The Republican journal., 1898-04-21
The situation in Cuba


-stv8hon II affairs d. nc iounu ~ 0nele'
taf 3fal like threshing old straw to
l.N' d.. take up that subject now, but
.-tt appearances there will be
9N t..a., To do besides old straw. We
a-,b h sduall with thunder and
o..l usually clear the atmosphere,
r-.sent state of affairs it will be
N4ce clearing of the political
,t.r arrived at Zaza, the seaport of
c.rrt4 IN the province of Santa
, ,iaut IL miles from the camp of
,...,I. Gomez We could see his
.rlrv night, where he rests as
.. n, monarch in Europe, so far
ftsrurhed by the Spanish troops is
.7 HIS army cultivate the soil and
-rHs owns people much of their con-
. specially sweet potatoes. About
.-,. -Yhacco used in the town of Trini-
.-.sed ty the insurgents. There was
..f.,rl of about 900 in the little town
.... B.l1re the rebellion, and now it has
-..-i u1. and a poor, sickly, hungry,
Ill.,, .eDd they are. Before the rebellion
..-.r,>- vi the port was principally the
..al Nl cellar and mahogany. There is
.-..-.r- steamers running from Bata ba-
-4.s w. Ire Cuba, touching at Cienfue-
.-.-.4s Llza Jucaro, Santa Cruz and
Ihey make two trips per week
afrying the mail and carrying
During the time the writer
saw some 5000 troops land
Ou the westward trip they
-.. -I-'h as many sick ones back
Well ones east.
seemed to be massing troops
VI Manzanilla to attack or
... .-.- -ep Galuxto Garcia, the most
.--rns general in the Cuban
tO the present time they
ded in doing either. Gen
about 5000 troops with him.
ut roo many in place TO de-
Blu a few days before
yed in Iaza an expedition
r", and nearly all the inhah-
steamer leaving about sun
ing Two Spanish gunboats
-euIng previous, and some
LAtuey know, say they We're
rlere are signals for flibus-
l- mountains. Some nights
n lights in row, one end
other. At other nights there
.IW and on level, or three in a
..ogri and some nights none at
rs have good post office sys-
better than the Spanish sys-
a0t be tit to be classed IN the
-1tI systems. 1t is almost i'm
A letter or newspaper through
aryene helps himself to any
The writer was coming up
night after the arrival of the
and saw negro carrying a
# post office. Several letters
out of the bag and into the
--- negro waded in and said he
1t was dark, 80 tie writer
-rA whether they We're all re-
aut There is no particular per-
--- 4e mail from the steamer to the
.r -st negro who gets there gets
a secures 20 cents III silver take
-ur. and you will have the value
.-eucy The mail bags are made
sc Sind of stuff, not as good as a
THE bags are emptied on the
tie natives who care to over
IAN do so, aud of course take
+"rt -rteT they care for. The post
M -a ei Chief of Communication
graph operator, too, for he at
r functions. 1t would seem
us L we We're to 60 to the post
.ut stamp for letter and were
iH not sell them, which is fact.
el o7tage stamps sold at the post
ae asks the question, why not?
To- keep the officials honest,
Gals sold stamps they would
Ns ntf the letters and sell them
AND commercial business would
Hg the letters destroyed
the writer has ever known
5ay 10 defraud the Government.
1t Customs asked me if | had
S 3r cartridges, and if so he
-v "l-r, "e could sell them OF course
''- te large share of the profit. He
- been superseded by an au-
and ~ was ready to enter into
HE i failure. Neither party
tlth parties throw stones at it.
tAtepuun is the autonomist Cabi-
-'. '' Ii7'al Id, who were to have $4,000 per
-4sl
'1-' Of the army whom the writer
"-Fs nDe looking set of men, we'll
4i+ ' tied, but the soldiers are poor
aged, dirty, Respondent, fellows.
'-f tbs of whom can't write their
-.rqa les cross struck off by the gov
l. -' he gwen to the soldier for merit.
Z, but the soldier seldom gets it
iAyS for it. | asked one of them
ar AMY crosses. He said he had three
.f"7ruting crosses, but he had no
4tf Lem.
81 concentrate order on the
"FA as On the land. A fisherman
.. ''''loJ outside of a certain limit,
'frfks at all; for if they go out
authorities think they will get
aAl may get on board of fill
4.l him in, or leave with him
th with an expedition; and if
mp any creek very far they
Rebel camp or communicate
'r-l the town. So it is no un.
-..r- 90 see onp of thosa littIa our