Our country in war and relations with all nationsA history of war times, and American heroes on land and sea . MARK GENERAL CORHIN. SPANISH DESPOTISM IN CUBA. ^gp by any Spanish government, and never were proposed tothose in charge of what may be termed the civil adminis-tration of the insurrection. It was said tliat rather than goon with the war, as there was nothing encouraging to theSpaniards in their mihtary operations, and all were agreed,as De Lome said, in his letter that caused his departurefrom diplomatic life, the first necessity of pacification uponany terms that could be co
Our country in war and relations with all nationsA history of war times, and American heroes on land and sea . MARK GENERAL CORHIN. SPANISH DESPOTISM IN CUBA. ^gp by any Spanish government, and never were proposed tothose in charge of what may be termed the civil adminis-tration of the insurrection. It was said tliat rather than goon with the war, as there was nothing encouraging to theSpaniards in their mihtary operations, and all were agreed,as De Lome said, in his letter that caused his departurefrom diplomatic life, the first necessity of pacification uponany terms that could be considered by Spain, was militarysuccess —in the absence of this, the alternative seemed tobe, that Spain, to avoid the utter exhaustion of her re-sources, would consent to the actual independence of theCubans, their complete possession of the government ofthe island, in case there was reserved for the Crown ofSpain a shadowy sovereignty somewhat like that the Sultan,as a matter of ceremony, holds over some of the Grecianislands, where he exercises no authority. It was assumed that it would be a part of this schemetha
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