Show DONT WANT INDEPENDENCE Why the Cubans do not Capture the Cities New York Aug 12fhe steamer Uentui of the Uuid line which ur Ived her iroin Cub today brought oveiul Ijubun passengers One gentleman gentle-man from Havana who would not let Ills name be used asserted that the In uriecllon is more formidable than Is generally believed The rebels he says desire to establish u government underlie under-lie election of a strong power preferably erably the United States They VIe nut anxious for absolute Independence because negroes tuim a majority of the thubltants of the Island and would ominuto the government Therefore the rebels are delaying the capture ot the Important seaport towns which lie gentleman from Havana says they could easily do because their plans lor the future ure not yet matured To secure cure possession of the cities would lean recognition as belligerents to the rebels aim as they are not ready for such recognition they will continue nelr present methods of making war fur a time The Havana man asserts that there ale SOOO sympathizers with the revolution revolu-tion In Havana that 30000 revolution sts are in the Held and that the Span sh have lost 15000 men more than wothlrds of the number dying from disease Campos he says cannot holdout hold-out lung |