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garrisons. and railway and telegraph lines
faster than the royal forces can repair them.
CAMPOss HOPELESS TASK
With a soldiers blum, sincerity Marshal Martinez
Campos has admitted tha, ne has TO deal with a
serious rising and with more widespread dis
affection than he had expected when he landed
In Cuba in April. Al that date the nsurrection
rad not gone beyond the limits Of the province
OF Santiago where at tie utmost. 1909 rebels were
in the field under the two Maceos and Marty the
latter white man and the moving spirit OF the
revolutionary juntas IN the United States FOR
years past Now matters have become serious
that the insurgents. according Spanish reports.
said to have close upon $500 men under arms.
fully l2.co of whom mounted. At first the
rebel forces distributed follows; 1900
under the Maceos in Santiago DE- Cuba, 1000 with
Maxine Gomez IN Puerto Principe, and Tie rest
In Santa clara but few weeks ago the separaiist
leaders agreed 70 make an alvarce westward
They were fully aware that Marshal Martinez
Campos had not enough troops in the central ana
western provinces Of the island % protect the
sugar and coffee crops against their RAIDS, II ne
kept SO many regiments in Santiago and Puerto
Principe, and they knew the expected reinforce
men,s from Spain could not begin 70 arrive before
the end OF November SO taey resolved to push 10
the front in the province Of Santa Clara as many
bands as could be prudently collected. with View
to create a scare and destroy the sugar crops.
the mills the defenceless villages and tAe planta-
tons in the provinces of Santa Clara, Mttanzas
and even Havana. They reinforced Roiof,
Pole who the head Of their bands In santa
Clara, with cavalry especially MaXim Ia; mo Gomez
npf Won 63 p p bis er IN Mt the es sesuna a
Mountains south of Marshal CampoSs head:
by several spanish columns he gave them the
slip, and made for the nelshboraood Of Remedios
Santiago across puerto rneip by Ia IroGha 10
Las Sas y. b me rfor' ne nI,vnes Of Mstan
zas plundering and burning villages levying black,
mail upon the plantations of the loyalists. and
Ob.iging peOD!c ffN for safety 10 the spanish
lines. Rolon has issued proclamat!ons threatening
with destruction OF property and death al taose
who continue to work on me plantations. Marshal
eamP0s on OF H @ and aqa' 9er r nep and
he seems. up to the present 10 confne his efforts
against the contemplated RAIDS OF Maxine Gomez,
Rolof. Maceo and other nsurgent chiefs now a.
Both in Maird ami Havana a great Impotence
and curiosity shown, since such ccnslGeraoe
so clos, to each other. In the mother country
everybody would naturally like to hear Of some Dc:
sresb nforcPmsts Infortnnately ali military
men and Civilians acquainted vita the habits q
Cuban insurgents seem convinced that tney VIII
avoid all battles in the open al deesye
the western and central provinces IAN. they will
most likely break up their large bodies Of armed
weather desul ,ory and obstinate guerilla war
fare. This is why Marshal Campos has had the
that he thinks tha; ;he Instruction cannot be
withomt quaf.er. which would require three years
Of desperate struggle, resources tna SPAN mas E0
al her dsposal and 10000 men. hair % whom would
have to be sacrificed to deadly climate He Is
quite prepared ITO strike hard blows at the rebels
In arms but he believes he ultimate and rapid
paciiication OF cuba car ony be reai.ZTa Dy a con-
rIia,orv policy. by pardoning all who submit. and
by rne grant Of extensive colonial reforms and
self-government. which The majority OF The Cubans
would gladly accept at the hands OF the mother
country The declarations and the attitude
OF ne GOvernor-General of cuba make most
people in Span suppose that the present insur-
recon in cuba viii not last long and will ter
nnate Ike the last The general mpr sson 10
that the .nsurgent leaders in the island and their
friends in the American Republics will not wish
10 prnong 2 useless struggle when Marshal Campos
viii have saved the and coffe" crops In four
our of six provinces and when ne can Use the
fne and realthy season to act rapidly with
10000 men OF land and sixteen cruisers ami sloops
and tweniy-six gunbcats and steam-launches on
the coasts OF cuba The suspense and anxiety
with which the whole nation await the results
of their costly efOr;s-f 80 00o.OJ0 having already
been expeuded and now t32 cO) dlily-haye east into
the background all the domestic politics os the
king lOm