The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-23
THE WAR IN EASTERN CUBA
GARCIA WILL ATTACK THE TROA
CHA WHEN GOMEZ DESIRES.

ne HnVests the City er Pserto Pr~incipe-Ths
spspish GsVr,son snHerinE for Food-0en.
weyier Leaves 1navsus ana lptends to
Attack Gen. Garcia with 80, o Troops.
HAVANA, via Key West, June 22.-Gcn. Calixto
Garcia lie In camp near CieGo dc Avila in the
province Of Puerto Principe, with 5000 men %
all arms. He IL only awaiting orders from Gen.
Gomez to attack the Jucaro-Moron trocha, on
the east side, In case the COMMANDMENT Chief OF
tho Cuban army desires to pass into Puerto
Principe again.
Gen. Gomez Is still at the estate La ReformA
in Santa Clara province. Some 5000 insurgents.
under instructions from Gen. Garcia, have In
vested the city Of Puerto Principe, and are not
allowing any provisions TO enter 1t. The garri-
son at Puerto Principe Is starving. and the gem
eral distress in the city is terrible.
Gen. Jiminez Castellanos has notified Gen.
weyler that tho situation In Puerto Principe
requires that strong endorsements DO sent to
the Spanish army.
Gen. Castellanos has been defeated In several
attempts which he has made with his column OF
1000 men to clear tho roads around Puerto
Principe OF the insurgent bands which besiego
the city. In q series of fights to that end the
Spaniards have lost over $50 men and their
artillery has proved useless.
Gen. Garcia has brought three cannon from
Santiago do Cuba and is sending them now to
Puerto Principe, evidently with the intention Of
bombarding the city.
Gen. weyler has started from Havana with
tho intention, he says, Of operating in Puerto
Principe and afterward in Santiago dc Cuba.
Before leaving on board the cruiser Herman
Cortes he sent o long despatch to Mad
rid, announcing his hopes Of soon pacify-
ing the Eastern provinces. Tho real cause
Of his departure, as previously reported
to The Sun, is that the Spanish Generals
in the East requested his presence there during
the present campaign. They want him to share
with them the responsibility In case OF failure.
Gen. Weyler intends to operate against Gen.
Garcia with 10000 regular troops. 10000 of
them being cavalry. 1t is said here that he has
told the Central Government that he will end
this campaign in three months.
Gen. Weyler's friends believe that this move
ment will mollify the Liberals In Spain who are
opposed to him. Weyler himself thinks that
public opinion in Madrid will await the result Of
his new plans.
The financial distress Of the Government can
be Judged from the official announcement that
| frem January to Juno the Governments arrears
in payments amount 80 we. 900, 600 In gold.
The fact Is now public that the Marquis Of
| ApeZteguia, President of tho uncompromising
Spanish party, the Union Constitutional. 10 not
in Spain by his own will. Gen. Weyler csbled
to Senior Canovas that he was going TO exile the
Marquis from Cuba, and then the Prime Minis
ter summoned the Marquis to Madrid. saying
that he wished to consult him.
The Primo Minister thus avoided the scandal
that would follow Apezteguia's banishment by
the Captain General. The Marquis intended to
return to Cuba to take care of his personal in
terests. but he has been forbidden to do DO.