. Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles," . FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 427 have been victories for the patriots. Neverthe-less, though definite news from the island itselfseemed impossible to obtain, the fact that filibust-ering expeditions were being constantly organ-ized in South America, in the West Indies, andin the United States, was well understood andappreciated by those interested in Cubas strugglefor freedom. Gomez Calls a Halt. After destroying about one-third of the canein the field and causing most of the planters tostop grinding, Go
. Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles," . FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 427 have been victories for the patriots. Neverthe-less, though definite news from the island itselfseemed impossible to obtain, the fact that filibust-ering expeditions were being constantly organ-ized in South America, in the West Indies, andin the United States, was well understood andappreciated by those interested in Cubas strugglefor freedom. Gomez Calls a Halt. After destroying about one-third of the canein the field and causing most of the planters tostop grinding, Gomez issued the following procla-mation : General Headquarters of the Liberating Armyof Cuba, sugar estate, Mirosa, January lo,i8g6: In consideration that the crop has been sus-pended in the western districts, and, whereas, itis not necessary that the burning of the cane fieldsshould continue, I dispose the following : Article i. The burning of the cane fields isnow prohibited. Article 2. Those that contravene this dis-position, whatsoever be their category or rank inthe army, will be treated wit
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