The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-29
1T is A FAILURE.
THE REVOLUTIONISTSH HAVE LITTLE
STRENGTH AND NO MONEY.
White Patriots Refuse to Fight-They Talk
About Their Rights but Refuse to Join
tho Insurgents in the Field.

of the United Press upon arrival mere
learned that the news of the Landing OF
Maceo three miles west of here on +p'il
LIST gave the authorities here a bad scare.
The master of the port took his family on
board the Spanish man-of-war Nucva Es-
pana and announced that the town would
be bombarded. The United States consul
went on board an American ship which
happened to be at anchor in the port. TAX
ing his family with him. The Nueva Es-
pana cleared decks for action, but 40 slCts
were fired
1t was thought that there would he a
general uprising of CubanS and negroes.
Instead of that only about a dozen E.uiat-
toes and town vagabonds went out 70 join
Maceo. A detachment of soldiers was
sent from the fort here to attack AGaCeo's
band. One Spanish soldier was killed and
seven others wounded. Three of Maceos
men were made prisoners. One mulatto,
who belonged i'll Baracoa, was killed and
most of the arms and ammunition landed
from the schooner were captured. The two
sailors who were on the schooner which
landed Maceo, and whose captain was muir
dered, were found to have over 5000 in gold
on their persons. 1t is believed here that
they, and not the insurgents. killed the
captain. They were taken by the Condo
del Venadi to Santiago. where they are
now In prison. The schooner. which was
a small British smack from Fortune is
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was greatly disappointed upon landing to
find only few negroes to join his band.
At this writing Flor Crombet one of his
chief lieutenants, has been killed, eight of
his followers made prisoners and the re
mainder of the band driven into the noun
tains back of Guantanar where they are
supposed to be SURROUNDED and have only
to choose between facing the muskets of
the Spanish regulars or death by starva-
ton.
Guards Patrol the Streets.
Tksre are now 1000 troops stationed at
the two Anticipated forts Guards, with
fixed bayonets, patrol the streets day and
night and were there an inclination to-
ward an uprising it would not have
ghost of a chance. AS matter of fact
the intelligent residents here DO not favor
the instruction in any way. They Ge-
clare that freedom under such leaders as
head the insurgent bands would be worse
than Spanish rule. They say that from
two-thirds to three-fourths of Che insJr-
gents are negroes, or mulattoes. and that
the whole movement is akin to on .tnarCh-
lstlc uprising of the worst element in
Cuba's population against the more pros
porous. This is the opinion of all The bet
ter class of residents. whether natives or
not. No defense is made of the oppressive
and unjust methods of Spanish RUE. and
the day is looked forward &c whom the IS
land will have home rule with a Spanish
protectorate, or absolute freedom but the
time is not ripe for revolt
Campos's Arrival ut Santiago de Cubn
Martinez Campos has arrived and the
city is en- fete in his honor. Salutes from
the Spanish men of war i'm the harbor. pro-
cessions under triumphal arches and ban
quets arranged by the loyal citizens have
in measure softened the task that the
new governor general has before him. The
DldZa de Arm1S is a nf hnnfiDcr
flowers and bright-Colored decorations the
orange and red Of Spain predominating
The Nueva Espana. FL Renia Mercedes. El
Nautilus and Condo del Nenadito, with
bunting fore and aft doomed salutes from
the water. The British warship Mohawk
and half dozen passenger and freight
steamers made the panorama in the harbor
q beautiful one. None Of Uncle Sans war
ships we're present, although two of our
sailors have languished in prison here for
two months without trial.
The seat of government Of the island
is temporarily transferred here. Martinez
Campos, by royal decree, assumed the du-
ties of governor general upon landing. Gen
eral Moreno chief of staff, is here and also
the chief financial officer of the civil gov
eminent. well as the higher military Of
ficials. The autoromist party has issued
several manifestos dsclaming responsible
ty for the rebellion and asserting that in
surgents are injuring rather than advanc-
ing the welfare of Cuba. General Martinez
Campos is enjoned to put Immediately into
effect the reforms granted by the cortes just
before the instruction broke out
The Rebellion n Failure.
1t IS said by some that the effect of
promise of amnesty TO the insurgents and
the Inauguration of reforms will quickly
settle the whole matter while the longer
IF ora N Tod will in,
the rebellion spreading over the entire is
land. Cubans who talk about their rights.
however, outnumber those who fight for
them by twenty to one. The rebellion up TO
the present has been a failure. Aarti, who
was the prime mover has not Landed. Go
mez, who was to land on the field of bat
tie has not landed Maceo. the only one Of
the big leaders who did land. was great
~ disappointed to find only a few negroes
and half-breeds ready to join his party.
He is now in the mountains back of
this city with perhaps a thousand men in
all. In all the insurgents do not exceed
5000 and two-thirds of them are colOred
Nearly all the leaders are negroes, and
many Cubans of good families have re-
fused to serve under them. The rebels have
no money, few arms and very little am
munition. They have not captured a single
town. They have no leaders with even
sufficient military knowledge to cope with
the poorly disciplined, ill-treated soldiers Of
Spain. Supplies from the outside do not
reach the rebels even if any attempts are
made to forward them.
Spanish men-of-war patrol the coast and
troops swarm at every port. The rebels
have many horses. and can live for months
by fOrasing on the plantations. They can
move quickly and easily, annoying the
troops in the mountains, but they cannot
defeat them in battle. They can make
Spain pay a heavy price to obtain order.
and may cause her to lose many soldiers
from heat exhaustion and fever. If Mar
tinez Campos succeeds in speedily bringing
the instruction 20 an end he VIII achieve
glory greater than his former laurels. and
the better class of Cubans, as well as
Spaniards, will celebrate his departure with
greater ceremony than his arrival.
The insurgents have destroyed telegraph
communication on the eastern end of the
island The head of the government here
wires Havana, via cable, to the United
states There have been no encounters
since the reported killing of Flor Crombet
The Cubans discredit the report, as the
body was not brought in.
Release of the Americans.
Gustav Richleu and August Belton the
American sailors imprisoned weeks ago
on suspicion of helping the insurgents,