The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-25

the Government had no oficid IN formation Of any
war existing in Cuba. To show the
UTTER DISREGARD OF TRUTH
and the Inconsistency Of our gifted President l TAX
the following extract from letter written by sec
retory Fish to Senior Lopez Roberts, the spanish
minister at this city !, L dated "WasningSiton}
ENecu Document OF the Senate No. Z, and reads
as follows:
THE civil war in Cuba has continued for rear:
have been sacpneod, and the resu IL stu ~ "a, pone
d Ss yf n Witch IN ie sSo acton Of spain
aud determined her 70 act upon the occurrence 3i
from its date"
Thi- extract, which the Prcaldont dare not contra:
Dict shows the condition Of Affairs to be inst what
have claimed, so far as Cuban matters have been
concerned. But the action Of Mr.. Fish, the sccre-
,ary Of STATE and that of the President are IN trnge
contrast with their words In the last clause OF this
article, page IS OF the document our Secretary says
r. n has SycTSl ,cse,s
hom Mr.. Roberts, which Information proved to be
totally unfOundcd.'
The position in which such :, admission .pl.ees
President and the Secretary Of state Is truly pitt
abe, not 10 say contemplate still the President IN
his message encourages Spain, while he KNOWS and
says through his Secretary that the Spanish Minister
has lied to him.
TVS CUBAN pArRror's CAPITAL.
. As TO the capital Of the Cuban insurgents
the facts are about as follows: IN the beginning OF
1sG0 they evacuated and destroyed tue city OF Bay
nmo, and removed ~ their Increasing strength per-
mittcd to n point stratepicaly ana pohtically more
desirable. II onlv about one-third the distance
from BayamO to Puerto Principe. the second city ON
the island. or to Nueytas, tao chie port OF that part
of It, Here they established themselves At Guai-
marc, Sibanlcu, and Najassa In region on
the centre of the base OF a triangle formed bN
Puerto Principe, Nuevitas, and Las Tunas.
At Guamarc their convention and first con.
gress were held, their constitution formed and
their government framed early In April, 1869. But
Sibancu, few miles to the northwest, being
more dCionsible and convenient. aud NlJassa, niue
further west being si stronger position, the seat
latter places. But the occupation OF these places ny
the Spanards would have been In no wise more de-
cisve Of tie contest than our abandonment OF Ian
caster, York, and ANNAPOLIS, TO which have III
ready alluded The Spauiurds made desperate ef
tort TO capture them Three colunns-thc folds Of
them from Nucvitas, Puerto Principe, and Santiago
de Cuba, and In anticipation of triumphant
victory, The Captain General declared the nsurrec
ton ended. When the great movcmt nj was made II
ing 20 move without ruGnforcemcnis, remained
quietly at Santiago lie Cuba, proclaimed the island
pached, and presided over public reiocings.
For an object Spain had 50 much nj
heart, u appear, notwithstanding tue one hun
dred aud ten thousand to one hundred and
twenty thousand volunteers and regulars she has had
uron the island fol the last sAte months sac can
not concentrate more than eight thousand men and
twenty-five guns. But this may be under, TODD. when
tic island i CgM hundred miles long, that twenty
thousand men must lie kent In Havana and vicinity
and twenty thousand in the Cmco villages to keep
the patriots in check that the volunteers will rarclI
take the field, and that Spanish rCnernl gives the
mortality OF the regulars at itCen per cent. month
In garrison. aud sometimes live per cent day IN
the bcld j. IL not far 10. conclude that this war
would b. over, nearly over, II Spain did not iud
bHris OF operations, Of arsenals dock yards anu
rcpresslyc police IN the | nited states