The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-26
GENERAL CAMPOS' WORK.
With a Vast Army He Proposes
to Speedily Conquer the
InSurreCtionists.
LEADERS NOT TO BE BOUGHT.
According to Minister De Leone
the Struggle of the Oppressed
Natives Is Hopeless.

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 25.-senor
DupuY de Leone, the new Spanish Minis
ter to the United States, was interviewed
by an Associated Press reporter to-day on
board the revenue cutter which brought
him from quarantine. Senior de Leone
spoke of the lack of interest in the Cuban
instruction which he observed during his
stay in Havana, which place he visited Ell
route hither, and also of the exaggerated
reports sent out from the islands concern
ing the progress of the insurrection and
he expressed his convictions of the speedy
extinction of the revolt.
1.-THE arrival of General Martinez Cam
pos in Cuba" the Spanish Minister said,
drought a feeling of security to the peo-
pie, and an assurance that the insurrec-
tionlsts will be suppressed. 1t is needless
for me to repeat the statements that have
been made so often of the greatly exagger-
ated stories sent out by the newspaper
correspondents. I must say that the re-
ports of the Associated Press are the most
truthful of the statements cabled from
Cuba. The newspaper correspondents have
made me say and do all manner of things
from the time of my arrival at Cuba, which
1 am not aware of having said or done.
ga New York paper published long in
terview with me, in which / was quoted as
making a number of very positive and un-
pleasant statements about the American
press. AS a matter of fact l never said a
word to a reporter of that paper, nor, in
deed, to reporter of any paper printed in
English on such subject. Ny mission to
America is to talk politics to the authori-
ties at Washington. AS for the firing upon
the steamer Alliance 1 have nothing to
say. 1t is matter that seems to have
been already satisfactorily settled. I must
say, however, that l think it would have
been wiser for the captain of the Alliance
to have stopped when requested and then
sought for indemnity afterward.
Concerning General Campos and his
proposed plans l think it worthy of note,
as characteristic of the excellent soldier
and tactician that he is, how little he has
said since his arrival in Cuba The gem
eral is a most loyal and patriotic man, one
who has nothing to gain by the present
campaign. 1t is his policy to be as lenient
as possible with the insurrectionists, ex-
cept in the case of the leaders. They will
be the most severely dealt with.
THE Government proposes to send to
Cuba "a, 900 men in all before the LIST day
of May. With this force there can be no
doubt as to the fate of the insurrectionists.
General Campos has with him two of his
sons, Miguel the Marquis of Basdan, who
holds the rank of first lieutenant, and
Joseph, who is second lieutenant. The
former is a young man who has given up
life of leisure to endure the hardships of
Cuban campaign in the hot season.
Statements have been made that the
money General Compos brought with him
was for the purpose of buying off the
leaders of the revolution. 1t is well known
that this policy was pursued during the
last instruction in Cuba, but the Govern
ment has no intention of repeating the
mistake in the present instance. The revo-
luton is to be stamped out by the force of
arms.
Estimates by conservative men who
have been among the revolutionary forces
place the number of men at about 5000, not
more than one-half of whom are armed
and equipped. We estimate their num-
Der at about 1000 with the same armed
proportion.
1T is difficult matter to get correct
idea of their numbers, for one day many of
them will be at work on the crops and the
next they are off on a skirmishing expedi-
ton. Four thousand, however, is certainly
a most liberal estimate, and they are of a
class that would scarcely be taken seriously
in America. At present there are eight
modern Spanish war vessels in Cuban
waters. Seven are second-cla cruisers
and one first-class. The ship came over
on with General Campos was the Reina
Marie Christina, the vessel in which the
Princess Eulalie came to this country. 1t
is not intended, think, to send any more
ships to Cuba than are at present on the
way there"
Senior de Leone said it was his intention
to stay in this city for the next few days if
possible to await the arrival of his family,
who are Ell route to New York. The
Minister remarked that the several
changes of climate he had been through
since leaving Spain had tired him consid-
erably and that he was anxious to have
foyy davc' rest