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AveRMoNrea's CUBAN exPeRI=NcE
Unless the Revolution is Suppressed hy
Mn, IL MmX BIZ kmccn..Iml.


Mn, 1t May b. successful.
Waahinrton. d. c.. March 13.-NIr. Mcr-
rill A. martin, son of George Martin of
Willinmstown. Vt. has lust returned from
tubn where he has been for about three
months on n sugar plantation. emplovcd
MS an exnrrt chemist He was nine miles
from Cienfureos and about 25O miles from
Havana. TWO years ago he was one of the
mamie sugar chemists at Montpelier
Al nrcscnt Mr.. Martin is visiting his
father in this city. His experiences while
in cuba ms related bv him to your cor
respondpnt show that I'm the main the
stories rom riding Spnnish soldiers are cor
rect At present there is a fort ON each
plantation with a company of Spanish SOL
dicrs stationed thereon This scatters
the Standards all through the Island and
pernits thioyiug i'm every direction The
company on the plantation with Mr.. Mar
tin came there as infantry. but now is a
compnny of cavalry This state of affairs
was brought about through one of the
Sunnish tax laws that is hearing Cuba
down. the law provides that If n citizen
DEGREES to keen "A horse he must nav a
large tax and take out papers TO prove
property. This prevents the poorer class
rs from obtaining the coveted papcrs and
when a soldier COOS n NATIVE with n horse
he demands the credentials. II they are
not forthcoming no takes tho horse and
the moor native has no redress This Is
how the soldiers have zach becomc nos.
sessed of one or more horses
Mr. Martin cxnrossed Tho onir,or that
while manv of tho cr,,ot,ies ronor,ad h,.
tho corresnondonts uorn oxaggoratiors
the Foundation for theso stnries 10 had
enougb 70 cau for,b ,bo nrotosts Of oil
Christian nations Tho oninion seams 70
he gonaraI be- t., ,orr,,,d no. ,ha, ,,,,iass
snaIn annnrnssas ,hc- i,s,,rgonts hnforo
NAV tbsv viii no nnohin to do 60 AZ ali
lurks In Tho oir ana ~ cnn,Isb ,oidiors
would a,,oo,,r,h u.huo ~, ~ 49,, ,t,,,a
,ha noti,,o sot,t',a hatra oii,,at"I
wouId not ho ,ro,,h,ad h,. r. oon1itior,
and u,o,,Id ,,roo,,,d ,,.i,b ;batr ,,,,o.iti.. 80
IN 70 Tha l,roa, n.,ann,, -, H., C,,i'ar. t.
,ho roaohata T,I,, ~ ~ Sa,,, Lr,sa I'LL
o,o - ~ -, - II, .. - ~
.''e 'a,.NeS USE ~ 90 ol'ol "Vou
t. a., 80 ' " W uei ~ -"
~ ~ ~ nI i'.Su' sol,s oo'i'l "
@ "i.no't any uisl'ic.,Nc UNI VI III dtu
a'iy Cne ny N'o"i lis tnoii, .,lc! C T,
p.'SS ior WoIh'hen On plnhla'loh lnss
~,.u NOi'c " ."' Susar nouSc MHcic t"i
,ii ""o cinP'os,u anu Srinu 'h','
iluChc,os' anu 'ic soiulcrs ON! wv Saiua
iio'h '"eiii "ou'u W ware Oh tne'E pres
ehcc' as W scherai appearances ulc
pa"itt'u s are inSt arliNihs AZ 'ie col'ul-
e'o'i VI tiic ii'S"ischtS, tley LOT the hlos'
par are nlthy' rasBed ana uhkennpt' On
,nis pd,,iGuiar plantation tmey nau not
| preli pau III thicc mounts ANS SHOWS 10
" M an eNtel't span, ~ Pusheu;
me Insurgents VIII sweep down on a
Pianto't'oii uhoer tne very eyes OF the SOL
iierS, sc. hre III uozei places ana quick
~ Wilma" " 'nelr reueats III tne hiiis'
IA tnis way nearly every Plantation mas
oeci' ues'roEeu' botn irlehu ana roe are
ueuteo INK LOT III that way they nope
10 CUT OH the revenue OF SPAN ana force
ne' - .ot"s' me plantation on Which
Mr' Mdrtii was the only one near there
thut was ailoWed 10 grind the cane me
reason was that the manager agreed TO
eve ,he insurgents 80 cents per bag Tor all
the sugar ground AFTER about half a
inlihon pounds were ground word was re-
ceiVed 10 stop ana unless they did so the
Plantation would be burned Had they
been allowed to finish the crop would have
hetted them about 100000 pounds. BY