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their hiding places In The mountains ant! notals.

their hiding places IN the mountains and woe"ls
HEs, rtMPu-' t4'lEMa@.
The i,rcsent military operations cGHstsfci IN
hunting 'ltwn these haiids. viii, this uhicrt
ttrn. AtaTtlllcz ta1ntn,s, whn Ia nun nf great
energy nn'! bravery. bla t.Istlc't bis arnsy i't"
'H!lenltls ~ twenty tncn carlr. From s1llH yolt
an Judge it"w pnwer,ss the inSnrrrstH'1 II
wncn toln,nnn u twenty men can tn4rei, a,uut
l'c country III ta(ctr. II thr insnrrrcth'n wcre
WnclHtHi IN nftlcr to FtM,w his trNps MI tx
h'nnlc tue Hcncra'-3n'Cl,Icf moycs fr.,tIt paint
I" point rhrtnIlsn lIlc r,,lntry With only an cs@
soft Ut twenty cavalry soldiers.
Tie chief 'l,ificufty ,ar trn,ps have to c.l.
rntihtcr Is ihc ,inhcallhau!ness vi t;c climate.
Perhaps M}0lD men arc on taIr @ltk.ll.t. Ruler-
ing chcay trnm fevcrs. hare bern told ny
army atliccrs Tint tho embarrassment arising
lion, tins casc cnii.tantly hampers tlr military
operations. Il cnnmn, eny, Of 100 tien, starts
u,lt OH an cxpeJtttn'. rlte sners accomplish
the tsrst s!ay's march without apparent suffer-
nE "r fatigue, but III the t',arnjng, when
tic roll IS cnE!c, huntlrctl tncn arr suvn with
tcver ntMt tnaf,le IL es'1li the tnarvl Tl.rss
nlrn have tiInst tn lie kcnt 6ack with strong
quart to pratrct tl'ctn, 70 t',at one 'lay tn ta
held 1s s,lillrc.l t reduce the strength q tho
cullinln atle.llaff TlMse fcvcrs 10 not Kill the
men, like the vato, hit they render t:rcn, all,.
1T for service. THIS tEa4 eei, olrc uf our chief
ora r,y Is constantly ID hospital or covalesc-
,ME IL tile towns.
Currt tsr,ucnt-Wuuf,l Il not t,u possible for
tue Spanish tinrernmtt.t ~ tHiiutndc trraty
III commerce with tho Cntcu atatts without
waiting Tor the r,,1'rfusionu uf this Cuban wast
THEraRtSn 4 TREATY.
A[iniftcr OF State-I lIlye already sent lrcc-
tHuus t., our M,,lIhtcr at Washington tn prepare
u matter Of yonst'crn'ic Importance, an1
requires study In t'reF that tbs thtcrcsta
III ltic PcsMi,>'llar mny uot tl!Eer. We viii
hare to cxalnin. the tatilfs, nnd mlst Frtecc'l
sin~k to OUR commerce. 1licre wuud hc M
,t'ilit ulty Ht,Jt nsnk.ng tscaty uf coIt,Dierrc
fur the l'cniBsuiur stniilar ~ tlh,so Me have
u,atr with at,cr Powers, anil for t,r co'otlles of
tnc Philippines tltU Isigu. aItd tulya bul}se-
| qlicnt treaty .,,ut,i be arranged.
DtpficELTlts IN Tile Way
CurrcsDul,trnt-f1n We ure chiefly Interested
| In obtaining greater iatllit;cs To tfadc Will
| products Of tho Island.
al.i,tstrr ui ot.,.c--4su doubt treaty u co1n-
mcrcc which wouli fac!lltatc the cavhangy OF
Cuban nru American psHltcta wuulI cunltr
would lnilkc their millions, but ~, aIs,, would
Tic SMt1iurll@, because tuh.nsrrlp Is not Wholly
fur ta benefit of one tmrtyi both stiles mike
prot. There urr, l,uwesrr, sGfiu,Is difficulties
us to accur,i a!l that America .irInAt',i'. We
ran, however, llNttiy considerably existing.
laws su rs 10 confer considerable advantage ~
American merchants. Where Il rcuurtoil OF
1 10 NJ likAt lG " AStOu tCtl =
but uclOro anything ts uI,uerlakc,l vt Will hayu
| carefully 10 examine the proposed cilan.cs, So
liz lo be ccstai,, TINT they *lAil not destroy IN
tcFests Wliirh haYo nrfZht iu protection.
| APRAlD ur AMERICAN AuHilEssI0N.
III niuking u trtaty vi tplnnlereu u[TcetFng
| Cuba We ilAru 10 conGat q popular belief t!iat
tue United atates cnlcrtnins hostile tcellnEs to-
| ward Spanish dUInlflntnn III thut Island. Ni,es,
facilitating of commercial intercourse h.
twccn Tire UhitCa Stnics aud tge Antilles, W,
nre met with tho warning t., be careful lest
by increasing tho Inter. tutsc with tho Anlerf.
1or a,uexatTon. Cunl.l Tile Spanish pcopu
bc convinced that tlIe poup'c and uOycrlllieht
oi tic Gnitctl btatcs hnl usAn.lulletl ail ueslre
ior tbs annexatlun vi Cnt,n, D.. YIN assure ,lc
| rs ,rllninercIai relations would bu comparatively
cAay. II tue public could bu eufvtt etl TINT Yu
| uniy wanleu tu tfauu with Cubl uilu l.a1 del
lnitcly abandoned ull tluught ui territullal ~
way wulilll Disappear. Fur ntIHcll, c4lilut III
tirr1taftl why tic United Stalcs aouu covrI
Cuba. It Stems 10 ms they l'ossess MI tho ter
Titury they ra' possibly wiilt.
| E1rlSCriUN or sLArEHr.
II sllauld 10 now VI! thu r'sser u come to 8
friendly understanding, lrrausc tho nlnyrr,
question, whel, eauscl 80 much controversy, !:
t;ow practically suttcd. Slavery may be s4al y
slaves III tie lsaald, but tl,cY Arr rupltlly uia
appearing, und regret 10 suy that III
they disappear lllu wtai ol the cot,l
Try a[lIti'lssncs. All who aro horn f!oN
tu thu island aru fret, anl In a few
years all the slaves will hhY0 il.uppcnrrl I'm
fortunately tic clinlatu will nut allow xltIls
tncn to Take tllttr plact,-at lcost not III thl
canc i1eltla. The TOBACCO culture. perhaps. ca,
bu carried on by Willis men, but iuc nrIncipu
su,lrco Of weultll IL tue sugar eult;lrr. fAt
question Of obtaining labarrrs is, therefore
u pressing aud important one. nc ar: CT
wnich will aIluw t9 Importation Ut cuu.tcs, bu
tue geAt difficulty III their 10 tiIe status tt
bc gwen tneu.. II ia not pt,sslbIu tu grant lllrs
people the sal,e rlahts alIu liberties which 81
cullcc4le to lucn Ut our uwn raru ur to tlcrlaans
ErgItshtieu, or Americans. Their sociul ilta
anu ttelr Scli1lon OF ~ upposcl to ours that t
10 nut pussfble to altnit them to the riiOynleu
Of the salile rights Us W. sfant 10 thu Lltv racc
But We hops to eoivo this question Ill u sat.sfac
tory nauuer.