New-York tribune., 1895-12-12

OF GENERAL CAMrOS-spANIsH SOLDIERS
COMING TO HIS RANKS. HE SAYS.
The following letter has been received in this
city:
Headquarters of the Army, OF Liberation,
Sancti Spirtus: November Is, 1875.
Thomas EstTara Palma. esq, NeW-ioIh.
Nv Good Friend II gives me pleasure to address
you these lines from the western part OF me lsiahd
slow and 1t had to he so in order to be sure with
out previous organization no human WORK can De
If can develop my pan such as have conceived
it. coco men win not suffice @ Sph 5ph~ 10 nS nsn want o
faith in her arms is taken into consideration it viii
and og sending them from time to time they wll only
arrive to take the pace Of her losses which are
sss S srsaasen & GsnG' o3 ah
look for his not n h is n w5s he o. cas h
our Inferior organzaton Neyer as @ no" mas here mere
existed more union ard ia,th IN our cause 'na''
< great deal is said here about belligerency, but
have to arrive. We re.y on our efforts ard resoiu-
tons.
AN EXTREME MEASURE ADOPTED.
As Won will see by the circular inclose, have
decided to stop all grinding of sugar, even IL we
lose cutie a sum Of money by it, THIS loss Is quite
acceptable. our enemies wouid nave received d
LARGER sum and what Is worse, it would appear
tbot the revolution was so weak that 1t could not
destroy the fountains of wealth and power OF our
enemies , -. ,o of tho vict,p,s NJ
th.s oxreme measure knowing that 1t Is Justhed by
dee srTeG 1 Such is the abnegation Of the
generous hearts who applaud ana adiilIe az. re- re-
S9 SS the seV Cuban Numaucia Bayamo undertaken
by its inhabitants giving Ii over themselves 10 Tue
ndtes: wss On its ashes that the fierce valmaceda.
with his army of assassns and bandits' was aoe u
5hg 6hf army an Of liberty as well organized as can be
a Toa wf and BY expert generals and
brave Ike Maceo. Masso hapi; Itio t yes'
Cobreco Rodriguez, Roof. sanchez Casu,'o. DayAs'
Snarsz Rermulez Francisco Perez, and the bril-
gades regiments and divisions tnat co'ipose e tnree
IN snch short time make exper, and veteran sol
diors, but have done enough. aIiu usins III sii
nv noy fight with valor and pay no attention, In
open battle to the useless ana Costly nre OF ,ou. %
80 nds of Spanards when ieW CupslS are sent ou'
TO harass them.
THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
You cannot imagine how many good people we
have with us and Cuba may well feel proud of the
apostles of science she has given to her army such
as the doctors. Eugenio Sanchez Agromonte' Euge-
Mo Mona. Fermin V. Domnguez. Bruno Iayas'
Nicolas Alberi. Oscar Peimelle5 Daniel GiSpert
iio Robaina Juan Pons. Nicaso Soler, Joaquin cas-
Ferrer. Fer Pofrio F. vaiienc. Hipoliio Gaana, n y
Daz Tomas Prado Guinan We nave also o. organ, ryan
Is rendering great help TO the army We nave al
the prefeeures It is very hard for General campos
70 understand the war OF to-day, ana | Woh,d no'
lng of a Spanish officer who has always had my
good will and respect as an honorable officer and
tie If 9e IN Of W Mndrd and "a With s rpTT
of The Times and The World" of New York,
had no; shown military self-conidcnce in Judging
us weak and towards and not able to organize our
selves. could ask General Campos question which
How does he explain that having arrived IN the
island of Cuba at the same time as Generals Maceo
as PEDRO Perez in Guantanamo, of Guillcrmo Mon
cada poisoned in santiago Colonel Miro; IN Ho
how does he explain repeat. that ne could not put
down growg reV1tu'Un @ ON TI r,,rcns AMI hi in
flu in the island. has extended Ike great fire
all the country?
CAMPOS's EFFORTS WEAK, HE THINKS.
And II General Campos could not in those days
take hold of situation less difficult and of less
DANCER how does he expect now having in front
CT him an army of 5000 men, well organized 10
sustain an endless campaign? Why did he not sur
locate it in the beginning when we were weak ani
he strong. before General Antonio Maeeo had de-
Of warrior and before Generals Ro.on and Sanchez
and Rodriguez had landed their expedition and
transported it in country wagons in broad daylight?
And having LOST his head. he now pretencs to be
able to capture twenty? | think that Canovas del
Castillo should think little about this
haps. friend Estrada that being in love with the
jus, cause Of this great people. l may be optpiS;
very soon reach the end, that we have laid out be-
Let US leave General Caupos making his use
less efforts. his useless results and always travel
ling by steamers on the coast. He has only made
two marches into the interior sadly notable to
Bayamo and to CiegO de Avila TO Sanct Spirl-
tus-narches which have had for their object ac
cordng as he himself has said. TO show his generals
how 10 march With small columns (?)' 2,oo men
| do not know to what degree his subaerns look
upon such app:ec.ations. But do know that many
honorable and brave military men like the ones
that accompany General Campos n this campaign
without glory and Without bread that such self
suf!cicncy has a very grave character.
When General Campos said this to the reporter
he forgot how the brave sanioscildes died at the
head OF his forces in the battle Of Na,onzuela and
what Is more strange still that he had marched
the day before with his forces In much less number.
According my way OF looking AZ things az
they are happening in Cuba, General Campos has
said the truth only two subjects. First, That
the be.lieerency Will De recognized by TIE United
States when tina; Nation fees Ike it lie denies.
Of course that standing gives us the right TO
IT, If he knows II he keeps II 20 himself Secondly,
ard more important and more traEscendentli that
If the Americans recognize the beiigerency OF cuba
without the right OF bel,igerency. spain VIII not
keep up an ng.orlous WAL Ike the one she IS now
wa g!ng against the Cubans. for n things get com
p.ca,ed, Spain would prepare for war not only