The sun., 1896-12-15
MACE0 AND TT TRoCHA'
TIE STORY rs FLS SEE.
WENT IROUNDI

~ Zertuchn TO
p That Yarn Was spN-nee That NAVY
Please Wevler- ZIG Plot TO Murder
= spaniards Knew Hotbcd OF Disense'
o-hA"VHhA did Mscoo pass tho
: HAVANA, Dec. Ia +sest,on which now con-
: trocha2 This is the Havana, and which has
fuses every Spaniard anah IN embitter all
. uoupleu u'n va OF the Cuban leader. ano
ms Joy over Insu DIR. Zertucha that MneUv y,
neMs kNou o in boats In front Oh MN,,V, ss
( p'ssou tno to Weyler, but mas oiee'O1
"". ~ t,ditnatlon among the oiioo.s
storm OF p, who are constantly accuseo
Ino s,I,".a,, in their task OF guaro'hS sN>
, vi iheio' -~us of
consts. -, >,.uor,c,s,ic nro,os, -
ADMIRAL Don jose NavMsrSe.,' 81 , pr''est TO
CompSfS good name of the Spanish navy to be
sacrificed to defend the trochn." he said. A
| stormy interview occurred between the two
Generals on the subject, In which accusations
were made on the one hand against the army
and on the other against the navy.
Tho presence of Francisco Gomez In Cuba
was disgrace to tho navy" said Weyler, re-
ferring to tho expedition of the Three Friends,
in which the son Of Maxine Gomez landed
with Ruis Rivera in the province OF Pinar del
Rio
The fact is, however, that in Wow of the indig-
nation of the navy. the Government does not
now assert that Maceo and his escort passed the
trocha in boats along the coast,
But the Cubans find in this controversy all tho
more reason to accuse the traitor Zcrtuoha. For
what moro telling proof is there that Zertucha
was in combination with the Marquis of Ahuma-
da and Weyler than the fact that to crafty the
dmour-rroprc OF Weyler he invented this story
OF circumventing the trocha by means of boats
which, the Government now practically ad nits
Is a lie This story of the boats was fabricated
nftor that OF the terrible battle said to have
been fought by Major Cruip1n AGAINST MncpD
IT was found that some part Of the glory of that
Maceo forced tho irochn. Then Zertnchs was was
summoned and the invention OF the boats APP |
] psnred u IN W. La L"chd. which is the semo official
That the plans for tho assassination were
known to many spania[rd,s in Havana before |
Cuhans to be clearly evident from an editorial
In LG LuchG; printed on the evening OF Dec. ..
People ia the Voice OF God" In very mysteri-
ous paragraphs. which at the time appeared to
coming event; /. was thought by the public
sha, !. was written with the view 9ny to create
pointed to the death OF Naceo.
a Cuban lady hero heard also from SeGor Ar
Tiste, lntendent OF Finances OF the province of
Havana. that price was put on the head of
every Cuban leader, and that the moment was
not not far away when a great leader would fall.
Maceos fortunes and who know the Cuban Del
eEate in Havana. Immediately called the
latter and gave him letter for Maceo. warning
him against treason in his own ranks. Whether
the letter reached Maceo or not is not known by
the lady. but she confirms the words she
heard from Sehor Arrste.
The sanitary condition of the city of Havana
grows worse day by day. No better description
Of It can be made than in the following words
OF the Spanish newspaper DiurtO de la Mdrind:
The city of Havana. the most important in
the island, Is now, more than ever, In very sad
sanitary condition. An epidemic of smallpox
Is raging, and so are typhoid fever and maarial
diseases. The slightest indsrosition Is likely
soon to take on n grave character. owing to the
polluted atmosphere Some measure to remedy
this state OF affairs is urgently needed
The infection is due to the great number OF
sick SPANS h soldiers in the hospitals.