Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-16
CUBAN WAR NEWS.
Rytra leading MaCsO'S Troops
Against The SpaniardS.
eFS. wEYLER MAY BE RECALLED.
Heavy Penalties for fnlis'ing In Tie
Cuban Army-Vi0la,ion OF
Mentality Laws.

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. ia special
:. tho Commercial Tribune from Key
vast. Fla, says: Fighting is reported
s.st of the trocha in Pinar del Rio
ssc,iop. where the insurgents, under
Mseeo,s successor, Gen. Ruiz Rivera,
have taken the field against the Span.
,,b torces lett there by Gen. Weyier.
Ma details have been received yet, hut
6ity wounded soldiers came ia yester.
day from the neighborhood OF Arte-
misa.
II in slated in Havana that Gen.
VIEWER has called in some of the troops
now stationed OUTSIDE OF the city, fear.
,pp an attack by Gen. Gomez, who Is
repotted as coming eastward with q
large. force, well armed and provls-
,oned. The Insurgents have already
,ceupied several small towns held by
ina Standards In the eastern part OF
The ptovincs of Havana, and have had
hardly any defeats.
Two trsin loads OF provisions and
arms were captured by the insurgents
ON the Matsnzis railway Saturday
Ard Sunday with slight loss.
II 10 reported an expedition from
Honduras landed on the south side Of
The island Saturday with large sup
niles OF ammunition and arms, and
that the cargo was safely delivered In
10 the possession Of Gen. Rivera.
DISSATISFIED WITH wEYLER.
MADRID, Dec. l5.-It 10 said that
much dissatisfaction 10 felt In govern
ment circles with Gen. Weyler. The
government orgaDs say he should have
remained In PiDar del Rio TO prose-
cute the war rather than going to Ha-
vsna to receive an unmerited ovation.
Ii rumofed that Gen. Marin will be-
sppointed TO succeed Weyler.
Gen, Marin came to Cuba with Mar.
tipez Campos when the latter was sp.
rolnted captain general OF the leland.
He acted as captain general When
Canpos was In the field against the
insurgents, and when Campos was
recalled as the result OF the dissa tisiac-
ton Of the Spanish government with
his campaign Marin took mis- place
during the interim between the de-
patture OF Campos and the arrival OF
Weyler. With the advent of Weyler
Marin was appointed governor OF
Porto Rico. Gen. Marin is about 80
years Of age.
UNLAWFUL AGITATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-The atten-
ton OF officials here hiss been attracted
by the stories coming from all portions
oithe country Indicating that enlist
ments are going on OF parties OF men
10 90 to Cuba to join the insurgents In
their struggle against the Spanieh.
The enlistments are In direct VIOLA
ton OF the neutrality laws and are
prohibited under severe penalties. For
accepting commission to serve
against Spain, q country with which
the United States 10 now at peace, the
penalty prescribed by section 52sl Rs
vised Statutes, is 1000 fine anu three
years. imprisonment, while for enlist.
Ing TO serve against spain or hiring
anyone to enlist the penalty is 81, 600
fue and three years. imprisonment.
MEXICAN SYMPATHY.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. l5.-There
sre uDcUntirmeu reports circulating
here tonight that mob in Barceiona
has assaulted the Mexican consul on
account OF his Cuban sympsthies.
Considerable III feeling against the
Spsniards has been aroused here by
an anonymous circular signed 'Son OF
Pelsyo, "and containing phrases insul,-
Ing 20 the Mexican nation and govern
ment. The Spsbiards claim the
Cubsns got 1t up to further inhame
the public mind against them. All the
tslegrams from San Luis PotoBl