Salt Lake Herald | 1896-04-21 | Page 2 | Only "If"

Only I NEW YORK April 20A dispatch to the World from Havana says If General Maceo succeeds in cross I ing the eighteen mile barrier in spite of the 50000 Spanish regulars pressing him on all sides General Yeyler must confess as General Campos did that the campaign is a failure and that Spain cannot end this war by her own unaided forces The rebel general has sent word to his friends in Havana that he will break through the trocha when he is ready and that when the first showers of rain fall the captain generals plan will turn to dust I is certain that General Maceo has some sure means of suddenly assembling his roving bands on this side of the trocha some say bY means of colored paper bal loons and others by messages There is a growing belief here that if General growing outmanouvred Spain will presently welcome the friendly mediation media-tion of the United States Even the Spaniards share this feeling Prisoners of war are condemned to death as incendiaries without the proof of guilt Evidence thai a rebel soldier belonged to a column of the enemy which burned property is sufficient to insure his death The prisoners death depends upon whether he joined the offending band before or after the in ofending cendiarism occurred I is said that nearly a hundred prisoners will be shot as incendiaries within a few days