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Show xraiv.i m:tt iiidiiii.k. The announcemeat that 1'orto llloo la all pnihablllty will loin Cuba lo Ilu ntiirraitloa agalntt rtpilj la now mida. Ii appeire to ba lha next nam, bernf Ihe great pro; rim prepared by Ihe leadnra af Ibe Cuban revolution, and that It la aout to be carried out provn beyoaJ a tlouht lhat tbe Cuban riling io far hia tuen auooewful, not-wllhdaadlng not-wllhdaadlng all oltloial reiorli to Ihe ouulrary. Tba Iniurgenta oimmenoad their Iruggle wllb Ill-drilled and badly iutped aoldlere, without money and aloiuit without modern arm. They bad ao orgaalaallon to apiak of aud ao reaouroia, aud yet Ibey have held on I agalnil Ihe army of tb mother-oountry mother-oountry and gained ground tnob by Inob. They bave foroed Hpala to aend reluforcementa repeatedly until the army at home haa beoome ao reduoid aa to threaten Ibe aafety of tbe couulry, aad ta borrow mllllona In order to carry on tha war. And now with tbe faol demonilraled Ibal a handful of patriot! oan bold Ibelrown In lb apparently uuiqual atruggle, another dependency la about to rite and atrlk n blow for tha common caute. liluokaei If It would be good policy for Hualn le give ap ber Weil lu ilau powenliaa aa gracefully aa poa-elblo. poa-elblo. I'.rto It oo la a Hill lilaod, one of tba Ureal Aatlllee, about a hundred mllee from aail lo weat and forty mllea frum north le aouth. lie area la not quite 4.0UU iquare mllee, and It baa a population af btlajem tlx and aeven hundred tbouwad. It la ona of Iba moil healthy anJ fertile of Ibe Weil Indian lilaode, and would uodoubted. ly uader a ralloaal government be. cornea comparatively wealthy oouatry. Iba grlevaooe of Ibe people ere almllar la tboa of tbe Cubani, marly all Ihe reiourcia of tha liland belag monopoliaed by foreigner!, while Iba native er kept In poverty and a alale of lubjugelton. |