will be released, and no further proceedings taken against them, if they
will pay him the sum of one million dollars.

When the news of these arrests became known, crowds gathered around the
jail, protesting against the Government and calling loudly for the
recall of Weyler.

The Government in Madrid has been cabled to upon the subject, but so far
no reply has been received.

A dispatch from Madrid tells us that the people are indignant over Señor
Canovas' promise to send another twenty thousand soldiers to Cuba.

They say that Spain has already suffered enough, and that the
Government ought not to ask for any more money or soldiers.

They complain that they were told that Cuba was pacified a month ago,
and that nothing remained to be done but to subdue some bands of
insurgents that were scattered throughout the island. This was only a
month ago, and now they are asked to prepare a fresh army to go to Cuba,
and are told that the Spanish cause has met with disaster.

The Spanish papers are openly declaring that the time has come to put a
stop to the sacrifice of men and money, and that the mother country must
end her wars and give her people peace.

The latest news of the insurgents is that Gomez is advancing on Havana,
and promises that at the gates of the city he will show General Weyler
whether the island is really pacified or not.