AMERICA AND CUBA.
THE' FILIBUSTERING " ' EXPEDITION. .
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH.
EXCITEMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES. PrtU A lion.—Electric Telegmpb. -Copyright.
New Yoek, May 11« The court-martial at Havana has sentenced to death five of the crew of the American schooner Competitor, which was seized by the Spanish gunboat for carrying arms to Cuba. Three of those under sentence are American citizens, President Cleveland has cabled to Madrid that if the men are executed without a civil trial the United States Government would regard it as an unfriendly act.
Premier Gaoovaa replied that the .ispute must be settled in accordance nth the law of treaties.
It is reported that' Senor Canovas subsequently ordered the Havana authorities to submit the cases to the Supreme Military Court. The New York press 13 indignant at the incident. The New York World points out that the only offence the men were guilty of was that of smuggling. An American vessel, Bermuda, bound to Cuba, embarked at Florida a force of 300 men and a cargo of 10,006 rifles. The Spanish Consul protested against the departure of the vessel under these circumstances. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10129, 12 May 1896, Page 5
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