Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — OUR CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN. [ARTICLE]

OUR CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN.

Counter Claims Against Us Which Spain Will Present. There are being laid before the treasury officials by the Spanish legation a formidable list of what Spain claims to be violations of the neutrality laws, most of them being founded on filibustering operations from this country. The Spanish Minister is keeping close watch on the claims being laid before the State Department for damages to American citizens in Cuba, and. will be prepared when the claims are presented to offset them with counter claims, based on the damage to Spain caused by the outfitting of filibustering expeditions in this country. The claims of Americans for damages, already filed, amount to over $12,000,000, but Spain will present a damage roll even larger than this.