Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-11
CUBANS NEED LEADERS
The Present Revolution Only
 a Guerrilla Warfare.
MANY OF THEIR CHIEFS IN EXILE.
Their Forces Now Consist of UnOrganized Bands of Patriots Who SkuIk About Through the swa,nps-Garcia's Death Due to n Traitor.

Through the SwaInps-Garcia's Death Due to Traitor.
 CIENFUEGos Cuba, March ll.-Of all
 the queer revolutions that have taken
 place on tho island of Cuba during tho
 last 100 years, the present one is probably the queorost. With tho same cause back of it-that of unjust taxation by tho Spanish goVernmcnt-it has not so far deyclopetl into anything but guerrilla warfare, and its effect has only stirred tho Spanish au- thorities into prompt and decisive action.
 Bands of leaderleSs chiefloSs mon roam around the mountains and swamps afraid to surrender on account of the bullet and the garrote, and afraid to make a decisive stand because of the lack of an executive brain to guide them. Their knowledge of warfare consists only of tho firing of guns and the welding of machetes Of tactics they have no knowledge beyond the old harharic style of fighting behind trees and on the constant run.
 They are ready and willing to fight but they do not know how to 40 about it When patriots who really have the welfare of Cuba at heart gather about such reputed bandits as Manuel Garcia was and as Mat aGas is, it may be readily understood how badly of they arc for leaders.
 Leaders Arc Abroad.
 Generals Sanchez and Roloff, Cuban leaders, are in Key West. presumably wait ing for an expedition to bo fitted out. Macco and other leaders arc in Costa Rica also waiting for something to turn up, and MaXimo Gomez, the aged veteran and tho king pin of thGm all. is said to be in San Domingo. Being = years old, he Is now too old to takc part in an active cam paign, but the Cuban rebels now hiding in tho mountains of Santiago seem to think his prCSenco and knowledge of mil itary tactics would have the effect of brac- ing mp the cause.
 In fact, 1t scCms to be tho general opin- ion that if the leaders would leave tho va rious contemplated expeditions in other hands and como to Cuba the men who arc now in a stato of Vacillation would flock to their standards by thousands. and tho petty outbreaks now going on would soon take on the aspect of actual warfare.
 Tho big Spanish warship Infanta Isa- bella Is now lying at Key West within al most stones throw of tho docks She Is without torpedo nottings, or if she has them they arc not in use. What other race of men On earth except tho easy going but patriotic Cuhans would not attcmpt to drift down on some dark night a beat load of dynamite against her iron sides!
 Key West Is full of men who ara willing to dream of liberty, but who aro unwin- ing to scheme for it. Most of them havc heard the cruel song of Spanish bullets 1 and felt the ruin of spanish rulc.
 Having established a business and l made their homes in moro peaceful coun- ! tries even though they were oncc leaders, they do not fcrl called upon to lCavc their | families for the field for a second time, | Still they may do it.
 This iS why Cuba Lihrc iS without lcad- ! CTS Those who groan and swat under | the yoke of spanish rule have nothing but defeats to look back upon. Thcrc Is no in- 1 centire to other than guerrilla warfare. Their leaders are banished, and they have l no others tO look to, They have lost be- fore What hopo have they of winning | now? Then again, they feel that the ! throos of a death stricken purpose arc like 1 those of dying man. The first gasps and 1 kicks aro alwSys loudcst and hardest.
 Is SanguiIIy n Traitor?
 Tho Cuhans hero and the insurccnt par. ty generally aro greatly inccnsed at Julio the former Cuban leader now confined in the Cabanns in Havana They assert with much evidence, that he has betrayed tho movement According to many accounts, he was paid by the Span iSh government not only to brtray the up rising, but to botray Manuel Garcia as We'll For tho betrayal of tho latter he Is said to havo been paid $500.
 Thorc is an old saying that whorc there Is much smoke thurC is fro. Thoru is so much smoke in this -;.mor about Sanguil ly that were ho rcleaSe,l from tho Cabanas now thorc is littlo doubt ho would be kill cd by the Cuhans at tho first opportunity.
 Manuel GarCia was two thirds patriot and one-third handit. He rcapcd little ben. eft from his raids Onc-half was willing ly given to so called leaders and the other half to tho support of his mcn. In con- mon with many other Cubans he honorcd and respected Sanguilly
 Tho story is Soing all over Cuba that lurcd him to his death by means of letter, in which he advised a raid on FraguelO. where tho amhuscade was form cd. Whether this be true or not, there arc many things about Sanguilly that look suspicious.
 How long ago was this movement ol the CuhanS planned? One year. or two at the outside. However long it may have been, Sanguilly was certainly on the in. side of the scheme Soon after it was formed he took out the papers of an Amer. ican citizen. According to the best infor. | nation the revolt was to take place on the first carnival day, Feb. 22. Everybody l knows how thoroughly prepared the grr ernment was against tho movo. The Gu bans say they have indisputable evidence that Sanguilly betrayed them At any rate there is very little doubt that he will soon be set free. The American consul is even now making strenuous efforts to have him released.