Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-28
DENY THAT THE COLOR LINE IS DRAWN

A Negro General With White Men uhuer
his UomtnanL-Arns Conveyed 20 CUBA
in A street Car shipped From New
York complaints to be Made OIL SHIP
tnents of Arms and A,nmunitions FROM
cities of This Country.
KEY WEST, FLA, March 23,-An
official Of the Cuban government Wn1
has arrived here says exact and detailed
information is in the hands OF spanish
officials as TO the places throughout lne
United States where are arms ana am
munition, it ia believed, arc being col
lected and shipped to the Cuban insuf-
gents.
Two important rendezvous are stated
to be at Philadelphia and Perth Amboy,
N. ]. The Spanish officials have the
locations of the rendezvous, with names
OF persons most active ana the manner
of operation, Their information Is sad
to show that Philadelphia lsa hot bcd OF
the movement and that heavy snip
nents Of arms and ammunition nave
been made from there.
These northern rendezvous are In ad-
dition to those at Savannah, Fernanulha
and other points in the South, concern.
ing which information Ia being collected
by Spanish officials. This is being LAID
before tho Spanish minister at Washing
ton, and may form an important part IN
| pending negotiations between tho
| United States and Spain, and is likely
TO form basis for request for the is
suance of orders by the Attorney
general OF the United States to the dis
| trict attorneys Of the various points
under surveillance to apprehend the
parties alleged 10 hc engaged in the
systematic forwarding of revolutionary
supplies.
A RACE ISSUE OF THE INsuRREcTIoE.
TAMPA, Fla, March 3D. Dispatches
| from Nassau, N. p, stating that negroes
of Cuba are attempting TO make the IN
| surrecton a race question, have caused
4 much comment here and are denied by
Cubans generally Colonel Fgcruedo
was questioned about il and said:
ut is merely rumor put up by the
government 10 discrGdit the rebellion.
There arc many negroes under arms,
but the whites are undoubtedly in the
majority. 10 show you there is TO line
hctwcgn the races in the tight, Havana
papers and letters state thata prominent
lawyer named Fortunate, of Santiago,
has gone out with so or 40 young mon
Of the best families in that section.
They were going to join the forces 81
General Guilleromon Moncada, who il
a Negro. lie has many white men
under his command.
The color line is not drawn in Cube
politically and in business Ms it is in
this country. The negro population o.
Cuba has decreased and the whites Oh
the islands are in the majority.
1t is said one reason the province o.
Puerto Principe has been SO slow TO rise
is because the government surprised thu
. insurgents in that district. They in
/ tended 10 rise against Spanish arms
but Spain was too alert. Some time agt
the government gave the citizens Of thi
district permission to arm themselye
against bandits, who are very numerous
The people took advantage Of it ant
, two days before the uprising every MAJ
was armed Tic government officer
Q who searched the houses in Puert
: Principe secured 5000 rifles, but ex
pectGd 10000.
"a young man was here two days ag
| who conveyed arms in street car frun
I New York TO Puerto Principe. Street
!. cars were ordered and one Of them, in
e tended for carrying freight, was loade
: with arms in New York and shipped /
Puerto Principe. Some negligence 3
! the depot there disclosed the cargo an
Z the arms were seized by the soldiers"