Tort n1t'lF loT
Mart, and hl~ friends a. 30" tn" pTe'aNef
on, Calle'a tprtIl an uni'' gr ,.....,,u,,,.,
! possession leaked out 0~ lyor" ting n1.a
| always done I'M cuba. and Mart iri ,1l- -
! lowers hc0aW" aware 'HH' -N''at & Hn' a
| he able :, over, ono Na1'll- mrrcu," ale :
| might act, and their freedom 70" ~ nu cul r
come time 10 come The lrrd"r, grg"d M1rIi
g. DELAY no longer 'na r":.."d - h-''I -
In vain he stated thar t1cy 2or" "o' srfn-
| GENTLY prepared. 'h.' - si1t' ~" IL 3r'"rt z
then would leopard u. ~.r''~-. i!H' hl n
rcnAired f. De- done IN ~" We. o' 49,. .g.hy
! arms ard ammunition, Hr b","i" tur '!''
could be- properly .'rgOf Leaders all over
the island whose uan o. "or" 'h l'" 'I'ad'l
! .I,' sent ''loVra .u~ and message - nm HIghs
action. and Mart! W.. l"r'rH ,r,I. Ina mo, IN