Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-26
THE REVOLT IN CUBA.

THE REVOLT IN CUBA
An OmcIal Letter from Gen. Maximllle
| Gomex-4n Inner View of the SituAetOa
The Patriots ExtendhnS Their Lines and
Confident Of Success-Spaniss Recruits fol
| Cuban GrAves-(ien. Camp0s Losing frss-
| tiEe.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. e1.-A letter
was received yesterday in Philadelphia
which was written on August 80 BY
Gen. Gomez, commander-in-chief Oh
the Cuban army, at his headquarters
in Camaguey. The letter, addressed
to the secretary of the Cuban revolu'
tionary party in the United States,
sums up the condition of the military
affairs in the existed island, and being
written on the eve of constituting
the revolutionary government, de-
claresit the Intention of the Cubans
to raise loans for the republic in the
United States. The full text of the
letter follows:
DEAR CoMPATRIors: We are on the
eve of the constitution of the govern
ment. The representatives of San.
tiago de Cuba-Maj. Rafael Port
uondo. DIR. joaquin Castillo. DR.. Man
duley and Civil Engineers P. Auguitla
and Maj. Manaru Sanchez-have ar
rived already and those of CaInaguey,
headed by the Marquis of Santa Lucia.
are waiting only for those appointed
by the state of Las Villas in order to
form the assembly and elect an execu.
tive and cabinet and appoint with
sufficient powers our ministers abroad.
especially the diplomatic agent in the
United States, who will be authorized
to raise loans for the republic.
I'VE have been very happy to re-
ceive the expeditions OF Generals
Roloff and Sanchez in Las Villas, and
that of Gen. Jose Maria Rodriguez in
this province. and just now l have
heard the welcome news of the ar
rival Of Col. Francesca Sanchez Rehe-
Der of arms safely in Baracoa- With
3 few more expeditions we will be able
to arm the rest of our increasing
| forces. resist the winter campaign,
and extend our occupation to Matan-
Zas.
LAS to the war carried on against
Us; the Spanish have done little to di-
minish our drawing strength. They
are on the defensive in this region,
and dare not attack us to such an cx-
tent that have been forced to surprise
and besiege their garrison and towns,
capturing many hundreds of stands
| and arms; the railroad between Neu-
vitas and Puerto Principe, their stra-
tegic line, has been generally inter
| rnpted and partially destroyed; but
such are the low tactics of the enemy
that they do not publish any account
of our numerous engagements. in or
! der to make the world believe that
there is no war in this section.
In the eastern department every
thing is organized as ours is in Las
Villas; the revolution advances to-
wards the west, and have organized
great deal from here in the latter
province.
THE late personal defeat of Gen.
Martinez Campos at the hands of the
| brave Gen. Maceo. has caused the
prestige and fame of the Spanish cap
| tain-genera1 to suffer a great loss, and
the morale of his troops to be endan-
gered. Campos has not been able, not
even with all his sagacity and studied
malice to hide. or, better, efface the
effect of such failure, they want to
| unsuccessfully explain his defeat and
have people think that he has ut
tanned his object, but any military
man versed in our kind of warfare
will laugh at the futility of such pre-
tensions.
I'VE cannot give you a detailed ac-
count of our operations; it would be
Ir,vSrr nd fodI I tall
that IN five months of the campaign
the enemy have been able to measure
the wonderful strength of the Cuban
| forces, and thus it is that Gen. Cam.
pos has hurriedly called for large re-
Inducements My opinion as a mill
tary man, given without passion OF
| vanity, is that they will arrive toe
late. The revolution is assured. II
does not make any difference whether
| fall and others do also, the revolution
| will go on till it trinmphs.
IAN estimate made by physicians
well acquain ted with our climatic con
ditions as to the losses suffered by the
| Spanish army in Cuba is as follows:
In normal conditions per cent; diff.
ferent disea ses, yellow fever, typhoid,
i dysentery. ulcers, ETC., 40 per cent,
| and men employed in different occu-
pations not in the army, per cent, a
total of As per cent. per year, with at
present nearly $4,000 Spanish soldiers
hors du combat. This will give you
! an idea OF what will become of the 50,-
| 900 men sent to reinforce the Span
iards. The country from one end to
| the other is hostile to Spain;. those
who ser We are forced to do SO, and
| forced service is not a guarantee for
the stability of any government
This is our situation. and you can
! make it public to the whole world,
without fear of being contradicted.
do not know how to lie.
Il respect myself enough not to de-
scend to such low acts as our adver.
saries.
1.-The morality and discipline in our
| ranks is excellent. and we take care to
correct the least fault which would de-
tract from the nobility of our cause.
GEN. MAxIMILLo GOMEZ.
Commanander-in-Chie of the Cuban
Army.
Russia to Occupy Port Arthur.
VIENNA. Sept. 21.-The st. Peters
purg correspondent of the Meme Freie
Presse says it is rumored that Russia
| will occupy Port Arthur with the APP
prevail of China.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
The Reward offered for tho Capture Of