Show SPAIN A DEAD BKAT WILL NOT SETTLE A JUST AMERICAN CLAIM llUlorv nf tl ottratnl Jliru CA Htrrrrnl In In lrr < llrnt CI ltrlMU > lr ri Itmirl if llrikrn Iriiiii I nllh tnrlr Punt 1I11I1M1 IIII r M t I r II t II rt Inlllllllll < lI1nllon tlV l 01 IInlvnlell3l11e iQ 7 onl relc1 tll th grlcvlnus Injustice IJt7 1 done In one prlvato jl Individual these rl unl ial floo on c c to III lilY Ii 101 IIIIIIUI IOPIIC lIIalno unt IIfl 1011I 0 1111011I011 coo 011 thl MIIJc hlch hot ho-t 1I1IIdoo tho fIlOI It 11I Lei Le-i n thnt 1110 gocnlllnt ho ofTd to IOlIellide n eonnlllloll Ith 1I1ln b 10 1 nrolimllull 01 olltlonl Sll Iliit clnhll Ietween the two eOlilltrho 111 t the Mil 10111I hlch hollItt I I I I t I n = Ihl a 1 It euiiM not bo lncliulV in tho pro l > ocd convention It Man hoped thnt a HiU ofTer would remove parliamentary II ol > staclcs encountered by the Spanish gut eminent In providing pajment of o the Morn Indemnity I regret to My 11 tint no definite reply tu ilil offer Inn ct Intn iniiilo and nil efforts to secure r incut of this settled claim I haa born unavailing Thin Mom ease has bccama famous In tlic inimU of modern dlphi f many llcglnnlug I with rnnt last r presidency every succeeding ndmlnls I trutliin every ncrelnry of stnte cery I foreign relations committee hits lud t n Imnil In it Nor hns It been n bete I noire In any cn to the Into department depart-ment for Irivspccthe of rty each I mliiilnlstrntlou In turn hits tnhen up the ense w Illi vigor nnil ilunu lu I h lt to effect n settlement The history of tho mile In brief I ns follows Antonio Mnxlmii Mum referred re-ferred In In the 1rosldciiln iiicMiiKe Inn I In-n native of Culm where ha owned largo nnd snlunhlo sugar plantations In ISW he camo to Now York nnd i < s tnhllshed u residence In Mny IHVJ hi took out his final papers of natural latlon nnd lieeaiiia u cltlrcn of Iho United btutem Cuhnwas at that tlma In n Mnto of constant fidget und unrest bordering on nbsolnto rebellion It Is Inn I-nn oieii Kocret that 1rcsldcnt Irnnt was In sympathy with the revolution urv propaganda and his secretary of wiir lien Howling was nn avowed i > iiip < ithl < or wlUi tho Cuban patriots It was under lIch encouragement that lending Cubans 1110 Mora AMa tun und Castillo might have been In Ill mil to olTer nMtstnnot to tho rcvo lutlonury cause llcforoniiy thing wn 8 ilono or even thought of n court martial I mar-tial convened lluvnni passed ken tencu of ilcutli and confiscation of I nn A AI 1 v I I nnd inuny others furnllcgcd complicity I In thn Cubuu robulllnn Antonio Mom und his brother escaped to New York dlsgiilted n Millors Young JOMJ Manuel i I MOM now n wellknown resident of New Yorlc rcniulned to nuKt In liU 1 fathers oscnpc was captured and I transported to a Hnul colony In I Africa whence nfter MifTerlng unman un-man of mUcrlcs ho finally escaped t to Kuropc Maximo Mora no sooner iirrlvcd In Now York than ho laid hlo case boforo llamllton rMi tho then iwcictnry of state akscrtlng that hoI ho-I hail In no win engaged In tho rebellion I rebel-lion or ilven It nld or comfort On J I Nov 73 of tho > omojcar 1870 Mr I nli Instructed tho United Slntcn mIll KterntMnilrlil toprotmt npilnst tlio i teiitcncu of the court martini nnd its fnr rmriit nirnliitt tho lives nnd f property i i of American citizens on tho I Krtiund thnt It ns n grow violation of t tho provision of tho treaty between tho United Mutes and Hpuln I relating II f to tho manner hi which citizens of nno I country could tried or ilcprhcd of I their property In tho other Thin I then was tho bcglnnlnc of tho famous Morn cni0 which Is I still mikcttlvd In r I Mny Ih7 tho Mcretnry of Mnto who I had had tcvcral Interlows with tho I panlOi minister In Washington on tho L f J t I II I JtNTOMO M IKIllt I tubjrct wroto to him Inviting his I especial ami Immcdlato attention tot license to-t of Antonio Murar < lth a vlow to Its opciil nnd katUfactory adjustment I Tlia ripanlth mlnUtcr then suggasted that tho claim for tlic restitution of tho Morn property should bo submitted I totho SpanUhAinerlcan tlms cum r minion I then In I ko k iL Unshlnj t J ton 1 > Ir Jiclwliatt