The evening times., 1895-12-19

side OF the Insurgents, has arrived in TINS
city. To reporter for The Times Mr..
| Giimorey gave a detailed account or the
situation as it exists in Caba today; Be-
ginning with his own history, he said:
Il have lived in Cuba since 1854, en-
ploycd as an engineer on Central Unidad
sugar plantation, between Sagua and Cien-
iuegos. When | went to Cuba first had
no political feeling against the Spaniard,
| but had not been in the country mere
than a lew Eours before 1 noticed the
naughty, overbearing dcmeanor or tue
man toward his Cuban neighbor.
THE individuaJ tyranh,zes because he
| is projected by thu. government, ard the
| government Is tyranHical beyond descrip-
| ton. Cuba always lad to me the appear
| ance OF country being held by MARTIAL
law, and my experience has since shown
me that it Is SO.
THE entire population or the island ls
| but 500, 900, and Spain has never bau
less than $4,000 troops in Cuba. These
| troops are spread an over the island, in
! every hamlet and rancho, aud their duty
| is 10 pry into the secrets OF every CUBAN
family. They drag men from their beds at
midnight, carry them To their BARRACKS
| and treat them so cruelty that many die
from this treatment. The Civil Guard
| do this, SO much so that their cruel treat
ment is recognized by the poor Cuban as
| an Institution, with the significant name
| OF 'Compontc, and against whose awful
| tyranny he has no redress.
THE SPANIARDS ARE ROBBERS.
From the moment the spaniard treads
| the soil of Cuba he has but one idea; to de-
spoil and rob CubaDs OH every occasion.
This peculiarity distinguishes all classes
of Spaniards. from the menial servants
up to the Judges ard govcrnors-ge general.
| The Spaniards nave known since the CUBAN
wars of 1850 that the Cubans might rebel
at any moment. The history OF Cuba is
! long series OF revolts against tyranny,
but every one OF these was preceded by
| a peaceful struggle for its rights-a fruitlesS
struggle-because of the obstinate blind
ness of Spain. Before the last insurrection
of 1865, which lasted ten years, the reform
party, which included the most enlightened,
wealthy and influential Cubans, exhausted
all the resources within their reach to
| induce Spain to enunciate healthy change
| in Cuban policy.
The Spanish government disdanfuiiy
! cast aside the proposition as useless, in
| creased taxation and proceeded Ill It's
cxaction with extreme severity 1t was
then that the ten-year-war broke out. Cuba,
almost pigmy compared with spain'
Public wealth disappeared in bottomless
abyss. Spain lost 100000 men.
whole districts OF Cuba were left al
most entirely without male population.
Seven hundred millions were spent TO reed
that Conflagration-a conflagration that
tested Cuban heroiSm-but which could
not subdue the bleeding colony, which had
no longer strength to proiong the struggle
with any prospect OF success. Spain pro-
posed a compact which was snare and
deceit. She promised home rule, which the
Cubans had waited for till more waiting,
would have branded them as towards in the
eyes of civilized people.
IL used TO wonder how such brave ana
| generous people AS found the Cubans to be
| in all my dealings with them could possibly
stand sach tyranny as l daily witnessed.
| But preparations for this final struggle were
going on, have since learned. since 1879.
BECAME A PATRIOT.
I'm 1892 l was admitted into the conf
dence OF the patriots in the Sagua In Grandc
| district. Our duty was to gather arms
and ammunition and hide them away,
| ready for the moment of Cuban ndepend-
| ence l say the moment OF Cuban indie
pendence, because the As GOO armed Cubans
now in the field believe themselves already
| independent. They possess virtually three
| fifths of the Island of Cuba and know that
| they can whip the Splniard. whether Ancri-
! cans recognize them as belligerents of not.
| At the same time they have the most i'm
| plicit faith in our sense OF justice, and be-
| licve that this Congress will recognize them
| as firmly as they believe there is God
| above us.
| The Spaniards today are, as ii were,
| standing on u charged powder magazine.
| Every Cuban on the island Is a rebel today,
whether he is in the field or at home. As
soon as the United States government
| should recognize Cubans as belligerents
| all these men would have n chance to get
| arms. and that powder mine would explode.
| Sholld we not recognize them. ours VIII be
| the fault of the bloodshed, burning, and
destruction that win follow for an indefi-
| mite period. as the Cabans are determined
to obtain their liberty, or make n heap OF
! ashes and ruins of their beloved home, and
| would think it boon TO be buried in these
| ruins rather than submit to further Spanish
| cruelty. Now, this is the sentiment that
| is felt among the Cuban soldiers on the
battlefield. Even the women are deadly
| enemies, and with just cause, OF their
| Spanish tyrants.
''I know of a case where We had to make
sick soldier, suffering with tuberculosis,
give himself up to the Spaniards, so that
he might 20 home. he being unable to bear
the fatgues of the campaign. We were
surprised to see him return about a month
after, saying he would rather be killed
than hear the taunts Of the women, and
especially his own wife, and would serve
on and kill as many Spaniards as he could
before dying.
yIoLATE-THE MAILS.
'It is impossible almost for the truth
to be sent out Of Cuba by letter, through
ordinary mail, as everybody in Cuba knows
that his correspondence is violated by the
Spanish post-office authorities, and that
should they get hold OF letter contain
ing even proof or sympathy with the
patriots, much less news OF anything that
is going on, his life would not be worth
twenty-four hours purchaser The people
In one province cannot even get news about
the insurrection that Is being waged In the
next. The newspapers cannot publish any
thing but what is supplied from the gov
ernmeDt Officers.
Everything the Spaniard's hand touches
in Cuba is corrupted. The government Is
afraid to let even its own people In
Spain now the truth, and the dispatches
that are sent to Madrid for publication
are one pack of barefaced lies. The truth
is telegraphed only to 'Senor CanOyas del
Castillo and he is SO dishearteDed at
the situation that his ministry fs totter-
ing to its fall-as we see by the daily
papers. say this because many q
time have we laughed, while resting on
the fields of Cuba, over accounts published
In Habana papers of battles in which we
have fought and whipped the SpaDiards
down to the very entrances OF their forti-
fled towns, and yet they would have the
effrontery to state that they had killed
more hundreds OF us than they had individ-
uals, and captured all our ammunition;
they having three horses killed or wounded.
"Our brave general, Jose Martf, proclaimed
Cuban independence on the 14th Of Feb
ruary last, and although as an American