The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-03
SPANIARDS IN DESPAIR.
Prominent officials I'm Cuba Admit
Their Cause is Hopeless,


HAVANA, via Key West. Fla. Jan.
2.-The insurgent general, Francesca
Garlic, with one thousand men from
Santa Clara province, has entered Ma
tanzas province, near Havana, and is
supposed to be on the way to reunite
with the concentrated insurgent forces
under Brig. Gems Suraz and Separe, in
Havana province. Before the disarm-
ing Of the laborers on the tobacco
plantation Of Book & Co., in Pinar del
Rio, recently reported, fifty armed Ia
borers are said to have joined the in
surgents at Ceiba del Aqua, Havana.
Three thousand concentrates have
been returned to their homes in Ma
tanZas province, railroad transporta-
ton being provided by the government.
The Diario de la Marina calls the
attention of the authorities to the pit
liable condition Of the people in the
town Of AlonzO RojaS, in Pinar del Rio
province. During the first ten days of
December one hundred persons died.
Whole families of eight and ten per-
sons have persisted. OF ninety-two vol
unteers only nineteen are fit for duty,
the remainder being sick with small
pox. AT Santo Domingo, Santa Clara
province, the smallpox epidemic has
increased terribly, in spite of the splen-
did weather, but the fevers have slow
ly decreased. In the districts Of Jico-
tea, MANAGES, and the central planta-
ton EsparanZa, smallpox is raging
among concentrates many Of whom
have died. Most Of the concentrates
are without medical attention, food and
other necessaries Of life. Families res
ident in the stricken districts are I'M
able to emigrate thence, because they
have no resources.
The government has for a second
time sent $4,000 for the relief Of the
concentrates in Matanzas province. It
is reported from Santiago de Cuba that
Gen. Pando is greatly disheartened on
account of the obstacles which prevent
ed successful campaign against the
insurgents in that province. He de-
clares that he has no base Of opera
lions, the insurgents control being SO
complete that it is impossible to convey
supplies to Spanish columns operating
IL the interior Of the province. Gen.
Pando is said to be convinced that the
insurgents Of Santiago de Cuba prov
ince will not accept autonomy. When
he was in Spain he did not realize that
the insurgents in the province had such
strength.
1t is said that Gen. Segua, operating
in Santiago de Cuba, has been unable
to agree with his superior officers, and
on the pretext that he Is sick he has
arrived in Havana and will return to
Spain by the first mail steamer.
Elk Minister Canalejas, the Madrid
editor, who has been investigating the
situation in Cuba, Is said to be thor
oughly discouraged with the outlook.
He will return to Spain shortly, the
sudden death of his sister being given
as the reason for fastening his de-
parture.
Senior Amblard, who has just return
ed from the United States, is said to
take the same hopeless view Of the
situation as Senior Canalejas, and it is
stated that he will decline the proffered
appointment of secretary to the Cuban
Autonomist cabinet.
Senior Capules, governor of Santiago
de Cuba, has resigned, being unwilling
to make appointments dictated to him
!, by the government through Gen. Pan
do. The military commander, Oliver,
is acting in Capules' place.
Four insurgents belonging to the
force of Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez have
surrendered with a boat load of $4,000
cartridges, to the gunboat Contra
Maestro off Jucaro on the south coast.
Gen. Blanco today received Sd, 100000 in
silver consigned from Spain for war
purpose. Gen. Emilio March has ar
rived from Spain. Gen. Pando and Sc
nor Losada, assistant inspector of the
health department, have arrived from
ManZanillo.