New-York tribune., 1906-08-24
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
He Will Be asked to Use Good
Offices to End Cuban Strife.

| Cuban Americans and Americans with commercial
| interests IN Cuba to use his Influence TO end the
strife now in progress before these interests are
interfered with. as IL is feared they Will be. One
| word from the President. assert the men who are
behind this movement. will suffice 70 end the up
rising.
| Colonel Carlos NJ. Aguirre, veteran Of the last
revolution In Cuba, who Is apparently the leading
! spirit among the local Cuban-Americans who are
opposed to the Palma regime, has drafted letter
| addressed to President Roosevelt. which he will
forward to-day or Tomorrow, probably by special
messenger, after ne has obtained the signatures of
several Americans who hold property in the island
This letter calls attention to the many wrongs al
legged TO have been suffered by the Liberals the
| hands of the government, which, the author de-
cares, are responsible for the present uprising. II
calls President Roosevelt to appoint by the
authority Of the terms Of the Platt Amendment.
1 commission to preside at a new election for Presi-
| dent in Cuba, charging that at the last election
| the rights Of the people were ignored and that
/ the constitution was violated The letter reads:
| The undersigned American citizens with exten-
sive interests in the island OF Cuba and without
republic beg leave to give you some informafo2 f
and our opinion as to the best solution the pres
The idea that is found in spain as well as in all
ment which is in Control Of the administration
M usS 81 nold Il at al events even against the will
J by President Pama's government during the last
The attitude Of the administration Was S9eh T
ing the election for primaries that took place last
| acts executed, that the opposing party the
cided to withdraw from the campaign and not to
fSs fSs i fhsr a y0es right Ign they knew Beforehand
have been already prevented by force, More
were committed and kept in prison for more than
f SIX mGnths @ for supposed political offences, and
term IN May last they were set free without any
In fact; the conditions in the Cuban Republic
MefS & az se tine % fhs as @ they have been lately
with which your excellency Is well acquainted and
United States Minister at Panama preventing the
pending END revolution
part Of the Cuban constitution. that Tsn has been
enf pemped m G over and tb g BY Paa
Government 70 intervene TO preserve the independ-
ment adequate the protection Of lives properties
and individual liberties OF the citizens is we'll es-
The & present government Of Cuba does not protect
o cuSa I SHOULD the individual liberties Of the citizens
All That that the citizens at present in in Cuba
Is stated IN their nag, which is Cuban flag with
tion' is to secure "a squars deal and tRa9 the
country should be treated in accordance with the
| as President of the United States and within the
commission Of Americans selected by You an a
thorized to investigate the matter and preside at
electoral laws. and sit in the Presidential chair
| we sure, we say that all the men in arms will
depo;se them 4, within twenty-four hours and the
BY such an act the government of the United
blood but emonsrae morovr S e {ha afe b G0nn
| try went 20 war with Spain for humanity and not
/ for any interested reasons.
Colonel Agurre during the revolution was chief
of STAFF under his father, General Jose Maria
Aguirre. commander in Havana Province who was
killed in battle He returned here recently from
Havana, and is in business in this city
Colonel Aguirre said yesterday:
| am American. but my parents were Cubans
nd, and fought t haEd @I for Cuban Independence
desecrated and the very rights that we fought for
H s @ py S Gu0an @ gSyeFnment This revolution
| spaniards, What the Cubans lighting for is
Vision OF the United states So that the tG rs5 sPe Of
sHnriage shall all not be trampled on This is
said The men in the field are actuated by no
war will not be ended until they have them '''e
the Is ssrOn5 mn inan is Eseag kTown
three quarters OF the country is in sympathy with
The last primary election held last September
public OF Cuba, was carried by the government
of Palma through fraud and the backing of guns in
the hands Of the police and the rural guards as
vel vel as by all the iailbrds that had been set free
erals were disarmed and prevented from casting
get fair election decided dnCng to lSsT all hopes TO
cause some two thousand members of the party
Every one Of them was set free after the inaugura
away from their families and business for more
IN
istratlon last May he surrounded himself with and
% mas 6een acting ctr under the advice OF the enemies OF
during the last war, making them against the Deo-
Pies will. senators, representatives., etc For in
stance Jose Antonio CuetO. who is a Senator. dur
ing the administration of General WeyIer used to
rua. who left sad remembrance in ali the inhabi
tants of the Havana Province for his criIeIties
Mr. Palmas first secretary. Alfredo Belt used To-
was such the prosecutor OF all the i,u5ans thai
were arrested fOr political offences. ''''
John s. Fiske, OF the firm of j. NJ CebaIos G.
Co. who have large interests In Cuba said vesyer-
day in discussing the situation Cuba that he be-
eVed that the commercial annexation Of the island
was not far off and that political annexation might
follow. MIR. Fiske continued:
While the newspaper reports continue on their
race alarming our private dispatches indicate that
whereas the government has been taken unavares
and in the first period organization for n1TttiD1S
down the trouble. IL has appeared at a disadvans
tage II feels confident its entire ability to cone
with the situation. There u.s. OF course the nOssJ
bihty always 10 be considered Of the trouhfs aS
suming broader scope and SERIOUSNESS SIt as as
doubtedly case OF any proved inabiIi, Ut Vh- h
part Of the government forces properly to protect
call ON the United States for assistance '"'"
In this connection a false impression might ba
drawn from the attributed To me in Sna -
the morning papers The Inference was thai nroS,t
political annexation might reasonably be looked far
Quite the contrary would be the case I'm sv1ost & aOI.
to convey was that Cuba and the United states
were inevitably drawing nearer and nearer tovSsTs
commercial annexation which In itself would be an
added tie between the two countries a fule-
allzaton part OF what the PIatt am aTnaTS 5S
Cuba. means will make citizens OF both nations t6e
more anxious enjoy the benefits mutIoiiys e sa
cured by full and free reciprocal trade reIations
in brief. commercial annexation In the truest sense
Hawaii. may follow commercial annexation in ~
course Of time, bur this must by petition from
Commercial annexation linked with political inde
in part 90 be Influenced by results arisiuf iron, H.
present awakening hn oil. -.