The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-14

rope, had issued AN artnistice. But that
10 not worth the paper IL Is written on,
beonuse truce or afmistios between two
| contending forces requires the consent OF
eoth before 10 can be OF any practical
effect, and IL will not have tho consent
Senator Lodge what cfrsr did he make
tc the insurgentsY
Gen. Lee-Tnis occurred Just about the
| time i left and do not know.
In response Co AN inquiry from senator
| Frye us TO his reasons for saying that the
Insurgents would pay no attention To the
armistice, Gen. Lee said:
- HOW GOMEZ Is FIGHTING.
because every attempt so far to make
| terms or Co make peace or TO buy the IN
| surgents OF their leaders has met with
signal failure, and whatever may he said
| about old Gen. Gomez. he IL, In INV
humble opinion fighting tnat war In the
| only way it can be done-scattsring MS
troops out-beoause TO concentrate would
| be to etarve. having no coInmissary train
| and no way to get supplies. lie has given
orders, SO have always been informed,
| not TO tight. not To become engaged. not
| TO lose their cartridges; ana sometimes
when ne gets into fight each man Is
ordered not to fire more than two cart
| ridges. When Gsn. Weylsr was there he
| went out after him sometimes and they
| would move up a column and IRE and
| sometimes flank the column, and tfe
spanish soldiers would depioy and throw
| out skirmishers ana the Cubans, like
Indians. would 60 into the woods, valleys
and mountainsides aud scatter out ana
wait until the Spanish troops were
gone. The Spanish troops would ooon-
termarah and 20 baok TO town.
CUBANS WILL NOT ACCEPT.
Senator Clark--You think the insur.
gents will not accept any such termsi
| Gen. Lee-No, sir, / do not think III
would be- safe for any Spanish officer to
| go out under flag of truce. They could
| not bur tho insurgents. Every time
they went out TO buy them they (the IN
| surgents) killed them.
Senator Mills-How much provisions
| have they In store for the army How
long can they maintain their forces taere
| without bringing In more provisionsy
4 Gen. Lee replied They are living there
almost from nand to mouth. The span
iards, and the citizens In the town OF
| Havana also.
senator MilIs-Can they get subsistence
from the Islnndp
Gen. Lee Nothing more than from
| the fcro.
| The Cubaus have not been interferei
| with much sincs General Blanco came
| there. With the exception or tie campaign
| OF General Pando In tIe eastern part uf
the island, there have peen very few mil
itary operations inaugurated by the
| Spanish. 10 10 has been practically
! sort of truce for some time-the insur-
gents because they did not want TO fight
and becaus 80 1t was against orders to fight.
"Suppose Havana was biockaded, said
Senator Mills. $50 that no provisions
could go in. wouid the people there have
any way to get anyY"
WOULD SOON SURRENDER.
"None whatever" responded General
Lee. "Tne town would surrender In
| short while"
General Lee said that all bot about
| 800, 600 Spanisrds OF the population of
Cuba, which is about I,500, 900, we're Gu
bans.
"Are ell shs Cubans friendly to the in
surgentsf" asked Senator Foraker.
II never saw one that WAS not was
the response.
Senator uulIoni asked II the Spanish
army got any OF the supplies ssnt by the
| Uniteu States.
"No. sir, said General Lee Cocoa
sionally they might have gotten little
here and there.
SOLDIERS NEVER DRILL.
Senator Frye-What is the condition of
/ The Spanish soldiers on the Island?
| Consul General Lee-They are badly
| clothed and very badly fed; not we'll or
ganizec not drilled. Nobody ever saw
| spanish soldiers drill.
| s,eoator Frye-lf spain has really ap-
| propriated $600, 900 for the sustenance of
| the reconcentrados as It is said, do you
| believe that will be given TO those people
| and that their own soldiers will be left to
| starvef
Consul General Lee-Oh, no. There
will te very little OF u paid to anybody.
Senator FSraker-What will become
| OF itr
Consul General Lee-They will divide
| it up here and there--a piece taken of
here AMI piece taken of there. L do
not Relieve they have appropriated any
thing of the kind. see those things on
paper always.
| Senator Frye-You wor Ia have no CON
fiderce I'm 1t and would not advise us TO
have any confidence in itS
Consul General Lse-Not a particls.
RED FLAG DISPLAYED.
London, April 14.-Accordina to a spec
ial dispatch this afternoon from Madrid,
there was big revolutionary demoustra-
tion at Valencia. capital Of the spanish
province OF that name, yesterday even
ing. Large crowds assem- bled, ths led
flag was displayed and waved in the air
and the 'Marseiilaise' was sung. The
police. 10 Is ndded. dispersed the people
who took part in the demonstration and
captured the red flag.
WILL NOT EvACUATE.
London, April l4-A Spanish cabinet
minister. n special dispatch from Madrid
today anpounces has declared in on in
terview that "should President MoKin-
| ley notify Spain to evacuate Cuba, this
government will Immediately and en-
phn, ,ically refuse, ara will add that IL IL
| AGREAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE