The San Francisco call., 1898-08-01
GARCIA STILL
 IN UGLY MOOD Disguised With Ameri-
 can Rule. GOES TO FILE HIS PROTEST LA LUCIA SAYS HE MUST BE
 CRAZY.
Free Kitchens for Havana's Poor Hot Fight Between Guerrillas and urgents-Serious
 Railway Collision.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 HAVANA, July 31-Advices from San tiago de Cuba report that the insurgent general, CaliXto Garcia, having become disGusted with the Americans, has left for Puerto Principe to present his com
 plaint to the so-called Cuban Govern ment." General Garcia. it Is said, Is will ing to dismiss his separausts. The civil
 elements have met to protest against the
 orders given by the commander of the American troops. Senor Castillo will take the protest to Washington.
 La Lucha commenting on the above statement, says: We do not know what effect the protest will produce on Presi- dent Mckinley and his Cabinet, but we | hope 1t will not prejudice the general who gave the orders. because it cannot be 1 supposed that President Mckinley will try to weaken the moral strength Of the army chief at the beginning of the cam
 paign, nor even indirectly the military authority needful to all chiefs to whom are intrusted the wars direction, and who on the ground can better than any one
 else appreciate the necessary disposition and measures to be dictated.
 La Lucha adds: If Senor Castillo is obliged to return after delivering the pro ! test in Washington without obtaining what he was expected to gain by those who protested, as 1t is believed will hap ] pen on account Of the arguments au- vanced and the inopportuneness of the l protest of SenOr Castillo and others, the l situation will be little thought of by the i chief of the invading army and will dem 1 onstrate the impauence of the Cuban in ! surgentS, who are not satisfied with the i plans of a government which is accus- ! toned to proceed with mathematical cal 1 culation, the same privately as in public ! life'
 1 La oLucha further says: "One must be l crazy to believe that a regular army, sent i lution against a Government legitimately | constituted, Is to be a mere auxiliary to i q force of 5000 or 10 900 armed citizens who
 are not recognized by the country that
 sends its aid even as simple regular war | elements, which has been denied as many i times as 1t has asked to be recognized
 always declared that the Cuban rebels
 had right to ask for their independence, | but 1t is of no use to think that power | full and strong country which decides to
 dispute with the sea and land forces the i sovereignty and possession of territory 1 of another country to which the territory ! Cuba to subordinate the United States 1 army and general to the chief of irregu-
 lar forces without military organiza-
 The free kitchens established in HaH- | ana for the purpose of feeding the poor 1 have increased in number and now daily 1 A detachment of local guerrillas while
 returning to Placetas after having con
 were surprised by a number of rebel | bands and a fierce combat ensued. The | Spanish forces lost eighteen killed and ! eighteen wounded. The insurgents also suffered severe losses.
 On the morning of July 9. a collision ! occurred on the railway near Encrucijada 1 province of Santa Clara, resulting in the ! loss of three lives and injury to twenty nine persons. The killed were a bugler and two soldiers. Of the injured four
 were employees of the road and the others
 were colonel. captain and two lieuten-
 ants of the army, physician and twenty l private soldiers. Ten of the latter were 1 seriously hurt.
 | The British cruiser Talbot. from Jamaica. arrived here on the 29th, bringing Major 1 George F. Leverson of the British Royal Engineer Corps. who Is accredited to the 1 British Consulate and is authorized on General Blancos staff for the purpose of 1 watching the military operations.
 The Norwegian steamer Nansen has left 1 Sagua bound for Halifax. She has on | board 21 900 bales of leaf tobacco and car ried 120 passengers.
 The weather has improved and the
 abundant rains assure good crops of veg etables and corn. especially corn.
 A detachment of Spanish troops has
 captured at the farm Flor Tabo. In Ma | tanzas province, the well-known insur- gent leader, Augustin Cervantes, and the captive is now imprisoned in San Severino 1 castle Cervantes came to Cuba at the | breaking out of the revolution. with an | expedition from the United States.