Show THE TRUTH WILL OUT i I II What a Madrid Editor Saw In Pinar del Rio Province I UNRELIABLE ACCOUNTS TELEGRAPHED TO MADRID OF SPANISH VICTORIES Senor Canalejas is Satisfied That Pinar del Bio is Hot Pacified Official Accounts H Heavy Engagements En-gagements McKinleys Attitude Atti-tude Approved In Madrid New York Dec 5Senor Canalejas the Madrid editor and a close friend of I Senor Sagasta is satisfied that Pinar del Rio province is not pacified says j the Havana correspondent in a dispatch j to the World He went to the United States as the confidential agent of I Spains premier it is said to ascertain the real position of the government at I Washington and the condition of af j fairs in Cuba j He visited Pinar del Rio last month I I Official reports have been received from the generals of great military activity there The Spanish attacked Nov 2S the I insurgent position in the Rosoria hills lately the headquarters of Pedro Diaz i I and Mayia Rodriguez The Spaniards had two brigades of infantry of eight battalions each two squadrons of guerillas guer-illas and four cannon Major Toro was I I wounded while standing near General Bernal OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS I The official account says that 500 insurgents in-surgents defended the position that many articles were captured at the I plantations that the sweet potatoes I were destroyed and that many explosive i explo-sive bullets were found While the troops were burying Major Seisdedos Senor Canalejas was fired atThe The Spanish columns were under fire throughout the night of the 29th but the official report gives the loss of only I 1 one major andtwo guerillas killed one I major one captain and IS men wounded Decorations have been requested for this brilliant action The loss of the insurgents is not known No bodies were found on the field of battle CABINET AROUSED What Senor Canalejas witnessed may account for the cabled report from Madrid Mad-rid that at yesterdays cabinet ouncil f at which the queen regent presided j I Premier Sagasta reported that the military operations in the province of Pinar del Rio Cuba show it to be an important center of rebellion notwithstanding notwith-standing that General Weyler declared it pacified Another official announcement tells of a sharp skirmish in eastern Cuba where General Pando the chief of military mil-itary operations on the islandwho was falsely reported killed a few days ago is personally conducting a campaign against General Gomez The Spanish losses are said to have been slight I HEAVY ENGAGEMENT I A heavy engagement is reported at Guisa near Bayamo Santiago province The insurgents under Lieutenant General Gen-eral Garcia are said to have taken the town after heroic resistance by the Spanish garrison of 180 men The insurgents in-surgents had four cannon Large Spanish forces have been sent from Manzanillo to Guisa McKinleys Attitude Approved Madrid Dec 5A member of the cabinet in the course of an interview today declared that according to the communications received by the government gov-ernment from Senor De Lome the Spanish minister at Washington President McKinleys attitude toward Spain was very gratifying The government gov-ernment continued the cabinet officer I does not believe President McKinley will demand the termination of war in Cuba within any specified period for I President McKinley knows that Spains first desire is a conclusion of the war and that she is putting forth every effort I ef-fort to end it |