The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-08
Possible Action of the Central
American Governments
RECOGNITION NOT YET SAEE
An Interested New Yorker Expresses His
Firm Belief
That international Troubles Will Follow and
That Cuba Will Be Free With or
Without Recognition
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Oct. IA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
There is discussion here in POLITICAL
circles over the possibility that all the
Panama countries may in the near future
act jointly in the recognition of the bel.
ligerency OF the Cuban insurgents.
Pan American representatives have been
anxiously waiting to see what Secretary
Olney will do and the suggestion has been
made informally that 1T would be a good
plan for the United States and the Gen.
trail American republics TO act in concert
in the recognition of the insurgents or as
to the independence of Cuta whenever
:he time arrives
1t has already been reported that Mexi-
&C and Venezuela have declined to grant
belligerent rights. II this be the case, the
representatives of those respective coun-
tries have not been advised of it. 1t IS
admitted by those concerned, however,
that the insrgents must make more head
way before it will be entirely safe for the
United States or any other republic to
recognize them.
CHICAGO, Oct. 7. "A special from Tam
pa. Florida, says:
"Two things are certain" says New
| Yorker on his way home from a pro-
| longed stay in Cuba. looking after extern
| sive interests in the interior. "One is
| that we are going to have trouble with
| Spain about complications arising from
! the Cuban Question; the other that Cuba
vii. be free whether the United States
recognizes her or not
This gentleman could not allow his
name to be used because his property in
Cuba would bs confscated, and he would
be thrown into prison were he to return
there.
| ~ heard high official at Havana
| saw" he continued, that if the Ameri-
cans do not mind we will parade the
Spanish troops in Central park, New
York. before we a'e through. ] heard
it said in we'll known cafe in Havana
that after the rebellion is suppressed the
United States will be attended to, and
it was hoped Cleveland could be oaugnt
and hanged.
1t is openly declared in the cafes that
| If Uncle Sam recognizes Cuba the
Americans must get out OF the islands.
By Christmas there will be 1870. 600 Span
! ish soldiers op the island OF Cuba. Why
should Spain mobilize SO many troops If
they are not needed to suppress the rev.
| Ulution?
The Cuban patriots are sadly in need
OF arms and ammunition. One day
band of forty passed my plantation with
only ten guns, and they we're the cheap
est kind of guns. The rest of the party
were armed with ak handles. They load
their guns with bits of barhcd wire taken
from fences and with nails"
HAVANA. Oct. 7.-Official advices re-
ceived here from Santiago de Cuba say
Major Tedja, of the guerrilla forces,
| has had an engagement at Palma
| Springa. province of Santiago, where he
| was attacked by band OF insurgents
| upHar 10 Tho lattqr rannffq1
, to have left three dead upon the field and
| the troops are also said to have captured
| four Remington rifles. After the skir-
mish Major Tedia laid in am mbuscade TO.
tn insurgents, who were expected to re-
| turn to bury their dead They did SO and
were surprised by tho troops, who killed
two or more of them and captured one.
A column OF troops commanded by Cen
eral Valde, while scouting near Palma
Requila and Minas, province OF Santa
Clara. has had skirmish with the insur-
| gents. The insurgents are said to have
left five dead and to have retired with
many wounded. The troops lost two
| killed.
Admiral Imas, commander of the
| Spanish naval forces, left Havana today
on board the Spanish cruiser Contra Mas
ire for the Colorado reefs in order to per-
sonally direct the operations Of trying to
| float the wrecked cruiser Cristobal Colon,
| or. failing in this, to save her guns.
| An Insurgent band, consisting OF sixty
men, appeared at Guianamelena. Thirty
| or them were shortly afterwards captured
| by the civil guards,
The government has opened credit
with the sum of $4,000 for the relief of the
| sufferers in the inundated districts OF
Abao. A popular subscription Tor the
same purpose was also opened. Captain
| General de Campos headed the list with
| the sum of $1,000 and his brotherin-law.
General Arderius, the commander of the
| forces there, gave $3.50. The Marquis of
Pillar del Rio subscribed $4,000. In all the
sum of 500, 600 has been forwarded.
| According to an official statement the
| insurgents at La Jae have mutt lated two
prominent citizens.
An official dispatch from Marguerite,
| province of Santa Clara, announces the
capture of an insurgent spy and senti-
mel of the enemy named Emilio Lena.
| Both were imm ediately tried by court
martial.
| Seven insurgents, it is announced, have
I been captured by the civil guards near
| Cienfuegos, province of Santa Clara. The
prisoners are all coored and were found
in possession OF dynamite cartridges.
| Reports published in the United States
and telegraphed here to the effect that
| Santa Clara had been captured by insurg-
| ents are untrue. Captain-G eneral de
| Campos has made Santa Clara his head
| quarters.
| Inc government mas Increased from
! $1,000 to $50, 900 its subscription to the
fund to assist the sufferers from the cy-
| clone and flood. The bodies of ten more
victims of the food have been recovered.
| BROOKLYN, Oct. THE Spanish
steamer Habana. owned by tne Spanish
| transatlantic company and now under
| going extensive repairs at Erie basin,
may have to explain her intentions to
the Federal government before she sails
| for Barcelona. On her spar deck are four
rapid firing guns while large supply of
rifles, revolvers and cutlasses are stored
away below. without letter of .-iarque
! from the Spanish authorities she csnnot
| legally, 1t is said, leave this port. while
| it is believed that she is also intended for
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