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Gen. Jordan on the Cnban Situation

Secretary Fish last week upon Cuban
affairs was altogether pleasant
Though informal, there was n GOOD
deal Of conversation relative to tho re.
sources of the insurgents and the
course pursued by tho United States
| government. General Jordan is to
SOC tho Secretary again upon tho sub.
jcct. The recent proclamation of De
Rodas, Captain-Goneral of Cuba, de.
claring FREQ tho slaves of the insur-
gents, is characterized by General
Jordan as nero Jrutum .fulnaen, as
these very slaves have already been
freed both by their masters and by
their masters and by tho Cuban gov
ernmcnt. Tho Cubans, according to
General Jordan, have very complete
civil government, organized in all its
departments. a coast guard Of Gu.
bans observes all arrivals and depart
urcs, and mono can come in Or go out
without being known. The General
has tho fullest faith in tho final sue
cess Of the Cuban cause, and cites the
fact that no Spanish "A Amcrican revolt
cd colony has ever been suhiugatcd
by Spain. The principal difficulty is
! III the matter Of arms, tho number Of
these being very limited. The British
government has, for purposes Of its
own, issued careful Instructions to all
its colonial authorities not to permit.
any shipment OF arms to the Cubans.
" Mhcncvcr there arc arms ready to be
supplied to tho Cuban General Jor-
dan declares that tho revolution at
once breaks out. The steamer Upton,
which sailed lately with 20O or 800
Cubans, has, by this time, received on
the high seas supply Of 5000 arms
to be landed Oh the island. Many Of
the negroes and Chinese, Of whose
fighting qualities General Jordan
speaks very highly, arc armed solely
, with tho mrchct, Il short sword man
uiacturcd in Hartford, Conn, and
with this weapon they arc very effect
| i've in close combat. There arc
10000 coolies in Cuba, and all arc
ready to cinhratc the Cuban cause.
LII RESPECT to food there is no difficult
ty. The supply Of beef is excellent
and ncXhaustiLlc. The hogs arc
equal to tho best Am ,rican animal,
and arc plentiful. There arc also
enough Of fowls to make an impor-
| tant clements Of food. Tho iusur-
! gents arc destitute Of coffee, the plan
tations being all in tho western part
OF the island. General Jordan says
tho destruction Of property in the
theatre OF war has already been very
great. Many plantations havo been
totally destroyed. Tho revenue oi
the Spanish government in carrying
on the war is derived from tho sugar
and coffee plantations, which arc
worked by slaves against their own
will, and often against that of their
masters. Spanish garrisons. are ..cm,
ploycd 20 guard and enforce this Ia
Dor of the slaves, thus used to defeat
their own emancipation. Among the
various Spanish generals and officials
General Jordan regards Valmascda us
must the ablcst, though tho most
cruel and fcrocious, of them all. Ac
cording to General Jordan tho late
wintcr campaign, on which Spain ex
pended so much money and resources
resulted in total loss to the Cuban:
of one Or two hundred men. As fol
the surrcndcrs Of which so much i.
said by the Havanna press, Genera
Jordan says they are oil bosh; tha
there are no capitulations by persons
Of influence or value to tho Cubar
cause, and that those persons who
take tho amnesty are persons living
under tho Immediate control of {
Spanish fort, and too poor and help
loss to remove. General Jordon gives
q very gloomy picture Of the atroci
ties practised upon prisoners Wash
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