CHAPTER XIII--225

Great Increase of Revolutionary Strength--Spain's Enormous Force--The Case of Napoleon Arango--His Extraordinary Manifesto--An Elaborate Appeal for Betrayal of the Revolution--Designing Decrees of Rodas--Emancipation Decree of the Spanish Government--Its Practical Effects--Atrocities Practised by the Spanish--Downfall of Rodas and Appointment of Valmaseda as Captain-General--Spanish Overtures to the United States--Murder of Zenea by the Volunteers--Address by Cespedes--Treachery in the Ranks.