The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-03

conducting legitimate warfare, the reb'
els burn, rob and murder on all sides
and upon every occasion flee before the
Spanish regular troops without attempt
ing to hold possession of a town or even
a mountain pass, and that they there
fore ought not to be regarded as upon
an equality with the regular soldiers OF
the Spanish army,
ECUADOR TAKES A HAND.
Madrid, March 2.--The Heraldo as
serts that the president of the republic
of Ecuador has sent communication
to Queen Regent Christina asking
Spain to proclaim the independence OF
Cuba.
A FRENCH OPINION.
Paris, March 1.-The Figaro says that
the vote in the United States senate in
regard to Cuba can hardly be excused,
and declares that Europe will some
day unite against this style of Monroe
ISM"
SHOT A DROWNING PRISONER
Havana, March 2.-While thirty-nine
political prisoners were being taken on
board Spanish steamship here to be
shipped to Ceuta, Africa, one of them
jumped overheard His arms We're PIN
toned. When he rose to the surface the
guards fired four shots into him
and his body disappeared beneath the
waves.
The Spanish warship Herman Cortes
said from Havana for Martanzas on
Friday night She had her lights eX-
| tinguished when off the coast east OF
1 Havana, where she sighted a mysteri-
Gus looking steamship carrying q single
| light forward The Herman Cortes free
three blank charges at her and then fol
| lowed them with solid shot. The
| steamship seemed to have extraordina-
ry speed and had no difficulty in max
| ing her escape.
| Two transport steamships bringing
additional troops from Spain arrived
here to-day.
The official report of fight which
| took place on the Jesus Maria estate
near Santa Ana, in the province OF
| Matanzas, between a column of Spanish
troops under Major Cossio and COM
| bined bands of rebels under Amieva
| Betancourt and Cajizote, numbering
about 1500. has just been published. Ac-
cording to the Spanish account, the
rebel loss was is killed and q
wounded. The only man wounded OF
| the Spanish side was Major Cossio him
self, who was shot in the leg. The
camp Of the rebels was. captured by the
! Spaniards.
CUBANS ARE HOPEFUL.
| The New York Evening Sun says:
The countenances of the Cubans at the
| headquarters of the Junta wore hope
| full look to-day. Things are beginning
to come their way after year of hard
uphill work and patient waiting. The
action of the senate on Friday was fol-
lowed by the official announcement
from Washington that the government
/ had no evidence to warrant the hold
| ing of the Bermuda and that the steam
ship would be turned over to Captain
James d. Hart, representing the osten-
sible owner of the vessel, r. D. Thomp-
son. Then, too, the rifles, knapsacks
and equipment seized on the J. $. T.
| Stranahan by the United States mar
shals will be returned to their owners
Thomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban
revolutionary governments official rep
resentative in this country, was found
! in his Office this morning, surrounded
by a number of friends, who were dis
Icussing the situation in a hopeful mood
When asked his opinion of the outcome
of yesterdays anti-American demon
strations in Spain he said: Il do not
think they amount to anything. 1t was
simple mob violence, and the govern
| he RI
/ Spanish are quick to resent a fanciec
insult. and the news of the senate's &C
ton stirred the lower classes up. But
cooler counsel will prevail. The lead
ers in Spain know that the American
government has perfect right to rec
ognize the belligerency Of the Cubans
"They know that they cannot afford
to pick quarrel with the United States
and they will stay out of it as long as
possible. | believe, however, that as
they are bound to lose the island any
way, they may conclude that they will
lose it with more honor in a fight with
the United States than by having the
Cubans win it from them. But we
will have to await developments on that
score
| etiil III hopes LIdl lIlc low GI ilUuoe
will act in few days on the resolution
calling for the recognition of Cuban bel.
| ligerency AS to what President Cleve-
lands action will be we have as yet nc
idea. We believe, however, that he is
in sympathy with the Cubans, but hi
is a conservative man and will move
carefully. Naturally he does not want
to move precipitately in a matter which
may result in involving the government
in serious complication"
Dr. Castillo, another prominent Gu
ban, said: 1.-THE opinion of most of tbs
| Cubans in this city, 1 find, is that SPAR
will not dare to go to war with this
Ecountry. The violence of yesterday;
mobs in Spain will not mean much. The
government suppressed them as best il
could, and it is with the government
and not with the riotous lower classes
that the United States must deal AnG