The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-11
sPAIN'S GAME OF SLAUGHTER.
SLOW DIFFERENTIATION HER PLAN
FOR sUBJUGATING CUBA.


tury-The Cubans Daily Growing
More Aggressive-The Coming
Election to Be Farce.
Havana, April s, via Tampa. Fla, April
-o-The farce of holding elections in the
island of Cuba will be enacted Sunday.
The autonomista and reformista parties
bavs defed the government and refused
N lake part The Union constitutional par
~ will therefore have a walk-over. This
,artv is made up of extreme Spaniards
Who succeeded in forcing the recall Of the
humane Martinez Campos and the substi-
rution of Weyler as captain general. They
are the people who applauded when Wey-
Ter decreed that insurgents are bandits
and should be treated accordingly. They
c,ustantly urge greater severity in the
enforcement of the DEGREES and chafe at
the restraints which the attitude of the
congress Of the United States has made
necessary. They are numerically inferior
- the other parties and have generally
sougbt a union with the reformistas on
local affairs.
The election is four days off, yet the
candidates have not been named. The
election inspectors were chosen yesterday.
Instead Of a struggle for representation,
which is usually hotter than New YORK
urinary fight, the constitutionals had no
onnosition. 1t is needless to state that the
batting on the result this year will be
light
The decision to hold elections was
blnff All the world and the wise men at
Washington were expected to accept cleo
lions as a proof that no state OF war eX-
lists in Cuba. Congress did not wait to se see
the bluff called. Senator Hale sliouiui M ~ on
dowu and witness the manner IN Wss WsllcI al an
American people cast their ballots Ior rep
resentatives in the Spanish cortes;
The Island Of Cuba is in the throes OF
such a war as only Spaniards and Spanish
descpndants can give against each otheI.
Civilization must move DacS"aIui alIhost
a century, to find a parallel II Is stS nos q
war of army against army as the hoII "
fought the south. 1t is not llAe the ieCele
4 clash between Japan and China. II Is not
even as respectable and open CONNECT
as King Menelek is giving 10 the Italian
forces 1t is a reconquest OF SOIL peo-
ple seeking to restore power by eXtefmlna-
tion, and yet not having sutlclehI IorGe jeoe 70
accomplish their purpose except py PlSce
neal 1t has no counterpart III houeIh
times In some respects it may be com
pared to the operations OF the TURKS
against the Armenians, but in justice to
the Spaniard it must be said that no sucn
wholesale slaughter has been attempted.
The restraining influences from without
are undoubtedly stronger mere thah De-
yond the Bosphorus.
Elections al this juncture are, however,
not exactly in accord with American
ideas. The insurgents, who desire no rep
resentation in the cortes, occupy the larg-
est part of the. interior of the island In
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces
there are fully 20, goo men in arms against
the crown of Spain. Martinez Campos
was recalled for failing TO crush them.
Cen Weyler has not won decisive Dattle
since his arrival. yet he has ofhclally de-
clared the western provinces clear or all
except small bands, more si hlghiwaymen l..l
of estates to begin grinding, threatening
them with imprisonment in case Of re-
fusal He has cabled Madrid guarantee
ing the peace and quiet of this end Of the
island by the time set for the elections.
He has stopped at nothing to accomplish
the results which he predicts, but the in
surgents are stronger in men, in arms,
in discipline and in hope than ever before.
Gomez is moving leisurely through San
Ia Clara province with a personal escort
of 5000. Lacret with 5000 fresh men from
the east has invaded Havana province
within a week. In Matanzas, Camaguey
and Santiago provinces the rebel forces are
constantly growing. The recent landing of
expeditions has encouraged the patriots,
and when the news of the action of both
Houses of congress is fully known, 1t is
claimed many influential Cubans in the ci-
ties who have taken no part will go to the
field.
The Spaniards occupy all of the cities
and large towns. Every place occupied by
troops has forts, or block houses erected
for the safety of the soldiers in case of at
h.
more and more aggressive and NOT a day
goes by without several reports OF towns
and forts being attacked.
Havana the capital and most peaceful
city is an armed camp. There are as many
men in uniform as in citizens dress. Al
most nightly firing is heard around the
suburban towns of Marianao and Guiana
bacOa Under these conditions Will the cleo
tions of 1896 in Cuba be held clark.
Havana, April 1O.-Insurgents attacked
the town of Guira de Meena, province OF
Havana, in considerable numbers last
night They attempted to deceive the gar
buele calls employed by the Spanish
troops. The ruse did not work, however,
and the rebels were repulsed with some
losses.
The insurgents burned the Victoria es-
tate near the town. They are believed
TO belong to the party. OF Nunez.
The Alcade of Guira reports that the
rebels are moving west toward Alquizar.
Another party of rebels burned the town
of San Matias, situated near the coast
There are said to be 5000 rebels in the
vicinity of San Miguel, between Havana
and Matanzas. The leader of this force
Guayabai. near the western line of the
province of Havana, has been burned by
the insurgents.
Fermina ranch, near Jovellanos, states
that the rebels lost eight killed.
The troops lost seven wounded. The
skirmshes killed eighteen, without loss
10 themselves.
Thirty-four volunteers, while foraging
near Camajuahi were attacked by 40
rebels, who used machetes. A lieutenant
and four volunteers were killed and a
lieutenant was wounded.
A band of rebels, commanded by the In
Eiesito and others, entered the town of
Bermija, province of Matanzas, and de-
spite heroic resistance of the troops in the
Tort sacked some stores and burned
lew houses. The rebels numbered 800, and
We're well armed and well mounted.
Large numbers of rebels are coming
west
The column commanded by Gen. Oliver
attacked a rebel camp near Remedio on
sunday last. The enemy was ambushed
.lty metres from the camp. The rebels
tarew dynamite bombs and fired explosive
SAels. The Spaniards lost a captain and
aour soldiers killed, and one Lieutenant
ana twenty-five soldiers wounded.
according to reports received here there
4aVe been number of engagements be-
t|een Insurgents and Spanish forces at
inherent parts of the Spanish trocha, and
0ecisive encounter between rebels under
-Naceo and the Spanish troops is expected
10 occur very soon. Twenty-Five thousand