The Atlanta constitution., 1896-05-04
CUBANS ARE BRAVE.
They IRE Not Only RGCkleSSly Brave,
but Are Confident.
CLARK RETURNS FROM CUBA
The Spanish Commander Is Pleasant
and Kindly offers Help, but NO
Once Cares TO Take tt

Once Cares TO Take It.
New York. April l6.- Some light is thrown
/ ulcn the actual situation in cuba toGay
by AN interview with J Frank Clark, stan
correspondent of the United Press, who has
Just arrived from Havana. Air. Clark said.
Three conclusions force themselves upon
me as the result of five months observation
of the progress OF tao revolution in cuba.
The insurgents are making remarkably
good fight. Spain has demonstrated her
inability 10 put them down. The rua is not
in sight. bat cuba Is surely slipping away
from Spain, and unless some now element
is introduced she viii be lost ~ the mother
country. Meanwhile atrocities are being
committed and methods of warfare are hc-
ing followed with her not courfeuauoed ng
civilized nations. ] have made two trips 10
Cuba. The first was at the beginning ~
April. 1925. when the insurrectiog was iu it's
infancy. ! remained two months. returning
70 the states i'm juno. Early in January !
went bagi, TO cuba. finding that Come and
Maccc. whom l left in the mountains of the
eastern district, had marched six hundred
miles, carrying the wave OF revolution west
ward and were then almost al the gates IT
the capital city When I left Havana. a
week ago. the insurrectiou was larger. more
formidable. and apparently more promising
Of success than AT any time in the fourteen
months since the Cubans rose against
Spain.
II went TO Cuba. not as the representative
of any one newspaper, with an editorial
opinion of its own. but as correspondent Of
the United Press, an association whose sole
mission is 70 obtain facts ana disseminate
news.
The Truth He Told
In the early part Of the struggle. before
M. l4tI
my reporfs were criticised nv Cuhaas as t.f-
fair TO thcm. Now. tbat thev have s,Qeut
over Tile island pushing tine troops Of s;uain
before them and making a record that will
live i'm history Spauiarls saw that nv re-
ports are unfair To Spain. In both eases
have told the truth
Before the arrival of General Weyler
correspondents were uorrlitted ta acc8mpa-
nY Spanish columns and in the early s.aee.
ID tho war snanIsG generals legc. ner-ufttrl
oorrespondents to yt.t. the eueus-s c} tar=
since tie ererrv has grown from sets cred
bands 10 orgauiza8 and satriv wcA aru1e1
and drilled columns. Il is matter of ltle
and deoth for "a correspondent to penetrate
the rebel lines. Ife would be welcomed hg
the insurgents. litt shot upon his return
to tEe Spanish camp. I have had cxue-
ricnce with four captainS-gcaeral. CALICO.
Camnos Marin and Weylcr. The last Is tine
only ono OF them who made the life os d
courteous I'D his ulk profuse iu offers to
aid correspondents In Sitting truth from
error polite In his receptions Of all s Amt-i-
cans. vet he had "a way OF impressne uTon
n correspondent without putting d. INFO
words CHAT ii would conduce 90 ms person
al safety TO report nothing but Spanish Off
cial news.
How Readers Are Beguiled.
"As these fail To mention single insur-
aeat success from the begiuuiue. ana age
i record of many Spanish victories, which
exist on paper only, the correspondent WHO
accepts thru az race Naiae 'F54AieS Pr
readers. II spain were winning battles |HS
not permit accredited correspondents "
accompany columns ~ tfooF9 anu i't'.
from personal ""S'fVatloft ~ "'' ,'tS
fought whenever announced oHicIaHs MH.
are correspondents refused 4 F@.e ,oi,,''''
pass 20 ehapit mem to 'isi' lit,
"heh al p oFsl ~, ~.
was y ''t'to ".iu iso' E ''''' 49, ''E
iWo CORES oNdei't9 tilto"i iit'o 'i''
lt 'iist -" ~" .'''t'7
#hlth Is euiE tWtiFe iH'l's 4i"iH Ii.. ...'-,
ne spanish correspondents +"
panerS, the spanish reporters gu itiN''''
Papers, afr an SUBJECT Z" l'te press 1'--7ft'
Hhlle the American cor it9.'.4-''t5
Ie2ued up iu havana anu every ''-'le =
made 70 Keep tht Werld ln 4ai -
what $ he'hS zone lh tu"a- f-'et.
alspateh ls care "iE 'l3l'10 .lgtt = ..'t
transmitted. fNeSs ihltl@ UNI AN"t'-''.
SPAN Or iaEorahie 20 the e1.'"" 1'.7s
eliminated. Inc mal47 are Sett5il'l - Fly
vent newspaper correspondence htli'1 S,.''
OFT Bat with sti the9s precautions
truth cannot be suppressed ana eN''t
W edncsdaN anu SiA1HFdaA t'' tai'i7 U4 'A-3
lhlled states ARRIVE fit nay ana Sit" t't7
accounts of rebel victories and SpaniSh 't.-
taIities, Whlth are uue' are ftaa ~ ~.