The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-11
THE CIVIL WAR IN CUBA.
Will the Cubans Succeed.

The AnglO-Americon Times London). in an
able editorial commenting on an article in the
It, james Magazine, from the pen Of Col.
Olaclas, gives us more information touching
the present civil war in Cuba than anv we
have been able to gather from any other
source After showing that the war is one Of
determination, in answer to the question, can
the Cubans keep alive this armed contest
the editor says:
The island Is very mountainous, as we'll as
very fertile so the climate can be varied with
the altitude Of the position hence almost
any temperature may be secured. Cuba is
free from most Of the annoyances which dis
turb life in other lands In the woods child
might be left to sleep unmatched with impu-
nifty, for there is no venomous snake, no wild
beast, nothing to injure thing so helpless.
Like other islands of the West Indies, its
woods abound with fruit-bearing trees calcu-
lated to sustain life; therefore the privation
to the Cubans who have taken to the noun
tains and who hold nearly all the interior of
the country, is not of that trying nature which
must test the endurance of the Carlists in the
Province of Biscay. From our Havana COM
munication it may be seen that the young
Cubsns yerging on manhood are freely enter
ing the insurgent ranks. Since they were ten
or twelve years Of age these lads have heard
Of little else than the war, and have grown up
as recruits for the cause. They leave their
still younger brothers and cousins in training
for the same work; and thus the supply is
rendered perennial "a full, free, exuberant
supply, moved by spring which makes the
mother give up her sons without murmur
The actors flowing from such an abundant
source to stage SO we'll provided by nature.
have not only the inclination but the power
to keep up the struggle interminably, unless
the Spaniards can strike then out with an
energy and cruelty which would sweep that
theater bare. For six long years has Spain
done her best to accomplish this; falling, so
that her object is at this moment more dis
tant than when she commenced. And even
those who have paid little attention to the
subject will admit that the inability OF Spain
to suppress the instruction has been proved
not from er-heartedness, not from a
desire to bring back her erring children in
peace into the fold, but mainly from the du-
nlictv and ferocity of her Intellectual efforts
at determination.
Our conclusions, then, are-1. That the
Cubans have reached the fixed determination
to expel the Spaniards; that there can be no
peace in the island until Spain withdraws.
| 2. That the Cubans can carry into effect this
resolve. maintaining the war through genera
| tons. 3. That the Spaniards cannot over
come them-all efforts that have been made
being as frutless as will be all efforts that can
be made; and this brings us to the concluding
point-Can Spain continue the war?
Doubtless the Peninsula might send fleets
and regiments sufficient to hold the seaport
towns and the coasts, and keep up the Gov
eminent as it exists for considerable period.
But the effort has been, is, and must continue
to be costly in life and treasure, and certainly
not worth the expenditure. Already, as Col.
Macias saws in his article, 10000 Spanish
soldiers have been sacrificed and GU, OOO,OOO
sterling. to demonstrate SPANS inability to
deal with the instruction. When the stand
ard Of rebellion was first raised, Spain, ii
ever was in a position to strike effectually,
while the incipient revolt was IN position TO
be crushed helplessly. Yet Spain tailed even
then failed in everything but Il display OF
her tiger nature, which only added fuel to the
hatred already engendered:
Six wears have elapsed, during which Spain
has continued to travel along the road OF
blood. erecting as she went monuments OF bar
bar;sm which will make the illustrated page
of her Cuban story one of the most CHASTITY OF
Spanish misrule. And where Is she now
Misguided Spain thought she was on the way
Ia the re-estabGshment Of her Cuban domin-
ion, whereas she was on the direct road from
Il: and now she is brought face to face with
the rebellion chronic and determined to do OF
die; her own resources impaired, while her
bitter foe grows daily in strength, and with
the peninsula rent by a civil war, winch mas
been nourished into formidable proportions
mainly through the weakening effect Of that
open Cuban wound. ;.
Can Spain continue the exhaustive expendi-
ture of life and blood to retain in island now
almost in ruins? The financial condition OF
Cuba is as deplorable as is its civil condition
and whichever way the eye is turned, 1t rests est
only on the traces Of Spanish failure and the
evidence that the Spanish connection is draw
inc to i close. Nay, the opinion Of any sane,
unprejudiced observer must be that the great.
est blessing which could now be conferred on
Spain would be the severance OF her connec-
6on with Cuba-to the Peninsula not only
constant drain in men and money, not only 4
disgrace to the Spanish name and a scandal to
humanity. but IN eyer-threatening danger,
which may at any time involve the country in
foreign war.