The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-26

Two things are known respecting the
present state Of affairs In Cubs. One Of
them Is that there is not any weakening Of
the resolute purpose Of the revolutionists
and the other is that they are carrying on
the war as actively a. is possible under ex-
listing circumstances
As to the first Of these things, we can
speak with assurance. Every utterance Of
the revolutionary authorities. civil and
military, IL Of the same character, and at
tests their indomitable spirit. They make
the demand which they made two and q
half years ago, and which they have re-
peated a hundred times since then. They
adhere to their original claim, and have
never yielded a point in 1t. The words Of
MARTI, when he fell in 1895; those Of
glorious MAcEo when he fell in 1895. and
those of brave BANpERA when he fell this
year, are yet the words Of GOMEZ.
A few days 6 the veteran Commander
in-Chief issued to his army q proclamation
which began and ended with tho exclama-
tion that has become familiar to every
patriotic Cuban The day We lifted our
flag of liberty we inscribed upon 1t In
dependence or Death" He again warned
Spain that the terms of the revolution were
Interchangeable: I'VE will accept neither
reform nor autonomy under Spain; we have
had enough Of Spanish promises during
four hundred years Of oppression" The
patriotic battalions, too, are imbued with
the spirit of their leaders. They are
wholly devoted to the revolution. Were
all their leaders slain. as so many Of them
have been, they would continue to carry on
the war against Spain. During tho long
period of hostilities there lave been hardly
any assertions from the Cuban rank. 1t
is the people of Cuba who battle for indie.
pendence. There has never. up to this hour,
been a sign of faltering among them, or OF
any lessening of their constancy.
AS to the activity of the Cubans, the de.
spatches which come to US almost daily
from Cuba contain all necessary informa.
ton. Even at this time of the year, when
campaigning is 30 severe q trial for the
bravest of men, the patriots continually
assail the enemy in every part Of the
island. Within the past week we
have had dispatches about their opera
tions in five provinces: in Pinar del Rio,
Matanzas, Havana, Santa Clara, and San
tldSO. we nave learned OF D severe en-
gagement, besides many skirmishes. in the
first-named province, and of the success at
Colon by means Of dynamite bombs, and Of
the assault upon the Spanish lines near Car.
denas, and Of the affair of the Spanish gun.
boat near Baracoa, and Of the Cuban
passage of the Jucaro.Moron trocha in
the face of $4,000 Spanish troops, and
of the brilliant operations of Gen. JOSH
GONZALEZ, and of the adventures of the
revolutionary bands near the capital. and
of the panic-raising operations of Gen.
MAKING GOMEZ in many places near the
centre Of the island, and Of WEYLER's i'm.
potence at Havana, where he remains unable
to cope with an adversary who is active In
every part of Cuba.
We have learned from the reports that
have come to hand within q week that
there has been no %stoppage of the move.
ments Of the revolution at any time of this
month, and that it Is the weather alone
that has prevented q serious assault upon
the defences of Havana.
With an u~nchanging purpose, with con.
stancy of spirit, with energy in the field,
Cuba fights her way toward independence,
as she has fought her way since the month
of February, 1895. Thirty thousand Cuban
patriots and thrice as many Spanish troops
have lost their lives since the war began.
Gallant Cubal Cruel Spainl