The so-called Cuban revolution has declined into a minor guerilla
combat, in which President Palma and the insurgent leader Guerra are the main figures. The district of Pinar del Rio is the theatre of the struggle, and every day brings contradictory reports. Now the rising is said to be crushed, now it is being subsidised from America and is certain to succeed, now America is about to interfere and assist the President. The revolutionaries have a kind of political creed behind them, for they may be said to represent the " Liberals " who followed Gomez last September, and they have declared their hostility to the Platt Amendment and their desire for a fuller independence. Guerra has announced that he will stand out indefinitely until the last Presidential election is annulled. Undoubtedly this view has a considerable support among the inhabitants of the island; but as representing the vested interests of the country and the American connexion, it is difficult to believe that President Palma's position can be shaken.
