The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-09

New York, Feb. S.-A dispatch to the
Sun from Havana says:
General Gomez has issued a procla-
nation TO the sugar planters of the
ls'end, and especially to those of the
provinces OF Santa Clara and Matan-
zas, copies Of which have been pri-
Vately circulated in Havana He re-
calls the earlier DEGREES, of the Cuban
government ana his military orders
forbidding the grinding of sugar cane,
and adds that he is resolved to enforce
these edicts. and all the more rigor-
ously now that General Weyler permits
the manufacture of sugar in some dis
Iricts.
He adds that in some places the Gu
ban army may be lenlent when no
doubt exists that the work of the
sugar estates is more profitable to the
revolution than TO the Spanish gov
Grnment, but ne says that the prin-
clrai strength of Spain is in the re-
sources Of Cuba's soil, and the pa
triots are obliged, therefore, as an ex-
peclent OF war. TO prevent the raising
Of crops.
All estates preparing to grind and
all those which have begun to do SO,
IN diSobedience TO the Cuban decree,
will be wholly destroyed
General Gomez concludes by declar-
ing that the responsibility for the
poverty of the island rests upon Spain.
sut comforts the proprietors and farm
erS with the promise of a speedy ter
mination of the war by the triumph
of the revolution.
1t is well known that General Gomez
objects TO the reforms proposed by
Spain, and saws that Cuba's struggle
is for nothing less than independence.
He that on h.
Cubans would not accept any Spanish
PROPOSALS short of absolute freedom of
the island did he accept the command
of the armY
The CORRESPONDENT of the Sun has
seen a letter from General Gomez,
which contains ,he following: Were I
a monster as Weyler is. instead of a
man, l should order all Spaniards cap
tured to be hanged by my troops; and
were it not because-in spite of the in
justice Of the United States govern
ment toward uS-We wish to prove to
the world that we deserve better treat
ment. 1 should revive in this war the
decree of Bolivar at Trujillo. con-
demning to. death all Spaniards even
non-combatants, and pardoning all
CubanS, even traitors.
''Weyler and Spain merit this. The
war they are making is infamous, and
it is a shame to all countries that wish
to be called humane and civilized that
We should fight alone against such as
saSsins.''
II is certain that even should Mar
tineZ CamDos or AZcarraga, or any
other Spanish general como here to re-
place Weyler, General Gomez would
not pay the slightest attention to their
proposals of peace. The pacidcation of
the province of Pinar del Rio looks
rather sickly in view of the fact that
a train at Taco Taco, carrying Spanish
soldiers and provisions, was blown up
with dynamite yesterday by the Gu
bans. IN the province of Havana and
at the very gates of the capital the
insurgents are concentrating large
forces which threaten a new attack on
Guanabacoa.
In the province Of Matanzas train
from Sabanillo 10 Guareiras has also
been blown up by the insurgents and
many Spanish soldiers were killed.
Near Sabanillo, also, al the sugar
estate Conception of Aldama, a serious
engagement is reported, in which both
sides, as usual claim the victory, but
there is no doubt that the Spaniards |
suffered loss OF nearly 100 men.
Santa Clara province is all in flames |
Nearly every country estate has been /
fired either by the Cubans or the !
Spaniards.
Puerto Principe and Santiago de
Cuba continue fully under the control |
of the insurgents.
1t is said there that another expedi- |
tion has landed in Pinar del Rio and |
that the arms and ammunition it |
brought were safely delivered to Gu
ban force near Guane
Among the insurgents who were shot
Saturday in the fortress in La Cabana
was a lad of a years.