Evening journal., 1896-12-01


der Construction at Cartagena Yards.
ders Placed For Two Powerful War
ps with an English Firm.
LTDfoRE, Dec. I'm discussing the |
ton in Cuba, General Bradley T.
son said to an interviewer:
he bankers, the planters, the writers,
ers, doctors, the professors of the Uni |
ty of Havana and the people are sup
ng the rebellion The University of
ina is a hotbed of patriotism. The
run off by the score to join Gomez
Maceo, and some of the professors are
stcrs plenipotentiary from the Cuban
1lic to the South American govern
S, as franklin and Laurens were from
cyoted colonies to France in 1777-s.
llS the property, the culture and the
&c Of the island are on the side of
shellion.
he ieaIrrection IS supported by
ed by intelligence and con-
= genius and courage / think
3 ebels Outright and outmaneuver the
n iards, and they will wear them out.
n here is no chance of the rebels being
n ID out of the Pinar del Rio district,
4 woods are full of cattle, hogs and
n potatoes. They will always have
to eat. They are armed with rem
Z 1s, spencers, mausers, every variety
# 'bine and revolver, and all OF them
4 ate, but their calibers vary, which is
y ible disadvantage. In war all car
ought to fit all guns Of the same
iey have, since left, got some dyna-
guns, cannon worked by compressed
# d some guns for smokeless powder.
* have a few American and foreign
81 rists who will rapidly instruct other
Il ners i'm the service, and rs their artil-
$ re-enforced skilled men viii be
& to use the new cannon. / would say,
1t any definite information, that
& eed company officers, captains, lieu
4 S and orderly sergeants more than
; ng else.
G Cubans are making the gamest
+ hat ever was made, not excepting
lade by the Confederates in the civil
hey are wearing out the Spaniards
ter General Weyler comes back to
* again the Spaniards will not
up the sponge, but will sit in the
and make faces at the rebels, who
le the country"
As to self Government.
{ if they do succeed, will they be
of self government Will there
"a n repetition Of San Domingo or
asked the reporter.
|. latin fri hn is nnrn1,fo ,f .-,1f r.,.-
1T, - replied General johnson.
. requires the constant struggle
the forces Of nature and the pres
power such as the Anglo North
W nducted for a thousand years against
pests Of the North sea and the en-
nents of feudal power-a thousand
, produce such a race as this self re-
alf controlled, liberty loving, justice
ht practicing American race. 1t is
81 luton of the ages. 1t is the flower
s lization, and no Roman race viii
lal it, But the population Of Cuba
like that Of Virginia.
island s area is about equal to
lvania- It's population is l,l02, 500
1855, 1S7 negroes and 43, Sl1 Chinese.
include all mixed blood; white
pure blOOded. You perceive, the
ion is about equal TO that of Vir-
nd is similarly mixed-about two
Il. o one Of all other races
60 is the genius of the war He is
oon. His mother was the daughter
niard of rank, and he is the son of
sh officer.
is well educated, bright, alert
8. and daring. He will wear the
DIS out by guerrilla war-constant
$, ambuscades, attacks and re-
Mosby, with 300 men. kept 10000
stantly employed for two years in
ntains Of Farquier and Loudoun,
inia, chasing him up and down
dale but they never captured him,
ost them thousands of men and
Of money.
a condition and not q theory that
feland and the congress are bound
and condition can't be lodged.
men and nations and makes them