 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waOctober 30, 1873, Virginius, ngarava inotakura zvombo nezvombo inotsigira Kupandukira kweCubauye achibhururuka mureza weU.S., akabatwa nezviremera zveSpain. Pashure pokutongwa kwokukurumidza muSantiago, Cuba, zviremera zveSpain zvakauraya nhengo 53 dzevashandi, kubatanidza vagari veAmerica neBritain. Kunyange zvazvo Sumner ainzwira tsitsi vapanduki vokuCuba uye vaya vakaurayiwa nechiremera cheRepublican cheSpain, akaramba kutsigira kupindira kwechiuto cheU.S. kana kubatanidzwa kweCuba. Musi waNovember 17, 1873, apo akawanikwa nomutori wenhau, Sumner akataura maonero ake mubvunzurudzo pamusoro pe Virginius Affair pane imwe raibhurari yomunharaunda muBoston. Sumner aidavira kuti kunyange zvazvo ngarava yacho yakanga ichibhururuka mureza weU.S., basa rechikepe racho rakanga risiri pamutemo. Sumner, uyo aipikisa kusatora rutivi kwevapanduki veCuba kweGrant Administration, aidavira kuti United States yaifanira kutsigira First Spanish Republic. Musi waNovember 28, 1873, Munyori weHurumende Hamilton Fish, uyo akabata chiitiko ichi pakati pekudanidzira kwenyika kuti hondo, akakurukura kugadzirisa rugare neMutungamiri weSpain Emilio Castelar, uye akadzivirira hondo neSpain. 