Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-10

plation OF suffering, have attained powers
NOT common 10 mankind, the Cubdns see
the elimination of the stirring events
now trauspiriug i'm th7 ir island nome.
They Will tell YOU, these ha2gard patrols
the doom Of the race that has enslaNed'
scourgcd and starved them, and brought
the fairest of the West Indian isles 20
Conditions beside which the horrors OF
the Spanish inquisitoriil era take second
place and even the dark days when
Spanish demons sought 10 stay the rise
O. the Dutch Republic do not surpass
I'm awfuintss. They win even fix the
exact date when the last of the hated
plns that lave survived the savage on
s!1veht Of the Americans will crawl
aboard homeward-bound ship, and
thank his stars for the magnanlmity OF
conquerors who do not pay back Spanish
brutality In similar coin.
WILL SOON BE OVER.
There Is more of method than OF super
natural IN this last gift of prophecy. For
years the Cubans have had an opportu-
l.,v of eaugng the powers OF resistance
possessed by their Spanish enemies, ana
they claim 20 know just how long II VIII
take 10 end the war now that American
IiaCs and bayonets are pressing forward
On IN irresistible wave.
Ricardo Diaz AlbcruuL secretary or tne
Cuban legation in Washington, gives MS
views boldly. The yellow flag VIII nave
c.-sed 10 be a blot on cuba before the
end Of July. says secretary AloeruIl,;
confidently. The forts of Habana, well
manned as they are said 10 be, do not
Garkcn the prophetic vision of this IA
nous old Cuban Neither do the phan-
tom fleets of Spain. or the Boosted FURY
OF her soldiers at bay. cause him mo-
meut's doubt regarding the fulhlment Oh
his prophecy.
Nor is he afraid TO come out with the
prediction with his name signed TO 'he
statement. In an interview that Secre-
tarv Albcrtini has written for this news
paper he predicts that the white-Wnged
dove will return 20 cuba in few weeks
Then he reioices that cuba found such
friend is Uncle Sam.
GRATITUDE AND ADMlRATION'
"At uresent" writes Secretary AlOer-
tnl in the interview referred TO- the
ONLY expression We have is one OF SIat-
tudc and admiration for the great repup-
Dc. which. al the risk OF life ana treasure
IS giving us the help 20 accomplish our
EFFORTS for freedom and liberty we nave
only 10 saw that the United states nave
gone beyond our expectations. am oIiF
sorry that lOlNou "a '"| 49,,
prCss has taken IL as fad 10 Oeli1tle
Tho Cubans as soldiers, and depreci@'e
their courage. Men who have fought ior
three years with the courage saci4Hce'
and ranantry Of tho Cubans are not
lSolv 10 be towards at the moment when
thclr GOAL IS reached. We have fouSht
our battles as we have been able always
holding out a hand for help to our sis'VI
Columbia: and lighting as We nave zone
against such odds. l think we have peei
justified in carrying on the hght accord
ing 10 our means and methods. II was
rcported the other day that Cubans hdu
committed indienitics on tho dead bodies
Of Spanish soldiers. This Is an outrage
and does not even deserve recognition
the Cubans have been human, ana nave
carried on the war in a civilized manner
10 the point OF being commended by the
Standards them elves.
"R. DIAZ ALBERTlNL"
And no one who has read Of the val
iant manner in which the Cubans fought
side by side with the Americans In the
chaparal or stalked their foes on DARK
nights in the hills and valleys around
Santiago would think for "a moment oil
doubling the bravery OF our gallant al
Ifeg