The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
SPAIN MUST LOSE
so SAYS DIR. DANFORTH, OF MIL
WAUKEE, JUST HOAEE FROM
CUBA.
PHYSICIAN TO cIsNERos,
STORY OFF THE DEATH OF THU
PRESIDENT OF THE REBELS
DENIED.
wEYLER GUILTY OF ATROCITIES.
According to the Doctors Story the
Insurgents Have an Established
Capital and Government.

NEW YORK, June 12-Among the
passengers who landed in New York
today on the st Gamer Valencia, rom
Cuban ports, was DR.. H. w. Danforth,
of Milwaukee, Wis, who for the east
fifteen months has been the personal
physician of the president Of the Cuban
| republic, Salvador Cisneros, the Mar
| quis of Santa Lucia. The doctor is in
the United States on six months leave
| Of absence, having left Cuba in a six
teen foot open boat on May 20 for the
island of New Providence. After much
| suffering and exposure he reached Mas
| sau and there awaited the arrival of
| the Valencia. According to Spanish
| reports President Cisneros died in Feb
ruary last, and this news" was semi
Officially confirmed in March last, but
DR.. Danforth was with the president
as late as April last, and had in his
possession a letter, which he showed to
the representative Of the Associated
Press, dated April 20, from the presi-
dent. The latter is not only not dead,
but when DR.. Danforth left him he
was full of quiet enthusiasm and ami
mated by the most confident feeling for
| the eventual success of the Cuban
| cause.
| Questioned as to the seat Of govern
| ment Of the Cuban republic, DR.. Dan
| forth said it was at Aguera, province
Of Puerto Principe, where the insur-
| gents have erected a capitol. The presi-
| dent, however. is not now at Aguera,
| but is in the province Of Santiago de
| Cuba. DR.. Danforth was asked to ex-
press an opinion as to the hume cal
strength of the Cuban insurgents, being
Informed that late advices from Cuba
placed the number at 5000 men. He
said:
ct Is difficult, if not impossible, to
! arrive at a correct estimate, but you
| can say that the Cubans for certainty
| have at least 80, 900 to $4,000 men today,
| armed and in good shape. The Cubans
have not been idle during the last few
years and have been importing arms
and ammunition right along. In brief,
| the Cubans are fighting a desperate
| fight and are in a good condition to
continue it. The Spaniards are also
engaged in a desperate contest, but
| they are exhausted or almost so.
| 81 certainly think the Cubans will
succeed, not by reason of numerical
strength, for the Spaniards have about
100000 men in the field. But there is
no question but that the Cubans will
ultimately win. All their leaders are
sworn not to give up until they are
dead They are bound by oath to
fight until the last and they will do
! so'
LAS to Spanish atrocities, what do
you know Of them, Of your own per
| soraI knowledge" DR.. Danforth was
asked.
THE position which 1 occupied with
the insurgent forces, necessarily pre-
! Guided my obtaining personal knowl-
| edge of the atrocities complained Of.
But, from the reports received at
headquarters. there is absolutely no
doubt Of their existence. 1 remember
one little incident. 1t was last SePtam-
ber Some 5000 or 1900 Spanish SOL
! diers had been sent to relieve Casoarro.
In the fight which followed the Span
| ish column killed among others, an in
surgent captain. He was to have been
promoted the next day to the rank Of
major When we secured his body it
was a horrible sight. Completely COW
cred with bayonet wounds, and ma
chete cuts, hacked and stabbed with
the most horrible unnecessary cruelty.
j From good sources / have heard
and feel justified in asserting that
men, women and children have been
most outrageously treated by the
Spaniards in nearly all the devastated
| parts of Cuba Their homes have
| been burned, their property destroyed
ard they have been relegated to Wey-
| ler's zones of protection-Zonas of
starvation is what they should be
| termed"
What, in your opinion, will be the
next step taken by the Spaniards In
| Cuba?"
| 1T is difficult to answer that ques-
ton, but it is to be presumed that
| Weyler will continue wandering about
the island. certifying to the pacifica-
ton of the provinces. According to
| reports current in the island when
left there. Weyler will be recalled and
| CampoS will be the man who will sue
coed him, and he will be instructed.
broadly. to do the best he can under
| the circumstances.
| 1T is shame" continued Dr. Dan
| forth. with energy. that United States
| citizens are not more thoroughly pro-
tected. AS for the Spaniards. why
| they shoot first and inquire afterward
| as to the standing of the man, Amer
| lean or Cuban, and then they say he
| was shot by his own friends. When 1
| left the president and his party they
were all filled with hope and trusting
| in the United States. Should the
United States interfere? Most en-
ktA1dtASaftSB L SftftCiCty AOHG IHdt
| the United States will soon decide to
recognize the belligerency Of the
Cubans
How would that assist them? Why.
| by giving the CubanS the right to float
| their bonds and by compelling the
! Spaniards to treat their prisoners with
| some show of consideration If the
| Cubans were recognized as beliiger-
ents, any Cuban taken prisoner would
have a chance to be treated as g. prfs-
oner of war"
What is the present condition OF
the Cuban inSurgents?"
Their condition is satisfactory. IT
Is true they are hard pressed In the
| provinces. on account of want Of ra-
| tions, but as a whole they are doing
very we'll. In Santiago de Cuba there
! are no cattle. but plenty of vegetables,
| and in the province of Puerto Principe
| there is an abundance of cattle and no
vegetables. In Santa Clara, on the
other hand, there Is plenty OF vege-
| tables, and the same holds good with
| the provinces OF MatanZas and Ha-
vana. In Pinar del Rio there are no
cattle at all, only vegetables
"As to arms and ammunition, how
| are the Cubans situated IN that re-
| spect?"
''They still want arms and ammuni-
| ton and want them very badly"
BARNS AND GRAN.ARIES BURN.
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