The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-16

New York, Dec. l5.-Tho nal mind Of
General Maxine Gomez Is shown In
letters written by him 10 his intimate
friends, says the correspondent Of Tho
World at Havana. They clearly convey
the generals opinions Of his opponents.
He discusses Spanish and Cutan pros.
poets and gives his opinion Of the an.
tonomy offered by Spain. The letters
arc purely personal, and wcrc not writ.
ten for the purpose or with the cxpocta.
ton Of influencing public opinion.
The first letter, dated carly In Octo.
her shows how farsecing il the eye Of
this old man. Il Is as follows:
ia Papaya-Happily, weylor has
helped Us much and very effectively. He
has had just enough intelligence to .uin
Spain without weakening the insur1cc
ton.
Everything Is flushed and the moth.
or country. should shD visa il. can ma
longer hold her ruined colony.
My opinion is that the war Is over.
for what "a lists now Is mo- war az all.
1T is ridiculous 10 suppose that how.
ever corrupt the SPANISH generals might
h.. We cannot think them capable of nc.
cepting a situation 80 exceptional that
while Attending neither gold nor glory
Il places them In the most ridiculous %
ation that amy army can suffer n th'
world Thcrc is nothing onw 10 cypoc
but peace with independence"
In a letter dated in Los Villas, SAINT.
Clara province, be- writes;
"Thc coming into power Of the Lih
eral party advances MS rapidly toNau
Independence. because spain is rlay.n
her last card. IL secms certain tina
when she l. convinced that the niue
talked OF autonomy viii suffer the sam
disastrous fato as the reforms Of Con,
vas. she must become reasonably CO
and finally rccognizc the independents
of the Cuban people.
However good the news Is, or howcv,
well founded our hopes, we shall not I
indulging In illusions, hut shall continu
to h prepared for the worst, keeping a
our faith and revolution and always VII
liant against diplomatic tricks and tiai
orous manouycrs.
1--WE are finally done with Wcylc
let us see n We can sooner rid oursclv
of his SUCCESSOR "
The next letter shows Corners Opt
4 ion Of weyler and Of the Spanish poop
q IN general Il was written just bcfo
|. the arrival Of General Blanoo.
q "Geneml Weyler Is gone, and c,
!. tainly not with glory His hand
NJ stained with innocent Cuban blood, "
a certainly not find many friendly an
n outstrctchcd over thor' in the poninsul.
n For after an l said, an Spaniar,is arc n
4 70 wicked.
"Now General Blanco comes, Il Is sa
10 add the last insult by proposing q
tonomy. An, what a sad and mean ID
81. have the Spaniarls Of tho Cutans 4
n thcy arr not al 90 blame Tor that
A. Thcl last letter h Us follows;
ho "In the field, Nov, IA have N
IA the PROCLAMATION of tho new capt.
i. general. / have answered with anotl
and much shorter one, which gives (
propositions and determinations with
spoct 20 the new diroctions In which
q, enemies have decided % conduct
'ir war.
at "Tho little time that Weylor remah
bis IN Cuba makes me think that 90 The
cd Of this season thorC viii d. nothing {,
20. but tn burn out houses tomake the sp
iards Quickly leave it IL viii b. W
Tor Spain II sho thinks that she Is e
..s paid Tor tie broken Windows"