Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-08

HAVANA, April S.-There is keen antic-
ipation among Cubans, and will be for
some days to come. General Martinez
Campos. with &, OOO,OO in cash, a lot Of
troops and large personal prestige, is now
on the ocean bending sail hither. Great
will be the day and large the occasion
wheh Campos again sets foot on Cuban
soil to put down another rebellion. The
people here are expecting him and antici-
pate with anxious interest his coming.
To an on-looker, however, the interest
among official people seems to arise more
from anticipation of the pageant and the
ciatter of bright metal than from any
consciousness chat Camposis needed here.
The repression of the Havana papers re-
suits in ignorance of details, if not
facts, from the eastern districts; and SO,
while the people look on and are inter-
ested in the show before them, they feel
that they have no personal part in the
matter and are quite content to leave all
the fatigue of activity TO those who must
act.
MaceO the Spanish .Isogy Man."
Utmost vigilonce is exercised by the gov.
ernmcnt to prevent the landing in Cuba
of the rebel leaders who are in other parts.
The government especially and definitely
desires to intercept Maceo, whom the of.
ficials profess to believe has not affected a
landing on Cuban soil. There is positive
information in this city, however, that
Maceo is now on the island and that the
other leaders will come later. This Cuban
negro Maceo-a veteran of the last rebel
lion-is said to be an able man, a shrewd
tactician in the chaparral and in un-
doubtedly brave. He is to the official house
here the bogy man of the insurrection.
Cubans Fighting n Guerilla War.
All the movements of the rebels make
proof that the plan laid out by their lead
! crs is being consistently followed. Theirs
| is a waiting campaign They appear and
disappear. They make a sortie against
some village and, ii troops appear, they
hustle away out of sight. They have
! alarmed the inhabitants and they have
harrasscd the troops, whose officer tele-
graphs the governor-general that his men
| bravely met n group Chat is the gov
ernmental designation of rebel forces)
and routed the enemy who ran away"
another technical designation of disap-
pcarance of rebels.
Five Thousand Rebs on the Island.
! 1t is a fact that there are ON this island
| now between 500 and 5000 rebels who
have rifles and cartridges within their
reach. The government may scout this
statement, but 1t holds. And the plan of
campaign is to wait. The leaders know
| better than to openly oppose their five o r
six thousand men against superior forces
when climate and sickness are relied upon
as allies n little later on. why don't the
rebels pitch in and do something before
all the Spanish troops reach here:" is "A
question asked by opponents of the re-
bellion here.
Plan of Campaign of the Rebels.
The answer is that while engaging the
forces now here the rebels would suffer
losses not to be rapidly mended and upon
their weakened force would be constantly
coming more fresh troops from Spain.
Let Spain get here all she intends to
send and then we will play hide and seek
with them until, aided by climatic condi-
tions, we can combine all our forces and
strike>a decisive blow at the sickening
and climate-worn forces of Spain" Al
ready the government troops are scourin 9
through Manzanillio. Colonel SantOcil-
des undoubtedly expects success to his
army.