New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
o,MPOS STARTS FOR CUBA
rxr OF ENTHUSIASM ON HIS DE-
PARTURE FROM MADRID.

.s,-pcrNT LEADER MACEO SAID TO HAVE
,rrS DEFEATED IN CUBA-ARRivAL OF iio'
.,,>1s11 TROOPS AT HAvANA-THE Gov
PAYMENTS PLAN or CAMPAIGN.
,.sr,d Aprl 4-General MARTINEZ Campos
.od from here last evening on his journey 10
s' The members of the Cabinet ana a large
DIOR Of Deputies. Senators, generals ana o'"e'
n''".rguished persons bade him faFeweh al 'he
nuov station the platform OF whlch was
"a with enthusiastic people. who cheered lot
p,os and Spanish Cuba. The General VIII
ssr from Cadiz
cabinet Council was held To-Day over winch
12eqent Christina presided Premier Cano-
aoI Castillo read dispatch from havana
' TO- that the insurgent leader Maceo had
So IN Cuba fought battle with the Gov
'-nr,ent troops and been defeated.
dIspatch from Havana says that steamer
-, a flbustering party OF twenty-five men
'.oors her went ashore early In the week at
~,ohs near the eastern extremity OF the island
1ns marty were landed From two or the steam
80 sailors who were captured the SpamaruS
,u,ed that MaceO. CrOmbet ana NaldeS were
.ho i,surgent expedition, and that the insur-
had killed the steamers captain for refusing
Z" land them where they wished to be landed.
,x.., regular soldiers attacked the party,
funded several OF the insurgents and captured
s,o after having suffered q loss of nine wounded.
rrbo insurgents proceeded to Cuchillas. but were
-,o+ and repulsed by General Lachambre at the
h.od Of q small force. Colonel Salcedo pursued
.hor, and defeated them in a skrmish at Man
zanl0.
The SPANISH C0nsu, at Port all Prince says that
.ba Haytlan government has ordered that Cfeherai
Gomez and Jose Marti the insurgent leaders. snail
=, Invested nj once and imprisoned in case they
- found on tIaytian soil
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the
rcform Of the Penal Code for CUBA changes
a., which have been made with view OF IN
Hiotinq severe punishment upon the promoters
NJ rebellion and ScparatlSln .
In consequence of the adverse action OF the
Penublcans in the Chamber Of Deputies yes
tsrdov il will be impossible to vote the budget
until June.
Havana. April 4.-The Spanish steamer lg-
cac,o de Loyola. conveying 1.100 soldiers to re-
enforce the Government troops in the island OF
Cuba arrived here to-day.
Jacksonviie, Fla. April 4--General Quesada
received private dispatches this morning to the
effect that General Maceo, three aids and TWEEN
;v--Oo men have landed. This is official, and
confirms other reports.
washington April 4-The number OF spanish
,roops in Cuba will within thirty days aggregate
and in the different provinces, and at least 10000
more will leave Cadiz this month. The presence
Of these troops il is said does not indicate
belief on the part ~ the Spanish Government
that so great a force Is necessary to crush the
Insurgents, but the trCoos are needed theIe pc
cause Of the difficulty of finding the insurgents
The latter are carrying on a guerilla warfare
and are said not - exceed 5000 at tho utmost
Their operations are confined wholly 10 santiago
De cuba which is filed with mountain ranges. in
gr1Sf1
sned by the Spanish troops. and from which II is
diffcuIt to dislodg- them BY concentrating
large body OF troops in the province Of santiago
do Cuba the Spanish Government hope notwith-
Standing the advantages the country offers the
insurgents to be able 10 disperse them within a
few months.
CAPTAIN General Calleja is still at Havana
His resignation was rendered ten days ago
but II has not been accepted. II is believed
that his successor will deal more harshly with
the Insurgents than Calleja. who is a man of
humane impulses. The whole island is now UNI
der martial law and all offences against the
Government are punished by military tribunals