Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-31

lean consul nj Ma,ansas. who. by The way,
Is from Iowa, and a cousin OF eA-Scnntor
facts and many more OF similar character.
witch. with names. exact dates and other
evidence. could he officially had by. author.
tiles at Washington on demand. MIR, Briee
Is IN alert %oficlal, aud capable OF futnish-
Ing any reliable Information needed from
This is only one Instance Of a long ut
that, TO my knowledse, could be osiained
Il might be added ,Sa,. after The drSssing
up Of .his b9ay referred T.; Gtd1 nsoS Sf5s as
Coast Of. Cuba. and forfbiidiinf asbins, of
bays. hui some weeks after this a daring
Cuban fisherman took, out MS boat one
msde lis Is' way aSaS down. sne to ' The TflrsSit fort. con:
Ealing himself near me i"n aams ,lSonns s.
md he Counted fourteen prisoners WHO
were led down the steps and put aboard
for execution; This from only one OF INC
the number taken on here was larger than
Where there Is s' a viii I,hherS is a way. and
thcre ls no question about the spanish WI
and liberties OF Cubans so long as spain
controls the island.
hut the questions are OFTEN. asked. WHAT
he ablc to hold out? Have they amy, show
OF winning7 These questions might be
able to hold out? For 1t is they who mus,
win or give up Cuba, the richest Island.
perhaps, IN the world. SO far the patriots
chetes to a successful carrying out of tho
first stage of the war plan. as laid down
by General Gomez-that of invasion. They
have cut AMI slashed their. way through,
from one end Of tho island to the other,
covering 100 miles Of territory, from forty
30 80 miles wide. Everywhere they have
ou,generaled and outwitted the Spanish.
against overwhelming odds. The war be-
gan February -. 1879 1t had been intend
cry OF cuba Librc'' on February q. the
birthday of Washington, the hero OF our
own revolution, whose picture hangs con
spicuously in almost every cottage In cuba.
but the leaders were delayed two days in
getting their handful of troops into the
since then. they have, by dint OF bold aS-
gressivencss, brilliant iieli maneuvering
and almost perfect strategy. astonishoi
made the INVASION complete. even to me
suburbs of old Havana. with It's sJ',"pl M
hahitants and rs heavy h~nttlemenis' torts
one in this country knows pretty Wen me
whole story of the war. In spite Of Oh;
through the censorship. the american
newspapers have succeeded In giving pun
llci,y to events. so that. in the main. intnl,
American public gets on the right side OF
2 question = sooner s,Sr or ner ls,Ir; S AIR. ,r I. .ntan
what the almost unanimous sentiment ~
throughout the United States on this SUB
ject.
To one studying carefully tn, movements
of AFFAIRS in Cuba for the last six months
II Is pretty evident that the second siase
Of the war, that of occupation, Is 10 toh'
mind but that all the NOV am.nts of IN.
We sly The @'R history Of the var IS finally
complete, as 1t now bids fair to be I'M
folded. then GONE. and Mace who arS
clock work precision and harmony, "il
get the credit due them, II is too long a
story to tell except in brief. Gomez, IN
Of MART. took the lead from east to west
ann from Snno Msst 90 10 w sdss' nina mace Nsep Mrun tfhss
Spanish forces divided and on the alert
protecting cities, railroads and telegraph
Always Gomez was in the van, daring to
lead wherever Spaniarls said he couldn't
often he was In . much Wanted trap
| from which he could not possibly escape.
Rut every time he led his army out whom
iy. he had traversed the island from San
tiaso de cuba to Pinar del Rio, ,Maceo.
ing, cutting off with flame and machcts
all sources of Spanish tribute and revenue.
as was Gomez in Pinar del Rio. suddenly
changed his course and marched through
the Spanish trocha. Joining Gomez In the
west, soon after Gomez left Maceo in
troops recrossed the boosted trocha and
made his way again into the far east.
lnen IL was mat the spanish authorizes
gave out that h. was wounded and dying
of consumption and had retired from the
war because This engagement with the
junta had expired and that he wanted
more pay. Gomez never took the trouble
to deny these reports, but left them for
for ali others also who wanted to. The
rank and. file of the Spanish, and perhaps
i iSnm. hifh spu Gp II i1hm ay Tsi k aid 'e MSSt
months, While ! was in Matanzas the
published This story story. u WHICH ihsF Pug 7 give "'T as say y
journalistic adherents II weyler, hoping to
encourage loyalists. discourage cubins and
check recruiting of their ranks: Latest
authentic reports received state that owing
to the horelessness Of his position, the rebel
self and his army now hope!essly en-
trapped in Pinar del Rio; Maceo has seven
times hoisted the white tiag. hut under sp--
ciiio orders from Captain General Weyler
all terms but unconditional surrender have
been refused and no attention has been
paid to his nag Of truce. Alaceo Is disgust.
ed because he has been left to fan nnaided
in his helpless position while Gomez, refus-
ing 10 renew his engagement with the lead.
ers of the junta because h. could not get
an advance in pay, has finally died of his
wounds. recently received in Puerto frin-
cips. These developments have caused the
American supporters of the inslirrectiOn to
lose heart, and Astradn Palma, Departing
nj mls sns %n Iifsy in Pf IN SeM nay Yo ,lNs" r I'll S SSrt
Of stun, however, had not III" slightest
effect upon Cubans, who understand the
Spanish and their methods too Well TO have
the least faith in their hoaxes.
Meanwhile Gomez has not been dying nor
sulking, nor even contemplating retirement
from the war. Nor, so far as | can learn of
Gomez. has there ever been any question Of
his loyalty, without pay, save the reward
history viii give him and his mastery mil
itary genius and ~sasacl,y when he shall
have succeeded in the liberation of cuba,
All stories about Gomez being In the war
for revenue only are of spanish origin.
Contrary to all this, he has been getting
ready for Occupation while the Spanish
armies were in the west being diverted by
Pinar del Rio and all the time assuring the
outside world and flattering themselves
that they had him In "a trap from which
he could not possibly escape. Weyler. in
studying his pet trocha on paper before
him and assuring everyone that II was
impossible and invincible.
Every eye has been on this trocha now
for six months. Meanwhile Gomez. In the
other end OF the island, has been looking
munitlon. heavy. ordnance and the or
sanizlng and drilling of artillery forces for
occupation, Indeed, II would be nothing
surprising II, while his red iiag has been
West, he had been quietly fortifying some
businesses In the Eastern mountains for a
permanent base of operations for the mil
itary, and as "a capital for the. civil govern
ment heretofore declared to have no seat
doubt hut that artillery is to figure more
prominently in the lighting hereafter, and
between heavy guns and yellow fever. add
ed to the machete and the rifle of the
armies heretofore In the Held, the Spanish
ness they can attend to before the rainy
season closes next October.