The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
FORTIFYINC HAVANA.
The Spuniards Fear an Attack From
the insurgents.
GENERAL CAMP0S AT THE CAPITAL.
Estimates of the Strength of the
Opposing Armies.
no NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR
The 1usurscnts Not Thought to Be TO-
treating Preparing to surprise
tho spapiards.
80 NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR


ilovana, December @--Sinco the arrival
here last night OF General Martinez de
Nnmpos from MntanSas. he has been IN
| conference with leading military ana naval
oInccrs, ofncini dignitaries ana leaders OF
different political parties. They assembled
M tba paiacc inst night and In the courao
,e a ,,,,,,h.r or n,t,to,i, .nc,,hc. nic,,,y
VI ."'""V' w it''''. 'fN'N'N'' f''"N'
INK their uncondttonei support 10 tho
government mud their EFFORTS to suppress
IA. rsur,c,ticn nnd nrouisea 10 do every
w" N'se''Vs''V" VIZ" '''''''S'' w Wv
thing possible IN the way OF moral ana
actual assistance
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lat party, during the course OF speech.
WAS warmly npplaudcd. He advised tho
| ,nn,ni, ,cnprsi ma, tn nxnosn himnrir
'"f'" HN'''" NV w 'N'
10 the hfo OF mo lnsufserW' WHO me
speaker claimed, made war against tho
ilvps AMI nronnrtv Of cI,.litnna novar maxi
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ihB st"hu ioiW enough !" 'N'Ao an ct-
gngcmcnt between the troops and adopting
the mrtbods of ,nynrn warfare
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"o"'' '"'N'" "'So s'"'V" '"'' ~ 'Pi'o
OF the supreme ofurt made by the In
surrcu army they hna not honrd of tho
capture on my '""hs' 'hV ""Hciio' ut 'ha
enemy being confined to small villages
md limitations of Tho island lilo rom-
,,rr..., ~, ,,.,,,,. az ,n,,.,, ,,, No., a.,
p"''" w" "'"s W '""l'A NV" N"'c" !"
prpssel the ppinion TINT tho rpil of tina
r,,,,,, it, az. ,,,..,,t,,.., -, ,,,a,
,.'',,'' INV Wv ro''''o " H'''"''""s'
where thoy hhd done so much injury TO
rrups would turn ont TO he the worst
tb,n+ IA, mon, tn ,,,o lam. r,,n ,s ,ha
Inns w wv" III NV '""k I"h "S mo
hcluR cleared OF the ethnhing cane were
now better suited for military operations.
NrMs from me frontier seems to he
interrupted, both by ran ana telegraph
nud no information WAS ohialnablo CON
corning mo movements of the insurgents.
iha capta;" general upon his arrival here.
u!lunhhc'i 'nAl NE spanish uuopa IN
MatnnEns occupied advantageous positions
hnl lhtl thc Nubhnt would either bo COM
pellfh to Ilght = pitched battle or sur
roudrr. 1t IA not ttatraiiN believed, how-
ever that tho march ~ Comes and Muceo
upon ltaNan" has really been stopped and
,hnt ihoy are ~ r'ileat Ia anprort of
We're ;,'trcaunK the government, would not
ho SLOW IN making public every Item OF
nrvH concerning this feature of the hith-
,rto triumphant march OF the Insurgents
from the province of Havana, IN spite
OF mo numerous columns about the snnn-
last news OF the moyemrhtS of The Span
lsh columns were that they were head
ihg Tor Gunna lana, the headquarters 70.
Gently evacuated 10y campoH, situated
not far from Mainnsns.
The fact " that thrrc are 40 many an
nounccinonis of tho defeat aud retreat OF
the insurgents that II win require strong
continuation IL mako anybody believe that
Hurh ~ hn Hciual fact When the inaur-
cnra ~ was announced that they had
been defeated with great loss and had
rrtrontcd nrtosa the border. iint the next
news received from the front wnA that
the tuhan army was threatening Inccu-
tna. more than hair way between the
border and the capital. Santa clara, md
since then they have apparently pushed
onward with little or no interruption. Tho
absence Of news of the movements of the
Insurgents H. causing soma anxiety among
their friends here. hut thoy claim that
Gomez aud Mnceo arr IN possession OF
railway aud telegraph lines.
Re that ~ IL may the only news oh
tninnllc IL that furnished by the rufnors
and II ia. authorities arc in poRHcsaion
OF any additional facts all such matter
~ carefully supproaard.
In tho mrnnw hilo active preparations
are being made FOR the defonse aud for
forwarding To tho front nll tho troops
who can he spared.
II a. underaiood that the Spanish coll
uInna In tho rcnr of the insurgcnt Army
hhyo boer ordered concentrated ms uulck-
lv as possible 10 the frontier OF Mntan-
zaH and that every effort IN to b0 made TO
prevent the retreat OF tho cubana into
santa Ciarn While thcse proparationY
arc being made apparently TO stop tho
lnpurgcnis from nHcgping into Santa
clara IA. land fortIflrntions nrc receiving
attention day and nigh,
\ ,nituber Of ad,iiiunni "a rihworits have
Lsrn throw, mn during the lnRt month
mn those nro bnstlly heinz completed AMI
,nif,uiicd .viih ruus ne rnpi,lly az possible,
ma ,nne.i,zlnea nrn ieint. plnniifilly sllp-
iiiod win ammunition and the oirtpoHs
~ tho Gnnnl eh iroona around Havana nro
-, t, W. strt'n,ihennI md more rec,reiv Tor.
,Innr ,i,lr1ti ,.hnit ,be uIIh, and ali nay
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