The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-03
Summer: Will Be Cuba's
Most Valuable Ally.
General Gomez Gives an Out
line of the Situation.
Stirring Letter From Gen. Maxine
Gomez TO Sen0r Palma.

new lQrk, June o.--i ne IoloWinS iet-
ter, dated May 16. from General Maxine
Gomez to sepor Estrada Palma. the
Cuban delegate in this city, was given
out at the headquarters OF the Cuban
delegation last night:
"There Is no doubt that the revolution
has successfully gone through it's third
period and is now powerful all over the
island. The first period was the out
break. In the second was our organ
fzation, during which we had not only
90 establish government. but at the
same time TO fight the enemy, whose de-
sision TO prevent 1t was as great as Its
failure. Finally. the third period is
marked by the invasion to the western
provinces and the winter campaign,
which has just closed with no result
favorable TO the cause of the monarchy.
in spite of their famous army of 10000
men and their powerful implements OF
war throughout the country.
THE most justly famed Spanish gen.
eral. the mightiest enemy that the revo-
luton could have. General Martinez
Campos. in short. abandons the field.
leaves the island under the sway of the
revolution, and admits before the world
that IL is nonsense TO speak of 1t as a
mob.
THE torch was stopped in its work as
soon as the planters diverted from
grinding, and then the cane and the
factories were exposed. The revolution
meant to be generous by preserving the
public wealth. Special care was taken
not TO harm the sugar plants, not even
those belonging TO our most fierce foes.
All had guarantee with us.
With our flag displayed we entered
the towns not occupied by the enemy.
No damage was done, and even the
mayors were respected as the popular
authorities that they were. 1t was so
in Bejucal. despite the resistance of the
garrison, in Taparte, Ell Cotorro. Rogue,
Alqui2ar, San Antonio, Guira de Melena,
Serbia del Aqua, FL Caimito. Guara,
yereda Nueva, Hoyo Colorado. Panta
Bravo, LeSalud. Santa Clara and many
other places. The peasant proprietors
We're carefully respected, and their
crops were not destroyed by the hoofs
of our horses The Cuban family had
10 fear of the Spanish soldier. and our
wounded were safe.
but all this has changed as by magic
since Spain appointed Weyler to be
peacemaker. Disregardful OF the i'm
mense interests that he. compromised,
1t was he who again lighted the torch,
by his foolish pretension of grinding
against the orders of the revolution,
and for this reason new canefiel6 and
even some factories were destroyed, as
also were several towns and villages
of which the Spanish soldiers had taken
possession, 10 depress and corrupt our
families.
General eando never made an at
tempt TO fight our troops, but in ex-
change his soldiers destroyed the prop
erty OF the poor end peaceful inhabit-
ants in the Siguanca valley. and men
and women and children were merci-
lessly.outraged and murdered, even the
oxen and the horses are the victims of
this reign Of terror to which the revo-
lution has answered with yigor and
courage.
"Weyler's work has done the country
great harm. and this is all that he has
done, for otherwise, the ilberating army
is as mighty as ever.
The revolution proceeds on It's trium-
phal course, and every day that passes
may be considered victory now for our
cause, and any petty loss that we may
occasionally have is OF no consequence.
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.
Simmer is death TO them; our soldiers,
on the contrary, are made of steel, and
the sun that kills the Spaniard is a
friend TO the Cuban.
General Weyler will go, and IL is now
said that Polaviaja viii replace him. All
10 no purpose. What General Martinez
Campos was not able TO do at the begin
ming, 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 soldier
must be paid even for his vices, If he Is
to be of any good, and Spain has no
longer the money for IL.
II took, yesterday, two prisoners.
whom hardly could decide TO go back
to their own, they seemed so willing
TO remain with us and share our sbun-
dant food.
What / say about General Weyler
is from my perfect knowledge of this
mans history. | am not influenced by
passion or hatred. am simply one OF