The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-22

IRON, wAer. che Spauayn dag waved -
asce A. NusvSta, 10 . roint sasrAteo =
safA dsstsnce from Safdsgo. near yosca
the revofutton vas then SncSmpso-
about tbs time that GoDeA Sccc
by that OAnant leadsg Jese 1aAsu 80 "
Aneouio MAcsc, began 20 think q
eut In Z westerly diToo0on. from 49, ~
revolution had been barred BY &c W -.
sesong line c1 6raniaA srOepe xne 49,
OF their hard march through ana ~
The Two tHochas wAs one OF sosYs
laarssnex campos. Tnay turned eoi1 g
thezns they capsured spanish forfs ana - ~.
-r1socs upoa what had be9p reSaros9 -
sic safe Cor Spain: they served tns ~
wlth epaA;sh arms. they Eos ear nv me
province Of Puerto Principe. lsavtng -
hind them the srocaas. (which we're sA.eee
TO catch UP with them II was inc 'ssuy
season but they cared no mere TO
than ter the dNanps. fozsso anA
places. Spanish military sceRce
knocked ous Of ~ trochas n inc
campaign OF the revolution.
Soon afterwaxd the spanish comMH
struggled back 10 the capital. waisa as
Determined 10 defend by another uooae
an impreKnable one, running actSss ~
tsiand from Havana on the northeln -.
board to Batahano on the southern max
would prevent the revolution from AS
any further west. and would any now Aosm
Assure defense fer he palace OF the -.
tdau Gensfal Four months ago We "a
marvellous accounts Of this defensive me.
along wAtoh there were eaoe Mauses -
aWAittng the foe. Comes Aeproaenes =
tho head Of his horsemen. and stoppsu -
time while the dark-skinneo o "a
AlNceo swent across Il. and along 10 Ane
hundred miles beyond il; returned 70 II
bRoke II, tpirsd with 0ernes in campaar
ing upon both aides Of Il. and nnaAy -
whiring IL back to Havana. where = =
not trocha any mare. This trocns' -
was also = failure.
When weylsr got to Hayana last monM
he showed his contempt for the thing ~
refusing to make use OK IL. We sol n
news that he had arother device, the n
ture of which could not be rnade known,
through which the revolution would ~
ceive its death blow. There was no use "
guessing what IL might be. and he vouaA
not tell He gave q hint once wneh NJ
spoke Of his resources. but Ii was DARKER
than his negro guard. Now. al last we
have found out what 1t was. 1t was the
triangle. This Was tried last week assin1k
the revolution, as we learn from SpdnNh
Official report transmitted to us from -
vana- Here Is the Spanish truth IN M
case. The news reached Weylers sa0
that the two revolutionary leaders, 0cmee
and Maceo. were about to form Juncoaen
near Havana, for reasons unknown, ~
suspected. He formed a scientific military
Spanish plan for thwarting their cesieA
He got out three columns OF loyal frooms
cavalry, artillery and infantry. ana a.
tended his lines toward the revolutions
in the shape OF a triangle. His purpeee
was to induce the revolution TO Walk. -
rather ride. for II Is on horseback. into the
triangle. which would then close In upoo
II. so TO speak, the three arms OF the Spea.
tsh service moving simultaneously inward
toward one point. and thus putting an end
to the whole thing. The triangle must
have looked like a masterpiece to Weylef
after he had drawn 1t on paper, with IL
defunct revolution near the middle OF II
How did II go? We could not trust our
selves to tell. We prefer to take the Span.
ish report which was sent TO us after II
had been scrutinized by the official censor
at Havana:
"Ffom ell that can be learned, II seems
that Gomez must have pushed one side Ct
the triangle back. while Maceo PUSHED
back another side OF 1t. so that the M
surgents passed out easily"
What is that Why, II Is Weyler's burst.
ed triangle. smashed by the revolution ~
soon as it was made. knocked into fin1sfo
by Gomez and Maceo. We learn from the