Show CUBANS HOPEFUL spain cannot put down the rebellion the mother country with soldiers and cannot conquer the insurgents so says gen gomez kew palina of the cuban junta has just received a letter irom genera gomez commander in chief of the cuban army Wey lera in cuba writes the general in order to cope with the rebellion at its present et andine will bo obliged to demand two thousand troops and and even then he will fall ign ignominiously as weyler bad failed our men were never imbued with a more hopeful spirit than they are at present the campaign in villas ha been an utter calure fa lure the spanish soldiers eol diers avoided at every possible opportunity port unity this served to encourage our men if weyler 0 o recalled his cresor here whoever bo may be will b surprised to see the spirit of victory which animates the brave cuban troops we cannot be subdued and no one knows this better than TOO with the guanez letter was one from general calixto garcia who commands the troops in the eastern provinces it rave bome particulars concerning the capture of las tunas on august last the dynamite which was cent UP writes general garcia played an important part in the capture of las tunas its destructive shells spread terror through the spanish troops we besieged it for three days when it finally surrendered we found many ol 01 the troops in a terrible condition at one hundred men foil victims to the dynamite shells a good many more being badly wounded the rest of the men wese in an utterly demoralized condition tallen abo sli was hauled down our losses numbered sixty men all the eick and wounded spaniards were sent to hospitals and given every possible attention the prisoners were all released it we bad a few more dynamite auns we should soon end the war reports of its destructive work here have spread all through cuba and have disheartened the spanish soldiers |