The record-union., 1897-04-07

Anyone Who Enters Their Camp With
Other Proposals
Will be Arrested and Tried Before a
Drumhead Court Acknowledgement
Rivera's Fate Still Hanging in the
characterization i'm the Spanish
Army Continue Numerous.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE sun s
Havana cable says: Desertions are still
very numerous in the Spanish army.
At MatanZas a company of forty-seven
men passed over to the insurgents on
account of the scanty and poor food
supply and the non-payment of the
money due them. The authorities are
careful to prevent this news from being
printed here, for fear that it may in
fiuence the rest of the army to follow
the same course. In Santa Clara Prov
ince the assertions are still more nu-
merous.
By orders from Madrid, Weyler is
trying again to induce the insurgents
to accept the alleged reforms, and has
employed for that purpose Senior Mario
Garcia, ex- Mayor of the town of Sancti
Spiritus. Senior Garcia, notwithstand-
ing the ill-success of his former pro-
posals, indirectly made to Gomez by the
correspondent of lei Liberal" Senior
Morot, has again accepted the mission
and has written the Cubans in a plead
ing way and asked their acceptance Of
the reforms.
General Weyler suggests to the insur-
gents that after the present plan of re-
forms had been practically tried in the
island Spain will grant to CUBA more
liberal home rule. He holds out the
prospect of a general amnesty, includ-
ing the pardon of all Cubans who are
in the revolutionary ranks and all who
are under charges before the Spanish
tribunals for common Offenscs. He
adds that in the treaty Of capitulation
the insurgents will receive all the mill
tary honors of a belligerent army.
1t is positively known that notwith
standing all the semi official Spanish
news to the contrary, General Gomez
has sternly rejected all those proposals
and warned Senior Garcia that if he
ever falls into his hands he will be
hanged as traitor.
The same attitude is assumed by the
Cuban Government at Camaguey. A
committee from General Jiminez Cas-
tellanos was dismissed by President
Cisneros with the answer, though the
Cubans do not like to ill-treat official
populations, they will be obliged to
arrest and try before a drum head
court martial all who mayin future en-
ter the Cuban camp with proposals for
peace not based upon the absolute inde-
pendence of the island.
There is great excitement among the
uncompromising Spaniards of Havana
because the proceedings of the court
martial against General Ruiz Rivera
have been delayed by orders from Ma
drid. Yesterday in Murallo street, which
is the borough that is crowded with
Spanish volunteers, the Government
was openly accused of cowardice. The
Spanish authorities answer that the
delay in the execution of Rivera is not
fear of retaliation by the Cubans, but
is a diplomatic measure intended to
produce a good impression among for
eign Powers. The press censors have
suppressed all news about resolutions
protesting against the shooting of Riv-
era presented in the United States Sem
ate and in all manifestations of SYM
pathy for Rivera in that country.
General Weyler very reluctantly gave
the order to the court-martial to delay
the sentence, but he has not ordered
the proceedings to stop. Rivera there
fore may be shot when Weyler can Sc
cure permission from Madrid.