The herald., 1897-01-14
NtYlER is IN BAD HUNOR
Over the Possibility Of an Early
Recall
HE HAS PROVED A FAILURE
And That From Every Possible Point OF
View
There Are More Insurgents in Pinar del
Rio Than at any Time Since Re
bellion Began
Associated Press Special Wire

l. tet. bsAil- JN-si III w Sf
is in q very BAG humor and seemingly
with good reason. He was with diff
| Guilty dissuaded q day or so ago from
sending Senor Pena, correspondent of
the Madrid Heraldo, to Mora castle and
the newspaper man in question is not
safe from the Spanish commander, who
was aroused Ly the criticisms of the con-
duct of the campaign in Cuba.
To such degree has the captains gen.
eral felt his i'll temper that nobody out
side his military and civil advisers have
been able to see him since his latest re-
turn from the field. That he Is in dan
ger of recall nobody here for q moment
doubts, in spite of the many official and
semi official denials from Madrid, for
it is remembered that the same course
was followed by the government in the
case of the recall of Marshal Martinez
Campos.
Weyler cannot truthfully be said to
have achieved a single success, diplo-
matte, administrative, military or other
wise. There are probably more insur-
gents, better armed and supplied in
Pinar del Rio at the present moment
than at any time since the insurrection
broke out. General Weyler once openly
remarked that the western part of that
province alone contained 1000 armed men
and that large additional bands" of in
SurgentS were lowering about his trocha.
The Spanish commander sent $4,000 men
against the little insurgent army, and
the latter, acting with admirable STRAIT
egy, seems to disappear and the best
efforts of Spanish generals have failed
to discover their whereabouts.
Gomez is pushing onward from the
east with all the men he can muster at
the same time protecting his retreat.
The insurgeut bands are in the mean
time carrying the torch to the very gates
of Havana. The flames of the burning
property can be seen from the roof or
the captain generals palace, the sound
of firearms has frequently been heard
of late in the suburbs, and except to
hold the cities, the Spaniards are abso
lutely powerless. though they have
burned every roof capable of shelterng
a wounded insurgent, destroyed every
thing likely to give them food, and in
every way are trying to crush the strug-
gle for freedom, not in open conflict, but
by adopting the very anarchistic tactics
they taunt the Cubans with employing,
including the burning of the insurgent
hospital and the Slaughtering of the
helpless sufferers, according to all re-
ports. The civil governor is known to
be using his influence with the COM
mercial bodies here to bring about Wey-
ler's recall, and protests against his con-
duct have been sent to Madrid recently
in great number and coucheG' in the most
emphatic terms of disgust and disap-
proval. All efforts to cable such matter
to Madrid from here have been frus-
trated by the captain general, but this
has not prevented several urgent mes
sages being sent from Key West to
Madrid, and it is believed the action
taken will not fail to have the desired
effect in the near future.
This movement against Weyler has
its root in the most influential circles
here, the very quarter where Spain
counts her staunchest supporters, and
therefore it is not believed possible that
the government can much longer ignore
the fact that little or nothing can be
done towards the real solution of the
Cuban question so long as Captain Cen
eral Weyler is in command. His mill
tary incapacity is not the only feature
complained of. The air is full of war
rumors and rotten contracts. of soldiers
suffering from lack of food medicine
and ammunition, which, issued by soma
means or other, have fallen into the
hands of the insurgents or have en-
tirely failed to materialize. Even the
army contractors have turned against
the captain general. and that, as mill
tary men are aware, means a great
deal
The rumor that Maxine Gomez was
contemplating surrendering to the
Spanish authorities has been traced to
Spanish official sources. as usual. and it
is pronounced by friends of the Cubans
who are always well informed to be ut
terly false.
They add that as long as General
Weyler is in Cuba no proposition look
ing to a peaceful settlement of the
Cuban question will be accepted by the
insurgent leaders, although it is known
that strong party of the insurgents
now under arms is in favor of accepting
a fair home rule proposition as soon as
the details can be determined upon.
The war party, however, prevails over
the peace party, the former being
strengthened, it is said, by assurances
received from the New York junta that
if the SpaniardS do not succeed in
crushing the rebellion or in bringing
about a settlement Of the questions at
issue before next autumn the United
States will interfere and bring about the
establishment of a republic in Cuba.
The general whom the Spanish party
here desire in place of Weyler is Pola-
~
jppine islands
Polavieja, who knows Cuba thorough
ly, is said by the Spaniards to be an
honest man and a general who can be
counted upon to terminate the war in
short order. The advent of Gomez into
the Western part of Cuba is liable to
be the straw which will turn the tide in
favor of Weyler's recall. which is only
held back because the Spanish ministry
does not like to be placed in the posi-
ton of giving way in this matter to the
condemnation which the captain gen.
eral and his methods have met with in
the American newspapers.
References to the advance of General
Gomez and the utterances of the friends
of Cuba in the United States congress
are being pretty freely distributed
among the Cuban sympathizers here
and in other parts of the island, and are
understood to be doing much towards
counteracting the blow which the insur-
gents cause suffered through the death
of Antonio Maceo.
The statement was given out at the
palace today that Emilio Colazo and
Eduardo Garcia, well known insurgent
commanders, died recently from wounds
received in an engagement with the
Spanish troops in the province of Ha-
vana.
AMERICAN INTERVENTION
NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-THE World pub
fishes a dispatch from Washington say
ing the agreement between the United
States and Spain regarding the terms
to be granted to the Cuban insurgents
was practically concluded today 1t is
neither treaty not q diplomatic mem
nj