The morning times., 1895-10-23

sweeps a vast range of land and water
Lights twinkle late in the apartments and
scores of swarthy, active Cubans come and
60. The very plaster on the wall seems
pregnant with the secrets OF the cause OF
Cuban liberty.
There is strong air of hopcfrlness
around thepiace. which seems to corr"borate
the claims of the patriots. On the wall
of one of the outer rooms hangs an oil
portrait OF Jose Marti, with the single star
flag of Cuba and Cuban laudscape for
background A wreath OF uiyeand sword
fill in a bit of the canvas. The frosted glass
door at the main entrance from the lobby
bears this legend in black and gold letters:
Law offices of Horatio L. Reubcns, Gonzalo
de Quesada, Leon j. Benoit.
Senior Tomas Estrada Pa Ina. president or
,.dclerado'' of the party, also occupies
rooms in this suite. He is q delightful
man socially. but blankly nGn-conmittal-
He told The Times that it wasa "muy bueno
periodico," and The Times thanked him.
Senor Quesada occupies the CENTRAL office.
He is a man of slight build, of an intense
and high-strung nervous temperament
His complexion is Cuban, his eyes flashing
in their brilliant biackness. and his speech
rapid and low. He moves quickly and
thinks the same way. He apprehcnds
proposition before the eXplana ton is
competed. 1lllltS pltsis-
ant chats with him during the past week.
He was well ware of the pro-Cuban atti-
tudror The Timesand has a file the papers
by his desk.
GonZalo de Quesada was born at Havana,
December 10, 1868. He came to this
country in 1877 and entered the public
schools of New York city, and after gradu-
alton entered the college of New York city,
where he received the degree Of bachelor
of sciences in 1883. He held every office
in his class, edited the college publication
fraternity.
QUESADA'S STUDIES.
He studied civil engineering at Columbia
College and later took up the study of law
at the University of New York, receiving
the degree of bachelor of laws in 1891.
He was secretary to the Argentine delega.
ton in tie Pan-ArhericIn congress and
private secretary to the Hon Rogue Saenz
Pena, minister of foreign relations. With
him, Senior Quesada travelled through South
America and Europe, and returned to
Philadelphia as consul. He resigned this
position when Spanish officials complained
of his Cuban views. He was Jose Marti's
secretary and right hand man in the prepar-
alton of the war. has charge of Pa tria. the
organ OF the revolutionary society, and has
published several works in Spanish. He
was one of the council in the EZeta ex-
tradition case at San Francisco last year
The Times had a long TX with him to-day,
in tine course of which he authorized the
publication of the following interview:
Il have by me a copy of FL Paise.
perhaps after Ell impartial. the principal
newspaper of Spain. II contains what it
calls a conservative eSt innate of the 81 re myth
OF the various insurgent camps. The in
slrrgent strength by provinces is given as
follows:
Santa Clara. 5.4S5.
Cienfueges. 152.
Santiago, 1,760.
Moron. 2.435.
Camaqua, $50.
San A ndreas, 1.21o.
Trinidad, 300.
FL Rogue, 610.
San Juan de los Yerra, 3o3.
These estimates are not intended TO
include the men under Gomez and other
chiefs in the Department OF Puerto Prin-
cipe and in other towns in the island. To
sum up. this conservative Spanish news
paper, agrees that the insu urlsent strength
approximates 4o. 900 men. This looks like
rather robust revolution.
''In the province of Santa Clara. Rego's
camp was estimated at 200. One of Rego's
men reached headquarters yesterday aud
reported 1 .000 men in that camp. There
are twice the number of men in Santa
Clara given in this Spanish estimate. Cuba
does not need men. She needs rifles and
ammunition. She is very much in need Of
artillery, as the Spanish have erected
small Qualifications at strategic points,
which would be destroyed If the reyolu-
tionists had the guus TO do it. Only
certain percentage of the men. / can't say
what. are armed with rifles. They DEPEND
mainly on the macheta- The Cubans are
not well used TO firearms. because of the
rigor of the Spanish government in pro-
hibiting their Introduction into the island.
1--WE are elated over the weakening of
Spanish securities. A recent copy of La
Justitia is at hand a nd the quotations show
that in q sirCfe day the d per cent. Interiors +
fell from Gs.S5 to 6s.60; per cent. Ex-
teriors went from 1928 to 1886: Cubas
1896. went from 1910 10 $3.50. aud then
took a further drop to a9-35. Shares In the 4
Bank of Spain. about The only bank Of
credit on the peninsular, dropped from 4
3p1. .z5 to 391 80.
'.The same paper jumps all over the home 1
government because OF its useless and /