The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15

Havana to-day a package was carried of
which, upon examination proved to be
cartridges. The party having the package
informed the police that the same was Civ
en- him by one Lopez, fireman on the
steamer.
The police then came aboard and ar
rested Lopez and took him ashore. 1t is
said the matter will be laid before the
state department at Washington.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war in Cuba
viii be prosecuted by the Spanish govern
ment to the bitter end. Our national hon
or demands it. We must protect our sub
jects in the island who have been loyal
TO the crown, VIE represent nearly all
the material int DOS in Cuba, and TO
whom the success of the rebels would
mean ruination."
This declaration was made calmly and
without reserve to-day by Senior Dupuy
DeLome, the Spanish minister to the
United States. Continuing. Mr.. Dupuy
said
1T is not easy to predict what re-
suits would follow the success of the
insurgents. You ask if it might be an
archy. 1 cannot say, but it would be bad
for the whole country The substantial
business interests in the island are in
hearty sympathy with the crown. Few,
if any, of their number, wish the insur-
gents to succeed. The insurgents want
to set up their own form of government
Does any one think it would be superior
TO that in Santo Domingo or Hayti both
of which lie near their border? The peO-
pie in these republics are of the same
blood as those who have risen against the
Spanish government in Cuba. What rea-
son is there for thinking that their con-
troll of affairs in Cuba would be superior
to that in the other islands? 1t is i'm
possible to believe that it would be-
You do not doubt the ultimate triumph
Of the Spanish arms, then?"
Il am positive that the rebellion will
be crushed out as soon as Gen. Martinez
Campos begins active operations in the
late autumn. He has been doing little
the past few months except to get his
forces well in hand and remain quiet until
the r@iny season has ended. BY the first
of November the climatic conditions will
be more favorable and then an active
movement win be made upon the rebel
forces from every point"
How many troops has the Spanish gov
ernment in Cuba?"
"A large number are already en- route,
some Of whom have recently arrived.
think when all have reported that the
number will exceed 60,0O0 This is really
more than are needed. At least, this is
the opinion of Gen. Campos, al
though the government is disposed
to send him a third army corps, number
manded.
1t is reported to-day that the Cubans
have purchased a large man-of-war from
Peru to be used against the Spanish fleet
in Cuban waters. DO you know anything
about this?
The ministers face expressed both sur
prise and contempt. "a man-of-war from
Peru?" he exclaimed sarcastically, why
Peru has no man-of-war to sell. Be
Sides" he continued, 'it would cost a
fortune to get her to Cuba if
Peru had one to sell. No there
is nothing in that. That is the trouble
with the insurgents; they won't stand UP
and fight, except where they can take a
small detachment of our troops by sur
prise. If they would give us a chance to
meet them in battle we would be satisfied.
Senior Dupuy then referred at some
length to the exaggerated, and in many
cases, unfounded reports of the insur-
gents success, which he says are printed
in some of the American newspapers for
the purpose of misleading the people and
boltering up the insurgent cause. He as
serted that the rebels have not possession
of a single town in the island and that
they are still practicing a guerrilla mode
of warfare. The island, he added is ef-
feetively patrolled by a fleet of forty gun
boats and steam launches varying in size
from sixty to 800 tons each,