Evening star., 1896-08-07
COL. CESPEDES ARRIVES
He and His A.ocistes Say Oubs Will
Triumph.
They Suffered Great HarAships IN
Cressfng From Cubs to Nassau
IN IN Open Boat.

From the Nev York TkA
Eight Of the eleven men who evafed the
Spanish military and naval forces and
reached Nassau. N. p. from Cuba In an
open bost July - have arrived here on
the steamship Antiha of the Bahama
steamship line.
The party consisted Of Lieutenant Col
oLel Enrique de Cespedes. commanding.
who b = nephew of the late President de
Cespedes Of the Cuban republic. and cousin
Of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes now gov
ernor for the patriot party Of Oriente. in
the Department Of Santiago de Cuba Lien
tenant Eduardo Laborde. brother of Al
pedo Laborde. one Of the prisoners of the
Competitor expedition: Captain Mario
Garlic y Aldama of the Cespedes expedf-
ton of last October: DIR. John H. Smith.
Dartmouth graduate and army surgeon
With Maxino Gomex's division: Grover
Flint. q newspaper correspondent. and
Modisto Leon. Emilio Agrenot. and Jose
Cabrera, pilots. The visit of the three
last to this country Is doubtless to be use
ful In guiding expeditions. as they are all
familiar with the coast Of Cuba and the
ocean paths to 1t, and the channels of the
West India Islands.
The other three of the party who reached
Nassau were left behind. They were ne
groes. one an American. the others sub
JCSlS ok cat oTlldfu. 1Hey were lett at
the quarantine station at Nassau. The
Antilia left Nassau at $50 pm. last Wed
nesday, but was delayed little waiting
for de Cespedes and his party. who came
from quarantine in q rowboat.
All of the eight were bronzed and
hearty. Although well dressed they were
In light marching order. as when they
escaped from Cuba they had to leave all
srperfiuous baggage behind. Mcssrs de
Cespedes. Garlic and Laborde and Dr.
smith bring important dispatches from
General Gomez to the Cuban junta here,
and will deliver them to T. Estrada Palma
today.
Until see President Palma" said
Lieutenant Colonel de Cespedes. who was
on crutches, to a reporter for the New
York Times, Il must be silent on all tina.
cape, for were I talkative I might unin-
tentfonally betray persons who helped US.
We escaped. that is sufficient.
Il heard of President Cleveland's proc
tonishes me. while I have no fear for the
cause on that account. l suppose that
the President acted patriotically. and have
no comment to make"
DR.. Smith said that there were the grav-
est reasons for maintaining silence.
"As to the Presidents proclamation" he
continued. Il am surprised. From what 1
hear 1t is uncompromising. But the Gu
bans cannot be stopped from winning their
independence. Things are bright for the
cause down there"
Il sm home again." said Capt. Garlic
last night. but l cannot say for how long.
One has to be prudent these days. 1 came
through many risky situations all right,
and was wounded but once-a furrow in
the head-at the battle Of Palo Prieto
Il was with the dc Cespeies expedition.
mouth Of the river Calleta, and have seen
much of the war and fighting. left the
precautionary government at La Yaya to
bring dispatches here with Lieut. Col. de
q oCoy
IT Is the rainy season, the roads are hor-
rlble, and We were on horseback Lieut..
Col. de Cespedes had a sore time with his
game leg. as he had to ride with 1t over the
pomnel Of his saddle.
Without saying how 1t was accomplish
ed, We secured between Nuevitas and Pu-
erto Padre. q whaleboat. with twenty
seven feet keel and four and half feet
ged sails and a jib. We managed to &c.
two casks OF water, some crackers a few
tlrs of provisions, and some raw salt pork
These and the boat were hidden in bushes.
OH the Shore not more than fifty yards
away, lay the Spanish man-of-war Colon
drina Her company vas wide away. She
Latrolled between Nuevitas and Puerto
Padre. and some one who sold us proyis-
lens betrayed our presence In the neigh
bcrhood to her officers. They did not know
exactly where We were. but were trying to
nrd out. On one occasion. while we lay
low In the bushes, men were sent to the
crows nest of the Golondrina closely to
scan the shore. They did not see us.
fnc Goiondrfan started on a patrol the
evening OF July q. and she was null down
toward Nuevitas when, at 7:4J o'clock all
being ready. We launched the whaleboat
and began our escape. That night we were
anxious. but were not discovered, and
when day dawned nothing was in sight to
make us apprehcnsive.
Our trip to Nassau was really uneyent-
Iul. we were short of provisions II Ia
true, and suffered much Inconvenience
from the sun and the drenchings we got
Ircm a heavy swell. We could not cook
foul that we had to run into Green Key
and get two kegs. Then we had to row IN,
q calm. and when we struck the coast Of
Nassau rowing had to be done for four
teen miles.
When l left La Yaya everything was
bLstle and activity in the patriot lines. |
iast saw Gen. Gomez July ). He was on
ms ms way to Oriente to see Gen. Calixto Gar
rainy season with 100000 cartridges and
prepared for an active campaign to de-
stroy every plantation he comes across.
nave no doubt that the patriots will
win. ana some OF the pro-Spanish- Ameri-
cans should go to Cuba and learn for
themselves that no story of Spanish atrec-
lty has been exaggerated. But the right
spirit Is with the revolutionists why.
ranks. ." 'i'e
What the patriots need is arms.
macheee reaches three feet-a Mauser rifle
tnree miles. Let couple Of thousand rifles
De landed and they are swallowed up at
once: Campaigning in Cuba, Just now Is
no child's play. You have to look out for
the enemy: then there is the constant rain
ana oanser OF illness. but what tries one
most are the insects. do not suppose that
tho Sc Of Cuba"
STRIPES WILL BE DISCARDED.