Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-14
FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
Only Thing That Will Satisfy
the Cuban Rebel Leader,
Gen. Gomez.
HEIssUEs ANOTHER PROCLAMATION
Rejecting Anything That Spain Can Offer
Except Independence Of the Pearl Of the
Antiiics-Dcclares That All He Wants IL
Time. Which He says VIII Briug Re-
sources-SanguilIy Denies That He Z
Working far Peace.

Working far Peace.
New York. Dec. IL. IT. Estrada
Palma. representative of the Cuban pro-
visionai government. yesterday re-
ceived from General Maximo Gomez
copy of a proclamation he has re-
Gently issued. rejecting autonomy. The
document, which is addressed to the
army OF liberation. reads:
Patriot soldiers, who are fighting for
the emancipation of the Cuban people:
General Blanco. the substitute of the
b!"od-thirsty Weyler. who despises and
threatens Us. comes TO establish new
features In this war. He says SO In his
proclamation to the country and to the
army. but we do not require to make
changes, and the war will be carried on
by US just the same as we commenced
u. since all my circulars are i'm Accord
ance with civilized warfare. Everything
thathelps the enemy must be destroyed
and everything that seems to harrass
him must be accomplished. This is our
right.
ai'sts bttll wei utIlnCQ
and sufficiently proclaimed to the world.
We aim at the independence of our
country. Cuba for the Cubans. Amer
lea for the Americans. To attain these
high and honorable results we rely on
our pledged honor, the possession Of the
Island and the lapse of time. Resources
TO carry on the struggle will spring
forth from cur resistance. The hopes Of
Spain to subdue us are already blasted.
General Blanco represents her last and
final resort"
Sangniily Denies a Sensation.
prominent Cuban last night received
the following dispatch from General
Julio Sanguilly. dated Philadelphia:
PLEASE deny the false ana absurd re-
ports of my having offered my services
TO General B,anco or to the Spanish
government: IL is an Infamous lie." At
the Cuban junta headquarters and from
other sources, so il was reported here,
Sanguilly's loyalty to the Cuban cause
had been suspected for some time. and
his reported action of offering his SER
vices uncondiiionally TO General Blanco
was by no means a surprise. Delegate
Tomas Estrada Palma, however. speak,
ing for publication, said that he could
hardly believe that Sanguiliy had capi-
talated, but that he did not attach
much Importance to the report even n
true. A Cuban merchant prominent
among the revolutionists in this city
said that Sanguilly was not likely TO go
over again within the insurgent lines,
and that whatever action he had taken
would have no effect upon the insur-
sent leaders still in the field.
Reports from spanish Sources.
Havana, Dec. 4.-During a recent en-
EaSement at Caiman, on the south
coast. the insurgent leader Collazo was
wounded. Yesterday ten armed insur-
gents surrendered there. During n
skirmish on the River Seco, near
GuiIes. this province. the well-known
insursent leader Pitirre was killed, to-
gether with a lieutenant and two pri-
Yates. The insurgent Colonel Antonio
Lopez Perez surrendered several days
ago in the province Of Santa Clara.
Marshal Blanco and Senor Jose Con-
gcsto. secretary general of Cube. called
upon Consul General Fitzhugh Lee yes
terday and rendered their condolences
on the death of the mother Of President
Mckinley.