Show ON will I Wlft Prcs 1 Iasso Says Thcy Can Do i Wihout 110 Uni i I I d States i IN FOUR MONTHSTO A YEAR i I Would Cooperate With America in Case of War With Spain Spin I t FAILURE OF AUTONOMY THE ISLAND i 1 Policy 11 I Atnigrid and 1 1 All ulk < r Mali lorrok toy ia 0 Looked it t New York March SIlrig On Jon Lacet of tho Cuban army has airlved In New York I bearing Important mesa suges to the junta Ho l4 I ttccompanli11 bl Judge Advocate flop Manuel H Alnnzi HUmm and Col Oclnvlo aiberga I On 1111 and his two companions left Puerto Principe Van seat of the Cuban government about t area I ek ago They were escorted to the const hence they made thelrlescape In un open boat In which they sailed to the north coast of Jamaica I A day after their IDml ng llt Jamaica they learned of the disaster to the Maine From Jamaica they came to New York by steamer and reported at once to Thomas Estrada Palma the Cuban envoi to the United States All 1 can say said den Palma 1 la to confirm the report that Gen Lacet and tuo other staff officers are now In the city Their mission Is OM of the greatest Importance They have delivered their reports to me In person What these e ort are I cannot IDle at this time I I will say this much however continued con-tinued Uen Palma that In cusu the United Mutes huuld declare war = 911t1111Istesident against bpaln Piesldent Manto will I I I cooperate at once with the United Htatrs forces I These olllcers come direct from the seat of the government They tell me that the Cubans feel assured that they will win President Masso feels that the war will be ended by the Cubans even though the United States should lot care to Interfere 4ft H may take four moths or the va may IDs a year Bul we are assured as-sured and confident that we can end the struggle without the assistance of a foreign country pain Is bankrupt and she Is I In no position to continue this 1Is Nar Oen Palma said that Oen Lacet assured as-sured him that the Cuban army was Well Supplied ulth arm and ammunl ton Col l Olbrgll and Alonzo are both men oC ability avid are the confidential ad too ra oC the CuhDn government Their stay In this city will be short 11 ly 11 hor They epel to be back In the field 111 Cub before the middle 01 next month WHAT 1S WILL DC NOW lla or AutononlySpacklah Army In Culm Iurnllird New York Mann SA dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says When arms fulled Spain fell bock on politics to gain peace In Cuba Now that politics has failed the peeks to fall back on arms This Is I the meaning of the declaration from Madrid that Sagasta has deckled to press au lonomy vigorously b5 both military and political measure 1 Is the mlnltr Confession of the failure or the radical aulonomlt 10 reach the Insurgents will their twelve Articles of weakened faith la1 there been a hope oC one ces by Opening negotiations with o mx on this bI tile Madrid cabinet would have lemi lid and evaded a Positive declaration There being no hope the prospective rejection by the Insurgents of the trains offered Is I dls counted by n disavowal In advance Gavin In the cabinet and Amblard and Olberga out of It are left to make heir own explanations They antlcl listed thnt something of this kind would happen and the > can probably take care oC themselves Had the movement promised well the knew t would have been encouraged and supported In Madrid Meantime the historic autonomists In he cabinet Halve Montero and Zayas Come out from behind their ow had own an announce that they never en domed the plan I In I true that the central committee or Junta oC the aUloomloo party act ed over their heads Informally com knitting the organization to further Concession 0 to the Insurgents but If the professed departure had mensd vi tollty In would have been In danger from their opposition The autonomists nty still the fractional minority of a party that has been smnll In numbers Ordinarily a conflict raging In a cabinet Would men disruption However the autonomist cabinet has so little to do with the actual government of Cuba uh government as II In I that u more attention Is I paid to the radically opposing op-posing iosltloii of Its members than to a mr difference oC ponal opinion The promises that peace will come by nnn Will divert attention from the breakdown of the political support of autonomy only temporarily The army 01 Spain which Is I Spread 1 over the island Is I paralyzed I cannot achieve n single Important victory much less carry on ainilltary campaign When by chance tile II Insurgent am encountered encount-ered In the fields If the troops hold their own I becomes a subject o can gratulations A month has gone by since General lllonro told the people In the eastern province that they should have peace by the end of February A charitable construction was put upon the words and the date was Paid to bo approximate That elastic term cannot be hold much longer v mxerf Bltha Jotsuutohcatv igosdearspa The attempt Is I made to divert attention atten-tion from the paralyzed army on the Island to the vigorous iwwer on the water The Vlzcaya and the Almlmnte Oquendo appeal to the popular mind They revive Spanish patriotism How their guns are t b aimed against the Insurgents In the hills and wood In I nol explained nor In I explanation ex-planation demanded The Tropic are more Impressed with the ships a n probable force against the United Slates than a a means of fighting the Insurgents The spasm may prove I 14 PosedlIg One or II may grow Into a I frenzy At present alone can