The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-02
DYNAMITE BOMBS In HAVANA
ihs Spanish General VIII Be Blown Up
il Less Lenlent than JaEpOS Was.
MORE Horrible THAN II The SIEGE
Outside the City "a Road Paved with Dead
and Dying over Whom the Deraiied
Cara Rush BurniLs--tnhnn spy
system More Thorough Than
The >ibiiist.


IN TIE CITY OF HAVANA. Jan. a.
Were you in PARIS during the siege? My
grandmother was she was an Ameri-
can lazy travelling abroad-caGght In
that gay city when its mirth was hushed
by starvation.
I am not a prisoner in Havana. ! can
come ana golf I am able My papers
read that l am an American benz upon
no service. ! am as free to pass IN and
out Of Havana as the birds above. They
can ny across Cuba-if they are not shot
en- route.
Havana to-day is like an arsenal. The
guns are mostly put away but there Is
the scent Of powder in the air The
streets are full. The avenues are fun,
but the people know their errauds and
50 about them Campos isgOne' Campos
the beloved. the lcnicnt. Campos. whom
the Spanish now hate.
Gen. Sabas Marin is invisible 10 every
body but his own guards. and has sent
out the stricoNst orders about the
streets OF Havana. You can hardly 10
10 market. TO call upon iriend or 10 see
the public placeS-i your heart VIII per
init YOU TO 10 sIght-seeIng-and you can
not finger upon the street corners.
only yesterday | met friend from
America, a journalist, upon the public
square OF Havana / stopped TO speak
no him Another journalist joined us.
where distinguished prisoners of war are
confined. We stopped a passing Havan-
csc TO ask him the way. lie pointed II
out TO us. speaking in broken English.
friend assisting him. That made party
Of five ~ as talking together in the pub
lie square In less than a minute sol
der of Spain approached us with bayonet
TO know our eIrand. gruiiiy asking our
topic Of conversation ana why We were
pointing towards the castle.
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we separated. each going his own way.
Marin does not allow little knots OF peO-
pie TO gather upon the streets. There
must be no riot in Havana. Poor, lovely,
suffering Havana.
III there is a man in all the world
pity to-day il IS the new commander OF
the army OF Spain Shut up here as l
am. a voluntary prisoner I'm this city
looking at IL is as much through the eyes
Of curiosity as Of pity, l am moved 10
the heart with the distress ] see. How
must he feel to whom these men are as
blood brothers? Yet / am told that Marin
is no such soft-heartod man as Campos
was.
He is in command for only few days
until the arrival ~ mother commander
from Spain.
pos last night b., a4Ia: Camps is
man as white you OF !, and flesh and
blood TO the very bone. Marin is more
iron than blood. There isn't an ounce
OF tdlIOuS III diIlhrf anu i' - i'HAs
to kill himself with sorrow to-day.
"CampOs didn't want this rebellion. lie
is at heart rebel. He does not want
Spain TO win. But he was sent out by
the mother country, as her most trusted
lieutenant, and he had TO fight for Spain
until he was relieved.
Take my word for II, II Campos had
not found a way 10 assist Cuba before
long he would have committed suicide.
About Marin? Marin will be dyna-
mited He is afraid OF H. Spain is afraid
az IT, He Is so unpopular Spain will have
10 send over somebody else. Marin is AS
fierce as a wolf. There are too many
rebels in Havana 10 allow him TO live.
When you speak here you must speak
softly for fear of the Cubans. More ~
half Havana is for the rebels.
"'rho rebel cause means TO the people
OF Havana a trading with all countries
and no tribute 10 Spain. II means
freedom with right 10 elect their own
governors. IL means a broad, free,
wealthy life. Cuba is SPANS richest
possession Why not make money for
themselves as well as for Alphonso? That