claims I Before I > un wf ir com l nml urit tut tlia rcloi > o u > iiu Man properly I a nb ji < rt H jlpli i alia I Intervention i lilglit I outUi 1 i tlt dlpolniiiatlo cor i r < iiff oj wliWi the rnktlllaii Is 1 I i intar mtll In Deccmbor 1873 M rikh cabled to tlia United Stall JI In Madrid Urgo tha Immedlato ro leaso nnd restoration of tho cmbarioeil property Again tha finu art of Spanish Span-ish diplomacy was uiada manifest A ire of restoration was IMIIPI In Mmlrhl but swret Instructions were fornanled to Cuba to dlsreirnrd thn ile 1 err In 9 ptvml r anl Navmnlwr lt1 In eon wiirnev of further Itt I-tt from our governiiipnt tent onlen to the ftoveriHir Renvral of lulu vtlnir him to relrnMi the pro < rrly of Antonio before Nov M Ik < fore this I was dnnncnme tho downftll I of the I republic at Mndrld and air further consideration of the cavi had to bo postponed for two enr In NoveinUr 1878 our secretary of state rronniHl the co c In n letter sent to our uilnltter at Madrid In which among othir thing ho raid Tlio rrmldcnl feels that the time Is I at hnlll when It may l > o his duty to Mihmlt tl 0 subject accompanied by nn rTprewt of his vlows to the conildcrntlon I congress This I conclusion Isreacheil I IIl1er ev IIl1ler u > < m liRa tried and proved n failure To these strong representations the SpinMi government replied that tho king of hpnln had decided to grant a pardon to Mom nud restore his property Kay Ing nt the kama time that n cablo to thnt effect nail that day been sent to Cuba Nothing was ever heard of this cable nor was tho least sign of restitution resti-tution mailo by the Cuban government On the contrary the Cuban government govern-ment set up tliu plea that certain creditors of Mora had stepped In ami abwrbeil 1 tho prolltsof the estate none of which had ever liecn paid over to the Spanish government That this was utterly false was proved at tho Ilino by tho ten custodians of the estates who ripurted 1 that they hod paid OUT to the Cuban treasury from tliu estates tho largo Mini of S317 i Prom 1870 to IH1 succeeding succeed-ing administrations tried persistently to Induce tho Spanish gouTiimcnt to redeem Its oft ninilo nnd often broken lirninltos of rmltntton Dually In Inly 1841 Mr 1mter the American minister nt Madrid mhlrcMcd n very plain nnd untnrnMicd 1 stnteiuent of 1 n In II SIh tur I itnte but received no reply i for six I nontlin In the iiiranttme the cstntes Imd gone to rack nud mln Tho Cuban government had taken ever thing they mid out of tho plantations u ml put nothing In The machinery was out of repair nnd uselpsii the building tumble down and the LOnOinfjirois employed em-ployed on tho estate had disappeared Knowing this to be tho case In January Janu-ary ISsO In response to repeated applications ap-plications iiindo by Minister Curry who had Micccidcd Mr rotter tho SpntiUh Kovenimeiit pronoscil the pa > men t ofn sum of money which will represent nn equitable Indemnity for tha value of the Mora Jprojicrty KiM sum to bo lined by mutual agreement agree-ment nflcr whIch the minister of the colonies can Include In his budget tin sum upon which wo hnvo agreed At last this really looked lllu busl ness and Mr Curry Immediately nc ceptcd the projiotltloii Mr Morn on ntcry conicrvutlvo basis figured uji hisnctuallow liiclmllng that nf hi brother nl SlOOOUUJ Tills Included itiOOUoa worth of sugar In bond which was seized and tho cMnlu buildings etc 1oor Morn who was mined I nnd gron Ing old In tho prosecution of his claim gladly received even thin coin proinlw nnd our secretary ol state nntlllcd Mr Curry thnt the government would accept the sum named 8I llKKrt as n full discharge of nil demand against the government of Kpnln gro lng out of the claim of thli cltlicn of tho United Stat Hut nlns The Spanish government dissolved tho Cortes before any action was taken on tho Cuban budget Nor was the Mora claim Included In the Cuban budget of the following Cortes In tho meantime Ircsiilcnt Clove land had como Into olllco nnd It was now Secretary IluynnV duly to take up tho cuilgols In behalf if justice but no settlement has jijt been reached |