Show DESIRE LIBERTY general en eral gomez tells what inspires cubans they are struggling scrugg ahng fop for their independence ana will not listen to autonomy MOP nor do they seek annexation to tho the united states new york dec SO ZO A correspondent of the herald lias hai juet just returned to havana after having visited the camp of gen get gomez alter after a long along and per ilone ilona ride through country infested with spanish troops lie reached gen gomez camp december 18 and found the general in excellent health and spirits he lie was able for the first time in many months to mount his horse and make a long icing journey of inspection of the various camps into which the men under via h ie immediate command were divided the correspondent put before gen gomez tle the crocram of autonomy to se curelas curel care hs js opinion the general contemptuously after alantin gl lanting antin overn over a copy of a havana paper containing the terme terms and said there ia is no use batting lime time in die dis buesing these tern id it makel makei no difference whether they be regarded ree as liberal or not the fact remains that we are cot not fighting for autonomy but for independence pen dence this 6 spain pala seems utterly unable to realize arwe we have been old told that the autonomy offered is an act of liberality by the it mother iother I 1 country to induce the patriots in arms to resume their alliance alle glance to spain that is woree worse than folly it is an insult to the men fighting for freedom t there Is rot in tha the cuban caban army one officer EO so base as to accept euch such ter teras 9 we will not evea even listen to any overtures over toree and any 01 i entering our camps for such a purpose willbe will be putto put to I 1 death in accordance with my general oree edere re general gomez said be he had no faith in the ability of spain to immediately enact autonomy even in the sections under tinder control but whether she succeeded or not the matter was of no moment to lie the men of the field who would continue cont nue to fight animated bya by a loye love of freedom and an absolute confidence dence of ultimate euchee euc sur cee rho correspondent asked gen gomez for hie his opinion as to american intervention and the annexation of cuba to the united states he ile replied that intervention does not necessarily imply annexation 1 I 1 would gladly accept the t lie former to I 1 would accept aid from any quarter although I 1 believe if it left alone we will achieve our own independence unaided and I 1 am loth that we should be robbed of any chain share of ibe the honor of the expel eion slon of the spaniards As tar far as annexation ie is concerned I 1 cannot admit ita its possibility to that proposition I 1 make the same tame reply as 1 I 10 lo do to the autonomy plan that our object 1 is independence we have among us young men who have sacrificed everything ta this earnd cause for myself 1 I am an old man who now haa has but one ore object in life and arid that is to tee the flag of cuba supreme from cape 1 macei to san antonio we have already wade made fearful bacri bacri cices and we eland stand i eady to make more in order to achieve this glorious end I 1 know that the people of the united united states will never dever balk ue us in this our liou leour of victory the idea of arbitrary annexation of this territory ie Is inconsistent with the principles on which the american ite ile public ia is founded it in the cuba haa has won her freedom and it is demonstrated that she is capable of self t government it be heroines apparent that I 1 t her interests would be advanced by incorporation into the tile united states I 1 would be the laet to object it if nn ain application 1 1 should be made for tie tle honor of to toy llie tile rrt sisterhood od of pf states that ie to a wy very different thing from annexation asked what his big views were on the american protectorate over the island gereral gomez replied that he had no I 1 objection object ica belle vioLl it would r arry a F guarantee of peace pence at nonie borne with the respect of alt all nations and would permit cub cuba to work out her destiny under the arnot fa fo rable condition conditions in return hi ho believed that cuba should in her I 1 comi commerce nerce favor the united stales states above all nation nations |