The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
CUBES PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
DEVASTATION INSTEAD. OF BATTLE
THE PROGRAMME.


ish Troops as Much as Possible.
The Military Tribunal DESTROYS of
the Execution of AeebO-The Cuban
Committee in This Country Estab-
fishes n Headquarters at Wash
ingtOn.
Havana, Dec. 12.-The rebel leaders,
Gomez and AIaceo. are still evading an en-
gagement with the Spanish troops. They
were encamped upon the Gonzales coffee
plantation in the district of Cienfugos,
but left there this morning when they
heard of the arrival of the Spanish forces
in the vicinity.
The military tribunal are desirous that
the death penalty shall be imposed upon
the rebel leader Acebo, who is a prisoner
in the hands of the Spanish forces.
AdviceS from Sancti Spiritus say a Span
ish column, under Col Segura has had
an encounter with a band of rebels, caus-
| ing them loss of 130 killed and wounded.
Among the killed were a brigadier gem
| eral and captain of the rebel army. The
| courage and military skill OF Col Sc
/ gura are highly praised.
| Madrid, Dec 12-Dispatches from Ha-
| vana to the Imparcial says: "Advices
| received from Santa Clara state that the
/ reDel forces under Gomez ana Maceo
nave united and arrived on Dec. 8 al
Baez. Their continued advance makes
the situation extremely grave. Gen Ma
| Narro s column has arrived at PlacetaS
aIter twenty days march. The men are
in a most deplorable condition. They are
i without shoes and are so completely eX-
hausted that they win need long rest
| before they will be able to resume active
| service. The provinces of Santa Clara
| and Matanzas are defended by 1900 Gu
bans and 5000 Spanish troops. Gen.
| Martinez Campos is reported to have de-
clared that the Cuban filibustering COM
mittee in New York had instructed the
insurgents in Cuba to pursue the tactics
| battle"
! The Spaniards in Mexico recently sub
scribed the sum of 100000 pesetas TO be
| used by Spain in meeting the expenses
| incurred through the revolt in Cuba. The
! amount subscribed was in Mexican silver,
/ which the government will recoin.
| Nassau, N. p, Dec. 12.-The twenty-one
| men who We're arrested on Oct. 19 at
| lnagua, one of the Bahamas, on the
| charge of violating the foreign enlistment
| act, 1t being held that they were Cuban
| filibusters, were acquitted to-day. The
| jury was out only ten minutes.
The men were passengers on the Clyde
| line steamer Delaware, plying between
| New York and Haytian ports, Nicaragua
| being one of the calling ports. The Brit
| ish gunboat Partridge was lying at lnagua
and when her commander learned that
| the twenty-one men who had been landed
! from the Delaware were armed he had
them taken on board his ship by a file of
| marines and brought them here for trial.
The men claimed that they were laborers
and had no intention of proceeding TO
Cuba. The men made a formal protest
| against their arrest before the United
States consular agent at Inagua.
The names of the men just acquitted are;
Branlio Pena, Eduardo Yero, Pedro +.
Betancourt, Martin Anero Anton Ruize,
Gabriel FORBADE, Niconto Garlic, Cosme
de la Forriente Antonio, RiVero, FEEDER
leo, Munez Palomino, Guavino Landa,
| Bonifacco Gomez, Pablo Estivez, Carlos
Lima Y. Padilla, Paolo Menocal, Gerardo
| Domenech, Eduardo, Resell Sane Frank
lin Argillayo zeranio. Malvez, Pedro
Mendoza and Jose g. Jova.
Washington, Dec. 12-The arrival in
this city of Gen Gonzalo de Quesada, the
well known agitator for the freedom of
Cuba, and the announcement of his in
| of headquarters in Washington, have
| been matters of much interest to-day
since the facts became known. Other
members of the Cuban committee in the
United States will be in Washington in a
short time, Delegate Palma following
Gen Quesada in few days, and the cam
pagn for recognition of the belligerents
will be vigorously prosecuted here with
out any delay. Several Cubans who call
! ed upon Gen. Quesada upon his arrival
last night We're made acquainted, as
nearly as possible, with current events
as they are progressing in their army.
Brunswick. Ga, Dec. 12-spanish Vice
| Consul Rosenda Torras, with headquar
ters at this port, and highly creditablt
citizen, furnishes some very interesting
information regarding the troubles IL
Cuba. 1t is claimed that the war news,
so-called, furnished the press in this coun
try is in some respects unreliable, par
ties furnishing the information not Civ
ing due regard to the Spanish side In q
recent issue of a native journal trans
lated into English and secured from th'
vice consul, appears an interesting state
ment from a surrendered insurgent re
garding the present status of the insurg
ent forces. This one, Don Francisco Gar
cia of Garcia, late chief of a band of in
surrectionists, claims that since joining
the band last February he was constantly
in action up to Sept. "a, with Amadol
Guerra, finally obtaining permission tC
| operate with his own company with JuaH
Vega, another chief, who had become dis
gusted with Maxine Gomez He say!
the insurgents have no commissary de
partment and nothing approaching tC
one; everybody attends to his own privat,
affairs; the leaders permit cattle to b'
driven away upon condition of theil
owner paying 50 per head for the privi
lege, money thus obtained being pock
eted by the chiefs. In consequence oi
such and like eXactions intense rivalry
and jealousy springs up between the
leaders, since those who collect little fee
sore on those who get much, while theil
followers are beginning to see clearly tha
they are merely tools, and 1000 Tor pow
der. The insurgents in the Camaguey
district are clamorinS for peace anC
Gomez is suffering from a wound in ths
leg which. although it does not prevent
him riding, is very painful Ht
claims that Gomez is hated roundly
Owing oy "if to their their fear ar of him him and re
gard for Alexandra Rodriguez Gomez
| second in command, who Is very popular
by reason of his character, which is th'
very opposite of that of Gomez. Garcia
thinks that the war will last as long a.
the cattle are in the fields, but the insur
| gents are fast exhausting the supply, ant
| encouraging the owners to drive then
| away which will result in depicting TIT
/ stock in two months, leaving the insur
gents nothing to eat. One thing
| though, he thinks, might della!
| peace and that is the prospec
Of harvesting and grinding the cane crop
from which they expect to derive an en-
forced revenue of 30 cents per bag from
| the planters, some of whom have agreed
to pay it. 1t is also claimed that there
is much dissension in the ranks Of the
insurgents, those in the eastern distric
being incensed with those of Camaguey
and Las Villas for not having assured
; the candidacy of Masso, and that Rabi il
at total variance with Maceo and Come;
because of the two latter's various dep
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