The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-26
A Feeling Among the People Favorable to
Annexation to the United States
The Commerce of Cuba.
The Republicans Of Spain Charged
with Assisting General AguerO.
RumOr that KhartOum Has Fallen and tha
General Gordon Is PrisOner-Why
the Pope viii Not Leave Rome.
THE CUBAN REBELLION.



Parties in Cuba-A Brave Leader-The Trade
of the Island.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
MATANZAs April 17.-Rebellion has agaiN
broken out in Cuba, and it's success depends en-
tirely upon the wealth of the revolutionists
But, unfortunately they are poor and no such
supplies of arms and ammunition as they OBJ
tanned in 1857 can be hoped for by them. On
the I'd of this month Gen. Carlos Aguero. with
thirty wellarmed followers, left Key West in
the steamer Shoters, and on the Sd landed near
Cardenas, Cuba, where they were received by
numerous friends, and the band proceeded to the
mountains in the interior. They were pursued
by several thousand government troops-mostly
Cuban volunteers-but held their own repulsing
an attempt to flank and capture them near Cali
mete where they burned train. All the gov
ernment troops and volunteers in the island ars
under arms, and great feeling of discomfort
prevails.
There are three parties in the island. The
monarchical, the republican and the independ-
ent, The two first are against the independence
of Cuba; they advocates of slavery and de-
sire the protection of the mother country. The
latter party favors the freedom of the slaves,
and the independence of the island The war
for liberty was raised in Yara, October 10,
1868, and for six years a bloody struggle went
on, until compromise was effected, and thou
sands of the natives were driven into exile
mostly to the United States. There they formed
apatriotic society-under the leadership of Gen
eral C. Aguero, Emilio Nuuez and others who
had fought to the last-and established paper
called La Independencia This society furnishes
information and means to Cuban patriots, and
bythe circulation of its paper through the island
endeavors to cultivate a spirit of liberty, and
holds out the hope of annexation to the United
States.
A few weeks ago General E. Nunez left New
York in the schooner c. Haloran, for Sagun la
Grande. He was shipped as a deck hand and
dressed in sailor clothing. But the Spanish spies
got wind of it, and when the Halloran entered
Sagun harbor gunboat came alongside and its
captain attempted to board the schooner But
the captain of the Haoran equal to the oc-
casion. He ran up to the American flag, drewa
revolver and told the naval gentleman that he
could not search his ship while the stars and
stripes hoated and he was alive to defend it, The
Spanish captain thereupon applied to the Ameri-
can consul at Sagun and together they went
board the Halloran, accompanied by an of
icer of the law with writ for the arrest Of
Nunez. Nunez was standing by the mainmas
in his shirt sleeves when they came on board
Throwing the cigar he was smoking over the
side, he stepped br.sklyup to the Spanish captain,
and shaking his finger in his face, said;
"You wanted to steal me off
this schooner did youY Well, I want
you to understand that am an American citizen,
under the American flag, and can whip you and
your whole cowardly crew of cut-throats if YOU
come one or two at time" The American con
sui then stated that writs were there for him
and advised him to give himself up, promising
him protection, etc, He was then taken to
Havana, tried and a few days ago was released,
as he was an American citizen entering Spanish
port without arms or munitions of war, and no
hostile intent could be proved The expedition
of Aguero followed, and perhaps by this time
Nunez has joined him with reinforcements
But rebellion seems hopeless unless some
foreign nation, the United States, for instance,
interferes and she is at present trying to placate
Spain Three of our war vessels are now cruis.
ing on the north side of Cuba-the Vandalia, the
Swatara and the Yantic, and the revenue cutters
Dix and Boutwell, are searching the coasts Of
Florida and Georgia to prevent the escape of
vessels with arms or supplies, Railroads run
now to nearly all the principal towns of the
island, and thus troops can be moved rapidly
from one point to another, advantage the
government did not possess in the last rebellion
The feeling of the people generally is toward an.
nexaton to the United States but the slave
holders feel that this cannot be done without loss
to them. If they felt assured of recompense fol
their slaves, nine tenths of the people would be
in favor of becoming Americans And
under government the advantages to
our people would more than repay this
amount. To look at the Havana papers it seems
that the whole world is seeking the Cuban trade
There you will see English, French, German and
Spanish advertisements, cuts of portable rail
roads made by Krupp, John Fowler & Co. and
Decanville. Yesterday there lay in the harbor
of Havana, l6 steamships, 2S sailing ships and
barks. II briggs and brgantines, and a score OF
schooners, all foreign. besides the coastins
steamers and craft of the island. This shows
an enormous trade. Today in Matanzas there
are five steamers and % sailing vessels Cuba
is wonderfully fertile island and if Yankee
enterprise and genius were thrown into it
would astonish the world with its productive
ness 1t belongs to us by its situation, as in
fact do all the West India islands and it is but
a question of time when we will take then Il
der our wing.
Spanish Assistance for AguerO.
To the Western Associated Press,
MADRID. April 25.--Whle Agueros Do