Show UNFRENDL LI UTTERANCES How Spaniards View the Recent Re-cent Action of the American Amer can Congress THEY WILL BOYCOTT US flovement Was Initiated in South America Another Bungle Made By the Spaniards Span-iards in Which Their Own People Were Fired Upon on the Supposition Suppo-sition That They Were Insurgents Suspects in Prison Value of American Exports to Mexico Vera Cruz and Uruguay HAVANA May 29Copyrighted by the Associated Press 1896Te Spanish newspapers teem with articles pn the loyalty of Spaniards in the republics re-publics of Mexico Uruguay and Argentina But that is too well known to require extended notice Spaniards of Argentine and of Uruguay have enrolled rolled as volunteers in Cuba and today to-day over 3000 of them are serving in this island to maintain Spanish rule and Spanish supremacy Spaniards in the United States and all Spanish America have initiated a naval fund the subscriptions extending over three years The latest evidence of loyalty of the Spaniards in SpanishAmerica has taken a new form What is deemed to be a Htrong antiSpanish feeling in the American senate and the United States generally has been developed by the press in the mother country as well as in SpanishAmerica I has led to I calling together of Spanish merchants in the republics of Mexico Uruguay I and the Argentine republic They I have protested against what they regard re-gard as I I THE UNFRIENDLY UTTERANCES I of the American people and have unanimously un-animously decided to cease further purchases in the United States I The movement was initiated in South America quite recently The Spanish merchants of Mexico City and i Vera Cruz have decided on similar action t ac-tion tionExports to the threerepublics haye been considerable The following are the latest figures obtained They are from United States sources the report of the bureau of statistics treasury department Washington D C 1896 I Value of American exports to Mexico in 1892 14293999 in 1893 19569634 in I 1894 12842149 value of American exports I ex-ports to Argentine republic in 1892 I I 2927488 in 1893 4979696 in 1894 4862764 value of American exports i I Uruguay in 1892 939030 in 1893 960404 in 1894 1015171 value of I American exports to Cuba in 1892 I 17953570 in 1893 24157688 in 1894 20125321 Some soldiers on detachment duty at Olympic estate near Cimarros on the I afternoon of the 24th instant went into the hills of the nearby Toro estate to bring in some horses placed there f I fqr pasture The Spanish column of Parvia was encamped on the Toro j estate The men searching for the I I horses MISTOOK THEM FOR INSURGENTS and fired on them The firing alarmed I the remainder of the detachment at the Olympic estate and they went to the relief of their comrades but seeing see-ing the supposed enemy In large numbers num-bers in the woods they fired a volley and fell back to the sugar mills on the Olympic estate Their retreat deceived de-ceived the Parvia column who also had taken them for rebels and concluded con-cluded that they were retreating the Parvia column actively pushed them when the proprietor of the Olympic estate recognized the mutual mistake mis-take and rode in between the fire He waved a white handkerchief He in turn was taken for an insurgent and was fired at by both sides His horse was killed under him However his to the courage and daring put a stop firing As a result of this bungle a soldier of the Havana battalion was killed was dangerously while one of wounded the royal engineers La Discussion of this city of the 27th under the heading To General Weyler editorially refers to the suspects I pects imprisoned in this city the first case being that of Juan Ponce Gomez a teamster proprietor from the interior in-terior of the island He owns a transport trans-port system of teams and previous to his arrest had been engaged in Placelas supplies for in transporting military supples the tHIS t-HIS ALLEGED CRIME conoists in having expressed a wish to purchase a revcLver from a volunteer as he alleges to defend himself when near the insurgents La Discussion states that Senor Gomez Go-mez J3 well known to the military and city authorities of Placelas and vicinity vi-cinity While in the common prison since January last no specific charge has been made against him nor ha any lawyer or judge been named to enquire en-quire into the case No doubt the governor gov-ernor general will put this matter right Continuing La Discussion adds We also ask clemency for Antonio Pees Gu rrea and Jose Vaquero Torres likewise prisoners since January Janu-ary last who so far have not been identified by the authorities and who have had no judges to try them They are wellknown reliable citizens who will tttr vouch for their loyalty and fidel Official advices from Consolacion Del I Sur just published state that during the illness of General Valdez his com I mand in that department of Pinar Del Rio wil be transferred to General Molina Mo-lina General Valdez wU be promoted for bravery in action A resident of Caiguanabo reports that insurgents following the battles of Caimito and Calgunabo recovered I 130 wounded from the field and safely transferred them to their own lines I El Heraldo Madrid referring t the statement published by the minister of war giving the casualties I I AMONG THE INSURGENTS makes the following summary for the eleven months of 1895 Twsnuisix cl onJLaadara AryrL JJL30 rebels were killed four chiefs and 358 men were wounded and 218 men were made prisoners El Heraldo draws a contrast between the early months of 1895 and the early months of 1896 During January February Feb-ruary March and April 37 chiefs and 3085 men were killed while 12 chiefs and 330 men were made prisoners The result in four months of 1896 compared with eleven months of 1895 shows a difference in favor of 1896 of 1 chiefs and 1895 men killed and 8 chiefs and 1260 captured wounded while 112 prisoners were |