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Show 4JL UA, A High-Toned Cuban Journal Havana, I. The Diario Dela Marian, in an editorial on the pending pend-ing questions between Spain and the United States, sayg the Virginias question consists of a claim for money indemnity made on account of ex-citizens ex-citizens of the United States executed after trial and sentence by a proper tribunal. It says: "We call them ex-citizens because we believe they forfeited their citizenship and were tne goveriiLutfuV. ' aUoj .iWiio -vt ship without a flag or nationality employed in transportation of rebel adventurers to the shores ofa nation friendly to the United States; nor do we think England had good grounds for her reclamations on Spain, but she is in a better situation than the United States, because the pirates who came to fight us in Cuba did. not pretend to Bail under her colors. The Spaniards faithfully complied with the treaty made at Washington last year, shameful qb it was, and the United States must make their reclamations re-clamations in accordance with its provision. pro-vision. It is stipulated that wTien the parties thereto disagree the points in dispute shall be submitted to arbitration. arbi-tration. This is the best thing that can now be done to put a stop at once to impertinent controversies." |