The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-08
GENERAL MARTINEZ cAMPos,

| large the occasion. when Campos
! down another rebellion. The people
here are expecting him and anticipate
with anxious interest his coming. To
an on-looker the interest among off,
cial people seems to be derived from
the anticipation of the pageant and
the clatter of bright metal rather
than from any consciousness that
Campos ds needed here Havana. al
ways accustomed to military life, has
not been wildly impressed by the
landing of troops from spain. The
repression of the Havana, papers re-
suits in ignorance of details, if not
Of facts, of the eastern districts, and
SO while the people look on and are
interested in the show before them,
they feel they have no personal part
in the matter and are, indeed, quite
content to leave all fatigue of activity
to those who must act.
Meanwhile, during the week. there
will be lesser diversions Furnished by
the arrival of about 1000 more Span
iSh troops. AT any moment now. the
Cadiz, with 1,140 men, and the Cuidad
de Sanatander, from Curana, with S45
men, may enter the harbOr The
Spanish cruiser Sanchez Barcaezste-
gui entered the harbor here yesterday,
and left today. The utmost vigilance
is exercised by the government TO
prevent the landing in Cuba Of the
rebel leaders who are in other parts.
The government especially definitely
6dc.iroc .fn irNTa
officials profess to believe as not af-
fected d landing. There is positive in
formation in this city. however, that
Maceo is now on the island and that
the other leaders will come later.
This Cuban negro Maceo, is a vet
eran of the last revolution, and is said
to be an able man. a shrewd tactician
in the chapparel, and brave. He is to
the official house here the 'bogy man
mentS of the rebels make proof that
the plan announced in these dis
patches and the one laid out by their
leaders is being consistently followed.
This is a waiting campaign. They ap-
pear and disappear. They make a.
sortie against some village. and IL
troops appear they hustle away out
of sight. They have alarmed the in
habitants and they have harrassed
the lTOOpS, WHOSE OlllCSE leiS5IdpHS
the governor general that his men
bravely met "a group and routed
the enemy who ran away"
1t is a fact that there are on this
island today between 5000 and 5000
rebels, who have rifles and cartridges
within their reach. The government
may scout this statement but it holds
The leaders know better than to
openly oppose their five or six thou
sand man against superior forces.
when climate and sickness are relied
upon as allies later on
''Why don't the rebels pitch in and
do something before all the Spanish
troops are here?" is a question asked
by opponents of the rebellion here.
The answer is, that while engaging
the forces now here the rebels would
suffer to such a degree as not to be
rapidly mended, and upon their
weakened forces would be a. constant
Increase of more fresh troops from
Spain.
LET Spain get here all she intends
to send, and then we will play hide
and seek with them, aided by climatic
forces and strike a decisive blow at
the sick and climate worn forces OF
Spain''
That is about the reply the inSur-
gents would make to criticism OF their
lack of aggressive activity.
Already the government troops are
securing through Manzanillo, and
Colonel Santocilde has just tele-
graphed to the governor here as to
what action shall be taken in tina
event of the rebels in big or httla
groups desiring to surrender. Clearly
Santocilde expects successes to his