The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
FILIDUSTERS PLOTTING.
Cuban Patriots in This Country to
Make a Move.
TO SEND AN ARMED FLEET TO AS
SIST THEIR COUNTRYMEN.
1t is Said the Expedition Will Leave With

1t is Said the Expedition Will Leave With
| in 80 Days-Spain is Anxious Over APP
| peals for More Troops-It is Regarded
| as Serious Feature.
Fernandina, Fla, June 7.-The master
stroke of the Cuban revolutionary move
ment in this country will occur within
thirty days.
The principal leaders of this party in
the United States gathered at Jackson
vile two days ago, but Wednesday after
noon quietly slipped over here, took
carriages and went to Ocean Beach,
where they stopped at the Strathmore
hotel.
The six men who composed this revolu-
| tionary board were Carlos M. Becespedas,
Gonzale de Quesada, Col. Enrique
Collaso, Lieut.. Thomas Collazo and two
prominent citizens of Fernando ma, who
have appeared conspicuously before the
public on former occasions in connection
with the Cuban cause The party
gathered around large table, on which
were spread numerous charts of Cuba,
the adjacent territory and the United
States coast line from Charleston, S. c.,
to point far down the peninsula of
Florida.
| AS appeared from the conversation
most of the expeditions heretofore had
gone from Santo Domingo, but the board
decided that the next big effort must be
from the United States coast south OF
Charleston, not only because of the neces-
sary character and strength of the expedi-
tion, but because of innumerable bays,
sounds and rivers, in which feet could,
with care, hide or repel much stronger
| force. ls
| A fleet of light draft could go unnoticed
| through Bahama channels, and then at
night make short runs for the northern
coast of Cuba, where there are many bays
easy of access for an expedition, and
poorly guarded.
| Such an expedition was recently con-
Quoted by the yacht Corona, which sailed
from Satilla river, Ga, few weeks ago,
and made a landing in a bay near Gibara
All this was preliminary
Then came plans, and so far as conf
pleted at that sitting they were as fol-
ows: Whereas, all plans for carrying for
ward the insurrection had hitherto
worked most satisfactorily, the eastern
| half of the island had risen, the western
half was ripe for rebellion and the
Spanish opposition was growing weaker
owing to the terrific ravages of yellow
fever and to disease from bad food sup
piled the Spanish army, therefore now
had come the time for a tremendous effort
which should carry a great expedition
| from the United States to Cuba.
The consulting board decided the ex-
pedition should be made ready at once;
that it should sail from some point be-
io1y nd Mor ,0rt
Fla. that it should be commanded by
Col Enrique Callazo, the war-scarred
veteran of 6S and rs, and that the fleet
should be guarded by three newly built
torpedo boats of the latest pattern and of
great speed and manned by experienced
seamen.
Lieut.. Tomas Callazo is to be the staff
officer, and Col. Callazo's small army is
to be recruited from the Cubans in the
United States and Americans from
! Southern States.
Men already collected by Henry Brooks,
who is now in New York city, and who
is to accompany the expedition as mem
ber of Callazo's staff, are also to be en-
rolled
Callazo is to land the expedition at
some point in the province of Puerto
Principe, where forces collected by Gomez
and Marti will cooperate The expedition
is to land in Cuba within thirty days.
In addition to this plan of operation,
the following general information was
the province of Pinas del Rio has risen,
and that the insurgents have made more
progress in the present rising of three
months duration than was made il
seven years, commencing 1858
That it is believed that within a month
the whole island will be in arms for the
Cuban cause, and that Captain Gen.
Campos, commanding the Spanish force,
is exerting every effort to be recalled tc
Madrid before the arrival Of the disaster
which he believes Is sure to overWhelm
Spanish arms in Cuba very soon.
Moreover, that Jose Marti will be in
Florida within the next ten days,
Spain is Alarmed.
London. June 7.-The Times publishes
a dispatch from Madrid saying the news
of Gen. Campos's request for more troops
in Cuba is perhaps the most serious since
the outbreak.
1t is evident that the agitation is ex-
tending and that the insurgents are not
SO barren of resources as they were be-
lieved to be-
A long and important conference was
held Thursday afternoon between Prime
Minister Canovas de Costello, Gen. AZ
Cara, minister of war admiral Beranger
minister of marine and Senior Castellia
nos colonial minister
The Times, in an editorial leader upor
the subject of the extension of the Cubar
insurrection and the reported movement.
of the American fillibusterers, says that
the attitude Of the American government
is automatically correct, but that mucf
sympathy with the Cuban rebels is daily
noticeable among the American people.
Probably the retention of Cuba by
Spain is mere question of justifablt
pride and sentiment.
It is a pity, however, that Spain makes
no attempt to harmonic the interests O
the population of Cuba with those OF it,
rulers. The result is chronic discomfort
and ever-recurring revolts.
This is the real explanation of the fac
that the insurgents have the sympath.
and the financial help of the industrial
population at large on the island.