The herald., 1897-01-08
A PROPOSITION FOR PEACE
Submitted by the Insurgent
Commander
THE RECALL OF GEN. WEYLER
Is Insisted Upon as a Necessary Pre-.
Iiminary
AS the Report Comes from Spanish
Sources 1t May Be Regarded as
Canard-Cuban Notes
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated freSS SDeclal WIFE
CHICAGO. Jan. IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: Posi-
tive statements were made tonight from
Spanish legation sources that Gomez,
the Cuban commander in chief, had ac-
tually submitted a proposition for peace
to Senior Sagasta in Madrid, and that
the facts have already been commune
Gated to the junta here. All that
stands in the way, it says, is the pro-
posed recall of Captain-General Weyler,
which the insurgents insist shall be pre-
liminary to all negotiations.
The statements come to the Tribune
correspondent with great distinctness,
but as the source is Spanish, there is an
open suspicion that the news may be
given out for the express purpose Of in
jurlng the insurgents cause.
Secretary Quesada and other Cuban
representatives here have all along de-
MED that the insurgents would accept
anything short of independence, and
they profess to be shocked and disap
pointed at the story of yielding on the
part of Gomez. They will not admit
that he has communicated with them
but the legation story is to the effect that
a letter from the Cuban general was
received by the junta on December 3. in
which he says that if Weyler is recalled
and aMrtinez Campos. Calleja or Gen.
Pando sent in his place the insprgents
will be ready to talk of laying down their
arms.
DELGADo's CASE
NEW YORK, Jan. IA Havana spe-
cial to the Mail and Express says: The
escape from instant death of Harry Del
gado, the Mail and Express correspon-
dent, was little short of marvellous. 1t
was learned here yesterday that he has
undergone an operation in San Ambro-
sia hospital, and that it will be deter
mined at the end of nine days whether he
is likely to live or die.
Delgado's vitality was much reduced
by his experiences. He laid for ten
waks in hut without medical attend
ance. hen his hiding place WA discov-
cred he was so weak he could scarcely
movbe He had no arms and no am
munition. The commander of the squad
was about to dispatch him with 4
machete. After asking him his name
one OF the Spanish soldiers remem
bered that there was a reward of 100000
pesetas for the capture of Ricardo Del
gado or Perido Delgado, suspected of
being filibustering agents in Florida.
They believed Harry Delsa6o to be
ore of these two. and carried him to
ltdNdUdt WHcIS tHcy CNPCStco W cCC
him shot, after having received the blood
money.
MONEY RETURNS.
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 7.-Senator-elect
Money of Mississippi arrived from Gu
ba tonight, and soon afterwards left for
Washington. He refused to talk on
the issues of the Cuban war. He said,
however, that he was accorded every
courtesy by General Weyler. whom he
met at the palace. He went out twenty
miles to the southwest of Havana, where
the stayed two days. He saw no fighting
but passed many Spanish soldiers.
UNFOUNDED RUMORS.
MADRID, Jan. 7.-Senor Canovas del
Castillo, the Spanish premier, declares
that all the reports circula ted regarding
impending cabinet changes are un-
founded. The chamber will probably
meet in April.