It is impossible as yet to learn the truth of this rumor. The General, over his own signature, indignantly denies it, and begs his friends to deny it for him.
In spite of the fact that when he was released, through the intervention of our Government, he had to sign an agreement not to return to Cuba, it is said that Sanguilly would willingly head an expedition against Spain to-morrow, if he only had the chance.
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.