Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-19
REVOLUTION In CUBA.
Evidently Not a Holiday Affair
Rebels UnquestiOnably Mean
Business.
Spanish Warship that Fired on "Old
Glory" Identified-No Response to
Gresham's Ultimatum.

from a special to the Florida Citizen
from Key West say:
With Marti, Gomez and Collaz in the
east; with the insurrectionists already in
possession of the Vylet Abajado district
of Cuba, Spain is confronted by turbu-
lence which she knows from experience
must result in the death of many faithful
sub jects and the loss of large treasure.
The forces now at work have been gath
ering strength twenty-fiv years. On the
defeat of the rising of 1868 the insur-
gents fed from the island and made their
homes in the United States and Spanish
speaking republics of South and Central
America. In these homes of exile revo-
lutionary funds were opened and regular
contributions were made, until in New
York alone $3,6OOOO0 was on hand, and
the cigarmakers of Tampa and Key West
were pouring into the fund at the time of
hostilities $4,000 day.
Joseph Marti, with his chief residence
in New York, was head and front of the
secret operations. Marti's plan was
primarily to get some small, fast steam
vessels for transport to Cuba. The ris-
ing was to be in several places at once,
and emissaries in Spain, PHILIPPINES
and Porto Rico were to incits insurrec-
tion. The failure of
BoRDENs EXPEDITION
delayed the beginning of the hostilities
several weeks. The La Condo, which is
one of the fastest vessels in the country
and whose speed caused Borden to char
ter her, was to cruise in Cuban waters
and to occasionally slip into the island
Cuban leader or company of recruits
from Porto Rico, sail to Domingo, Hayti,
Jamaica, Venezuela, or where clubs of
Cuban revolutionists of from $50 to 200
members each had been formed, and who
stood ready to 20 to take up arms against
Spain.
The day set by Marti for the revolu-
tion to break forth was February %,
Washington's birthday, and all arrange
ments were made to that end, but the
failure on Borden's part of the program
knocked all other plans out of line, for
besides destroying Simultaneous acuion it
prevented the landing in Cuba of at least
dozen important leaders and the lowest
estimate 5000 men.
The fighting so far has been done under
Henry Rrook. too ahla looao,s O.. na
ia already at hand and NAT; is therinn
force. and n ia ba1;oved tbat ~ o.. e
the revolution il 10 be nnfnrled 0hns+iu s Is
in. full view of Havana whoro tha 49,,
struggle is expected to take place. BY
that time every effort will be made by
Cubans to have all their forces at hand.
has been desi0natad n. tha niooa tor 49,
final Organization of the rannhl;c and The
formation Of democratic form Of oov.
erpment if the revolution .nccaeds s
Wasbinpton.-Thera ia M douht ,horo
ia a feeling among the rsnaroI naos.aa ~
the neonla of tha I1n;taa Stota. tau"n.,,Ia
to a war. m. admin;strotion !, amans
Of this. The naonla ara Mt ra,+;on,a. "H
which eonntrv tha T1n;ted STAT. ,,s;na.
engage in a FIGHT. This feei;nn ;s nnt
confined to the thonchtleas and inv
different. II ia entartainsd hn to h,ai
ness element of The conntry Tba "a.
m1nistration has fraonantlv Noon mado
forciblv aware of this fors;e,n Wv.
wonld man a nav national dabt - w.
narnetnation of tha n.t;onaI hau,,;as.
eVat0m for fiftv veara "a ono of lie ;roi
- ~ ovolauu au,4iniS'raVioh ID
danger whatsoever of war being levied
thoughtlessly or recklessly.
There is no doubt, though, that If the
present administration were to embark
in the business of annexinp territory It
would be apt to look with more fayora-
BILE eyes on Cuba than elsewhere, A de.
sire to annex Cuba has bean traditiona,
almost with the Dem ocratic party. Three
times the United States tried to purchase
the island; 40 years ago this government
hnt tha affsr do wos Jeo,;n.5 W. p'4n 'or ouo"'
Thars or. ,.rna Amar;a. ;4 =
cnha onS tha owna.. -. IT, nOe..s.o ;ra ~
would nndonhtsJln ds.;.. % th.t 49, .n'o.ss ;",s"5
sL,, 1o oAe' vno iSianu