New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
CHALLENGE FROM DE LONE.
PALMA ASKED TO NAME SIN ho' -"
CUBAN LEADERS.

pAr.MA ASKED TO NAME SIN LOYAL
CUBAN LEADERS
.uv apAN,sI MINISTER'S REPLY TO THE N'9""
TON THAT THOSE WHO ACCEPT AUroNoAf
ARM BLACK sHEEr-No REpoNr
FROM LEE AS TO CvB1TAs
~, ,r,rosArH TO TIRE rR1buNrJ
.,on Ian .2-Thc Spanish Minister mas
A.,ea Tomas Estrada Palma heau % 49,. nor,es
~. q, New-York to make pubic 'ne "@ =,
Junta III "n,t Generals In Cuba who arc az
l., cood standing and his chahenso
f,.. ,.rr. a.. well as OF the nroSo,S' aa,ons
p-ovoked at what he terms the p'"' c.,oo senor
=. the Cuban leader in the 'n''e" rs1,,s 70 fur
Dnnuv de LONE says ne or, oe"es or TO the
,s .,h.r 70 the State pepAi'i' half A
n'sh 80 80 a,r considerable list or even ""
.o" . n.u.s Of recognized Cuoan en- en- NOV in
~ tns se,d on the island. He says -. though
.,,.. Ceneral Gomez or Cdi,A -, this chal-
e'"oe % rrobably dead. He issues w" .ors
the latter j. P.rc MAY have their own means
ieneo nc - accuracy Of Cuban news g., .,
OF 49,. .ysry one may have an oppo' 80 ore
.,doa FOR himself what sources oi .or,hx
Trustworthy anu .,,c.u,ent in The tribune
Fol lns'Anoe, r-srder of General Juan M"fso
OF f''u' ,o,s and other officers ana .,,,,d
49, o..,.rnor OF Santa Clara leu ,,aso was
.,.r.,,on to-day from Palma " 80 was re-
,rsrtialed several n,oh'hS .,.r ouoted in
oourt 49, r.nks" Palma is fur'he' ,he
duced to the a. declaring that al III.
numerous - ureuder he was no' IN n .,b
time oi ~ rb.tsoever and he "a cIeu., c.,.d in
" ., positively that the Pe' 80. naciAcos''
stAuis - .mcal reports were me- rr,ondinc
the Spanish oihci~. 80 rn.rmed notwithstaiuins
VINO aceo NJ rsnorted them an o,,, de
Genera ammunition" senor - o. not
w. n.clsres Masso's loyalty " .a ard that
-.,,.1 until after ne had '.',,s SUR was pursued
-.ot,x the came methoo o. - orete Cepero a
s~~.' I,n,a IN the OF jose '
week ago ~ryrpO
1ar CASE OF CEfri -,
aonsd from Morro ara cam ~
Cepei a. ,n,. country. where ne o,s US. onth
s'.,or With the Juntss aiu o! Do,.uher: he
e,,. .,.ndins was good all thioue . sommsrs n
- Furnished with the p'.o - -svenue cut
was 10 s,inped away from the .h. an
Smith. and ne snp. 1~ montgomery much to the an
tsrs anu 49,. United states GoNeii Ill h,s
"o1o" 1..r.. and embraced autonon'' C,h. hut the
-, almost as coon as he lanueu followed by
s,nosmsnt OF that fact was ,s heen treated
s,, s,..-tion that Cepero hau , . o,t Of re-
.x.,,or and that he ~.hons
a. "a" ~. humiliation by the Ouu""' r,sr
ssntmeh. iO' A. Tome confidently preo'c's a,,h
.,,rr.nder. IN the next "ee - he saws ne
ous surrenu "",.. heir true significance ne n,ost
iie may reahHe ' ,ybo we're deemed the mos
cares A' 80 lovsl supporters OF Oe"e So can
po,r,. last heard from 'he ,'i,or savs he
Or - that is too much '"e 49,. ,rovn trail
80 palma 10 name to-Tnor'0" A-.nasr would not
cares ~ -, runta whose surrenoe' o,.
tors to the CuoAH r noroent Palma's aocepF
% uheAp x.usrse or his refusal III ''e ,sa
Ance u ,a.,ar will enable the puo"0 -. "a
-, % believe next week. when ~ a,.onorv ac-
n.reral and marked gam io' ~ Minister
be ee u present Indications Inc 49, IN,
cordng 10 aI -, s,stements regarding the hu,
enus ' vosso Cepero and others a'' ,,.,o,
NINA - Indicate a sad state OF oe''0'
In the insurgent Ioroe' ,- uAssO
MESSAGE FROM JUAN ..,,.n.
,- wss.o. who Is a cousin OF rresauTn Tas
,.r,oI,ns Masso as stated IN Inc nOIla message
.,,on to-day received the loio
90, sacretary General Congos'o' .o
Tho Governor II send you my greet@lnsS @ prsy nav
LOVING Your orders whoni, o{ the Cabinet and
:cTstSTes to the following Asr Se hoveregny
cepted autonomy baeade an al my command you can
c6nht OF Spat on my decided aid 10 help %" III
work Of peace. now so far aovSJTuyAN SJJuAN MAsso."
-.,. - another offcial cable message re-
c.,ved thi. evening General some adonf
trouble with his associates ano has na0 Tn,s dis
srmmarv measures to prevent deser'ons' i"'' O
patch follows e.o- A,o,s,tn
Roman and ve men Of the I'd squadrOn OF MsNmO dna
They declare thar me hnsn 'kY ked by Maximo Gomez
NssOr Axarez ~ 1tsnass 6ss t lay down arms accept
~ ~pecauer " and mai for the same reason the oftcer
Andres alvarez and twenty men are InpI t ;,o ~
order OF Gomez. Roman anc the nNe men VIZ 49, ~
osT avthoritv 70 form a guerilla band IN oI9tr 10
svsnee the death Of their captain. CONSOSIO-
THE NEWS FROM EsPERANzA.
con,ul-General Lee cahled the State Department
last .ven,ng that tranquility prevailed in Havana
hut he made no mention Of the important engage
rnent reported 10 have taken place In the Oup'as
Mountains resulting in the capture OF the insur-
r.nt cspital The only reports Of an official charac-
hat nav
,ha Department those received by the spanish
The Minister himself is confident OF the accuracy
Of his advices. and points 20 the lact ma. "hr ~
eccnmnt that may be published conflicting with ms
ranorts which agree with those coming from
Havana through the Associated Press, must nave
originated elsewhere than al tho place OF oalue'
his basis for this statement is that tne 1o.s'm
,nsn, controls the telegraph lines which aUorG
cnUn,unication between Havana and the Cupi as
Mountains and there is no means OF conmunicstoh
Viii THE ocean cables open 10 me insurgents WhcH
upond enable them 10 send along an account OF
battle at Esperanzs N n sefS a bma Una, ave VI
- believe that the importance
y, the ca pture OF Esperacza les in the fact thet
a. capital for ne SAYS thefe Is
80 rn,cf more in the place than q ifW nuts ana
w. IVA" The significance Of t.e achievement he
shfnks is found in the fact that 1t mas Demon
sfrat ed the possibility al this time OF 2 spanish
Sorce oS three thousand men with fun munitions oi
W. heing led into the last stronghod OF the IN
swrgenis through a country OF the widest descrip-
ZION and one from its nature capape OF aHordlnS
~. hest shelter such an enemy az the lnsUr..
sents This the Minister thinks Is an eVlUence o.
fe growing weakness OF the insurgent cause
THE SITUATION IN CUBA.