The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-26

New York, April 25.-Senor Dupuy de
LONE. the new Spanish minister to the
United States, was interviewed by an As
ISOLATED Press reporter today on board
the revenue cutter which brought him up
from quarantine. Senior de LONE spoke
of the lack of interest in the Cuban insur-
rection which he observed during his stay
in Havana, which place he visited en-
route hither, and also of the exaggerated
corning the progress of the insurrection.
and he expressed his convictions of the
speedy extinction of the revolt.
campos in Cub the Spanish minister lister
said, drought feeling of security to
the people and an assurance that the in
surrectionists will be speedily suppressed.
Greatly Exaggerated.
'It is needless for me to repeat the
Statements that have been made so often
of the greatly exaggerated stories sent
out by the newspaper correspondents. l
must say that the reports of the Associ-
ated Press are the most truthful of the
statements cabled from Cuba. The news
paper correspondents have made me say
and do all manner of things from the
time of my arrival at Cuba, which l am
not aware Of saying or dong; 49,
Interview with me in which was quoted
as making a number OF very positive and
unpleasant statements about the Amert-
can press. AS Il IldlleI Ol ldCl NEVER
said a word to reporter of that paper,
nor, indeed 10 a reporter of any paper
printed in English on such a subject
MY mission to America is TO talk poli-
tics TO the authorities at Washington. AS
for the firing upon the steamer Alliance
have nothing to say. 1t is a matter that
seems to have been already satisfactorily
settled. l must say, however, that
think it would have been wiser for the
captain of the Alliance to have stopped
when he was requested and then sought
Srr. i06l irxv Of rpy- ar-fFc
Campos and His Plans.
Concerning General Campos and his
proposed plans, 1 think II worthy of note
as a characteristic of the excellent sol
der and tactician that he is, how little he
has said since his arrival in Cuba. The
one who has nothing to. gain by the pres
ent campaign 1t is his policy to be as
lenient as possible with the insurrection-
lists. except ',, in the case Of the leaders
with. The government proposes 10 send
to Cuba 1900 men in all before the first
day of May. With this force there can
be no doubt as to the fate Of the insur-
rectionists. General Campos has with
him two of his sons-Miguel the Marquis
of Basdan, who holds the rank of first
lieutenant. The former is a young man
who has given up life of leisure to en-
dure the hardships of Cuban campaign
in the hot season.
Statements have been made that the
money General Campos brought with him
was for the purpose of buying off the
leaders of the revolution. Tt is we'll
known that this policy was pursued dur
ing the last instruction in Cuba, but the
government has no intention of repeating
the mistake in the present instance. The
revolution is to be stamped out by force
of arms.
But Half Armed.
Estimates by conservative men who
have been among the. revolutionary forces
places the number of men at about 5000,
not more than one-half of whom are
armed and equipped. We estimate their
number at about 4,000 with the same
armed proportion. 1t is a difficult matter
to get a correct idea of their numbers
for one day many of them will be at work
on the crops, and the next they are off on
a skrmishing expedition. Four thousand
however, is certainly most liberal esti-
mate, and they are of g. class that would
scarcely be taken seriously in America.
No More Ships.
"At present there are eight modern
Spanish war vessels in Cuban waters
Seven of these are second class cruisers,
and one of the first class. The ship
came over on with General Campos was
the Reina Marie Christiana, the vessel in
which the Princess Eulalie came to this
country, 1t is not intended. think, to
send any more ships to Cuba than are at
present on the way there"
Senior de LONE said it was his intention
to stay in this city for the next few days
If possible, to await the arrival of his
family, who are en- route to New York.