Show ur BK sli nt it n it olley of liberality t chicago march 21 A special to the times herald from washington pays lays 4 the madrid government ind and minister nister de lome are meeting ahe state department halfway half way in the I 1 liberation n 0 oi f americans under arrest in cuba G gen c n weyler however is acting the part pi f obstructionist and this may cause cause his transfer to the philippine islands this statement Is made by an administration official who is thoroughly familiar with the negotiations with regard to americans in con confinement by gen wellers Wey lers order only eight arner cans are now within the walls of th the e spanish jails in cuba these eight men he continued will be treed freed within a very short time you will hear of 0 the liberation of two and perhaps three during r the present week and within a short time the ra reference f to trial of the competitor pris criers reports which have reached the state department bear out the dispatches of the last few d days a y S showing the weakness ot of the rebel forces in cuba instead of having two armies armi as such as maceo and gomez commanded a ear ago continued the official the rebels are now roaming about cuba conducting a guerrilla warfare there is no banded resistance against the a army of 0 spain gen weyler has ed that he can march unmolested through the provinces of matanga Ma tanra pinar del rio and others |