The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-17

that more has been accomplished in the
past month than during the first fiye
this war will not last over two years,
and may be terminated in a very much
Snorr time IT. the peope 81 tne a tbem
The original plan for simultaneous
rising in all parts. of the island failed,
and the, plan now is to, extend the wave ,
of revolution westward, sweeping the
Spaniards before it until all Cuba is in
arms For this purpose Gomez and Martl
have gone to Puerte Principe, and al
Government troops and bands of Cubans
formed in antieipation Of his arrival.
REBEL STRENGTH.
In this province the rebels now have
more men, more arms, ammunition
horses and facilities for obtaining sub
s;stence than they had at any time IN IN
in their rear, which are impenetraole
to the Spanish troops, and they nave
their own against thousand General
Salcedo marched 1.500 men to one OF
these natural fortresses two weeks ago,
and then he marched them back again
without making an attack. General
Gasco has just returned from three
days tramp with 1000 men in search OF
LUIS in very bad condition, and many
were put in hospitals. Maceo's plan is
not to risk open battle, but to fall upon
the Spaniards from ambush, or exhaust
rains Which now come almost daily
in the interior and with the torrid heat
n 6etWsen fbe conseTpt ranks T All the efforts
of the Spaniards to deliver telllng
blow at the head of the rebellion mere,
the field has Doubled in the last three
weeks When Martinez Campos arrived
from Spain on April 16 there We're about
1900 insurgents under arms. There are
now over 5000, and the latest acquisi-
tions have a larger proportion of whites
than was the case at first It IS esa-
had left this city to join the insurgents.
Their leaders are men who served IN
the last war.
They We're led by Fillipe Vaga and his
brother Maximillian, both colonies in the
last war More men are preparing TO go go.
listed as Spanish volunteers when the
trouble first broke out have gone to
the woods saIGgEpog saafiGcg 5ees PTaN fThS wi'n 'he
General Salcedo is opposed to bring
ing any more troops from Spain owing to
malaria and yellow fever among those
now here. He suggests calling upon the
Spanish residents of the island who have
supposed to be exempt from further SER
vice, and also proposes Offering Cubans
who will enlist $50 month for service r
as mounted guerrillas under Spanish Cap
tains Cubans here say that the exempt
Spaniards if pressed into service will join
the nsurgfbn5s baa auerras aq viii viii suit them
exactly General Campos knows the Gu
ban character too well to be led into such
trap. There are now in the neighb.o2r- Or
hood of 90 600 vollItarios in all parts OF the
island About one-thrd of the number
are Cubans, the rest Spaniards: None OF
the volunteer regiments have been sent
into the field to do active fighting. All
have been employed doing police and gar
risen duty var IN one S o the
voluntarios have Joined the insurgents IN
the last fortnight. Of the fifty men armed
as guards badv at tne es foSn sndav Ia The day be-
fore the attack. Many others in all parts
of the island wait only favorable op-
these men did not enlist of their own
free will. They are mostly Spanish resi-
dents, clerks, tradesmen etc. ma and nc. they
pathies are with the. Cubans and few
Cuban successes in the field may cause
some wide gaps in their ranks.
Martinez Campos has informed
Crano, the chief Custom House of l
here, that he anticipates his resigr.' >,
in the harbor have been made since
Campos was here seventeen years ago:
lie suggests that the long talked of
widening OF the entrance and the buildo
ing of stone wharf for which 100000
in port charges has been raised to COM
mence at once. as it will give work TO
extending the railroad these men will
be kept from joining Maceo.
IMPORTANT PRISONER.
One explanation advanced as to Cam
DOS sudden departure when the rebels
were almost knocking at the gates of
their city is the report which comes
through Cuban circles that General
Lachambre, commander of the Manzan-
lilo district, has been taken prisoner by
the insurgents and is now held at Hato
del Modio in the interior, back of San
Luis. The insurgent chief. General Gou-
let, declares this story is true. 1t is
doubted here, however. Campos left
either for Manganillo or Guantanamo. He
never announces his destination when he
departS