The herald., 1895-12-16
THE INSURGENTS ATTITUDE
As Set Forth by Senior de
Cuesada .
ANSWERING GAN AMERICAN"
A Campaign Of Palsehood by the Span
ish Warriors
Either the Spanish Army Is Very Poor or the
Whole Soul Of Cuba ID
Aroused
ANSWERING GAN AMERICAN"
Associated Press Special Wire.


and claims of the Cubans are set forth in a
statement given out today by Senior Con-
zales de Quesada, the secretary of the Gu
ban delegation in the United States. It is
in answer to pamphlet signed ''Au Amer
ican," which has been widely circulated in
this country. Senior Quesada pictures al
legged Spanish cruelties, gives an official
estimate of $4,000 revolutionists in the
field and invites Spanish advocates to de-
bate. He continues: VA
"a document circulated by the Spanish
representatives through their paid medium
of the bureau established in New York and
simply subscribed AN American,' can carry
no weight before public opinion of this
country.
THE phrases put in complimentary to
this country, to pat Americans on the
back are not sufficient to mark the Span
ish sources which inspired and paid for
this anonymous attack.
I'VE cannot fail to suggest that il the
newspapers in this country have not been
able to obtain exact news, it has been be-
cause the cable and the mail have been in
the hands exclusively of. and tampered
with by the Spanish authorities who would
not allow any matter to go through but
what was favorable to the government.
Did Martinez de Campos give the order or
not that all foreign correspondents should
not 90 into the Cuban ranks, and threaten
to shoot them Immediately if they diso-
beyed?
He calls attention to the American cor
respondents, Woodward and Reno, and all
other who have refused to sell American
manhood and dishonor their calling by
falsifying reports of battles or concealing
the horrible atrocities committed by the
Spanish.
"There has been no absence of present.
ment of the Spanish side, yet Americans
do not know how a man could be killed
and identified, as Maceo was, and then
five months later defeat the Spanish at
Vaienjuela; and again, three months after
WarS wa the terrible yas SGdon ho Of
been the outcome of the surrender of Rabi,
Rego and a host of others; fabrications
that were given out to discourage Cubans
or influence, if possible, legislation in this
couutry, as was done before the presidents
message, when It was wired that the Cuban
cause. had dreceived a death.blow; @ cam
pAt 1xlsshood which wilt be- renewed
when co4t4ess meets? The Spanish have
not admitV b single defeat, and yet the
Cubans have armed their men with rifles
used only by the government. The gov
ernment has killed, according to their off.
cial count. more men already than they
admit we have in the field; yet we hear of
transports bringing thousands of unfortu-
nate recruits to fight for topplng mon
archy in America. Spain ever loses but
the last battle, as she will lose in Cuba.
If the truth is not known. it is Spain's
fault. Let her welcome fearless and in
corruptible American journalists to Cuba
and give them facilities; let her ask the
press of this country to name a committee
of investigation, otherwise it will look as il
she was afraid of the power of the Ameri-
can press.
MI. T. H~l1 =
$4,000 men. She has a population of
1,5OO,OOO; of course about half are
women, leaving 100000 males, and fully
100000 able bodied, among them. This
is wonderful proportion. and shows an
almost unanimous feeling for the revolu-
ton. Cuban patriots are today called the
same names that the Spanish-American
heroes Bolivar and Bucre were. The ma
jority is in favor of war. If not, how is it
that the whole Spanish army has not been
able to crush this band of desperadoes,
and more than 80 generals and God knows
how many officers are chasing this band of
Rob Roys without success. Either the
Spanish army is very poor end her leaders
unworthy of their trust, or it is the whole
soul of Cuba which is aroused. Let the
world decf1e. The predictions made in
February that all would be settled within
10 weeks is becoming a monstrous repiti-
ton, not borne out by subsequent events.
ue 6X-uldVtltllS OI Otstlt6 l<uCtas OUT pCeSI.
dent, mas one of the highest titles in Cuba.
Masso, the vice-president, is admittedly
man of integrity and of means. But this
attacking pamphlet fails to mention Ra-
fael Portuondo, the secretary of foreign
affairs, a most distinQ uished lawyer of high
social rank; DR.. rernun Valdez Domin-
guez, the sub-secretary, noted physician,
a victim of the cruelties of the SpaI6arls,
when they shot tho eight innocent students
of medicine, butchered to please the
Spanish rabble. Yet these are attacked as
outcasts, bandits, refugees and ignorant
outlaws.
To-day there are more colonels in the
Cuban army who were leaders of the all-
tonomist party before the war than in the
junta central. The Cubans are oppressed;
if not, it would not be necessary to keep
in the island standing army larger than
the one in the United States, which has
sSty times It's at 'h.,r They th are tax
the Golfers of Spain.''