The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

ana In the iull justice OF Who having had
Intervention. any acts OF its adm is,ration. pos
sesses resolution and energy sufficient 20 do 50; for
have tho ilvoIy desire that the war should enc.
| roIsTa
| There arc nvo points IN Which wo Nil ought 20 b.
unanimous and coniormcd. although each OF may
attribute them TO different cause They arc
Fra-Want OF proper organ izaton or tho war
Secona-rhc ruin and dccadenco of The treasury and
| tho riches Of the Island.
Third-Tisat the policy OF the war 10 variable and
ever lnmentabIa
| yoxrth-rhat the administration IL rot good
fVM-Thst tho supernuous expenditure which
| weighs down the treasury is considerable.
Tho administration is not good. aud to this fact
attribute great part. the responsibility Of the war
and consider II the only and real origin Of It's pro-
| iongation.
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIONS SHOULD
The administration ought to no judged its rela-
tons with tho unro of the riches OF the country,
It's relations with til, public Treasury by It's organza
ton, number OF employees, costs, receipts and
pcnscs. and nnay, to how far its has Elected
| the war Cnder the first point OF view tho Spanish
administration in Cuba might very well defend itself
and assert that IL has becn good From 1896 TO 1854
the exports augmented IRON S. 40 to $50 6ss 73l
tpeses f'eresl The imports from SIS s67, 354
$Sl,Sls,4s3 Those data, taken from tho excellent
memorial OF Sehor Pasaron Y IAstra Superintendent
General In Cuba, may DO used prove tho effects Of
richness Of tho country.
But II we pass to examine tho administration in its
relations with tho public Treasury II Is not SO brill
liant. All. both Spaniards Creoios, believe IT
needs much Improvement think u ana the action
Of tho authorities ono Of the causes of the Tho
great frauds In the collection OF tho rsnsas, cspe.
cfaly In tho customs (aduanas) produce less gain TO
tho Treasury bus at the time loss gain hcir
authors, for there can be fraud without collision,
luwl,,r
ways had surplus, and that came to tho Peninsula
tor tho bencGt OF homo Treasury but not Tor the
island AS to purity, will merely remind you Of tho
proclamation recently issued by tho present Captain
General, declaring current the penalties nxcd for
faithfulness ttnfdencid) all who commit frauds
the administration. II IS evident thnt when tho
thorcs see themselves obliged to fix for such deficits
| the EXTREMIST penalties and make tho proceedings
more rapid experience must have proved tho ordinary
penalties insufficient to check tho evil. Even the
government have approved the order OF tho Captain
General against their servants.
DIRECTION WAR.
Tho General continued long time on the subject OF
shcso frauds and the bad administration as affected
the public Treasury He backed up his remarks by
| reading an extract from the 'Mcmoria OF Seior
CaucsO vlilamii" published IN 1871 by order OF tho
Minister Of Finance. He then passed his second
| part-tho direction OF the war since the rising at
| Yara, October 10, 1868. He ,d-If sad arc the
| pictures have just presented, sadder, a thousand
times sadder, are those hsvo to sketch. III
were TO detail fully the t9crera ltrvisty want Of
seriousness) with which The most important points
have been resolved, tho facility with which tho ap-
probation OF the government has been obtained only
| 10 DO followed by dsapprobation-if were to demon.
srate how costly for tho Treasury has been toave
costly plans adopted and then rejected and that the
attempted economy has produced reduction tn tho
| ,Iqwesa in moneys with augmentation Of tho rebellion
and OF sacrifice OF BLOOD II stop and show how
all this has been and how little has been done
10 avoid IT, three complete sessions would sulce
but in tho end you would DO convinced OF the porni-
cous effects Of tho silence 80 portinacously guarded
| over everything related TO Antilles. have, there
FORE only Indicated these questions, and If they re-
COVE little attention your hands as my poor Oh
scrvatons did in April you cannot complain. time
goes on, Of the ruin Of the country and her Antles
On you aonc will DO the responsibility for having nog-
cctsd the remedy. while have tho satisfaction
OF having fulfilled the sad duty Of nticpatng new
| evils, aud OF announcing them when there is tmo to
| surmount them
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" CUBA
In tho past Legislature was accused Of i'm patience
was told that the powerful reinforccmeuts carried
out by General Martinez Campos would finish tho war
In the winter campaign. was called Hlibustcr
but l dospised that tsun. would evory man who
has his honor and hts conscience clean. Tho period
| plaza has expired.
| MINISTER or ULrnAEAR-lt has not.
| General SALAMAScA-It has Read the Diario dc los
Sesones, and you will that the Minister Of War de-
oarcd the affair would DO ended in the winter cain
pa,gn. The period has passed, has mstured. wo arc
in the epoch when VIC must suspend opera
TONS as the and the heat sppro ximatcs-
the period OF our heaviest losses, which do
What mas been obtained is httc more or less than
what was obtained In tho preceding campaign
You doubt mcS have hore tho coynes
! OF all the Official kilograms since October
1868 up to date How the General got thom
nobody knows, except that he Is somewhat like
the HERALD, which Will never allow tsof beaten
In the pursuit OF documents. If tho Deputies havo
tho curiosity read them thcy will results now
obtained less tnnn former ones l have had no
participation In any OF thom consequently cannot be
judged as partial
SOME rELL-rALS FIGURES.
| Senior CApoRNGA-What about 1s74f
| General SALAMANCA will road, and thus please
you -Is7l-1s75, l.l3o killed. 60 wounded $50 PRISON
e 4O0s presented aud, according tho telcgrams of
General Martinez Campos ls75-ls76 7o5 killed fewcr
comba;s z99 wounded 4s9 prisoners ye0 prosen tod
In tho equal period of thcro wcre LAT killed
23 wounded. s47 prisoners, 90 presented that is
70 say, tho trne OF oTer 900 bajas TO the enemy
more than As said before, have now to en-
durc q postponoment and gIvo q now pia "a by
the suspension OF operations. fear the enemy may
avail themselves Of this TO cause MS ircsh damage
| Fresh crtqucs on the military msmana gement and
the plans that had been tr,cd then followed Next
he praised the small army existing Cuba nj the out
break Of tho rebellion II had In tho beginning broke on
the magnitude OF the movement. But then IL had tho
| snonta ded nj
element There wsro also the organic mistakes OF the
insurrcc,on taking under Tvs banner imposing but
useless multitude OF persons Of both sexes not capable
OF service. But the then Captain General (I.crsundD
soon assumed superior authority which somewhat
embarrassed the other commands, taking from them
their liberty OF action aud subjoctIng to tuteago
which injured and dcprccinled thor moral force Tho