Show MARIN RETURNS I He Is Interviceil 7iy the Associated Press man NEW YORK Feb 9A dispatch to the World from Havana says General Marin the acting governorgeneral ha returned to Havana In an Interview with your correspondent he said My campaign has been nothing but ha a continuation con-tinuation of the line which had been laid down before I went out I had some encounters with both Maceo and Gomes hut can throw no more light upon them or their whereabouts than what has been already given in the published reports What do you think of the insurgents military organization I have not altered my estimation of them he said the Insurgents can never be recognized as a military organ I ization because the first consideration of an organized army is Its honor The I insurgents think it no dishonor to fly from the enemy and AVOID AN ENCOUNTER A regular military body would consider con-sider it dishonorable to attack a defenseless de-fenseless group of soldiers but the insurgents in-surgents think nothing of capturing men who are simply acting a carriers They do not hesitate to force defenseless I defense-less citizens to accompany them which of course results simply in their being used as targets for the Spanish arms I is said that Spanish infantry in the I field is being rapidly changed from infantry in-fantry Into cavalry No Infantry has been changed Into cavalry General Marin responded Tne regular cavalry bodies already have been mounted as horses could be procured procure I the Spanish had had more cavalry the insurgents would have adopted OTHER MEANS OF WARFARE Their policy is to deviate from all lines of regular civilized warfare In other words war with them is mere anarchy I we had had plenty Of I Spanish cavalry they would have resorted resort-ed to ambush surprises and other like I tricks They would have waited for the I cavalry to come up and then destroy them Whenever we have an encounter there never Is any doubt of the Spanish defeating the insurgents even if the odds is four to one in their favor The insurgents run away There was an illustration lustration of this aay before yesterday In the encounter we had with them near San Cristobal when 600 of our men wee attacked by 4000 or 5000 insurgents and ourmen defeated them How long Is the revolution likely to lkel last lastI I can hardly say but I believe the insurgents in-surgents wi be wiped out inasmuch asA as-A VIGOROUS POLICY has been initiated Not a policy of I cruelty dont mean that but a rigidly military policy I What is your opinion of the value of I the trocha along the railroad line from I here to the south coast I never placed much reliance in the trocha as a means of preventing the insurgents I in-surgents crossing in either direction I have regarded it only a an observatory of the movements of the insurgents valuable chiefly as a strategic line for I lne the rapid concentration of troops at any I point on it Of course it is useful as an I inconvenience to the passing of insurgents in-surgents Their crossing is always attended at-tended with more or less loss I Do you think the revolution is gaining gain-ing strength I is losing We are conquering little by little The great defect of the insurgents in-surgents has been shown by their attacks I upon our weak places That bctrayed their weakness i |