ARMS FOR CUBA.
New York, May 11
A court-martial at Havana has sentenced to death live of the crew of the Ameiican schooner Competitor, which was seized by a Spanish gunboat for carrying arms to Cuba. Three of those under sentence are American citizens.
President Cleveland cabled to Madrid that if the men were executed without civil trial, the United States Government would regard it as an unfriendly act. The Premier, Don Canovas del Castillo, replied that the dispute must be settled in accordance with the law of treaties. It is reported that Don Canovas subsequently ordered the Havana authorities to submit the cases to the Supreme Military Court.
The New York press is indignant at the incident.
The New York World points out that the only offence the men were guilty of was that of smuggling. The American vessel Bermuda, bound to Cuba, embarked at Florida a force of 300 men and a cargo of 10,000 rides.
The Spanish Consul has protested against the departure of the vessel under these circumstances.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1263, 14 May 1896, Page 36
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