ray Tile orst feature of the Situation I i tile unt V aggreshenm or tile v IUn to ea I a a race thi lanunry riots 1 They hDIe Seen that the proposition nt posltou Gle radlcnl I outmll 1 1urn them was sufficient to louse like old feeling The government even with I Autonomy moving Cora1 10uid nol hnw been Parking enough to erome a determined opposition Vlth the pi lltlcnl pullcv dead nothing remlhnM 1 Ixccpt In jleld gracefully and dony that the Intention to luke avav their arms existed Since this old declaration ban loren made It becomes tile settled IU a leSe oC the gveinment tint 10 Interfcm Ilh 110 volunteers Instead Ihey Dre 10 he coaxed ant mud to t Ihlnk Ihey 01 Again the main support oC RpnJn lenty They 01 y aim Eau I ting I In thlr orenlh 10w far tile exulting exult-Ing Ill cary them n one mol pre I tend to say Their ny Tlolr power and their knowledge 0 I their I pimor are bad signs 1 for the future I Within a week the sentiment ngnlns Intervention tins been I stlrfinid This may be for Heel t but the outward outcome out-come Indicates something deeper among the olllelal classes who may be pirsumed to kmm something of the pulley I I hid ro < rns the Madrid < cabinet Thn talk Is I all walllkc in IMO i st v IIIK flesh We Ie Pool Ibo ILets Ad I r0kp1p Cumoool 10 1 Suh lilt Now York Mulch 8 Accord 1M to the Heralds Havana corrrodnl Consul General Ie has ivcelvid demands from newspapers lo give protection tn taln Core iponlents thrcnteneil Ilh tntOn Rumor an on titans tile nme DC only tlme Correspondents and Iwo oC tilest fit least hDO C AnolN fh1 Ihre years 1 Immsed the cnue DC 110 Innrrelon They hale Imen In tile field 110 lh Inourenlo allot have expected 10 h I 11 oidered i from Cuba for ro time I Is I paid that thy will be Instructpil to leave on Wednesday or Saturdays steamer If Hen Leos advice Is I fol lowed they will i eu without protest Tlie remqvnl of Cilice methods so common two years ago under captain rivalVeyler Into Causes cosidellbin Illarm among the Culln whopooresm pol to e In II tile beginning 01 1 A er of much greater seveilty than has hitherto hither-to marked the Course of the Blanco Ild nlntsf lon Till RUMORS 01 WAIl Thy Ko Muck Allorts lit I Agitation Jaao Nod All lie W V as 1 New York March SA dispatch to the Tribune fiom London oys There has been a heavy fall In conSol con-Sol Americana and blocks of all kinds fell today In consequence of disquieting rumors ficina Chin West Africa Spain and America with rumbling thunder all around the sky Threa were signs oC oJDrm In every eUon ot the stock list American securities showing tile greatest meekness All the startling rumors current last week of Spanish pnpllrDtlono for wr have ben revived Ived one hears them Ilt very turn but II Is I never practicable 10 Ind anyone any-one In authority to vouch toe them or allow his name to b used II 1 can icctlon with them III Is I again rumored that the Spanish government has purchased six lahlpa II process oC construction In England and Franco for Chill and Irll IncludIng Includ-Ing one armored culr Iwo cat vessels 1 and three lefenso au protected cruisers The oath mhUAI denies titoryniuttin rumor will not I Another report current II military circles Is that the Spanish govrnrnnt lion secured the control of a large number I num-ber of heavy guns and a considerable torpedo equipment and other war rna lerlal In England and France Ttili rumor ru-mor cannot be confirmed but I Is I believed be-lieved by some well Informed exports 10 be true Information which comes from sources entitled to confidence leads to the belief that the Spanish government now lion In London the money required re-quired for completing various purchases pur-chases of shlpi I and guns How or I whence It has been obtained may be a mIry but the assumption that Spain Is prevented by lack of money from making naval and military pre pnralons on n large scale 10 nol well founded All talk about American options for the purchase of warships has been premature pre-mature I Is not probable that the Brazilian and Chilean warships I lire not In the market for American < purchase Thy could not b tied It the United States government wr 10 make 11 liberal offer for them Spain hex seCured lbral cured them If they have been purchasable purchas-able The only vessels 1 In I England Onnny or elsewhere hlch could be taught on any terms by he United houglt am those now being built for China avail Japan and neither power hAS Shown any wiliness to offers for them China orsl believed to hal refused to I t consider propositions mado by Spain riot Ihci put base of several ships Japan Is I In hot haste to strengthen heilkuugg iumoartal locI uln fleet anti Ceh umor oC Hus slim uggiesslon will not cheek her m lor IOU JI VIM S 1111 < lulls A 1 mli Says It 14 I Doubtful If They Cull I Solid 0 Key West ria March STh Lnltetl hlatLH cruiser Montgomery Is still In the harbor Die work of coaling thAt Vessel from 11 barge Von rulned Early this morning The Marblehead Is I coa ling ui the dock I The tug Klght Arm arrived here from Havana I this morning Captain ivctctt the diver of the MtrrlH and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking com tally whu was on board said the tight Ann was bound for Norfolk and ud Proe1 them as oon as mile can tta eang miui Captain Everett was very reserved runcirnlng the work he has done on the wreck of tho Maine but he expresses the opinion that It Is I now doubtful If Ihp MIT guns can be Ded so CnO Is lana t lie Nmck harbor sinking II the mud at 111 i |