The herald., 1896-01-05
he tobacco crop there will not be mo-

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.uTheu you do not anticipate an attack
on Havana by General Gomez, army?"
ssN -ot at present. There would tie no OBJ
; -, such q course. and General Gomez
- ND not undertake il. General Carnpos
W w V0t 1000 men and Gomez has possibly
so 20 q. all told, and some OF his soldiers
pSv,oo. side arms and Inachetes. Gen
nave o. could probably muster l 900
,,,sn vrIi uon I veterans and could not expect
". wom 10. arm. T. he'd battle against 10000 sol
,. ~ w,u p. the majority of the latter
were greenht VI, u.s.
ND APPRoAHING.
Unless all indications
nav ANA' oa the end of he Cuban insur-
are in'S.osue' =, ID the result, it would
recuon 10 a. u"' ~ sar, IT of the ins,reen s.,
seen' mus. pe ,dar "A ,ximo Gomez, An
tonic Maceo and Quintin RAM directions
ing this city fr IN 'hree d'H. Mod in official
This fact, so FREQ uentiy de. veeks. ia now
caneralIv admitte d, although al, ISL So, 81 ~
lame explanations OF the triuin, VI forth
in the hope of calming pub; ,,sns
ci,ament. Advance bodies of G, 'ai,s ;,i
were at Tapas' q, eighteen of
from Guanabaco, Or actically suburb ..
this c,tv. last night and it is said tina
e ,han scouts have been sighted TO-DAY
from the lines defend ng Havana. step py
step. General Carnpt 's has oeen driven
back before the advaI zee OF the VICTORIOUS
army, until here, pre- para 1'oils are peils III,
completed on both side vs. for a hnai ana ue-
aisiye struggle. Gener u Ba'dera ana COZ
nmn camped last night at San Jose oe Las
Iakas. a short distance from Tapaste, and
his forces are now sait to moving Oh
Guanabaco to take up th's positi on assigned
them for the siege of Hay ana. Another Ie-
port has it that Randers will uy TO pass
k(ount Raiuca to Rincon, and frt I'M tnere
to Santiago Le Las Vegas, to cut sne ran,
roa. Is leading inlo Havana. 1t Is claimed
Ban. .dera will camp this even ing at Veuto,
a farm within rifle shot OF The OUTPOST
~ the Spaniards. The m lin b ody of The Z &C.
ond Insurgent column under Gen. Gom>1
was reported this morning Duran, NOV.
ING in the direction OF Gphra Melena, at
the hand of the railroad le aiding from the
province of Pima del Rio into Havana;
Gomez column, now saio' 10 number 6ooO
men. weAe sighted today at Guivican and
San Felip @, only slightly to the eastward
and northHard of GuirR Melena. Inc
third insurgcnt column under General
Maceo was announced this morning to
he In the vicinity of San A ntonio Vegas, or
between there and Nazare no. Providence
Nou,bre de Dias, Julia La Cia, Mercedita
and other planta ions in the Guines dis
trict through which the Insurgents nave
Just passed, had been contplete tely wiped
prevai.s in government circles. Tne milf
tarv authorities seem to have fallen
into complete state OF helpless
ness. Government officials re blaming
the different Spanish:eenerals for the con-
dition of affairs, utterly regardless OF the
fact that it was Campos' plan of cam
paign, the wild scattering OF nus forces all
over the island, which is mainly To blame
for the crisis. Incapacity has been sup
plemented by sickness and treachery.
Spanish soldiers, in spite OF all denials'
have deserted in considerable numbers.
stories are afioat here of wholesale repub-
lcan propaganda at work among the SOL
diers from spain, which, it is claimed. will
yet bear astonishing fruit, but the most
astonishing feature of the climax Is the
pushed onward during the past ten
days, r ght on the ground the
insurgents have just traversed are several
strong columns of spanish troops, said to
number i'll all about 10000 men; but we
hear of no fighting worth mentioning, a
skirmish here and the being all that is
recorded. OF course great deal of their
success is due to the fact that the Cubans
have the sympathy and active support or
nine out of ten persons they have encoun-
tered in their march on Havana whhle on
the other hand the spaniards met with
little sympathy from the natives or this
island.
Thus the insurgents have been assisted
in every way possible in their endeavors to
keep clear of the Spaniards, and the latter
have been misled at every opportunity.
General Valdez is at Madruga, north
ward and eastward of Guines. at the head
of an army of Spaniards, but the insur-
gents passed, apparently unmolested' right
and left of MadruRa and camped in strong
force not far from that place for night.
General Navarro, of whom so much was
expected, is apparently toying with time,
rs his picked troops from spain smoke
their cigarettes at San Carlos, Aldecoa and
Nueuva paz, in the heart of the territory
swept by the insurgents. The marine Dat.
talon, really a fine lot of men, are at
Aguacate, but the insurgents have long age
slipped by them.
Finally, the fo ices of the dreaded General
Pratt are at Cieba and Mocha, just passed
by the insurgents, and Colonels SeEuara
and Galvis, both of whom have suffered
defeat at the hands of the insurgents, are
struggling along with their columns in
some unknown position away in the rear
of the insurgent armies.
Well-to-do people from the districts
around Havana are flocking into this city
Prices of provisions have already begun tt
go up alarminRly. In the streets, the hustle
and hustle of the military is visible. Every
man or boy who can be placed under arms
has been called upon to shoulder rift
and the warships have landed every maj
and gun available for the defense of thu
city.
In the face of these preparations 10 repe
the enemy from without. the most vigorou
plans h, been laid out to battle with al
enemy within. The authorities Recognize
the fact that when the insurgents guns ar
heard in the distance they may be th'
signal for a popular uprising which wi!
divert attention from the enemy aut
enable the latter TO make a dash int,
Havana, which is expected to end the wa
and enable Cuba to gain her independence
Agents of the insurgents are known t.
have slipped into Havana recently, ant
from the sullen, expec ant attitude of tn
Cuban populace, it is evident that the al
thorities do not make mistake in prepal
ing for the worst in this when the bal
Ting with the insurgents commences on
side.
Many of the prominent residents ar
already looking about for means of leavn
Havana in case of emergency, ana it
said that orders have been sent to the CON
manders of The Spanish warshps if the
land 10 concentrate in this harbor, but
this is the case the orders are likely {
reach them too late to enable them to be {
any service to the government. Late th
afternoon it was reported that Campos ha
sent special messenger to the insurgenl
with the object of bringing about confe
ence with heir leaders. Not only was tn
report not confirmed, but the authorize
ridiculed the idea, claiming that the enem
consisted of only a few "flying bands
reyOlutiODists,n and that the Spanish co