The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
TO RESIST INTERVENTION
McKINLEY'S MESSAGE BEFORE
SPANISH CABINET

Opinion Of the European Press Outlined to
the Que~D-Msj"rity Of Them Favorable
to SPaiu-Ts;k Of Threatened Iuterv~n-
ton by the United Sta ss-Cub.n Insur
gents Secure $4,000 sp.oish Gold-SpsD-
ish 9uer~lias Join the Cubsns-An Out
break Of Beri- teri
Madrid. December 9At a cabinet coun-
Gil today. the queen regent presiding. the
premier, Senior Sagasta. outlined the
opinions OF the European press regarding
President McKinley's message to con-
gress. the majority OF which the premier
Their declared that in the event OF the
United States wishing to intervene In
Cuba, it would find che government pre-
pared to defend the rights and honor OF
Spain. AS to the military operations in
Cuba, ne premier informed the cabinet
that the results obtained were satisfac-
tory. The premier also said he did not
attach importance to "the attitude OF
certain senator's"
The Impartial says today that it takes
for granted that the government will
make the necessary preparation Ito
meet the Intervention threatened by
President Mckinley" adding: If the
new loan for the reorganization OF the
navy is ffoated, it is sure to succeed
The Impartial also says: The response
bility of the government Is enormous IL
it fails to profit by the opportunity offer
ed to place the country in a position to
defend it's interests"
The ministerial Globou confirms the re-
ports that the government is making
preparations to meet the threats Of in
teTvention."
Havana, December 9.-It was officially
announced fOdaV from SnaniSh haa1n1ar.
tiers that a group Of rebels has enter
ed Caimanera, near Guantanamo. ia
vored by the treason Of an officer"
The %insurgent force, the official report
adds, consisted of forty guerillas, volun-
teers and natives of Cuba. They are al
legged to have plundered a store and to
have carried off 10000. which was on a
wharf, and which had r~ecently arrived
at Caimanera from Havana. 1t is also
said that the insurgents killed the police
inspectors and two gendarmes on duty
and seriously wounded a Spanish paymas-
ter named Jose Vigil.
More Spanish guerillas. the official an
nouncement concludes, have joined the
insurgents.
and is situated fifteen miles by rail from
the latter place. 1t is on the bay of
Guantanamo. otherwise Cumberland
harbOr.
recently towed to Cuba from England,
which was submerged on Monday last
While undergoing trials, have proved
futile. The sinking of the dock is said
to have been due to the pump becoming
disabled.
Marshal Blanco has ordered distribu-
ton of rations among the concentrates
to be stopped, 800, 900 having been dis
tributed among them in lieu of %rations.
Advices from Matanzas show that more
cases of beri-beri have occurred there.
The grinding of sugar cane, it is Off
clally stated, has commenced on the
plantations of Flora and San Vicente.
The insurgent brigadier general, Limo
Perez, who was captured by Spanish
troops on the heights of Banoa, has been
released.
The Spanish troops at Rogue, in the
district of Sancti Spiritus, province Of
santa Clara, according to an official an
nouncement, have been engaged with a
number of insurgents, several of whom
were killed. The troops, it is added, also
captured seventeen insurgents and a
quantity Of arms and ammunition, while
the insurgent colonel, Saniti and an in
surgent major afterward surrendered to
the government force.