Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-22
CUBA LOST TO SPAIN
General WsylGr'S Policy Condemned
Even by SpaniardS.
AMERICAN BRAVERY IN THE WAR.
General slckles Explains tho Law as
TO Fllibuslering txp diiions-Pris.
oDers 10 b. Released.


Only few Of the more txcltable
Spanish officers refuse to admit that
Cuba is lost to the crown. Resident
Spaniards confess they can see no
other outcome. In fact evidences that
Cuba may In the end bs freed by
Spanish residents themselves arc many
and strong.
The calmest minds predict tho end
OF Spanish iue within two years.
Some say not 30 soon, others cay within
one year.
The proposition of Cisneros and
Gomez. 1ent In writing TO the New
York World, to buy the island is rapidly
growing in popularity here. Its
warmest advocates are Spanish and
residents hereto loyal to the crown.
They are tue active financial and tu3i-
nees men OF the island, the owners OF
eight-lenths oil its wealth AMI its
sources Of wealth.
The Spanish element Is condemning
with more and more emphasis the
truitless, exheusting policy OF General
Weyler. They zee his iuea OF paciii.
cation Ia depopulatlOD; his plau for
peace devastation. Farmers, labo.ers
and all wealth producers in the oOun-
Try are driven to their graves or to the
rebel ranks, TO destroy what remains.
Wealth already produced is given to
the flames.
They see that Captain General
Weyler 10 making no military progrtss.
Ihe CubAnb are being lett mOre anu
more in possession OF the country.
They frequently sack small towns
close TO havana. They are in force
in cities OF fourth and third class, once
OF twice month. Such raids grow
more common.
AMERICAN BRAVERY, CUBAN JEAL-
UUsY.
New York, March 22,-Tne Herald
this morning published the following
correspondence from Los Villas, Cu0a:
Among the Americans in the, CUBAN
army there Is only one who has had
previous experience In military affairs.
This Ia Captain William Smith,
formerly in the United States cavalry.
be 10 nj present second In command
OF Gomes's personal escDrt, aud is con-
tidereu hb the brayasts soldier In this
body OF pickad men! Captain Smith
Is probably the only officer in Gomsz's
cemmanu who thoroughly understands
The handling OF cavalry anu other
military msitere. Yet ne Is kept down
TO hia present rank, while others, who
ure his Interiors In every respect, have
been promoted to the rank OF briRRdIera
and cOionsls. AS in tue Gaze OF other
Americans, Jealousy is the obstacle IN
his pr0muuon.
Colonel Charles Gordon sembarked
here In Cuba last June and was
granted the rank OF major. His re-.
marknble shooting at me fight OF
Vista EermgBa, Ia the provlnce of
Havaua, Hslonishsd tho SpRniards
ana Cuonns. He crossed the trocha
aau Joined MeceO, as he did not care
to stay in province whore the Cubans
uid little else but dodge the Spsnish
columns.
Maceo promoted him for bravery In
the field anu thought 30 much OF him
that he was selected rs one OF the few
u crGss The trocha In his Company.
Gordon was wounded at the came
time that Maoso was killed. He sr-
rived last week at the headquarters OF
Gomez, and was placed ON waiting
orders until he should be thoroughly
cured, when he Ia to be sent to Mata =
zih or Habana 10 organize an infantry
lOroe.
Major Funston, of kansas, Ia o
young man who made "A trip TO Alaska
10 collect specimens for the Smithson-
ian institute. He landed with the
expedition OF Braulio Tena in conf
pany with several other Americans,
WIN came to form battery.
On the death OF Major Os.ood dur
ing the siege Of Guaimaro he received
the command OF a twelve FOUNDER
aud out OF one hundred and ten shots
he only missed his mark once.
General Gomez in recog milton Of his
execution made him chiei OF artillery
and OF present ho 10 with Calixto
Garcia in the east.
IN IMITATION OF ATAos, PoRTuos
ARANUa.
Some Of tho most striking examples
OF American pluck anu courage was
shown ut the siege Lof GuAyarro. Oa
the second day OF the siege, shortly
after the fret fort had been evacuated
by the Spanisrds, owing to the skill OF
Osgood 10 handling nis people, the
Cubans took up positions in the de-
sorted fort. Between this fort and the
next one, horse was tied to II
stake In the middle OF a per-
fectIy clear plsin and in spot
exposed to the Dire OF the whole garri.
son. Lieut.. Devine, u young drug
clerk from st. L0uis anu one Of Os-
goou's command, thought that he
needed TINT particular horse, and With
out saying word TO his friend, jumped
outside the fort aud made for the ami
NAL
His appearance In the open surprised
the Spaniarde for a minute, but as be
walked quietly over toward the horse,
he wns made the target tor more than
one hundred Spanish Miss. But un-
daunted, he continued on his way
through this lsaden hail and when
STOPPING over to unissten the rope by
which the animal was tied, he re.
celved q very serious wound and he
lell.
About three hundred yards away
were more than three hundred anu
nltyCuban infantry ,saiely entreDched,
but not one of them made q move
nent to rescue Il Q American from his
perilous position.
His friends in the fort, with Osgood,
had watched him and when no fell
his CONF apiop, Lieut.. Penny, jumped
quickly outside the brenstw orks and
uaasr ths hsavissI IRE that OCCURRED