The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-01-16
CUBA WILL LOSE HIM
HIS RETURN SAID TO mn ALMOsp
CERTAIN.
Houses Near Havana and
Fight An Sub9rba.

Havana, Jan Is (via Key wesO Cap
tain General weyler Il In a very bad hu-
NOR. and seemingly with good reason. He
was with difficulty dtssuaded a day or two
ago from sending Senior Pena. correspond
ent OF the Madrid Heraldo. to Moro castle.
and the newspaper man In question Is not
safe from the Spanish commander. who
was aroused by the criticisms OF the con-
duct of the compaign In Cuba To such a
degree has the captain general felt his Ill
temper that nobody outside hts military
and civil advisers has been able to SEQ him
since his latest return from the field. That
he Is In danger OF recall. nobody here for
moment doubts, In spite OF the many
official and semi-official denials from Mad
nd, for It Is remembered that the Same
course was followed by the government in
the case OF the recall of Marshal Martinez
Campos.
weyler can not truthfully be said to
have achieved a single success. diplomat
ieally. administrative military or other
wise. The scouts report more insurgents
| and better armed in Pinar del Rio al pres
emit than at any time since the insurrec-
| ton broke out.
General Weyler once openly remarked
that the western part OF that province
alone contained 1000 armed men. and that
| large additional bands" OF insurgents
| NoAo AtSNEA MS eAAOAb lAAS IAOCLleA ~
Spanish commander sent $1,000 men
against the little insurgent army. and the
| laeter. acting with admirable strategy.
seem TO disappear and the best efforts Of
| the Spanish generals have failed to dis
cover their whereabouts.
GOmeI IL Pushing Onward.
Gomez Is pushing onward from the east
| with all the men he can muster, while at
| the same time protecting his retreat. The
| lnsurgent bands are In the mean while car
| rying the torch 20 the very gates OF Ha-
| vana. The flames OF the burning property
| can be seen from rhe roofs OF tho captain
| generals palace. the sound OF firearms
Is frequently heard OF la;e in the suburbs,
| and. except TO hold the cities, the Span
iards are absolutely powerless. though
/ they have burned every root capable OF
| sheltering a wounded lnSurgent. destroy
| ing everything likely 10 give them food.
| and in every way trying TO crush the
| struggle for freedom. not In open conflict,
but by adopting the very anarchistic tao
tics they taunt the CubanS with employ
ing, including the burning Of the insursenI
hospitals and slaushtertng OF helpless SUI
ferers.
| 1t Ii not believed possible that the gov
eminent can much longer Ignore the fact
| that little or nothing can De done towards
| the real solution Of the Cuban question 81
long as Captain General Weyler Is In com
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only feature complained OF.
The air Is full OF war rumors and rotten
| contracts, of soldiers suffering from lack
OF food. medicine and ammunition, which.
issued by some means or other. have
fallen into the hands OF the inSurgents
or have entirely failed TO matertalize.
Insurgents Full OF Hope.
| The rum0rs that Maxine Gomez was
contemplating surrender 20 the Spanish
authorities have been traced 10 Spanish
official sources, as usual, and are pro-
nounced by friends OF the Cuban5 " nc
are always well informed to be utterly
false. They add that as long as Genera
| Weyler l. In Cuba no proposition looking
to a peaceful settlement Of the Cuban
question will be accepted by the inSur-
gent leaders. although 1t IS known that d
strong party OF the insurgents now un.
der arms Is in favor Of accepting a fall
| home rule proposition as soon as the de
tails can be determined upon.
The war party. however, prevails oyel
the peace party" the former beinR
| strengthened, it Is said by assurances
received from the New York junta thai
II the Spaniards do not succeed In crush.
ing the rebellion or bringing about a set
| Element OF the questions at issue befort
| next autumn, the United States will In,
terfere and bring about the establishment
OF a republic In Cuba
| The advent Of Gomez into the western
| part OF Cuba Is liable to be the straw
which will turn the tide In favor Of wey
lers recall. which Is only held back be-
cause the Spanish ministry does not Ike
to be placed in the position OF givinE
way In this matter to the condemnation
which the captain general and his meth.
DDS have met with In the American news
| papers. Reference to the advance OF Gen
eraI Gomez and the uttsrances Of friend.
, Of Cuba in the United States congress
are being pretty freely distributed amons
the Cuban sympathizers here and In othei
parts Of the island, and are understood 4
be doing much toward counteracting tht
blow which the lnsurgent cause suffered
| through the death Of Antonlo Macen