

ni 



H574.485 pesos were for the debt, 



aini Tirt.Ws i - for flum,,-,-, 1 h- deht h 

 aMkonedtob ..-. *:-.,.,.,... 



iH^04 



lav of sugar exporstdb) UMthat u.-. ; 

 look *..'; the total uroti 

 |.4i. Tl- .-\|-.ri "f BOUsaMI to ''- I . : 



stat^a, ;>! t. --:,-, i- 01 MM pipsaoi 



ca. The t|uaniity .>f tobacco exported 



.'?.HI balea; the number of cigars WM 



and of cigarettes the export WM 



.tokages. Two third- of th.< raw t- 



f the cigars 

 I SUtea, 



-. honey and wax. and fruits, and of 



' the total exports in 1802 WM 

 were valued ai 



.'44.880 pesos from the I 







of me*tf-t in 1 

 4 vessel* that .-nt-r.,| tho ports o 



-.. Trinidad, and NuevitM in 



BumDer 



unlMT 

 - < f Havana, 



Refortn i:.n 



-Ionic* on tho American contin.-iii ih.- 

 t have thven to -.*; i !,-:r in.l- ;.-.i(lence. 



DsHilii the -U\ inMirn-ctions 



v wars l.rokfout in 1830 

 ~**W. Toe latter was protracted te.n years 



1880 fresh di^- 



larbanoes ensued. The in slave- 



holders, who received no compensation, joined 

 the |M 



rmitfht lit- 



since then grown womc, owmt; to it. 

 ice of sugar. The fmlun- of 



treaty of rtvipmcity 



.n- th.- natural 



aggravated the evil*, and 



i markets to th<> 



( % uhan4 by th>* itiitN.,|t I.-D of hi^'h duti- uj-.ji 

 sugar, alcohol, coffee, cacao, and tobac 



and oth.-r nt..". ..f Ih.- I :..;.,! > ,-,.. and .'i 



Oosta Kica, Hondurafl Santo Domingo and 



rica, have been plan- 



i\ indeiN-i 



ni. Shut out fnun 

 iffairx, therare bur- 

 i enormous public debt and crushed 

 I Spanish protective duties. In ad- 

 98,000.000 of .*! ^ pay 



a year in municipal taxc for tho 



- 



. 



ain riches, and whose 



press them. The afloat are the spoils of 



r*l III It,,- , 



administration ha* i.--n MI tyrannical, mpaeioaa, 

 and corrupt a* to call for frnjuml in 

 nd 



mlieie, 

 hati bean ami out a* Governor General becaase 



the 



would propoee tin- gr 



the oeejino of Cuba to t h. 



vious to the American war of mrnerin 



' . . 



S|ein for $U.OOU.OUO; but t he suggestion wa 

 treated M an inult. and almost led to war i. 

 tween Spain and t: ,. When 



overtures were renewed in 1889, Sagasta said 

 ... .__ : *:.>.: .. 



the island. There are two parties among t 

 ban*, t .-a.lv to ftV 



. . . , . - i . . . - i 



through r. -. . .- . : \ . .: 

 desire home rule such M is enjoyed by the Ca- 

 nadian*. Autonomy ha* bean promised in vari- 

 ous forms, but every legislative, proposal ha* 

 failed, owing to the resistance of the patronage 



... ; [-.I ", . .- '.- . 



radical 



n-f.-rm. thr < ii*ervativt resisted. Maura, in 



1K1M. a ti a bill to 



viiu-ial councils so M to form 

 executive or state council to carry out its en- 

 half of them to be ai . th- < r-.wn and 



ill* Nil wa* lost. 



and he resigned; but later the OonservativM 

 felt compel. up the pr-.j^-t in a modi- 



fled form. IM Norember Maura WM recalled to 

 tii.- mini-try, and a new bill WM submitted to 

 the Cortes. The new plan WM not to haws a 

 i lixed parliament, but to confer on the ex- 



- m regard to commerce, communicalloaa, 



,. and the like. The 



uncil WM retained, to be 



:-d by another body having power to dav 



the colony. The project WM approved by the 



alinoMt unanimous vote of the Chamber on Fab. 



. Mwrll. It did not 



go far enough to Mtifv the Autonombu. while 

 - regarded it M nssltat 

 , f :..-!, > - - . ,-.. -. 



; ratisu regarded il M nssltss. Tea days 

 he passing of the bill a revolution broke 

 out in the inland. 



The Revolution. For two or three 

 n exiles in the Un 



.',,,;, ,. ;..._..- ...,...; ... ' . 



free Cuba, organiaad dubs, collectrd a war 

 < of war. and laid 



nlans in concert with their compatriots in Cut** 

 for a new struggle for independence. There 



three veer* 

 >pan- 



-.-.. . 



strugfto 



m ' 1 ' MfAOlaxi !>;iry . IsJDI ::. N Ml 18 " 



aml'othcr We5t India islands 



America, Tun*, 

 affiliated timler the 

 party, ready to support a 



of tho K- 



lutionary uprising 



