CHAPTER XV--271

Spain's Desperate Efforts to Suppress the Revolution--Stubborn Resistance of the Cubans--Valmaseda Opposed and Overthrown by the Volunteers--Accession of Jovellar--Increasing Interest in Cuban Affairs in the United States--Spain a Republic Again--Retirement of Cespedes--The Seizure of the _Virginius_--Massacre of Many of Her Passengers and Crew--Strenuous Intervention--Settlement of the Affair--"The Book of Blood"--Spanish Confessions of Brutality.