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Show TELEGRAPHIC I'KEE (IUA. A SfiUoment Whirls Onglit to Arouse the Lulled Kittles. New York, 2. Col. De Qucralta, recently of the Cuban army, and a member of the new war commission now representing the Cuban cause in this country, says: At no time since the first below was struck for liberty, nine years ago, have the Cubans been so near tbe realization of their hopes as at the present moment, and it is a matter of regret that America should be so inditlerent to our fate, and more especially the colored population, popu-lation, as we are not only fighting for liberty and independence, but nlao for the abolition of slavery. We need arms and ammunition. We have enough Cubans on the island and in exile to plant the Cuban Aug even in Havana itself, if we had arms and ammunition. For thi last tbrne years we have not received a single round of ammunition from outsider). We have to fight for it and take it from the Spaniards. We however : make a good deal of powder on the island and then refill the cartridges picked up from the enemy. ThiB is a alow proceus; still our little army of 18,000 men is now well clothed and this has enabled us the past year to maintain tbe offensive with considerable consider-able success. My eflorts and those of my two colleagues now in thiB country are to open the eyes of the American people to the Btrugglo at your own doors, in one ot the finest islands ol the world, and to enliat not only their sympathy but the active support of their government in granting us beligercnt rights. |