The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-04
PREVENTION CONSIDERED HOPELESS
Spanish Forces Swsfmiau d Aii
Sides Of the Insurgents. u
MANY cANEFIBLDs .BURNED,
Prociamation Of Martial Law Il I'VE
Provincss--Lsadsrs Killsd.-sasa. ~
W srsi ForsiGn News.


proclaimirg martial law for the. province
OF Havana and Pinar del Rio. q
Maximo Gomez has declared his purpose
10 penetrate into the province OF Ptnar del
Rio. Although his forces have not VET
reached the borders OF that province tha
action OF tho authorities indicates that
they lave no hope Of preventing aim Of
carrying out his threat. 1t is not only the
organized armed force OF the advancing
insurgents that they find themselves COM
PEELED to prepare against. IN fact, therS
IL little apprehension that this force could
effect much success In an assault upon
this city. great as II the damage that they
have wrought In the country, but the If.
rcsistible progress Of the a.surgent army
whittier 1t listeth from one end OF the
island TO tho other. has served immensely
to Increase the boldness OF their SYM
pathzers who have hitherto remained
passive non-combatants. II these were to
see the occasion for successful strike
there Is no doubt great accession to the
insurgent forces would he gained through
out the province OF Havana and Pinar del
Rio ana there are grave fears that an I'D.
rising would occur In the city OF Havana
itself. II Ia not by any means to be con-
sidered that the apparent xick OF hope OF
checking tho new advance shown by the
authorities had led to the cessation to
swarm on all sides of the advancing In
surgents. From time TO timc they arc
massed at what Is considered salient
point In the hope OF bringing about
pitched battle which the Spanish military
leaders feel certain would result in cutting
the insurgents to pieces But the UNI
rvalled skill and generalship shown by
Gomez and his lieutenants In avoiding
such traps and In carrying his army past
hp mn N n 0f
tho Spanish have served to greatly dis
courage the leaders ON that Side Their
antagonists seem never to be within their
rench and yet always Inflicting the most
serious damage upon their territory. tbs
battalions which were placed near Paios,
ms was cabled exclusively 10 the Ascot
atod Press. to check the advance into
Havana, seem to have been completely
elnded and the efforts TO save the rich
sugar country about Gumas seems 10
have been equally futile. Yet the column
of General Echng,ie Is stationed In the
Immediate vicinity OF Gulfnas, while Gem
eral Navarro has forces both Mt San
Nicholas and General Aldeco is at Nueva
Pase. The forces nre In the vicinity though
the insurgents have advanced and men
here ask themselves how they are able
TO accomplish their object.
General Valdez is also stationed at Mad
ruga, the Marine battalion at Agucate on
the line OF railway between Matanzas and
Havana and General Prat at Ceiba Mar
cha. n little south Of Aguacate and between
there and Madruga Finally Colonies Sc-
guara and Galviz are following In The rear
of the insurgents II IL believed that
large band OF insurgents Is still tr,'ing
to force its way into Havana " way OF
the mountain about FL Guanamen. which
ia on tho border IN the southern part OF
the province OF Havana, going thence
south OF San Nicholas. A small force OF
according to official reports.
has already appeared In the district OF
San Nicholas. which adjoins Guimls on
the east.
REPORTS have been received here to the
effect that the insurgent forces moving
westward from the southern portion OF
the province OF Havana have now passed
Mclena about nifty Kilometres from Ha-
yana, The nothern ins,irgent army haS
been reported at Aguacate, nbout'seventy
Kilometres from this city,
Az already cabled. the southern army
Intends to make an effort to make : june
ton In Pinar del Rio to the westward
Of Havana. VI
evening shows that the insurgents have
burned the cane fields Of the plantation
If SANTA Teresa, near San Nicholas. which X
Il some distance eastward of Melena ara
nenr Mount Guanamo. The Cubaus nave
also burned the fields In the district ot \
Nuova Paz. Guimas San NICHOLAS ana N
paIopauIn, between Guiinas and Meljna.
Word has also been received that the
Insurgents have burned the cane fields on
.he sabrados plantation in the Cnnapo N
district and the plantation OF Delta IN the
sagua. The village Zulula district @
-aroban has been burned and the railroao
bridge over the river Hanabana has been
destroyed. 4
ouintln Bandera. the third in command
y the irsurgent forces. has transferred
,is beaduuartcrs between Gulrnas ana Y
;abana. which Is not far from Scguero.
,abana Is not much more than twenty (
niles from this city, Another report
,as II that Bandera has remover M M
orces between Gu!mas and Sabana ana
eobles To Nenes In the diercticn ~ Bainoe-
The insureent leader Frejo Is said e W.
ave been killed near Sagua. The raitp
ave been torn up on the road near
Matanzas prvoince \
THE insurgents are apparently mnklnS
swift advance directly upon Hayapa-
mo advance guard Of their cavalry une2r
aneral La rete was. at the latest aecoun<s e
I I,aPaz. which II only eighteep ua}ee
RIM Guanabacon, the latter being put o.
,h.rh n Havana, five nilesi from tn2 u
,ty where bathing beach fequenSe9
" the citizens Of Havana y oc.ees
yord received from Lacatalin1, ee2Ss. 4 "a
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