Evening star., 1895-04-25
Minister de LONE Confident of Its
Suppression.
REBELS ESTIMATED at FOUR RTHOUSAND
Spain to Send $4,000 Troops Be-
fore May !.
TO TARRY IN NEW YORK

NG" iO1h' april 2o-Senor Dupuy de
LONE, the new Spanish minister to the
United Statesr was interviewed by an Asso-
ctated Press reporter today on board the
revenue cutter which brought him up from
| quarantine.
Senor de LONE spoke Of the lack of inter-
| est in the Cuban insurrection, which he OBJ
served during his stay in Havana, which
place he visited en- route hither, and also
| OF the exaggerated reports sent out from
the Island concerning the progress Of the
| insurrection; AMI he expressed his convic-
tiers of the speedy extinction of the revolt.
''The arrival of Gen. Martinez Campos in
Cuba" the Spanish minister said, brought
| a feeling of security to the people and an
assurance that the insurrectionists will be
| speedily suppressed 1t is needless for me
| to repeat the statements that have been
made SO often of the greatly exaggerated
stories sent out by the newspaper cor
res espondents. I must say that the reports
of the Associated Press are the most truth
ful OF the statements cabled from Cuba.
The newspaper correspondents have made
NE say and do all manner of things from
| time OF my arrival at Cuba of which / am
not aware of saying or doing. A New York
paper published long interview with me,
| In which was quoted as making number
| of very positive and unpleasant statements
about the American press. As matter Of
fact, never said a word to a reporter of
that paper nor indeed, to a reporter Of
any paper printed in English on such sub
| ject.
My mission to America is to talk poll
tics to the authorities at Washington. AS
| for the matter Of the firing upon the
steamer Alliance l have nothing to say. 1t
| is matter that seems already to have been
satisfactorily settled. / must say, however,
| that 1 think it would have been wiser for
| the captain of the Alliance to have stopped
when he was requested. and then sought
| for indemnity afterward.
No Doubt of InsurEents' Fate.
Concerning Gen. Campos. and his pro-
posed plans, I think it is worthy of note. as
| characteristic of the excellent soldier
| and tactician that he is. how little he has
| said since his arrival in Cuba The general
| is a most loyal and patriotic man, one who
has nothing to gain by the present cam
paign. 1t is mis- policy to be as lenient as
possible with the insurrectionists. except
in the case of the leaders. These will be
most severely dealt with. The govern
ment proposes to send to Cuba twenty-four
thousand men in all before the 1st of May.
With this force there can be no doubt to
the fate of the insurrectfonists. Gen.
Campos has with him two Of his sons.
Miguel. the Marquis of Bazdan, who holds
the rank of first lieutenant and Josef, who
is second lieutenant. The former is a
young man who has given up a life Of
leisure to endure the hardships of Cuban
campaign in the hot season.
Statements have been made that the
money which Gen. Campos brought with
him was for the purpose of buying of the
leaders of the revolution. 1t is well known
that this policy was pursued during the
last insurrcctfon in Cuba, but the govern
ment has no intention of repeating the
mistake in the present instance. The rev.
olution is to be stamped out by force Of
arms.
Rebels Estimated Mt 4,N<bO.
Estimates by conservative men who
have been among the revolutionary forces
place the number of them at about 1900,
not more than ole-half of whom are arm
ed and equipped. We estimate their num-
ber at about 1900. with the same armed
proportion. 1t is difficult matter to get a
correct idea of their numbers, for one day
many of them will be at work on the crops
expedition. Four thousand however, is
certainly a most liberal estimate, and they
are of a class that would scarcely be taken
seriously in America
"At present there are eight modern Span
ish war vessels in Cuban waters. Seven
Of the first-class. The ship 1 came over on
with Gen. Campos was Reina Maria Chris
tina, the vessel In which the Princess Eu-
lali came to this country. 1t is not intend
Cuba than are at present on the way
there"
Will Stay I'm New York.
Senor De LONE said it was his intention
to stay in this city for the next few days
lily, who are route to New York. The
of climate he had been through since leav-
ing Spain had tired him considerably, and
that he was anxious to have few days
lest.