Show IN ARIS is DECLARED j puia plain fact facts tbt that would shape sh ape I 1 ita its course and ad result results 10 SEED or LAND A 9 ll 11 4 lka cleodo at f CW case rrt irta iveta compel she k creales fr eales to sar rouser ashcom 0 1 I 1 the tk lh task of f food 4 we west a dylr the lt cuba with as ample 1 Ill of wr W materials tote 0 o ad they would if ro she h P to case bt a W of beewen the united ailed byln a the wand of cuba would b be frood from spanish rule role much mach easily than to generally geue rally m this country would not need to send ad a israe amy to the island to fight tb the spaniards in the belk neither would it dd to bombard dor it la in any my otter way perhaps the war would cod as far ai as cult ii is conce talK without the firing a lingle single hot shot either byland by ikid or tes though thue thess may at t nral appear astonish lax ing they are re inertly merely the logical concha loa don to be t derived from knowledge of ilso 1141 state of affairs in the struggling island the with an armyon ito men MAD of which not loot CO aru arv regu br all 11 ll that ti Is left of the soldiers lent sent from spain since IO 10 I O and decimated by battle and sickness ilc kou control only the seaports and the strong ly IY fortified forti fled towns in the interior the country from east tut to vet wort is in the baade bands of the insurgents the eastern part of the liland island including lac loding santiago de do cuba anit puerto principe I 1 is held by the general generals calixto Call sito garcia genii 1 babl and lope becio loynal etere the cuban cubans are stronger than in aay any other section of the island land they n leli al two t lu lufus fuw SO a men ali amt armed and with plenty of am an musti tion the tarje they bold bok the spanish columns in to check and the re cent coal defeat detente of general pando in santi solid ago 0 da do cuba oat at the cuirasses of the canto cauto liver 1 and of general jimenez castellanos at la Es esperanza perazza almost within ight night of puerto principe city show conclusively what tin power of the cubans is e in the east I 1 T tb central part of the island land that li Is of santa clara li controlled by general metal maximo gomez r chief bai ban at low men big order orders f atti rals carrillo ahtie Ah tre and lad several other others as su libordi bordi et aske ithan are an about Insi argenta in the to province provinces of matanzas JJ atanza and havana tal vile li Is where the cubana cubans are weakest kb spanish fortified fortl fled tonn towns being befog nearer ta to one cm another and the spanish army toon numerous bat but nevertheless thi aby 5 have strength enough to keep up p a ym lively 1 ua Iser errilla tilla war warfare fart raiding almost dally dolly the tb woe important towns and making attacks on the out kitt of city itself the recent death of thelt their plucky leader general aranguren Arang cren bai has pot not abated aba their ardor I 1 general betancourt general alejandro A le jandro rodriguez general Getie ral rafael de do cardenal Carde CRr delau nai and colonel colonels Da collazo aud and oth ere ers are am cutting oat out a great deal of work tafry day for the spanish and the goer guer rillas in batana and matanzas prot facea in cei pinar plant de d rio province the western extremity ia Is a cuban stronghold hold the cubana there are aa an strong ai an in santa clara clan and hold the long and 1 bla chain of extending the province they do not allow the spaniards to get ont cat of their town towns i generals Pene rals delgado and duelist arette are the principal I 1 11 cipal cuban leaden leaders in that brov fr ince the result of ibis situation is that the bunot exist an on the products bf 6 the country in any part of the island the country near the towns vat vas laid wat west ty general weyler and specter cf of amino malks all over cuba the extermination of bo the peaceable in habitants by buuger li Is going on rapid i alii tetra facts site too notorious to be bei doled at this time the rf eco concen trade or starve mid and die by thousand only because the conn try on which they exclusively depend is toot liot producing tho insburg e 1 to keep ronea rosien cf cultivation of their own 0 wn where abry raife vegetables und store their heir cattle tut they do net not divide their with the nor j do they allow va ge tables to le reined raised or vi keytty y CM tut but themselves because it ii Is their policy to prevent the E 1 army fr from obtaining any kind Wre pi sources in the country I 1 11 T t tilt spanish army a therefore exe lolls y depend upon aber sorted from abroad illee icausi abil coor flour they