New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-07
THE OUTLOOK IN CUBA.
SENIOR QUEsADA CONFIDENT OF IN
SURGENT SUCCESS.

SPANS FINANCIAL TROUBLES AND GENERAL
wEyIER.s rAILuREs-NO TROUBLE IN
LANDING ARMS AND AMMUNITION
THE FARCIcAL ELECTIONS.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
Washington April 6.--Sehor Quesada the secre-
tary of the delegation which represents the CUBAN
Revolutionary Government at this capital sara
To-day when asked about the latest developments
In the Cuban fight for independence
II see that the Bank Of France ana the i-o"
Countries has refused to lend Spain any more
money In addition to the 1000 already ADVANCED
and consequently Spain has been compelled 10 can
on her own people and 10 sell or mortgage so-ca"eu
Cuban securities. What the result OF 'his ue"'a".
has been is still unknown. but when the depressed
condition OF affairs In Spain Is considered may DC
pardoned for doubling its success the WORST par.
of the situation for Spain Is that on May she win
have to pay So 100000 to the Bank OF France anu 'e
Low Countries and in June the remaining saVV'."
OF the $4,000 900 loan have alluded to or forfeit '0
aecuri,ies she deposited to secure that loan
"The public in Spain is in state Of ferfnent anu
agitation over the manner III whlch 'he wal 10 "
ing conducted. Spanish newspapers which nave re-
Gently arrived show general dissatisfaction eA'S'
ing over the failure of Weyler TO carry OUT 'he e*
pectat.ons of the people whose clamor cause t"c
recall of Martinez Campos' and led to Weylers ap-
pontment. The cry of the papers Is that the war
must be brought to an end shortly, no matter "hat
the cost may be. Weyler promised when ne 'ei'
Spain TO clean the insurgents from the provinces
OF Pinar del Rio Havana and Matanzas by March
J. 1896 Some time after his arrival In Cuba ne went
further and declared that by March Is sugar wouid
be ground In those three provinces ana 30
sure was he of this that he announced his intention
Of moving his headquarters TO Matanzas TODAY
Is the 9Th Of April" continued Senior Quesada' and
General Maceo Is strong as ever in Pinar oei NO.
where the Spanish have claimed TO have had him
trapped many times. Maceo enters or leaves the
province as he fit. When he leaves we are toio
with great acclaim by the press censor IN havana
that he has been driven out: when he returns we
are told by the authority that he is trapped
GOMEZ IN SANTA CLARA.
THE Insurgents are also all over the provinces
Of Havana and Matdnzas. and not plantation Is
grinding sugar Even the Spanish AUTHORITIES nave
permitted the news TO he sent out or the ATTACKS
on and the destruction OF towns Withln t"e'Ve
miles OF the city OF Havana itself General Gomez
was reported few days ago as being oead an"
buried the name OF the place where his oemise oc-
CURED even being given. In this morning o's-
matches from Havana We hear he IS in Santa Clara
In the very heart of the island, occupying camp
six miles long. Oh it is most amusing these
mixed-up dispatches we treated 10 from Ha-
vana. Every day there from 200 TO LUZ IN
surgents killed. with occasionally wounded mule
on the Spanish side. according 10 the Official eana
tons from Havana given here by the Spanish
Minister SIN. In spite Of all this enormous
slaughter and continued overwhelming victories on
the part OF the Spanish forces. the revo!u'ionisis
continue 10 hold more than three-fourths OF the
island under absolute authority. with the ofncais
in charge Of the procedures loyal to the CUBAN
Republic and the property owners, even IN the
cities held by the Spaniards, themselves paying
their taxes to the Cuban collectors.
This is the condition In the provinces Of Puerto
Principe and Santiago de Cuba 20 Which proyhh c,
by-the-way. the ten years war was almost "hoiIy
confined. The Spanish troops now IN 'nese P,Ns
ness are virtually Se1e OF war That IN the
news promulgators in Havana and Their agency
about siaughters and victories in Puerto Principe
and Santiago de Cuba
SUCCESSES OF FILIBTsTERs.
There is trouble whatever In landing arms
and ammunition and medical stores on the CuDa'
coast when once the vessels containing thein get
beyond the risk OF Illegal detention by the United
States authorities. During the last three weeks
General Coidazo. Major Pena and General Caii%to
Garcia whom the Spanish Minister vigorously de-
MED having landed reached Cuba. landing at three
separate points almost simultaneously from three
different vessels Besides this. in the same time
four other vessels took thousands Of guns and ma,
chetes and countless cartridges safely to cuba ana
t TOMS This is the way we answer General wey:
ler's procamations. He may continue his exalted
S4rS nd %
defenceless women and old and decrept men, Du'
Wa,anzas is two hours from Havana by railroad.
and he hasn't moved his headquarters there yet.
WHY did | say had no trouble in landing stores
and ammunition? Because the Spanish sunboats
are like tie Spanish General-in-C hieatney take
good care TO stay within the safe protection OF a
fortified port. -
general Weylo-'s troubles however are not con-
fined to the insurgents nor 70 me su n, h q
left tho island in disgust since the beginning OF hs
war The farce OF holding an election N time OF
war and when all the island Is under martiaI law
population will take part this election The Re
form party and the Home Rule party haye pom
Il have IL.
iust received the declarations OF these parues 70
sperturbaton' in progress in the lsland ma, mas
not lessened in extent ana importance ana ma.
Therefore they declare against holding eectons AZ
time when the conditions make. X impossioee
@,,thfI]ly 10 express the opinion OF the electoral
bodv This is from the Home RUE Cenua Com,
mitiee OF course. the American pcopic may expec.
20 hear after the election a rcsounoihg oecaraioI'
ttn General Weyler to the effect that the Cuban
nnn,a are unanimous In favor OF Spain, but l
RerS,y think any intelligent person VIII pace any
rr.iisnce in such representations A., .,.,
'e"There has been no diminuton In the patriotismi,
ID ,ovalty TO our cause on the part Of our people
snd $50 Ouesada in conclusion. I'VE are Just
So .e,tain now II Is possible TOT men 10 DE OF tIe
az Er success OF our efforts spain stands
aghass r a her sisters in the family Of nations for
WIN az "a begging her knees at the doors OF
mon v European pawnshop. the poor rupans are
every ~ re1uests save those OF e. moral character
XII we ask fair rea,me er r Az as nen who
ana eaTne"i,ng for the precious boon OF seisovern,
am When Spain lrnsgnes we mh' shst.
tial proofs Of repie"'s"eu
A DECLINE IN STOCKS.
,.or.slos Of Wall Street were represented