| Show LANCT DEFIANT 4 can successfully resist the united states army has concentrated his men at points along tho coast where americans may attempt to land supplies for months new york may dispatch to the world havana aye gen blanco baya be can easily face any landina lan dint in cuba by american as hie forces are ready to concentrate and fall upon the invaders in be four western provinces the greater part ot the troop on the are being concentrated near the coast wherever it is thought the attempt be made the spanish officials watch he coast vigilantly now that the cuban insurgents are bah to be prevented from receiving supplies gen blanco represents that be baa and ammunition enough to last five month having ordered the military authorities to be very sparing with only using it when it is indispensable to do 87 lie has devoted much atte atkin to im provi off the defenses of havana plant submarine mines and torpedoed torpe doea ex the fortifications ficat ions according to plane devised in Wey lere time by a special of artillery officers bent out purposely eely with heavy guns from germany and spain gen blanco and the home covern ment are occupied now with the quac tion of sending borne invalid goldiere Eol diere the sick and the wounded at abia season are filling the hospitals and crippling the colony 8 resource the span rh war department professedly ia eatie aed with the way in which gen blanco ie conducting the campaign lie was instructed to keep up the spirits of the autonomists by putting be local government in borkine order just aa if there were no war but at the bame time to play upon the loyalty of abe old spanish party and volunteers their wealth and agatine qualities will be very useful he has been directed also to try to impress all abe natives of cut with the belief that Aco eric Is at and annexation while spain would carry home rule to the extent of actual independence if abe cubans would resist the american invasion |