froni gift the inbau itna cf of ilia ar sports they ibey obtain froni from mel milco ico and florida the I 1 bo sr span an lards armi arms d depend c pella o 0 V ra V anere tn ere loaded iab provi houns r f iron r m abroad abra enter the loban port ports not jot a potato cornel comes into the city of from itow tb the country the milk ii Is lot au all and imported import fd frew th the united flat s iffa and fica s ar an from floridi aud and in th kij I 1 imars important en CD account cf tj the great financial distress in havana the ing werch auts do not keep a large ipock ft if the imports ot r a top tt he entire crl ly of in immusa h a taun V rill bw fi bund by the CO 00 isibue louts ant at of he am ci in n lo 10 than a week lear pow that aba par war Is i declared cne one pt these daya days the united in n that as a alsa anly to blockade t be te re aporta cf of f cven t larad out the whole avy u that hat landing lauding a single apan cv ibis be island app spaniard will ill be IL to go nn ender be anaf of the lack of food 41 0 4 TO earp abe be p that they mak make 0 effort inland to overpower the tb insurgents aua am arit pt their vegetables ve table and other provit loc toine UM e thing might be done quickly and at once cam there are an many ft sports of soine ote important in cuba absolutely defor fouse loss from she bowde cordes IN instance in tie the province of matanzas Mat anzai op th she northern court ia in one of them loaded wei in ISID 1819 by the in I 1 gopez alth ft a handful of Jime on board a nual merc liLt haLt busl ai then to fort capata I 1 of toa owin cannon hot baa hail been built gueft no Ameri ceas can bold hold Carilo ad an fn fron it with the insurgents ia in the country in a short time the whole 1 caban cuban army WAY be reu well anaed armed by them and secure some aanon to attack the luland inland townie if cell such lulal monition bious and with the fron lanie lense oce rik risk ud difficulties les they bacur cur Ini 1 j decor curing ing canty scanty supplies opp liea from M the tb kwe filibustering expedition abey th not S only bold bola usual to brain ml actually 1 imprison spaniards la in their foil lots and cities it 1 if obvious that war which aich will place pim pos thein them la 14 this r ou on be the fame footfall the th spaniard they will exterminate alt all tb the spanish coli slung daring to learo leave their fortified places and ant cities eventually fairest la in tb the pilu cipal lye wito a logic slagle dynamite gun of caliber and with w tit be the oooo or of fin received by him from several email small ex seat from the united uzi state states general jeneral garcia bac has driven the tb spaniard spaniards from the bo greater part of the tb of Baat laxo de do coba it li Is a fart fact which arm spanish dl fu I 1 amiley will not dare to deny that it of tb the cubans in tb the united states in their work of tiding sending to their it if la in trad of them IQ in so drastic a manner ai as wa was done during the ad ministration of mr CIT eland it la in gifted rt of keeping at enormous coat mat to this country uj 00 american nay va vy and the police watching bo the cuban junta and iti il a stats ur the cubans here bad had brn the possibility which now duly confront us 01 of an international war would net not edik exist the cubana with do more than men labb in lb field ald and with all the odda against them bare have proved la in three years that they are more snore than a match for spain with a regular aud and ample supply of war me they can free their aland island with out any other help froni abro la in a war between spain and anit the united state states etli it is bryand doubt that tin still whole cuban enny army would be on the american fide there I 1 Is no doubt el ther that we ivo would give gire them all the rifle rifles cartridges and asid cannon they need they would then take cure care of ho the land operal loni we would only need to Ib lockado the spaniard spaniards by sea ca and anti let lot them stahrl of course the spaniards Span larda would make an attempt with their navy to break that blockade the couteau krould then be only a naval 1 ono one but with their capital only go miles mile from key west aud and CO GO from dry which would probably pro batly be I 1 he cen center ter of our naval opar aalona ii is it reasonable to suppose that the could ei cither by health stealth or by force in III a for few day days the proud stronghold trong hold with ita its colana fort rexa and ita its alorro cantie cantle with iti its mined ley lay and iti its famous torpe doc weald would ie le et at our mercy and not very much blood would be jacl new york san |