The National tribune., 1903-03-19
THE AMERICAN
~~ 10 o SPANISH WAR.
fCInsIba ed from first page,

He made two divisions Of the inhabitants;
| those that were born in the Peninsula he
called Espa4ples. and those born in the
Island he termed Cubanos. He sustained
the idea thai, these CubanOs We're inferior
people tOI!aatlfe Spanish-born. and conse-
Quently treated them as such. and behold
the real masters of the country. the heirs
and descendants of the cOnquerOrs and
| founders of Cuba, converted into an infe-
! rior race, without civil privileges of any
kind and deprived of the personal consid-
Grafton due to them! The adventurer from
| Spain, the newcomer fresh from the
| mOtherland the starved officerseeker or
the degraded and reckless member of an
aristocratic Spanish family was invariably
| considered and treated as of superior
race enjoying always the most prominent
positions and receiving the highest honors.
| in payment no doubt. for completely III
the numberless crimes perpetrated ana
sanctioned by the Administration.
In 1885. Gen. NarcisO Lopez matured
conspiracy to overthrow Spanish power
in Cuba. attempted a revolt. and was I'M
successful He was horn in Venezuela
had been first under Bolivar, but after
ward Joined the Spanish army and fought
| in the Carlist war; there he was MADE
General of Division and sent to Cuba
where he resigned his commission and re-
vOlted.
In 1886 the Constitution of 1912 was
| revived and Cuba was allowed to eject
four deputies to the National Cortes. IN
the following year. three OF the deputies
presented to the Cortes at Madrid certlh-
Gates of election, but they were not rec0g-
niZed Gen TacOn had Informed the Gov
| eminent that if the laws were TO ne
changed in the Island. it would be the loss
of Cuba to Spain. The Spanish Treasury
| was very poor and the Colonies were bad
| Iy needed to build it M. Besides, Cuban
representation in the Cortes meant that
the level of the Cuban people must be
raised higher and necessarily the deputies:
after being admitted to the Corfes. would
open the eyes of their people, candidly m
forming them what was expected OF Cmha
and what would be done with 1t. The
Minister of Finance in the COrtes on
March 81. 1887. protested against any
change ''that may endanger the consid-
cradle contributions with which those
countries are helping the motheriand.
The Cuban, deputies received the follow
ing reply from the Spanish representative
Senor Sancho. on April 3:
at is said that the Government has
changed its opinion Some of the deputies
may believe that such change has taken
place. believe that it is not so. and no
one is better informed than | am. The
Government never entertained the oDinion
that the American deputies should be
called. On the contrary. it has always
looked unon this as an evil which should
be renredied as soon as possible"
The Government was consulted and de-
cided that the Constitution should not be
extended TO those countries, and that as
few deputies as possible should come from
them The Cuban deputies filed n protest
against their exclusion, and the Cortcs ap-
pointed committee to look into the mat
ter: its report was as follows:
III lu'' ,ne a'n .e,.o,,a1 a." h,, smoo;, !
10 c and fEdir IDENTITIES should not he adj
mitted intn2 the Cortes.- This resolution
was ndontaa ~ the Cortes. and Cuba was
denriyed Of her right of representation in
them 70 Il
pI.cido dcol6red. the most popular Gu
han noet WlhsG arrested in 1916. tried and
accused of conspiracy. He pleaded inno-
cent Of the charge-he really was not i'm
pIicated in ire affair-but the Spanish
sente,,ce.' Him to die by gorrota. His ceIe-
brnted and wa!I-knOwn "Pleyaria.' COM
posed st>ibtfore his death. proves his
iipoce,,f.a neIIe was executed on the 9th
of Time. 1915.
.'f - y nii.q ayilH:Js
I 1.-THE 1LL-FAHED'"LoPEz EAPsDirioN.
crban refugees in the United States
had greatly Increased in these wears. owing
to the active nersefcirtion by the Spanish
authorities in tbe1 Island tA.A U the upris
ines were secretly aided nv the refugees.
ard when Gen. Narciso Lopez. in 1910.
went 70 the States. no was received nv
many svmnathizers and was heIped effec-
tively alike Inv Cubans and Americans.
This fact gave occasion for the issuing
If nroc,omatiOn nv President TAYLOR.
on tbc 11tb Of Aupust of that year. which
road ne foIlows: