The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
TWO HAMBURG JOURNALISTS.
Arrive in Savannah After a Three
Months Tramp in Cuba.

DR.. William Danniel and Mr.. Arthur
Thielhelm, two journalists from Ham
burg, Germany, who are making a tour of
the world, arrived in Savannah yesterday
afternoon. They come almost direct from
Cuba, having spent a few days in Florida
after leaving the island.
They represent the Hamburg Journal,
and since leaving their home have visited
Austria, Hungary, Bavaria, Bulgaria,
Servia, Turkey. Anatoria, Armenia, Per-
sia, Assyria, Palestine. Arabia, Egypt,
Abyssinia, Tunis, Tripoli. Italy, France,
Algiers, Morocco Portugal and Spain,
after which they went to Cuba. Dr. Dan
MEL there had the misfortune to have an
attack of yellow fever, but after his re-
covery they took a three months tramp
through the island spending some time in
the insurgent camps as well as IN the cit
les and with the Spanish army. which
they were enabled to do through letters
which they secured in Spain.
I'VE are making observations upon
matters political, social and commercial"
Mr.. ThlelheiIn said, with view to pub
fishing book in German, English and
Spanish on our return. 1t Is probable
also that we will go on lecturing tour II
we can make arrangements to do so when
we go north. We will probably give two
lectures here, one in English and another
in German"
THE people," he said, speaking Of the
situation in Cuba, don't seem to under
stand how Gen. Weyler occupies 100000
soldiers in such small island, which has
only 100000 inhabitants. In all of the
Cuban towns the people are mostly in
sympathy with the Cuban cause. This
includes the women, children and old men.
For this reason 1t is not only necessary
for Weyler to guard the towns against
the enemy coming out of the savannahs,
but at the same time he has to protect
the towns and save them for the Spanish
crown. For this service 100000 troops are
used. Another 100000 soldiers are scatter
ed over the island in forts and in the
field. The insurgents never engage in a
pitched battle, except In the most advan-
tageous circumstances. They carry on a
guerilla warfare.
bankruptcy by the great expense of this
war and is losing the young lives of thou
sands of soldiers.
"Dr. Danniel and myself have been cap
tured by the pickets of the insurgents and
carried into the camp several times, and
this has enabled us to observe the mode
of warfare they carry on. We have seen
a party of twenty men lay in wait for a
column of Spaniards and, as they adj
vanced the insurgents would open fire on
them and, after firing two or three rounds,
would retreat before the Spaniards could
locate them. The Cubans are not strong
enough to capture and occupy the forth
fed towns. They may capture Them but
then can hold them only for two or three
hours. The artillery branch of the insur-
gent army is very weak in fact they
have little chance of using artillery, for
their tactics, as I said, is to carry on
guerilla warfare, and the heavy field
pieces could not be handled in this way of
fighting.
Spain will never be able to bring the
war to a close by the use of arms. 1t will
only be by giving Cuba her absolute free
dom, so that the Cubans may buy the
island, as has been proposed by Gen. Co
mez, or, by the Cubans being forced to
accept such reasonable reforms as may
be offered by Spain through other powers.
The main thing is to give the Cubans a
home government such as that which now
prevails in Canada.
During our stay in Cuba we found the
Spaniards to be very polite and nice. They
extended to us every courtesy, we not
being Americans. In their mannerisms
though, they are much like the Turks,
very smooth to stranger, but cruel to
the Cubans."