The Cuban Junta (or council) will not, however, send him, and it is said
that his willingness to go back on his promised word has made the Cubans
suspicious of him. They think that a man of honor would never have made
a promise he did not intend to keep, and therefore, in this hour of
trouble, when he is accused of being a traitor to his cause, he finds
few people willing to believe in him.

If he is indeed true to the cause, he is in a very sad position.

* * * * *

It has been officially announced that General Pando has been heard from.
He is fighting Gomez, and from all we hear has the old Cuban leader at a
disadvantage.

Gomez, so the story goes, is being forced to retreat before him in hot
haste.

It is also said that none of the messengers has returned who were sent
out by Pando to offer Home Rule to the Cuban army.

It is supposed that they have been killed by the insurgents.

There is much discouragement in Havana over the present aspect of
affairs. There seems to be no hope for a speedy end to the revolution.

* * * * *

We have had inquiries about the Esquimaux who were brought over here by
Lieutenant Peary, when he brought the great meteorite from the Arctic