The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-14

KEY WEST, Fla, May 13-AdVices
from Havana tonight state that the re-
cent action between Maceo and Gen.
Inclan at Caracarajacas, Pinar del Rio,
400 Spaniards We're killed. while the Gu
bns lost 16. Sicaras, the famous Cuban
leader, was killed in this battle.
FILIBUSTERS' CASES
HAVANA, May 13.-The United
States has interviewed in behalf of two
more of the men of the schooner Com
petitor. They are Charles Barnett and
William Leavitt AS cabled to the As
sociated Press on Monday, they We're
brought here from Bahia Honda, having
| been captured in Pinar del Rio after
| they landed. They are citizens of the
| United States and so notified Consul
General Williams. They also informed
| the consul general that they were I'M
armed when captured.
Consul General Williams has IN con
sequence presented their claim, as regu-
larly made in such cases, that the men
shall be tried by the ordinary civil court
and not by court martial, according to
the rights guaranteed to citizens of the
United States by treaty. The cases of
these two men differ from the cases of
the other five captives only inasmuch as
they had landed in Cuba before being
captured, and so have a cleaner title to
civil trial. as being residents of Cuba. as
technically provided in the treaty guar
antee. 1t was on the ground of non-res-
idence that the authorities at first de-
MED civil trial to the men captured on
board the Competitor. In view of these
facts, 1t is not expected that any diff
Guilty Will be made about according Bar
nett and Leavitt civil trial.
SPANISH FEELING.
LONDON, May IA Madrid dis
patch to the Standard says: The I'm
parciaIs idea of denouncing the treat
nd
States and Spain is discussed in all cir
cles, as correctly expressing the feelings
OF nation fretting under the covert ag-
erosion of government and a nation,
which. as the Herald says, ought to drop
the mask. The tone of the Republican
papers is even more significant but they
use the conduct of the Washington gov
eminent to damage monarchy.
The Epoca the government organ)
asks If public opinion and the govern
ments of European powers having mar
thine colonial interests, having consid-
cred the necessity for gaining SPANS
spontaneous assistance in a cause that
is not exclusively Spanish.
The admiral commanding the Spanish
West Indian squadron has sent the
Competitor case before a naval court to
have her declared lawful prize
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Madrid says:
i lie correspondence Mllltdlfe con-
slderS that the men captured on board
the Competitor will receive their dues
at the next trial. If America wants a
war then she must have it. The report
that the United States claims an in
demnity for damage to American prop
erty in Cuba is greatly resented, and if
it is enforced it is likely to lead to SER
ious trouble.
PALMA S PREDICTIONS.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Among the
spectators of the unwilling of the statue of
General Hancock was Senior Thomas F,s-
trada Palma, the representative of the
; Cuban republic in the United States.
In talking over the situation in Cuba
Senior Palma said with evident earnest
ness:
Il feel very. much encouraged over the
outlook for the. Cuban republic. Gomez.
with an army is coming westward again
and Garcia will soon follow with another
II we could put 10000 rifles only into Cuba
| the war would he over in six months.
The sentiments of Americans and the
| attitude OF the government of this country
| in the Competitor affair are very crafty
ing TO US; | think the United States gov
That the methods Spain is pursuing in
| cuba are too iniqlitous to be permitted 10
/ proceed much longer
| country and Europe about Spain bringing
| the war to a close by giving Cuba some
sort OF home rule is as ridiculous as are
r Inc spanish niini;h reports that Cuba was al
| garb of reform when the war began.
| Ihere never Will be an end to the pres
ent war unless 1t comes with full indepen-
dence FOR the Cuban people. That is what
the Cubans are fighting for: that is what
| they will continue to fight for until it is at :
tained Spain is in a most desperate con
dition and is growing weaker, while we
| are growing stronger. Cuban freedom is
| assured as absolutely as any coming event
| can be foreshadowed.'