San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-15
GOMEZ ON The WAR.
Says There Is NOne--It
Is Over.
CALLS ATTENTION TO THE
PLAYED OUT C0NDIIi0N0F
SPANISH FORCES.
He Is Confident That Autonomy Will
Make No Roadway And That
independence Will Shortly
Come He Regards Every
thing As Finished.

letters written by him to his intimate
friends, says the correspondent of the
World at Havana. They clearly con-
vey the generals opinions of his op-
ponents. He discusses Spanish and
Cuban prospects. He gives his opin-
ion of autonomy offered by Spain.
The letters are purely personal and
were not written for the purpose or
with the expectation of influencing
public opinion.
The first letter, written early in
October shows how farseeing is the
eye of this old man:
la Papaya.
Happily Weyler has helped us
much and very effectively. He has
had just enough intelligence to ruin
Spain without weakening the insur-
rection.
Everything is finished and the
mother country should no longer wish
it. can no longer hold her ruined col,
Ony.
my opinion is that the war is over,
for what exists now is no war at all.
1T is ridiculous to suppose that
however corrupt the Spanish generals
might be, we cannot think them cap
able of accepting a situation so excep-
tional, that while affording neither
gold nor glory, it places them in the
most ridiculous position that any ar
my can suffer in the world.
There is nothing now to expect
but peace with independence.
yours,
GEN. NJ. GOMEZ"
In letter dated in Los Villas,
Santa Clara province, he writes:
''The coming into power of the Lib
eral party advances us rapidly toward
| independence, because Spain is play
ing her last card. 1t seems certain
that when she is convinced that the
much talked of autonomy will suffer
| the same disastrous fate as the re-
forms of Canovas, she must become
reasonably cool and finally recognize
the independence of the Cuban peo-
pie.
However good the news is or how
ever we'll founded our )hopes, we shall
not be INDUCING in illusions but shall
continue to prepare for the worst,
keeping up our faith and resolution
and always vigilant against diplo-
matte tricks and traitorious man
Oevres.
I'VE are finally done with Weyler,
let us see if we can sooner rid our
selves of his successor"
The next letter shows Gomez opin-
ion of the Spanish people in general.
1t was written just before the arriv-
al of Gen. Blanco.
October 10.
General Weyler is gone and GER
tainIy not with glory. His hands,
stained with innocent Cuban blood,
will certainly not find many friendly
arms outstretched over there in the
peninsula, for after all said, all
Spaniaris are not so wicked. Now
General Blanco comes, it is said, to
adopt the last insult by proposing
autonomy. All, what sad and
mean idea have the Spaniards of the
Cubans. But they are not all to
blame for that.
your affectionate general,
M. GOMEZ
The last letter follows:
I'm the field, Nov. II, 1897.
81 have read the proclamation Of
the new captain general. l have ans
wered with another and much short
er one, which gives our propositions
and determinations with respect to
the new directions in which our enc
mics have decided to conduct the
war.
''The little time that Weyler re-
manned in Cuba makes me think that
At the end Of this session there will
be nothing to do but to burn out
houses to make the Spaniards quick