The herald., 1896-02-16
FOREIGN INTERFERE NCE
1t Would Be Unanimously Resented by
the Spanish
The Surrender Of Cuba Would Be Regarded as
Threatening Spain's Existence as
Nation

World from London says: Advlces from
Madrid do not indicate any great excite
ment in Spain's capital over the Cuban
resolution before the United States con-
gress. The leading newspaper says: 1T is
not for the United States government to
give Spain lessons in humanity. Those
who live in glass houses should not throw
stones. Let the United States government
put down lynching before it reads us our
duty to the Cuban insurgents"
The recall of General Campos is shrewd-
ly suspected to be at the personal initial
i've of the queen regent. Campos is the
only general upon whose loyalty til pres
ent dynasty can unhesitatingly rely in the
event of the loss of Cuba giving rise to po
litcal disturbances at home.
1t is useless to try to conceal the fact
that the Spaniards would be unanimous in
resenting foreign interference, whatever
the consequences might be. They look
upon the preservation of the colonial en-
pire in America as not only an essential
and patriotic matter but as a question of
vital importance to their trade, their indus
tries, their agriculture, their capitalists and
their financial and political prosperity in
the old world.
That they will make desperate stand
to retain their hold upon Cuba there can
be no doubt. The whole tone of their
press, of their political, financial and
military circles, and even of popular
demonstrations, show that neither the
government nor the regency and mon.
archy can recede from the attitude taken
without risk to their prestige-nay, to their
very existence.
Young Churchill, writing in this week. s
Saturday Review. of his recent experience
with the Spanish army in Cuba, maintains
that the success of the revolution would be
unfortunate for the rest of the world.
THE INSURGENTS HOPES
New YORK, Feb. 15.-The following
letter, written by W. W. Wilson at Bayamo,
Cuba, and mailed at Kingston, Jamaica,
has reached the headquarters of the Cuban
junta;
"BAYAMo, Cuba. Jan. %, 1s06.-Senor
Estrada Palma, President Cuba Junta,
New York-My Dear Sir: Having an op-
portunity to send you few lines, write
to inform you of our great success. We
are now occupying Bayamo. which we took
from tho enemy ON January 16. We
made the attack on the 18th, but
finding the enemy outnumbered us
two to one, we withdrew and made prepar-
ations for the use of dynamite in order to
force our way in and not with the intention
of slaughtering so many. There were
800 killed i'll the explosion and nearly as
many wounded. l have sent thirty men
and pack train under Lieutenant Munsan
to accompany Sergeant Anderson to the
south coast, whence the latter will leave
in small boat with two natives for Port
Antonio. Jaimaca. There he will meet
steamer from New York bringing
1000 rifles, 100000 cartridges, 800
machetes and two or more small
field pieces, together with a lot of revolvers
and dynamite. These have all been 10y
private subscription. Immediately on
receipt of this war material | will leave
here for the west and co-operate with Gen
erals Gomez and Maceo. l have received
large supply of arms from the enemy
here. L will leave with about 1000 or
1000 men, all armed. We have been re-
mics and we have forced ourselves on the
latter in such way that they could not
resist us. Hoping that yoI may never
hear of your defeat and that ali strife
will very soon end with victory for Cuba,
remain, very truly yours,
"W. W. WILSON,"
NEARING HAVANA
HAVANA, Feb. l5.-A report that numer-
GUS bands commanded by the we'll known
insurgent leader, Serafin Sanchez, are
coming westward, and they are now in the
vicinity of the province of Havana, is con-
tirmed.
Capt. w. Il. Mannix, correspondent in
Cuba for an American auxiliary journal
and representative of several American
newspapers. has after considerable diplo-
matte correspondence been forcibly ex-
PEELED from Cuba. He left the island to-
day.