The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-07-08
CUBANS' NOT :
PACFIBD.
The Insurgents Are Very Active
In the Province Of
Havana.
BATTLE DISASTROUS
TO SPANIARDS,

ssvsIe Rseht IN the Hills Of Dee Grille,
Which Rented In the Less Of . Les.
tenant CeisasI. . Asjer. I've Captains,
AAd 1853 SslAisrs-EviAssoss ss .'P.ssa-
cstis." Are DseidsAIy LAeka,x-Wsv-
isr's Rsssi' ~ sDaia - Agsia Predicted.
TAMPA, Fla, June 79-A letter.
dated on the 25th, received here from
Guines, about thirty miles from Hay-
ana, BY prominent Cuban. treats
Weyler's paci1cation in the following
sarcastic manner:
This IL headquarters Of the insur-
gents, whose camp 10 about halfa mile
from the city, and l have witnessed
much that reveals the 'pacificatiOn.
The other day number OF carts came
out Of the city loaded with material to
build houses in the zone Of cultivation
reserved for the 'reconcentrados :
They. had scarcely come out before
they were captured By insurgents. In
the sane zone the insurgents captured
the stage coming from San Jose de las
Lajas.
I'm the hills Of Del Grillo the official
report tells Of big fights. What of this?
Well, | know that there occurred q Sc
we're fight and the Spaniards got the
worst of it, losing one Lieutenant. Col.
onel, one Major, two Captains, and 1873
privates. All this happened this week
in the 'pacified' province of Havana.
II have seen . convoy composed of
four batteries of cannon and two regI-
ments Of infantry pass, and hear Of
still another battle near here. So you
see We don't believe much in Vale
riano's pacifcation."
wEYLER's RRTIREMENT AGAIN PRE-.
DICTBD.
MADRID, June 29.-Pnblic attention
is engrossed by the appointment Of
Gen. Stewart J.. WoodfOrd As United
States Minister to Spain. While the
government continues to repudiate
the intention of recalling Gen. Wey-
Ter, his recall, it is said, will be an ac-
cOmplished fact at no distant date. In
all probability Gems. Blanco and Ma
cias will proceed to the island and di-
vide the supreme command. Coinci-
dent with the arrival here of Gen.
W0odford, Marshal Martinez Campos
will proceed upon separate mission
to Cuba.
In accordance with the wishes of
President Mckinley, Campos should
be the executor of any arrangements
possibly reached between Spain and
the United States. Indications do not
point to any arrangements being
reached with the United States, and
intimate friends of Senior Canovas de-
clare the premier will strenuouslv op-
pose autonomy. CASTELAR,. the Liberal
leader, is also opposed to anything of
the kind They both consider that
such concession would render it very
eighty.
The report that the United States
will insist upon autonomy and the
withdrawal of the Spanish troops, and
that otherwise, it will intervene by
fierce if necessary, does not make for a
peaceful solution, and the position is
regarded throughout Spain with con-
siderable anxiety.
INTERVIEW WITH SECRETARY SHERMAN.
The Correspondencia, of this city,
published an interview which it's New
York correspondent claims to have
had with Secretary Sherman. The lat
ter is quoted Is absolutely denying
that the United States government
proposed to purchase Cuba, and is said
to have added:
american feeling, generally, does
not favor the annexation of Cuba.
The partisans of such a policy form an
unimpOrtant minority. A strong par
ty, however, supports the annexation
of Hawaii, and the only question with
Spain is the Ruiz indemnity. upon
which this government insists"