The herald., 1897-12-23
S OF CUBA
'ollow the Attempt at
Autonomy
ER's TONGUE WAGGING
EFENSE OF HIS POLICY OF
DIFFERENTIATION
,nomists in Cuba Pledge Their
Assistance in the Attempt to
Crush the Rebellion
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denying formally that there is an.
pc for the success of autonomy, ad
ag that no insurgent will submit ex
pt to the Marquis of Santa Lucia ant
lother chief and asserting that the in
direction would continue.
The general is also quoted as saying
hat if the Spanish government persisted
n autonomy Spain would lose Cuba il
a few months.
In conclusion, General Weyler said h
onposed the dissolution of the Chamber
until the government renounced it's pol
icy of giving Cuba an autonomous form
of government.
The chamber will be dissolved on jan
uary 20 next and the elections for tbs
new house will be held on February 20
The date for reassembling is April 10.
RUIZS EXECUTION
NEW YORK, Dec 22.-Tomas Es-
trada Palma of the Cuban junta made
the following statement last night:
The death of Colonel Ruiz did not oc-
cur, as the Spanish have put it, while he
was negotiating as a peace messenger
under flag of truce. Again and again
have the Cubans promulgated law
that all who came to them with peace
propositions not based on the inde-
pendence of Cuba, should be treated as
spies and dealt with accordingly. Col.
Ruiz not only knew of the existence OF
the law, but according to the Spanish
accounts, was personally warned as to
his fate. Gen. Blanco and Secretary
General CongoStO, too, were we'll aware
of the existence of the decree. Never
theless, these latter took advantage o.,
the unfortunate quixotism of Col. Ruiz
and sent him to the Cuban lines. The
blood of Col Ruiz is not on the hands
of the Cubans, but upon the heads of
Blanco and Congosto, who sent him to
his fate.
Senorita Clemenia Arrange, the sister
of Col. Arrange of the Cuban army, has
received the following letter from
member of the Cuban revolutionary
committee in Havana:
"Coi Joaquin Ruiz, the former super
intending engineer of the Albear Water
Works paying no heed to the orders is
sued by Gen. Gomez, and wishing to
make little of the laws of the republic,
had the hardihood to undertake the pro-
posal of autonomy to Col. Arangueren of
the Havana squadron. In consideration
of his acceptance he was to receive
considerable sum of money, which was
to be increased in proportion to the num-
Der and rank of the Cubans who should
inc rAyOnnca1C
But Col. Arangueren, in compliance
with orders, and setting aside all con-
sideration of the personal friendship
which he had for the Spanish intruder,
ordered that Col Ruiz be tried by
summary coLlrt-martial. The military
tribunal sentenced him to death and he
was executed three days ago.
"A Havana dispatch says: Agrippono
Ortiz, the orderly of Col Nestor Aran-
greren, has surrendered and has been
brought to Havana.
A NEW VERSION
HAVANA, via Key West, Dec. o.
All the best informed persons deny that
Arangueren was killed with Ruiz. On
the contrary, there is good authority
for the report that Immediately after
promoted from the rank of colonel to
that of brigadier. He delivered the tenn
porary command to his first officer and
went to the camp of General Alexandra
Rodriguez to inform him of the execu-
tion of Ruiz, after which he returned and
took charge of his troops.
General Pando has written to Captain
General Blanco to say that all the COM
missionerS that have been sent to the
insurgents camp proposing peace with
autonomy have failed, and therefore no
other course is open than to finish the
war with war.
In telegram to General Blanco pro-
testing in the name of the Cuban auton-
onlists against the killing of Lieutenant
Ruiz, Senor Marcos Garcia says also
that hitherto the autonomists have OBJ
served a passive attitude, but from this
date they will help to crush the rebel
lion." adding that "the war must be fin
ished with war"
On Saturday night last, under cover
of darkness, the insurgent leader, Ra-
VIENNA, with fifty men, entered the viii
lage of Bacuramo, in the neighborhood
OF Guanabacoa, near this city, and plum
dered grocery stores and several private
residences without shot being fired by
the insurgents or by the garrison.
In the province of Santa Clara the in
surgents have destroyed a fine bridge.
They have burned immense cane fields
on the Roasario plantation near Aqua
cata, this province, with a loss Of over
100000 1t is also reported that they
are now burning cane fields on several
other plantations in that locality.
ARM FOR CUBANS
NEW YORK, Dec 22-The Press
says: During the thick fog of the early
of last Saturday the schooner
James NJ. Haskell slipped quietly from
her pier fastenings in the Erie basin,
turned her nose toward the bay, evaded
the customs officers and under the man
tie of fog began her fourth filibusterins
expedition to Cuba.
On her last trip, begun on Sunday
morning, she carried grain and provis-
ions openly
Her papers read as usual, for Charles
ton, S. c. In her hold she carried 800. 900
rounds of ammunition and 2000 rifles
The cartridges were carefully packed in
baled hay, the rifles in boxes. All the
important loading was done at night.
Dozens and dozens of big tins marked
canned apples" were carried on board
as II they had been the most precious