Show I WHY SPAIN WANTS A WAR True Inwardness of Her Desire De-sire to Come < Into a Clash with Us WOULD SAVE HER HUMILIATION Knows Well Enough She Cant Hold Cuba A Row with and a Whipping by a Great Notion Like Ours and the Loss of the Queen of the Antilles Thereby Would Give Her a Good Excuse to Go Before the World Alfonso Afraid of n Loss of His Popularity More Titan the Loss of Cuba NEW YORK Nov 12A Tribune special from Washington says The Madrid government has known for some time that the struggle to suppress sup-press the revolution in Cuba will not be successful General Weyler ha recently been urged on to more energetic efforts ef-forts by the Madrid authorities and telegrams from Havana now announce that he has taken the field in person But wellinformed persons who have been in Cuba and who know the situation situa-tion there thoroughly fay that Wey leI and his nearly 200000 troops cannot put down the revolution and that he has made no decided progress since relieving re-lieving General Campos The Spanish government is endeavoring to keep up a bold front But i sees the humiliating c humiliat-ing word failure written on the wall Cuba is a Spanish province and the government which shows that it is incapable in-capable of putting down a rebellion on the island is doomed to oblivion This is1 a grave question for Premier Can ovas cabinet to L face L I must face it however ana it is GOIng so wm cum mendable courage and determination But the hour is approaching when it must stand before the people of Spain and admit that it can no longer hold Cuba That will be a disastrous admission admis-sion for the government to make but an advantageous one to Don Carlos When made the overthrow of the present pres-ent ministry will certainly and quickly follow if it appears that the government f govern-ment permitted the Cuban insurgents to win their independence unaided by foreign assistance But if Cuba is lost to Spain as a result re-sult of war with the United States the i government will not lose prestige at home Spin would certainly be vanquished van-quished in such a conflict But the government would say in the hour of defeat and the Spanish will believe that the Cubans would have been held in suhjecton had not American arms prevailed over those of Spain Therefore There-fore i would be good policy and from the governments point of view patriotic 1 pa-triotic to bring on hostilities with this country Alfonso would lose Cuba but he would gin popularity among hs peoplean advantage dearer to him and tois adherents Jthan the Queen of the Antilles AntleTmt That Reported Sale NEW YORK Nov 12A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Madrid Ma-drid says Premier Canovas declares that he knows nothing of a proposition I for the sale of Cuba to the insurgents He says that the idea is absolutely absurd ab-surd and impossible and not to be entertained for a moment Wounded Spaniard HAVANA Nov Telegraphic advices ad-vices have teen received here from Colonel Col-onel Garamendi at Guanajay that Gen eral weyier anu uie iruupa acuuuiyunj inn him are encamped in the hills at Rubi Colonel Gdramendi urges that a steamer be sent to Cabanas to convey to Havana seven officers and 54 privates of the Spanish army who are suffering from wounds received in an engagement engage-ment the details of which are not given Flat Denial MADRID Nov 12 Prime Minister Canovas Del Castillo denies emphatically that the Spanish government ha announced an-nounced it will suppress the revolution in time the Island of Cuba within a specified tme Veylcr Reports HAVANA Nov 12 General Weyler reports ports from Canabas that in order to carry car-ry forward his plans he sent out three columns One column of six battalions with artillery under command of General Munoz marched to Manuillta and another of four battalions with artillery under General Echaque marched to Cayajabos Colonel Seguera with his command from Soroa and General Weyler himself at the head of a column comprising five battalions and six pieces of artillery left Mariel to attack the front of the enemy who occupied all of the avenues of communication com-munication in strong force General Echasne with his command arrived near Cayajabos on the evening of November 9 and found that the enemy was encamped en-camped in a strong position on Rosano hil He opened a sustained fire upon the enemys position and as the action was about finished a stray shot wounded General Echaguc in the leg On the morning of the 10th the general was reinforced rein-forced and captured the rebel positions which were strongly defended and the heights of Rubi occupied by the rebels were carried by the Spanish at the point of the bayonet at 4 oclock in the afternoon after-noon The Spanish losses were six killed and eight officers and 54 privates wounded wound-ed Seven of the enemies dead wee found but it is not known whether there were any others killed Three Friends Libeled JACKSONVILLE Fla Nov 12The steamer Three Friends has been libeled I an attachment issued and served and I is now in the custody of the United States marshal In the libel which was filed with the clerk of the United States court today the vessel is charged with being fitted out and armed to cruise and commit hostilities against the subjects citizens or property of the king of Spain Thecae The-cae will be tried in the United States court next December V < Backinsr Down LONDON Nov 12A dispatch bas been received from Madrid stating that a semiofficial denial has been Issued Is-sued of the published reports that the i V V i V 11 Spanish premier Senor Canovas Del Castillo ha communicated with the powers with the intention of seeking support against the United States I is explained that the story is probably a reiteration of the report circulated in August last when Spain prepared a memorandum on Cuban relations with America suggesting that the powers assistSpain In bringing amicable asistSpain bringing pressure pres-sure to bear on the United States but on the advice of the ambassadors of the powers the Spanish minister for foreign affairs consulted with the United States minister before sending the memorandum and he had no hesitation hesi-tation in saying that the dispatch of such a note directly after President Clevelands proclamation calling for observance of the neutrality laws would be calculated to affect seriously the relations between Spain and the United States The Spanish minister for foreign affairs thereupon assured Minister Taylor that the memorandum would be withheld also saying that no offense was intended to President Cleveland or to the government of the United States and that Spain had decided de-cided only to sound the powers with the view of contingencies which might arise out of the presidential election |