The herald., 1896-12-31
THEY ARE NOW IN THE BALANCE

would see that their cruelties raise the
| strongest prejudice against them in the
United States. Rial, executed at Man
lila, may do his captors more harm dead
than alive.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
News, reviewing the news as to the
! Spanish American relations from va
rious quarters. says the trend of circum-
| stances is toward compromise.
1T is stronger than the stiff-necked
| Spanish pride" he continues. 1.-THE
| Spanish are sick of Cuba and those who
are behind the scenes say that Senor
Canovas del Castillo is preparing to for
get his rash VOWS and to compromise with
the rebellion. The Jesuit fathers at
Manila vainly tried to worm from Rizal
the details of his conspirac1&but he de-
clined to turn informer."
PRISONERS RELEASED.
HAVANA, Dec. 80 (via Key West).-
The well-known planter, Tomas and Ri
| cardo Beattie, have been given their lib
erty, after two months Imprisonment.
nothing being proven that would incrim-
mate them.
Gen. Segura has had a serious en-
counter on the heights near Pinar del
Rio with the insurgents under Perico
Delgado. The Spanish troops sustained
a loss of 80 soldiers, and two officers were
killed and many also wounded. The de-
tails of the encounter are not allowed to
bep ublished.
The Marquis Apezteguia will sail OH
| January 10 for Spain. The marquis has
become displeased with Gen. Weyler's
policy in not allowing the planters to put
in their grain.
1t is publicly talked in Havana that
the newly appointed military governor
of Guanabacoa, Fuendos de Vile, has
taken ont thirty persons at night and
had them shot, without previous infor-
nation as to the cause.
Enrique Otazo, naturalized Ameri-
can, has ben arrested at Yaguaramas by
Capt. Marti of the Guayables local guer-
rilas. He is kept in ignorance Of the
whereabouts of his family, who are
much worried as to his fate. Country
people from near Zuzaso, in the Remedi-
os district. report that on December 21
and 90 fifty armed insurgents passed
there, escCrting 300 unarmed country
men, going as recruits, toward Sancti
Espiritus
The town Of Cienfuentes, in Santa
Clara, reports that the insurgents are
compelling all pacificos to enter their
ranks as recruits.
From Sancti Espiritus 1t is reported
that Gen. Maximo Gomez has arrived -
the district and united with Quintin
Bandera, whose forces now form Gomez
vanguard.
A rumor comes from Trinidad that
cannonshots were heard there on Decem-
ber 20 at night. and it is supposed by
some that this was a Spanish gunboat
firing at the Three Friends. 1t is report
ed that the Three Friends Immediately
ran southwark without returning the
fire.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-The correspondent
Of the Chronicle at Washington, in dis
patch to that paper. declares there is no
doubt that Spain has unofficially,
through Senior Dupuy de LONE prom
ised to- accept the United States media
ton directly after Gen. Weyler has
cleared Pinar del Rio of rebels, and then
to grant anything short of actual inde-
pendence to Cuba.
The report continues: None Of the
European powers has protested against
American Intervention in Cuban. The
reports of European protest were in
spired by Mgr. Martinelli, the pontifical
delegate to the United States"
LEE AT HAVANA
HAVANA, Dec 30.-United States
Consul Lee paid visit to the
American prisoners in the Cabanas pris-
on this morning. Vice Consul Springer
was unable to sail for the United States
today, but he will leave Saturday