The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-16
GOMEZ'S PROCLAMATION.
HE ISSUES 4 MESSAGE TO TIE IN
BABITANTS OF CUBA.

n. says, Mt the Gates or Havana. ne wall
HI VIII Provo That weyler ID . Haar
when He says Thero L. Peace in west Cuba.
HAVANA, July Ia. via Key West, July 49,
Gen. Gomez has issued q proclamation to the
people OF the island OF Cuba in which he declares
that he will soon be In the province of Havana
Nth the main force Of the Cuban army from
Santa Clara province.
The General explains the reason for his move
ncnt westward in forms similar to those he en-
ploycd in q recent interview with a reporter OF
THE Sun on the boundary Of Matanzas province,
near Amarillas. He says he is going to give TO
the world a plain proof Of the mendacity OF Gen.
Wcyler in the assertion he has made that tho
war is important only in the eastern part OF tho
island. Gomez praises the splendid efforts Of
the Cuban army during the last six months in
the province OF Havana. At the gates Of the
SPANISH capital itself. the veteran General says,
he will thank the army for its services.
He says regarding the proposed Spanish re-
forms:
Spain might better stop all preparations she
may be making to grant reforms to Cuba We
will accept neither reforms nor home rule. We
have had enough Of Spanish promises during
400 years Of oppression. Spain must know that
THIS WuT ID only " tnuepShuChSos uio thos s"S
Cubans will rather die than yield to any other
solution. The day We again lifted our flag Of
liberty we wrote on 1t, Independence or DEATH
Many copies of Gen. GomcZ's proclamation arc
circulating in Havana in spite OF the vigilance
OF the Spanish police. The spirit OF hate against
Spain Is so intense that many Cuban women
make manuscript copies Of the manifesto and
send them to the Spanish authorities and to
prominent Spaniards at the risk of their liberty
or the lives OF their malo relatives.
The plan OF Gen. Gomez is beginning to pro
duce all the effect that the veteran warrior is
aiming at. Gen. weyler has been obliged to re-
turn west to Cienfuegos and his vanguard is
still no further east than Santa Clara. The
eastern campaign Of the CaptainLGeneral has
been practically abandoned.
The town of Managua. n few miles from Ha-
vana city. has been attacked and taken by the IN
surscnt forces under Cardenas and Aranguren.
The garrison surrendered nfter a short resist
ance. The Spanish guerrilla forces which oper-
ated around Managua escaped to Havana say
ing that the town was full OF insurgents, VINO
numbered ut least 5000 men.
The insurgents, following their usual tactics,
remeined in the town all Of last Friday and 70
tired on Saturday morning, taking away all the
munitions OF war and supplies in Managua.
Another Cuban expedition has landed safeiy
In Coiimar, a suburb OF Guanabacoa, near Ha'
vana. The arms and ammunition were dehT'
cred to tho Cubans within sight of the capital.
The excitement over the arrest OF eighty prom
incnt Spanish merchants in Havana, which !
reported this morning. is becoming more in
tense. Senior Lobe of the firm Of Lobe & Tor
ralbas wus also arrested. The majority OF the
prisoners are now at liberty on bail. and tho
total amount OF bail given was over Sl50.O0o.
The charge against them is that OF aiding the
rebcllion. n crime which hitherto has been
punished by wcyler with death or deportation
for life to the Zaffarin Islands in the Mediter'
ranoan.
weylcr's friends here say that Sehor Quesada'
ex-Msyor of Havana, and a prominent member
of the Union Constitutional party. who was ar
rested, has been in similar trouble before. Dur
ing the war of 1858 he was tried for selling fooc
20 the insurgents.
Agents of several of the prominent Spaniard'
arrested have gone to Key West to send cable
dispatches to Madrid protesting against Wey
ipr'S action.