Evening journal., 1895-10-25
WHAT WILL ENGLAND Do
IN THE CASE OF THE TWENTY-FIVE
cUBANS TAKEN AT lNAGUAl

They VIII He Tried By the British Au-
thoritiss, But Their Friends Believe
They WIN he Acquittsd--Intoliigsn
Mon. Net Armed and Fully convsrsant
VITA the Neutrality LAWS.
The twenty five Cubsns who were
arrested at Inagua Island by the British
authorities on q charge OF being on
their way TO Din tho insurgents In Cuba,
will be tried for violation of the EnRliah
neutrality laws Senior Depuy De LONE,
the Spanish Minister ir Washington is
responsible for their capture, a. he has
kept q Close watch on them ribos their
acquittal In the Uuited States court
here. He ascertained that fourteen Of
tho tW~nty captured At PennERrove, left
New York on the steamer Delaware
September 23, and waited until they
we're under the jurisdiction Of Great
Britain, when he notified that nation,
aud q warship was sent at oncs from
Kingston to spprshend them
The capture was effected without
difficulty and the prisoners taken to
Nassau, where they will be tried by the
British authorities. The capture Is
regarded as one Of the most important
thus far made. No details Of the arrest
have bssn reosiVed. but 1t Is supposed
that the Oubans put into the Bahamas
for supplies Up TO date they have not
bsen able to communicRtc with their
friends here beyond the bare announce
ment Of their arrest
what Ralph Desoto says.
SIX Of ths party which was captured
here did not 90 South Ralph d Soto. OF
this city, when asked as 10 the particu
lars Of the arrest, said that he had barely
received word from Antonio Ru'z The
alleged leader, that they were IN custody
he adoed:
II am much surprised at the arrest Of
the party. None of them carried weapons
OF munitions OF war OF any sort, aud AZ
all OF them are intelligent nsn, familiar
with the Deutrality laws OF the various
countries, | feel reAsonably sure that
they have not committed any offsnse, and
will not be held. There we're twenty
Eve In the party which left New York
three or four weeks ago on the steam or
Delaware for South America They stopped
at Inagua In the hope of receiving news
In some way the Spanish authorities
learned they wsrs there, aud immediAtoly
appealed to the English authorities for
their arrest. When taken into custody
they were waiting for steamer to bring
them back to the United States, rs \
message had been sent from New York
to then shortly after their arrival to 70
turn on the frat steamer do not fear
the result OF the trial The msn are
highly intellectual and abe to account
for their presence on the island The
statement that General Francisco GARLIC
Was in the party is incorrect
The G. A. II. sympathizss.
Dupont Post. No. 2G A R, at a NEST
ing last evening adopted the following
resolution which will be forwarded "a
Congress when Il meets:
"Whsreas, We, the officers and mem
bsrs OF Admiral g. r. DUPONT Post, No.
O. after mature deliberation on the
subject Of the Cuban war, do hereby
Resolve, That We ars ready TO tender
all the encouragement and assistance
that is in our power to the Oubans, and
most earnestly urge our government "a
recognlzs them Rs belligerents. aud we
would.most earnestly call on the various
g A. R posts in this state to cooperate
with us in the calling OF mass meeting
on the 3lst instant, for the purpose OF
requesting this government 10 prompt
action In the premises
G r ROBERTS,
JAMES DUFFY.
ELLwoOD CRAIG,
Committae