The Spaniards maintain that the insurgents are at the end of their resources, that very misleading reports of the war are sent to this country, and that the Cuban Junta in New York gives information that cannot be relied upon to the papers.
The Spanish minister has gone so far as to defy Tomas Estrada Palma, who is at the head of the Junta, to mention five Cuban generals who are now in good standing.
He evidently hopes in this way to discredit the information sent out by the Junta.
On the other hand, the Junta discredits the reports sent out by the Spaniards. In the case of Gen. Juan Massó, for example, it says that several months before his surrender Massó had been degraded from the command, and that his so-called "brigade" consisted only of a few personal followers; so his acceptance of autonomy did not by any means indicate that the insurgents were giving up the cause of Free Cuba.
The excitement in France over the case of Captain Dreyfus, instead of subsiding, has grown even more serious.
For several days the students have paraded the streets in small groups, uttering cries against Zola and the Jews, and have been dispersed by the police.
It is said also that cries of "Long live the Emperor" have been heard.
This suggests that the excitement may affect the Government, after all, in spite of its apparent security in recent years.
In Paris this seems to be a very easy thing to do. More than once the Government has been overturned by the mob.