Connecticut western news., 1895-06-13
A DASH INTO CUBA.
PATRIOTS ARE ARRANGING FOR AN
 IMPORTANT MOVE.

Ti'elr Leaders Agree That the TIme Has Com. Tor a Tremendous Enort In ths Flight For Liberty They wni Use Tor pedo Iioa,-
 JkcKsoSyiLLE, Fla, Juno LA special 10 Tho Citizen from Fernandlna says. Tho master stroke of Cuba revolutionary movement In this country will occur with. in 90 days. Tho principal leaders of this party m tho United Stntos gathered at Jacksonville two days ago but "Wednesday afternoon puiotiy shppod over here. took carriages and wont Co Ocean lloach. whore they stopped nt tho Strathmnro hotel From nn adjoining room Tho Citixon cor, respondent overheard tho whole of Che dc Alterations, which lasted until late hour.
 Tho six mon who composed ihis revolu' tlonary board wero Carlos NJ Dccespcdas Gonzalo dc Quesada, Colonel Enrique Col. laxo. Lieutenant Tomas Co,lazo and two prominent citizens of Fcrnandinn who hnyo appeared oonSpluuously before the public on former DO, nsions in connection with tho Cuban cause Tho party gathered around n largo tabio on which wore spread numerous charts of Cuba, the adjacent territory and the United States coast line From Charleston to n point far down the peninsula uf Florida
 As appeared from the conversation, most of tho expeditions heretofore had pono from Santo Domingo. but the board decided that tho next big otTort must be from the United States coast south oi Charleston, not only because of the nooos snry character md strength of the oxpedl ton. but hecauso of innumersble bays sounds and rivors In which feet could with oaro hldo or ropol a much atrongoi force.
 A fleet of light draft could Eo unno tiood through Bahama channels and then at night mako short runs for tho norfhcrn coast of Cuba whore thoro are many bays easy of access for an expedition and poorly guarded, Suuh an expedition wna recently conducted hy tho yacht Corona. which sniled from Satilln river, Georgia, few weeks ago md made n landing in A buy near Glbara
 A Great Expedition Planned.
 All this was preliminary. Then came plans, and SO far ns completed at that sit ting they woro ns follows.
 That whcreas all plans for oarryinK for. ward tho instruction had hitharto work most satisfactorily, and tho eastern hnlt of the island had rison, and the western half was fipo for rebellion, md the Span. ish opposition was growing wcoker, ow. Ing to tho terrific rayngos of yellow fever and Co disease from bad food supplied the spanish army; thoreforo now had come the time for a tremendous effort which should oarry n great expedition from the United States to Cuba
 Tho consulting board decided tho oxpe ditiun should To mndo ready at onoel thai it should sail from some point botwoen Brunswick. Ga, and Mayport, Fla. that it should bo commanded by Colonel En. rlque Collazo. tho war soarred veteran of 1868 and 1878. md that tho floot should bo guarded by threo newly built torpedo boats of tho latest pattern and of groit spood and manned by exporlenced scamon.
 Lieutenant Tomas Collnzo is to be the stan otfioer, and Colonel CollaEo's small army is Co bo recruited from tho Cubana in tho United states and pitkod up Amer. jeans of the southern states last montion. cd. Mon a.rcady collected hy Henry Brooks who is now in Now York city and who Is to accompany tho expodltlon as monibcr of Colla1o's staf, aro also to be enrolled
 F. Collazo Is to land tho expedition nt some point In tho province of Puerto Prinoipa where forocs collected by Gds~cE and Mar. l ti will cooperate Tho expedition is td land in Cuba within SO days In addition to this plan of operation the following general information was Eleaned during the deliberations; That the province of plnns dol Rio has riaen. and that tho insurgents have mode niore progress in tho pro ont rising of thres months duration than was made in sevon years commencing in isGs, that it is he. lieved that within month tho whole is- land will bo In arms for the Cuban oaus0 snd that Captain General CAmpos, com. mandinn tho Spanish forces Is esertina ovory effort to bo recalled Co Madrid be. fore tho arrival of disaster which he be. lieves sure to oYoIwholm spanish arms in Cuba very soon; moreover, that Ioeo Mar. u klll be'in Florida within the next ten days