St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-26
TALKS OF CUBAN REVOLT:
A Speedy Settlement Of the
Insurrection Is Pre-
dicted.
fE
GEN. CAMPOS is EULOGIZEDs
His Arrival Brought a Feel
ing Of Security to the
People.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Senor Du-
puy de LONE, new Spanish minister to
this country, was interviewed by an
Associated Press reporter today on
board the revenue cutter which
brought him from Quarantine Senior
De LONE spoke of the lack of interest
In the Cuban inSurrection which he
observed during his stay in Havana,
which place he visited en- route hither,
and also of the exaggerated report
sent out from the island concerning
the progress Of the insurrection, and
he expressed his convictions of the
speedy extinction of the revolt
THE arrival Of Gen. Martinez Cam
pos in Cuba" the Spanish minister
said, brought feeling of security
to the people and an assurance that
the insurrectionists will be speedily
suppressed. 1t is needless for me to
repeat the statements that have been
made so often of the greatly exag-
gerated stories sent out by news
paper correspondents 1 must say
that reports of the Associated Press
are the most truthful of those cabled
from Cuba. The newspaper CORE
spondents have made me say and do
all manner of things from the time
of my arrival at Cuba, which l am
not aware of saying or doing. A
New York paper publishes a long
interview with me in which I am
quoted as making a number of very
positive and unpleasant statements
about the American press. AS a mat
ter of fact I never said a word to a
reporter Of any paper printed in
English on such subject.
MY MISSION TO AMERICA
is to talk politics to the authorities at
Washington. AS for the matter of
firing upon the steamer Alliance, l
have nothing to say. 1t is a matter
which seems to have been already;
satisfactorily settled. must say,
however, that 1 think it would have
been wiser for the captain of the
Alliance to have stopped when re-
quested, and then sought for indem-
nifty afterwards. Concerning Gen.
Campos and his proposed plans, 4
think it is worthy of note, as char
acteristic of the excellent soldier and
tactician that he is, how little he has
said since his arrival in Cuba. The
general is a most loyal and patriotic
man, who has nothing to gain by the
present campaign. 1t is his policy to
be as lenient as possible with the ipr
surrectionists, except in the case of
the leaders, who will be most severely
dealt with. The government proposes
to send to Cuba $4,000 men in all be-
fore May 1. With this force there
can be no doubt as to the fate of
the insurrectionists. M
GEN. CAMPOS
has with him two of his sons-Miguel,
the Marquis of Baydan, who holds
the rank of first lieutenant, and josef,
who is a second lieutenant. The for
mer is a young man, who has given up
a life of leisure to endure the hardships
of Cuban campaign In the hot sea-
son. Statements have been made that
the money Gen. Campos brought with
him was for the purpose of buying off
the leaders of the revolution. 1t is
well known that this policy was pur-
sued during the last insurrection in
Cuba, but the government has no in
tention of repeating the mistake in
the present instance. The revolution
is to be stamped out by force of arms.
Estimates by conservative men who
have been among the revolutionary
forces place the number of them at
about 1900, not more than half of whom
are armed and equipped. We estimate
their number at about 1900, with the
same armed proportion. 1t is diff
cult matter to get a correct idea of
their numbers, for one day many of
them will be at work on the crops, and
the next day they are off on a skirmish7
ing expedition. Four thousand, how
ever, is certainly most liberal esti-
mate, and they are of a class that
would scarcely be taken as serious in
America. AT present there are eight
modern Spanish war vessels in Cuban
waters. Seven of these are second
class cruisers, and one is first-class
boat The ship 1 came over on with
Gen. Campos was the Reina Marie
Iii lila, Tic NCSSSi ia which ihO L LII
cess Eulalie came to this country. 1t
is not intended. think. to send any
more ships to Cuba than are at pres
ent on the way there
Senior de LONE said it was his inten-
ton to stay in this city for the next
few days, if possible, to await the ar
rival of his family, who are en- route to
New York. The minister remarked
that the several changes of climate he
had experienced since leaving Spain
had tired him, and that he was anxious
for a few days rest. =