, 1870-05-10

stopped, cut ont his oatraus with msehsss,
and then hlled tho ezvttt With hard su81E ne
maple -sugsr. Thelr fnrtmes we're Of ths
Eost Rru&esque and hideous character.
:. Reporter. Have they respected fenalM7
General Jordan. They have fired into
nIncea whore women and children were known
Repester. Otherwise, did they malt1eAs
General Jordm- have heard OF no .csses
who're they out1sged, Tomen q, but hey sse lear
complaints and 1t work They lave nayar
permitted prisoner Of xar TO escape- -Quess~
dA made osertures 10 one Of the Spania1ds to
stop this bloody treatment, bnt be replied in
bultinely that he could only discuss rnastezs
With him by bu11e&s~
Reporter. What have the Cuhans done With
their prisoners?
General Jordan. The cocsnon soldiers they
have spared. The officers they have shot !
have opposed this execution Of officers, d
though believe it pesfectly tustifiable as y
ed. General Jordan then denied the
| various charges made aeHnat himself
which hzd been teleg1aphsl from Ha-
| vanal sAragca respect lqnaey. bat I
know Of = caso v here Poor sello. from Baton
he IN away from rs to tho spAni.zda. He
| vas t.ken By them and ahot- They Published
his dizzy; it was nothing but the rawlings Of
| I0n4tic. They had this evidence of his luna-
y. Ihey shot him: u. i rs horrible. Bas
sud custom to kill their prisoners.
! Reporter. How do you fight?
GcneraI Jordan TIE cubsns favcr guerilla
fighting. They say that every Spauish colony
his gained its independence BY weA15tns out
suppose they can do it. Their country is Pc
cuii4rly fayo1ah]s to ther1- I do not hke tlsas
lind Of lighting. It would take al my Efe
time. II We have but aIEns we can beat the
les. but It i disgzaeeful that the United
States shorld permit IN american nation to .bt
elaughtercl By guns bought from Nsiaa1
lane house. -. .
Raporter. Gnnmal. what aza the chszres o
sucreea "a they seem 70 you2
Genera1Jordan- Certainly no worsn to-ds,
than they were \ year agoi believe better
The issuo Of tho last campaign has nnt oael
against II: II ve can get Arms II "h conl
fight Spain even On the unequal terms WING
equality in the eyes Of the government "oui
still p!aee us on we could whip them
Reporter What is your forec7 What
that Of 6pain7 Whit are its resources
Genarnl Jorlan. Ours I decline to tel
Spain h.s sons ,ooo regular but not act,s
hut not active. for this reason !: they aro On
ployed as gaHEsons over the plantations.
! Is from Cuba that Spain derives hentesouect
: to carry on this war. and these are not fro
| ta1ea or unpoftss put 1Eou1 hcIuA1 pIoduc
} They thcrefpfe require these garxisons to tai
charge OF them, o. about two-sblds Of the
regular force. Their effective forco is We
small.
} Reporter What are the volunteers good TO
General JoraAn. Little, except Is garrison
o The whole is disa1fectel. Our plan Is to pla
q arms for hundred men in any place, and it
J, Immediately in revolution. From near Col
!. our bands, contested o} course By tho Spa
8 iards. Their feet is heavy expense q;
!, almost uaeless. Their gunboats, Of which
they aro afraid to fire thei. guns This
q know, they arc seldom aeen on the coast.
General Jordan, while explaining sorno
:, the geography Of tho Island, brought do
Q what he nightly called "histo1ic map OF t
q ever-faithf4l isle" It had been in tho poes,
is aion Of Narcisso Lopez in his famous q
l. fatal expedition to the Western portion Of
9. island,