Connecticut western news., 1896-10-15
ATTACK ON WEYLER
sERNAL'S BITTER PRONUNCIATION Or
 THE CAPTAIN GENERAL.

A Spanish General Declares Maceois Pc
 sition Is Impregnable-Says weyler.
 Plans Are Futile-Dsuntless Outwits
 Revenue Cutters
 KEY WRIST Oct. 14-The return ol General Bernal to Havana on the govern. ment transport Vigia, from Esperanza, a port on the northern coast of the province of Pinar del Rio, where he was sent by General Weyler to command the Spanish forces in the recent engagements against Antonio Maceo, together with the stric lures he is said to have indulged in of 8 lack of military discipline on the part of the Spanish troops, has caused profound sensation in Havana
 Accounts thereof received by steamer state that General Bernal has returned on sick leave and has asked to be sent to Spain. being thoroughly disheartened over the result of the campaign just in- augurated against the insurgents in Pinar del Rio. The force of his alleged utter ances will be appreciated when 1t Is stated that they were made in the heat of passion at being hissed upon landing at the Ha- vana wharf.
 The general is reported to have turned fercely on his sooffers, calling them cow
  ing to the front to defend the national in tegrity, and saying that Maoeo had not been idle during the last few months, marked by the inactivity of the Spaniards, but had improved his opportunity to thor oughly organize his forces and intrench himself in the most commanding positions of the mountain fastnesses, any attempt to dislodge him from which with only 5000 or 10000 troops being sure to result in disastrous failure and wholesale slaughter of the Spaniards.
 Maceo's Position Impregnable.
 Maceo was really the only one, General Bernal is alleged to have said, who had built formidable military trocha, his po- sitions today being almost impregnable against any force General Weyler could muster.
 The folly of attempting to dislodge Ma eco had been fully demonstrated. General Bernal said in all the recent engage ments, when, from commanding positions, the Spanish officers were picked off by sharpshooters, and the troops, lacking lead CTS, became demoralized and were slaugh- tered like sheep.
 General Bernal, so Havana reports state, declares that General Weyler's plans are futile, that Maceos true strength is mis-
 
 he himself has been yilely duped
 After reaching Spain, the general said, he would prefer being shot for disobedienoe of orders rather than again to return to active duty in Cuba under the existing military rule. Maoeo's forces, he added, were we'll equipped, apparently, having plenty of arms and ammunition.
 The general also declareft . bat the most potent factor in the recenl< engagements was the insurgent dynamite gun. Every explosion of bombs discharged therefrom he Ekened to an eruption of Vesuvius. huge powders being torn thereby from the mountain sides and scores of mangled bodies filling the air in every direction, causing consternation among the troops and forcing them to retreat terror stricken.
 The Dauntless Lands an Expedition.
 PALM BEACH, Fla, Oct. 1a.-The fill bustering expedition which left this place early on Friday morning on the steamer Dauntless was the largest that has yet been dispatched to Cuba from Florida. The Dauntless carried nearly 200 men and four carloads of arms and ammuni- tion.
 The munitions consisted of ?, 900, OOO cartridges, l, 1000 shells for artillery, 1, 5OC machetes, 5000 rifles, 1,200 revolver, four hotchkiss and five melinite guns and great quantity of dynamite and gun powder. The Dauntless also carried cleo trical apparatus and medical supplies. The expedition was we'll managed by Colonel Emilio Nunez and Dr. J. B. Gas tillo agents of the Cuban junta, and got away without interference. although the United States cruiser Newark and revenue cutters were watching the east coast oi Florida to intercept the tilibusters The | Dauntless left Jacksonville last Monday escorted by the revenue cutter Boutwell, | The vessels crossed the St. John 's.bar ir | company and proceeded to sea- Once out | side the marine limit the saucy Dauntl. IS. | showed her heels to the Boutwell, and rap | idly steamed southward. the cutter fol \ lowing for few miles and then returning | to Jacksonville. Eight hours after tht | Daun,less had left port the cruiser New | ark, from Jacksonville, passed here il | quest of the fllibuster, but the warshiI was too late A gentleman in this town | who is in touch with the Cuhans, received | word from Key West that the Dauntles | had landed the men and arms just befor, | daylight yesterday morning on the soutl coast of Pinar del Rio and was now head | ed for American waters.
 | Mckinley Confident.