Show I W 1 21 1 1i f A 11ni t jnh jn To A to oo IJL f Is Im Q It j Elfl MIR M ii rI r I ktv W tL I Wall A PAsonunc VIEW or TUB HAnnon OF IIVVYNA E LAI tt f SENOR ANTONIO QOVIN AUTONOMY Nil IN CUBA I g no A Statement 5u Senor I Antonio Govin SPAINS CASE PRESENTED Intere tina Interview With the Secretary of Cubas Department Depart-ment of JU ticeA Pro Spanish View A a Copyright 18931 Havana March OSnor Don Mnuel Hatael Vngulo delegate of the colonial government In Cuba Is I authority for the following statement of the alms P condition and lospects of the Autono < milt government now established In Havana The statement was made by bcnor Don Antonio dovln secretarlo de Broela y jug Me secretary of the de jartment of Justice Autonomy h is been pronounced a fall tire b > some persons who should know On the other hand Senator Morgan of Alabama a mot uncompromising Jingo Jin-go declared In the United Mates ben ate that autonomy had given freedom to the People of Cuba equal to that en Joved by the citizen of Canada As a matter of fact the people of tho United Hlatcs are not well Informed on the subject and Senor Goyln Is I anx ous that they should 1 be hr It should be remembered first of all > he said to a friend that the rev o I lutlorlst aie not now struggling against the old Spanish 1 form of government gov-ernment but agithist 1 autonomy which I has been established to give them freedom free-dom and Independence equal to that ol any of the provinces of Great Britain and to preserve Spanish protection and strict ly modlfl 1 Spanish rule J And the AIIIlcn people must not suppose he continued that autono t ly Is I merely a promise or a Proposition I on the part of Spain It Is nit > even un experiment any longer It Is actually actu-ally the only government existing In I Cuba and Is firmly established as a Permanency It Is I along step forward p In the governmental policy of Spain and t may be fairly said to be the most con leald eplcuous exam Ile ot mOIrn progress In the present are As such It will he I ap preclated by the UraltedStates when the Present unhappy conditions I of Cubu sl alt be rdueeI to Peace t i It la fine that there have hn 411 < n turhanc In lIvn hut their hlllor Jj lana ban I hen lllclously ggcrated III the enemies I of autonomy In Spain J1 and by the enemies of Spain I In the United States They were nothing more 11 than street by mloe much a Might occur In any crisis I among people as excitable I a excita-ble as Cubans iieuftn were suppressed sup-pressed without difficulty and are now It heartily condemned by public opinion C f i I In Havana The condition if peace In ll this city Is I now unalterably find and 11 the government Is working hard to give to the entire Island of Cuba an admirals ation of peace It will surely make < an end to tho operations of the Insur gents by depriving them of any ground for their plea of unjust treatment It Is 1 rapidly and surely gaining ground throughout the Island not merely In avana but In the hitherto disaffected provinces aa well 1 II cannot be denied that the coming Elections may bring complications The ixtremlsts on both sides who hate either c ht oa other more than I they hate autonomy will jot unite for the purpose of defeating eating us at the polls We know l however how-ever that they are not strong enough to overthrow up AutonolllY 10 I non too firmly stahllhod and too heartily approved i proved hI the mass of the people to be oVerthrown even hy the coalition 01 all opposing factions Title we know certainly cer-tainly though of course It Is I Impossible to tell until I after election what the real strength of the opposition may be One great difficulty we have had sail the secretary speaking with great bitterness and the most serious hindrance hin-drance In our way In trying to get the people of the United State to under rtllnd our position hay come trolll the character of the newspiper reports sent from here I by nearly all the New York corresi ndents I do not uv that they have been willful or malicious but I their report have been badly distorted Home have striven for sensationalism some have sought to Influence public opinion In their own country It Is I fair to as Pump that some have ben honest In their dolre to tell tho truth and that Ihy 1 have bn unable to discriminate etween 1 tellable and unreliable sources of new but the fact remains that their letters are mostly untruthful Our attitude 8honld not be mlun lerstool It Is I not one of hostllll to Cuba or the Cubans The mot earnest efforts of the < i lonlal government of the crown nod of the armed force are being exerted toward the restoration of pence Our warfare with the Insur gents Is not offensive but In the truest sense Is defensive of the liberties of the People I Wo have no sentiment of revenge re-venge Our first aim Is I 10 venture Pence and under I to all Cuba It Is I totally CIo to oy that there ore dissensions among JIM members 01 the Autonomlot council gI I That story has been circulated with the 01e Idea of discrediting uo The truth Is I that there Is I perfect harmony among us and that we are thoroughly non n-on all questions of policy and action The most serious roblcm that con Cront uo la presented by the lament I ble condition of tin reconcentodq The I government has Initiate 1 several 1 Im Mitunt measures looking to their relief nnl It mal be positively said that we I hall not rest for a moment > whllo the muttering continues Moreover we thoroughly thor-oughly appreciate the broad nun aulta I rlanlsm which has excited the sympathy sympa-thy of the American people on their behalf be-half It Is difficult riwever to any much about ths without appearing either heartless I on the one hand or senselessly partisan on the other Our greatest need Is that the American Amer-ican People should cease to afford old to the Insurgent In keeling up a struggle strug-gle which has entirely change I In character char-acter since the Autonomist goOrnlllent has ben I established For the ono thing to remember above all Is that they are no longer righting against Spanish rule but against their auto government of I which thOY may become a part when ivir they choose to acquiesce It Thor I Th-or I no longer one for froedolll for Spain has already given I them freedom equal to that of the Canadian people |