As To The Case Of Cuba

Cuba is a sweet morsol to a tri ui many American stat' smen, who would like to find some plan to raiso the American flag over the island. Probably there is more agrueinent on this point ainong Americana than on any other in which the question is acquisitlon of uew territory. Bufc there is loyalty to Spain in Cuba, and no disinelinai.ion lo boast a little of Spanish valor on the sea and land. La Union Constltntional, a se mi-official paper printed at Havana, justiiie6 the firing on the Allianca on the ground that she ran away. The article then recites the achievenients of the Spanish nnvy, andproceeds: "Let it bo known, then, that onr navy of today is the same as tliat of Lopanto, Trafalgar and Callao. It is the same that the Austrian admiral, Tegsthoff, pointed out to his officers to be imitated before ginklng the ltalian fleet at Lissa. They are oí the sume race and blood as thoso who tought and feil before San Sebastain on the ships that were unprotected; the samii who, at Pugaiugalon and Melilla, puniphed the Moors of Mendadan and KirT tot tlieir ïnsults; the same that on board the Saohez Barausta, in the Alcedo and the Santa Maria defied and conqnered the tempesta of the ocean, and the same Chat during the late naval review received universal aiimiration. "Finally, thoy are the same nien that on se;t and land are unconquerable. Ie would bo well that the United States should bear this in miad, so that the prestige of thát natlon may not suffer In the contentlons that may arise' through advonturera and traitors who make war on Spain and her noble sons; and let that nation remumber that the laws of neutrality wero made for natlona that know how to respect them." But talk like this does not sink ships and Senator Frye is evidently sorry that the question in likely to be settled withi ont the aid of powdor and ball. He said: "It Iook3 as ii Spain would make the roquired apology, and if so, all will soon be settled. I had hopod it would be otherwis nd that Spain would assume such a bel'.igerent tone thnt it would ba necessary for the United States to go over and tako possession of Cuba. We certalnly ought to have thut island in order to round up our possessions as they should bo, and if we cannot buy V I for one should like to havo an opportmiity to aequiro it hy conquost." The real cause of the uprisin iu Cuba lies In the terriflo. and wholly uujust taxation imposod upen the people. Spain is very poor and Cuba's natural resources are lari Consequently Cuba is made to suffer i hut Spain may thrive. Tlie total taxal ion that falls upon the population of 1,60!) 000 is soraethin like $39,000,000 a year. Oí thls t38,Ü)O,ÜOO is a state tax and $11, 000,000 a municipal tax for the support of the officials, the soldiers and the pólice who are in Cuba to oppress the taxpayers. There is a tax upon everything that an unholy mental activity could invent. Take it in Cien fuegos, forinstance. Through taxation alone fl mr is $)2 a barrel when it reaches the consumer. For projecting sigus in front of piucos of business the Spanish government charges at the rato of 5 cents u letter. It costs a guest tl. 35 to be allowed to tako hls departure from any hotel. Liquor is taxed so highly that the proüts, hitcli as tlioy uve, are almost eaten up. The niosc peculiar thing in the present situatiun is relativo to the taxation upon slaughtered cattle. The government cljarges so much per stab for the killing to begin with. Then they place a tax on the hide, on the liorns, on each of the four hoofs and finally on the tail.