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CUBAN ARMY, SANCTI-SPIRITUS, NOVEMBER 15th, }
1897, THIRD YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE. }

"The news I have received of the establishment of autonomy
in Cuba by the Spanish Government compels me to remind the
military and civil leaders of the revolution once more that
our only aim is independence. Therefore,

"Article 1.--Any military commander of the Cuban army
accepting proposals of autonomy from the Spanish Government,
or even conferring with Spanish envoys for any arrangement
of peace, shall be immediately put under arrest, summarily
court-martialled, and, if declared guilty of such acts,
sentenced to death as a traitor to his flag.

"Article 2.--Any envoy from the Spanish Government, or from
any Spanish or military commander, or from any political
party favoring the Spanish dominion in Cuba, who shall
approach our lines and confer or try to confer with any
military or civil representative of the republic of Cuba,
and propose to him the acceptance of autonomy from Spain,
shall be immediately put under arrest, summarily
court-martialled as a spy, and, if declared guilty, hanged
according to our military laws.

"These articles shall be enforced by all the generals and
subordinates of the Cuban army in the West and Santa Clara,
the general commander of the East already having orders to
enforce our laws on the matter. For country and liberty.

"MAXIMO GOMEZ."

It is said that the publication of these proclamations has created a
deep impression in Havana.

Under these proclamations, any person who seeks the Cuban lines to offer
home rule to the soldiers will be hanged as a spy, and any Cuban
listening to such proposals will be shot as a traitor.

The two brave commanders have therefore made it very difficult for
Spanish agents to approach their soldiers and corrupt them.

Very few battles are reported from Cuba. It is said that the Spanish
troops are massed in such large numbers that the Cubans do not dare to
attack them. It is also rumored that the present season being the one in
which the supply of vegetables is scarcest in the island, the insurgents
are not well enough supplied with food to venture on any long marches.

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