Connecticut western news., 1896-12-03
Bradley T. Jehn.en,. vie~.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.-ln discussing the situation in Cuba, General Bradley IT, Johnson said to an interviewer:
 The bankers, the planters, the writers, lawyers. doctors. the professors of the Uni- ve-sity of Havana and the people arc sup porting the rebellion. The University of Havana is a hotbed of patriotism. The boys run of by the score to join Gomez and Maoeo, and some of the professors are ministers plenipotentiary from the Cuban republic to the South American govern ments, as Franklin and Laurvns were from the devoted colonies to France Tn i777-S think the property. the culture and the courage of the island are on the side of the rebellion.
 The insurrection Is supported by wealth. directed by intelligence and con ductcd with genius and courage. think the retels outright and outmaneuver the Spaniarls, and they will wear them out.
 "There Is no chance of the rebels being starved out of the pinar del Rio district, for the woods arc full of cattle hogs and sweet potatoes They will always have plenty to eat They arc armed with rem ingtons, spencers, mausers, every variety of cslrbine and revolver, and all of them first rate. but their calibers vary, which Is ~ MEASUREMENTS III NAT AlA tridgcs ought to fit all guns of the same kind.
 They have, since left, got some dyna- mite guns, cannon worked by compressed air and some guns for smokelcss powder. They have few American and foreign artillerists who will rapidly instruct other foreigners In the service, and as their artil- lery Is re-enforced skilled men will be rcady to use the new cannon. Iwould say, without any definite information. that they need company officers captains, lieu. tenants and orderly sergeants morc than anything else.
 "Ihe Cubans arc making the games, fight that ever was made, not excepting that made hy the Confcderates In the civil war. They are wearing out the Spaniards, and after General weyler comes back ts Havana again the Spaniards will mol throw up the sponge, but will sit In tn, towns and make faces at the rebels, whS will rule the country"
 A. to Self Govsrnment
 But If they do succeed. will they bs capable of self government Win ther not bc repetition of San Domingo oi Haiti." asked the reporter.
 No Latin tribe Is capable of self gov ernment," replied General Johnson That requires the constant struggl, against the forNscs of nature and the pres surc of power such as the Anglo North men conducted for a thousand ycars agains the tempests of the North sea and the en croachments of feudal power-a thousand years to produce such a race as this self rs liant, self controlled. liberty loving. justic, and right practicing American race 1t l, the evolution of the ages ft Is the tlowci of civilization and no Roman race will ever equal it. But the population of Cubs Is very like that of Virginia.
 The islands arca Is about equal ts Pennsylvania Its population Is i,l02, S9i whites 4SS. lS7 negroes and a, Sti Chinese Negrocs include all mixed blood, whit, means pure blooded. You perceive, tn, population Is about equal to that of Nir ginia, and is similarly mixed-about tw, whites to ono of all other races.
 '.AIaceo is the genius Of the war. He Il a quadroon. His mother was the daughter of Spaniard of rank, and he Is the son O spanish officer
 "Hc Is well educated. bright, alert dashing and daring. He will wcnr th' SpaniarVis out by guerrilla war-oonstan surprises, ambuscades, attacks and re trents. Moshy, with 800 men, kept 70, oo' men constantly employed for two years h the mountains of Farquier and Loudoun in Virginia, chasing him up and dowr hill and dale, but they never captured him and he cost them thousands of men an, millions of money.
 "It Is a condition and not a theory tha Mir. Cleveland and the congress arc boun, to meet, and s condition can't be dodged It grasps men aud nations and makes then act. %