The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
STRUGGLE or THE PATRIOTS.
a Claim That They Have 50 Far
WorSted the Troops In Every Fight.


brunswick. Ca. April l5.-J. Mehaffey
master Of the schooner Hubbard. just In
from 81. Jago, reports the revolutionists
victorious in every engagement they have
yet had with the troops. He says tho
press censorship exercised by the gov
eminent prevents the truth being sent
out, but that the revolutionists win win
II they can get their leaders into Cuba
The insurgents claim TO be merely fght-
ing now to draw soldiers from Spain,
and will keep these small slSirmishes up
until June, when they are certain fever
Will rapidly kin out the soldiers. Further
thau all Cubams nre looking towards
the states for aid and II sympathy IL
shown by this government many secret
sympathlzers In cuba will come out bold
New York. April ia special cable dis
patch 20 the Herald from Havana says
"Gen. Maxine Gomez, the long expected
rebel leader, has az last arrived in Santiago
De cuba from San Domingo. IL Is under
stood that the Jose Marti Is also Win
"The news from the interior. received
here yesterday, IL unimpOrtant. The IN
surEents appear to be waiting 10 see what
Marshal Martinez Campos will DO when he
lands. He sailed from Porto Rico yester-
day morning on his way here.
1T Is reported that Jose Maceo has
been captured, but the report has not
been confirmed, although at last accounts
he was very hard pressed by attachments
from the forces which defeated the insur-
gents at Palmarito Tuesday"
The Herald's Santiago De Cuba dis
patch says: 1.-THE battle In which Gen.
Maceo's expedition was defeated at Pal
marito last week, was a one-sided affair,
as the insurgents We're greatly outnum-
bered Gen Maceo cut his way out OF the
night and He'd TO join Perez. The Span-
iards captured his mule, rife, revolver.
saddlebags and silk hammock and some
important correspondence. one box OF
ammunition was seized. and Crombet q
body was buried at Felicidaded, after
official identification"
Washington. April 15.-United States
Consul General Ramon Williams has been
granted the customary sixty days leave
Of absence from his post at Havana after
application by letter 10 the state depart
ment, but IL Is not known here whether
he will make use OF the privilege or not.
Under tho regulations he could not leave
his post Tor more than ten days at a time
without permission from Washington, al
though upon application he Is entitled to
sixty days annually. Mr.. Williams has al
ways secured his annual leave, but on
several occasions has failed to make use
Gen. Calleja, the governor general OF
Cuba, with whom Williams had an alter
cation, which led the recently superseded
spanish cabinet TO complain to this gov
ernmcnt about the consul general has
himself been recalled 20 Spain IL is un-
derstood that the new Spanish cabinet
has not supported the complaint made bv
It's predecessor In regard to the consul
general However, Mr.. Williams Is under
stood to have had enough of his official
position In Cuba, which he has held over
ten years ana that he has determined 10
settle In Brooklyn, where his family lives.
II would, therefore, not be surprising II
ne resigned at the expiration OF his leave
Ohlciai intelligence received this morn.
lhB from Havana confirms the news rela-
i've % the battle on April 10 between
spanish troops and Cuban insurgents at
Palmarito The United Press dispatch
states that Thomas Sainz, Gen. Maceo's
secretary, was wounded. The Official dis
pdtch from Havana says also that he
It is also reported that out OF the
twenty-four men who landed with Gen.
Maceo some days ago. eleven were killed
and wounded, but no mention is made OF
the capture of Gen. Maceo.
A newspaper telegram from Havana
reports that Cen Maceo was captured ana
that In the Palmarito battle the insurgent
forces numbered 1000 and the Spanish
A dispatch received from Cant. Gen.
GalleJo merely mentions the killing and
wounding Of eleven Of Gen. Maceo's fol-
lowers, while nothing Is said Of any loss
10 the spanish troops, nor that any con-
siderable force was engaged On the con
trary there are strong grounds for the
statement that they could not have ex-
ceeded few hundred at the utmost
1t is positively asserted that II Consul
General Williams returns to Havana af-
ter his proposed visit to the United States
shall have ended, he will be refused his
exequator. Gen. Campos, the governor
general OF Cuba, Will, not, Il IL asserted
receive him in an official capacity and
this action Will be endorsed by the Madrid
government While the CanoVas ministry
In Spain has not demanded Consul Cen
eral Williams recall. the fact is known
to them that such a request was twice
made by the previous ministry within
thirty days before their dissolution. An
unwiliinSness on the part OF the present
cabinet to strain the relations between the
two countries Is said to be the only reason
why "A similar request has not been made
by them. Should Mr.. Williams leave the
country temporarily advantage will be
taken OF the fact to keep him out by de-
clining to permit his returning.
Havana, April ia detachment OF
government troops from Holguin, com
manded by Capt. Aguilar, fought a band
urday. The insurgents were defeated with
a loss of six killed and a considerable
number wounded. Capt. Aguilar is IN hot
pursuit. Martinez Campos sailed from
Porto Rico last evening for Caimanera,
Port of Guantnalo.
Key West, April ia private dispatch
to the editor of the Cuban paper FL Yara
states that Gems Gomez and Marti landed
in Cuba to-day with an expedition from
jamaica
Nassau, Bahamas, April 10.v-The COVER
nor of the Bahama Islands has issued a
neutrality proclamation against interfer-
ence with Cuban matters.