Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-03
A LETTER FROM GEN. GOMEZ.
The Cuban Rebellion Has Intsred Upon
the Fourth Stage.
Tho Coming of Summer Means
Further Hardships for the Span
ish Soldiers, and Easier Work for
the Rebels - Gomez is Certain
that Weyler and His Methods
Will Never Prevail in Cuba.

New York, June 2.-The following
letter, dated May 16, from Gen. Max
imo Gomez to Senor Estrada Palma, the
Cuban delegate in this city, was given
out at the headquarters Of the Cuban
delegation to-day:
There is no doubt that the revolu-
tion has successfully gone through it's
third period and is now powerful all
over the island.
THE first period was the outbreak.
In the second was our organization.
Finally the third period is marked by
the invasion to the west provinces of
the winter campaign, which has just
closed with no result favorable to the
cause of the monarchists in spite of
their famous army of 10000 men and
their powerful implements of war
throughout the country. The torch
was stopped as soon as the planters
were diverted from grinding.
Peasant proprietors were carefully
respected, and their crops were not de-
stroyed by the hoofs of our horses.
THE Cuban family had no fear of the
Spanish soldier, and our wounded were
safe. But all this has changed as by
magic since Spain appointed Weyler TO
be the peacemaker.
"Disregardful of the immense inter-
ests he compromised. it was he who
again lighted the torch by his foolish
pretension of grinding against the or
ders Of the revolution, and for this rea-
son new cane fields and even some fac
tories were destroyed, as also were sew
eral towns and villages of which the
Spanish soldiers had taken possession
to dspress and corrupt our families.
Reprisal is sold in the market.
"Weyler's work has done the country
great harm, and this is all he has done,
for otherwise the liberating army is as
mighty as ever.
The revolution proceeds on its tri-
umphal course, and every day that pass
es may be considered a victory now for
our cause, and any petty loss that we
may occasionally have is OF no conse-
quence when on the whole we triumph.
THE revolution thus enters now on
its fourth period in which the conflict
will assume a severe character for
Spain. Sumer is death to them: our
soldiers on the contrary are made Of
steel, and the sun that kills the Span
lard is friend TO the Cuban
Gen. Weyler will go, and 1t is now
said that Polaviaja will replace him.
All to no purpose. What Gen. Martinez
Campos was not able 10 do at the be-
ginning no other will do now.
"The Spanish soldier is kind and has
no enthusiasm to keep his courage up.
There is no spirited soldier when his
stomach is empty. The Spanish sol
der must be paid even now for his SER
vices if he is to be of any good, and
Spain has no longer money for it,
Il made yesterday two prisoners,
whom | hardly could decide to go back
to the Crown. They seemd so willing
to remain with us and share our abun-
dant food.
What / say about Gen. Weyler IS
from my perfect knowledge Of this
mans history. | am not influenced by
passiono rh aired. / am simply one OF
the few survivors of the famous Bell
of Casos Redondo, and am not the one
to forget the bloody scenes Of the white
rag in which Weyler yas the instru-
ment OF valmareda.
Sincerely yours,
IN. GOMEZ"