Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-04-18
MARTI is PRESIDENT.
Revolutionary Forces Make Ready
for an Active Summer
Campaign.

Havana. April 12.-Jose Marti, who
was selected as president of the new re-
public at the convention held at Guanta-
naro. has been proclaimed by the lnsur-
cents as their chief executive. 1t can
not be denied that considerable dissatls-
faction exists among the rebels because
of Marti's election He lacks the popu-
larity Of Maceo or Gomez. yet he is re-
garded as the most learned man among
the rebels. The names of the officers or
the government, except that Oh pr T
have not been made public. The new
president is in the United States at pres
emit
Gen. Campos to Arrive Sunday.
Gen. Martinez Campos, commander-in-
chief of the Spanish forces is expected
to land at Manzanillo next Sunday.
Guerrero is on the south side of the
island with q body of men numbering
1900. He is now operating near ManZa-
Milo. Gen. Palacio is entrenched in the
mountains with about 800 warriors just
back of Ell Cobre. From Ell Cobre to
Jiguani where the Ortez brothers are in
command of 1000 insurgents, is a
distance of 100 miles. Holguine, further
down on the southern coast, where the
Masso brothers are now operating and
defeating the government troops when
ever they can find them. is about 100
miles from Jigrani;. From Baracoa,
where Gomez and Maceo recently dis
embarked from the schooner containing
the murdered captain, to the territory
now controlled by Ortez and Guerrero,
is about 200 miles. Maceo will evidently
meet the other insurgent commanders
near Jiguani. The Spanish soldiers are
insufficient in numbers to impede their
progress. Spaniards on the island have
the most implicit confidence in Campos.
News from San Juan, Porto Rico. state
that Campos arrived there yesterday on
his way to Cuba.
ing figure among the x6atriots. Except
to his coadjutors, the whereabouts of
Marti at present is not definitely known.
He may be in Cuba. He may be in San
Domingo, but it is believed he is in the
S fr tho % NE is ne his is
is the mind which controls the whole
complicated machinery of revolutionary
cubs, which extends from this city to
Tampa and Key West.
He is a man of many accomplishments.
He is a poet author, dramatist, and jour
nalist. He was born in Havana, and is
less than 40 years old. His life has been
a varied one, but in the midst of all the
interests and allurementS which surround
the litterateur he has never forgotten the
ruling desire of his life-the independence
of his native land. To win this he has en-
important and lucrative diplomatic posts,
prcferrng to win his daily bread as
teacher in New York, where he was free
to foster the spirit Of patriotism in the
breasts of his fellow eXiles and organize
the schemes on which the present revolu-
ton depends for it's success. At the
same time. though he refused many fiat
tering offers. he is not without expert
ence of public life. He has been consul
of the Argentine Republic and of Uru
quay in the United States. He was also
Il representative at the Pan-American
Congress of 1890.
1t was at this time that he first under
took to organize the Cuban revolutionary
party. Judging from appearances Martl
has more in him of the poet than of the
statesman. His face is pale and his feat
ures refined almost to effeminacy. He is
as sensitive and easily moved as a wom>
an. He has contributed many poems and
articles to our newspapers. His transla>
ton into Spanish of Helen Hunt Jack
sons Romano" and his own poems,
"Ismaelillo" and "Versos Sencllos," have
Justly been regarded as masterpieces.
AS an orator MART stands unrivalled
among the patriots, and this is no small
praise when it is remembered that Con
zalo de Quesada is one of his coadjutors.
He is a man of splendid capacities
says a man who recently interviewed him.
His face is one of fine expression. and
every feature seems to reveal the innate
honesty and honor of the man. There
is a tinge of gray in his hair, and yet he
is young man. But twenty years of
constant effort in behalf of his country
have furrowed deep lines in his coun,
tenance and have placed the marks of
care on every lineament.
1--WE expect he said in this interview,
chat many false reports will be trans
mitted to the cities of the United States.
We expect that Spanish emissarieSf will
attempt to arouse public feeling against
us in New York and elsewhere. l ask of
the American people to trust and to aid
us. at least with their sympathics. Ours
is such a case as Americans once bled for
in a fearful war against an over weeninS
and resentful tyrant. We have fought
long and ardently for freedom, and we
| now look forward with more hope than
ever to the successful conclusion of our