The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
"A, a ANNEXATION OF
CUBA NEXT THING g:
Indifference Of Officials Of State
Departmet D eclared to Be
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G@t fr7ron, Our Regular Correspondent.) IN
IS3ssyyAsHINCyrON,D. CT August 5,--!The
Indifference OF the officials Of the state
8I5epartmc,.. towards i the revolution in
y Cuba Is li.tlo abort OF astounding It
4 AZ also Of the deepest Significance III
sthe opinion Gl everybody on the on side.
l51t is Impossible to obtain any news Ut
the progress OF the revolution Our con-
sular and diplomatic representatives IN
4 t,libl seem to he sending only the most
& n.eagre news d of Z the revolution, and ~
4 more be sent 1t is not given out, i t Is
easter to obtain news from the State
III Department Of the fighting Of BedaWeeln
tribes than information OF the insurryec-
ton against the Palma government
However, Assistant Secretary Bacon Is
Il understood to beat Oyster Bay In con.
& sultation with the President. General
gell.I chief Of staff Of the army, is also
y there. These two officials would have
y To- play leading parts In case American
4 intervention should be ,undert aiken s.
n slstant Secretary Bacon would have TO
Ne nominally conduct tho correspondence
with tie Cuban authorities, ind General
Bell8would be- charged with the duty Of
II planning the campaign and furnishing
9the troops. Tho presence Of these Off
vi cials at Oyster Bay is Of the deepest
r Significance. 4# 5ts 5 He'll Ii
Annexation Next.
Americans in Washington who are IA,
miliarf with conditions in tho island of
Cuba are unanimous IN two PARTICULARS
First,iln synpathizilig with the 8revolu-
tionists; second, in predicting that this
revolution is the first step In the chain
] Of events which will lead to the anncxh-
ton OF Cuba Ito the United States.
AN American who has been IN CUBA
and is Mt all familiar with the methods
q of the Palma governme ntBmust be IN sym
pathyswlth the peoplelwho snre struggling
to overthrow it," said Captain J.. T..
tIearcy. who has interests In the Isle OF
Pines where he has spent much Of his
time. He has also been on the island
5of Cuba great deal, and has had oppor-
&tunIty to study the Cuban official and
1,earcy was fSr. several years United
States consul at Colon, and IS thoroughly
familiar not only with the Spanish ian E. 4
guage, but with the character aid u en- :
permanent Of Spanish American peoples =, 81
Cuban government Is simply q
business syndicate" said Captain Pear
Il cy. 1T should not be called "a govern
4 ment at all. II a government although
t.nnder the form of a republic 1t Is IA
tyranny, such as English speaking peo-;
\ 1sla know nothing about. There has
l never been an election inthe island that
rs, there has never been anything like
\ an honest election. 8 al
"a day or two before the presidential
\ election last fall over 1000 election Of
4 t1cers We're arrested by .itl rural guards
i on Orders from 1Iannvn. and keEt In jail
Y until alters election day. The arrested
officials were In every instance members
iisof the Liberal party. and opposed to the
Il re- election Of Palma, who represents the
Z Nioderatcs, Troops We're ut all tho poll.
u ing places, and few Of tho Liberals dared
4 to undertake to vote. The result was the
4 re- election of President Palma by an
IS Overwhelming majority.
Constitution Violated.
1.-THE Constitution OF Cuba is contnu-
ally violated. II provide that the all
caides or mayors Of the cities and snwna
J. shall be elected by The reop'e, yet there
4 has never been such an official elected
{ In Cuba, nor, sh far as ] know has there
I been a Town Council chosen BY popular
vote outside OF the lsle Of Pines, and
Il there the election was n farce.
M '.The Mayor Of Nueva Corona on one
occasion sent ont word by policnma,
Ito "a dozen or 30 citizens Of The Modernt,
party that there would be nm election