Peace in Cuba | AdventAI

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 28, 1878

Peace in Cuba.

The sudden and surprising end of the Cuban rebellion by methods of conciliation and the voluntary surrender of the insurgent forces which Spain has been vainly attempting for nearly ten years to subdue by arms is an event of great interest to Cuba, to Spain and to the United States, and an event which will attract more or less attention throughout the civilized world. The long period through which this stubborn insurrection has extended has been one of the most remarkable and changeful eras in the history of Spain. The Cuban revolt broke out soon after the flight of Queen Isabella, in 1868, the insurgents having hoped to profit by the crippling disturbances in Spain. If ever a colonial revolt was favored by the troubled and distracted condition of the mother country the Cuban revolt was so favored beyond all former examples. Within its first seven years Spain passed in rapid and almost bewildering succession from a provincial government under Serrano and Prim to a new monarchy under Amadeus; from the stormy reign and early abdication of Amadeus to the Republic, first under Margall, then under Salmern, then under Castelar—these three unsuccessful presidents following one another within a period of three months, and Castelar himself remaining in office only four months, when a new ministry was formed under the presidency of Serrano; from that fitful Republic back again to monarchy under the present king, Alfonso.—N. Y. Herald.