The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-03
A LETTER FROM GOMEZ
The Cuban Commander Writes to
Senior Estrada Palma,
EVERY DAY IS A CUBAN VICTORY

The SIMMER sun an Important Adjunct to
the Insurgent Cause-Gencral Weyler's
Pretensions Responsible for the Recent
Destruction of Property by Insurgents.
NEW YORK. June 8-The following let
ter, dated May 49, from General Maxine
Gomez to Senior Estrada Palma, the Cuban
delegate in this city, was given out at the
headquarters of the Cuban delegation last
night:
"There is no doubt that the revolution
has successfully gone through its third
period, and is now powerful all over the
island. The first period was the outbreak.
The second was our organization. FL
nally, the third period is marked by the
invasion to the west provinces of the win
ter campaign, which has just closed with
no result favorable to the cause of the
monarchists, in spite of their famous army
of 10000 men and their powerful imple-
ments of war
1.-THE torch was stopped rs soon as the
planters were diverted from grinding.
Peasant proprietors were carefully re-
spected, and their crops were not destroyed
by the hoofs of our horses. The Cuban
family had no fear of the Spanish soldier,
and our wounded We're safe. But all this
has changed as by magic since Spain ap-
pointed Weyler to be the peacemaker
"Disregardful of the immense interests
that he compromised, it was he who again
lighted the torch by his foolish pretension
of grinding against the orders of the revo-
luton and for this reason new canefelds
and even some factories were destroyed,
as also were several towns and villages of
which the Spanish soldiers had taken pos
! ol ie ii Il i'm nfo,
"Weylers work has done the country
great harm, and this is all that he has
done, for otherwise the liberating army is
as mighty as ever. The revolution pro
ceeds on its triumphal course and every
day that passes may be considered vic
tory now for our cause, and any petty los
that we may occasionally have is of uC
consequence when on the whole we tri
umph
"The revolution thus enters now on it
fourth period, in which the conflict vii
assume u severe character for Spain. Sum
mer is death to them. Our soldiers, on thu
contrary, are made of steel, and the SUI
that kills the Spaniard is n friend to the
Cuban.
General Weyler will go, and it is nov
said that Polaviaja will replace him. Al
/ to no purpose. What General MARITIME
e Campos was not able to do at the begin
q ming no other will do.
' "The Spanish soldier is kind, and ha
no enthusiasm to keep his courage up
There is no spirited soldier when his stom
ach is empty. The Spanish soldier mus
be paid even for his vices if he is TO be o
any good, and Spain has no longer tn
, money for it. l made yesterday two pris
oners whom l hardly could induce to g
back to their own. They seemed so will
. ing TO remain with us and share our abun
d dant food.
"What 1 say about General Weyler i
a from my perfect knowledge of this man
q history. am not influenced by passio
Il or hatred. am simply one of the few SUI
vivors of the famous Bell of Casos Re
4 dondo, and am not the one to forget tn
u bloody scenes of the white rag in whic
Weyler was theinstrumento of Valmareda.