Show I CUBANS ARE BOASTFUL They Claim Tat Spain Cannot Defeat De-feat Them Xew York Oct 5Thomas E trada Palma chief of the Cuban junta has just received a letter from General Go I mez ccwnmanderinchief of the Cuban army amYcers successor in Cuba writes the general In order to cope with the rebellion at its present standing will be obliged to demand 200000 troops and 31000000CO and even then he will fall I as Jgnomlnously as Weyler has foiled QTtt men ere never imbued with a mfcre hopeful spirit than they are at nresent The campaign In Las Vlias has been an utter failure The Spanish Span-ish soldiers avoided us at every pos rlble opportunity This served to encourage en-courage our men If IVaylir be recalled re-called his successor here whoever hen he-n be will be surprised to see the spirit of victory uhich animates the brays Cuban troops We cannot be subdued and no one knows this better than Yeylcr CUBANS WANT DYNAMITE With the Gomes letter was one from General Calixto Garcia who commands the troops in the eastern provinces The dynamite which was sent us Writes General Garcia played an important im-portant part in the capture of Las Lunas Its destructive shells spread terror through the Spanish troops We besieged it for three days when i finally surrendered We found many of the troops in a terrible condition At least 100 men fell victims to the dynamite shells a good many more being badly wounded The rest of the tilts men were in an utterly demoralized condition when the Spanish flag was I hauled doyn I we had a few more i dynamite suns we should soon era the war Reports of its destructive work I here have spread all through Cuba and have disheartened the Spanish sol Her |