The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-25

you no more than these :" asks the Sena-
tor who can speak some Spanish, which
has to be interpreted TO GOMEZ. "Ah, Jeru-
saleml' replies the insurRent, "we have
in this camp only one Of the five organized
corps OF our army Of liberation, but I will
proudly conduct you to the corps under
MACEo, and the other corps in the Orient
for we desire the recognition OF our belliger-
ency." GOMEZ soon notifies MACEO of the
presence OF the two Americans, and MAcEO
sends an escort with two spare Cuban
horses, saldlcd nnd easily mounted, to con-
duct them To his camp at once, rs he Is to
have n review that day.
The Senators reach MACEO's camp late in
the afternoon, just rs the trumpet Is blown,
and that instant battalion after battalion,
thousands upon thousands OF revolutionary
patriots, brave as any troops that ever rode
horseback, white, black, and copper colored,
gallop past the American Senators in per-
feet order, shouting Cuba Libre! y =" am
surprised whispers the Maine Senator
to the Massachusetts Senator, who keeps
quiet. But says MACEO to both Senators
through an interpreter, you must not de-
part from Cuba until you have seen our
army corps in the Orient; for we desire your
votes for belligerency when you return, and
the whole OF the country between Plnar del
Rio and Santiago is under our control; only
you will have to destroy the sdlro conductos
given to you by our enemy" The Senators,
having seen things, think it time to get out
of Cuba, and are escorted to the Spanish
lines, within five miles of Havana. where
they shake hands with WEYLER and take
ship for New York and Washington.
The Senator's had not forgotten, while
with GOMEZ and with MACEo, their declara-
tions in the Senate that the rebels had never
fought n battle. They asked n few ques-
tions upon that matter while in the revolu-
~tionary camp. They learned of battles in
which the insurgents had fought and heaten
five or more battalions of Spanish troops,
and of the battlefield from which MAR
TINE CAMPos fled, md of the revolt
tionary victory at Candelaria in this month
of March, and Of numerous strategic victo-
ries rs remarkable as any in military history.
They learned that the battles during the
year Of war had been so disastrous to the
Spanish army rs to require a constant
stream Of repnforccmenrs from Spain. So
then, after all, it looks as though there had
truly been battles between hostile armies,
and also war in Cuba. You cannot keep
this up says a Senator to a revolutionist
who replies, Until all Cuba is dead"
AS to the alleged violations of the laws OF
war by Spain; as to the shooting of insur-
gent captives: as to the killing of peaceful
people by Spanish soldiers; as to the scenes
of horror at Punta Bravo, Guatao, the
Mayea hospital, and other places; as to the
arrest of suspects until every Spanish
prison in Cuba is crammed with them; rs
to the execution of WEYLER's bloody de-
crees ever since their issue; ms to the
reign of terror which exists in every
part of the island under Spanish control,
the two American Senators could not enter
tain a doubt after spending Il week in Cuba.
They had denied the reality Of these things
in the Senate, but they could not contradict
the evidence which confronted them upon
every rood of the ground over which
they passed, as they We're escorted from
the camp of GOMEZ, in the province
of Matanzas, across the province of Havana
to the camp Of MACEo in the province of
Pinar del Rio. No man in Cuba denies
what has been denied in the United States
Senate. You can there see the proofs of
WEYLER's deeds, can there hear the cries
from WEYLER's dungeons, can listen to the
statements of thousands of witnesses.
Were it not better for Senator HALF and
Senator HoAR to take a week off and make
a trip to Cuba than to make such speeches
about the Cuban war as they have made in
the Senate, than to strive to prevent Con
gress from favoring the recognition of the
belligerency of the revolutionary army of
Cuban patriots, battling for freedom?
1t seems that Spain would not allow an
American military commission to visit
Cuba; but surely Spain could not forbid
the two Senators who have been foremost
in defending her, from engaging in the mis-
sion Of inquiry here suggested. Surely
WEYLER the Damned could not but wei
come their visit