Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-09
WHY THE CUBANS HOPE
SPANS Extreme Poverty and Uncle Sans
Great Ambition.
Two Things That Cheer the Insur-
Eents-They Look for Develop
mcnts in Il Year.

The observation attributed by the Paris
Figaro to Ambassador Eustts, to the effect
that If the Cuban Insurgents can maintain
themselves for year their case VIII prac-
ticllly ne won. IS in close agreement with
The calculations of the insurgent leaders
themselves. ....' . bed. r. - ...
The Cuban bopa is two-fold. The first re-
Harce is on the inability of Spain to- pro-
tract the wer. The difference between the
Spain of To-Day and the Spain or the day
when tho lssla var for Cuba's isuhlection
was foughs ~ aa1rkcd. The Span OF today
Is poor. She c3nnot stand a heavy drain
on her exchequcr. And her prestige other
wise has declined. She is paying the pen
atty that inevitably attaches to a govern
ment by proxy The uncertain tenure of a
delicate child's life is all that stands be
tween the existing order and some danger
Gus experiment. The death of the little
King would greatly complcate matters.
The queen regent has but slender hold on
the people The old advocates Ola republic
are no better off. StIll, there would prob
ably be a clash of some kind between the
advocates Of royalty and the advocates of
a republic. with the result OF foisting some
feeble compromise arrangement on the
country And 50 il IS that with an empty
treasury and an impaired credit, and an
amiable lad in training for the throne, Spain
retains but little of her former greatness
and no longer commands the respect of
her colonies. The CubanS are striking hard
because they believe that the authority at
Madrid is not only embarrassed, but very
uncertain.
Depending on the Uni!ed states.
The second reliance-and it is much the
stronger of the two-is on the United States.
The Cuhans believe, as many people in this
country DO, that this government is on the
eve of something more than a mere decla-
ration on the subject of a foreign policy.
The republicans are expected to bring the
matter forward in Congress next winter,
and to express 1t in the form of some COM
prehensive proposition. The increased and
rapidly increasing trade with foreign coun-
tries, the creation and handsome mantle
nance of navy, with all of the obligations
attending such enterprise, demand IN the
popular opinion enlargement of the Ea-
tional boundaries on the part of the United
States There is Hawaii on the one side.
and there is Cuba on the other. both seek
iEg to be annexed, and both considered i'm
portant to proper realization of the Amer
can idea of a strengthened national posi-
ton Would not it he well to couple the
two countries together? Hawaii, 1t is con-
tended. would not be embarrassed by it,
while Cuba would be certain to benefit fy
it. Hawaii only awaits permission to .'aise
the stars and stripes There would be no
parley about price in her case, while In the
case of Cuba Spain could be approached in
altogether friendly way. This govern
ments new policy could be explained. and
an offer made for Cuba as being compre-
hended in that policy. There need be no
allusion to Spain's trouble in enforcing her
rule on the island. or to anything calculated
to offend Spanish pride in any way. The
proposition could be made to take on
purely business cast as of one nation ap-
plying to another nation for transfer OF
territory desired by the one and found ex-
pensive by the other.
Cuban Leaders Informed.
The Cuban leaders are well informed as
to all of this. Their friends in this coun-
try are in constant communication with
them, and are inspiring them with the
hope of material assistance from this quar-
ter. They are being advised to keep up
the fight and make as brave show as
possible by next winter SO that the friends
of Cuba in either party in the American
Congress may be all the more encouraged
and assisted in their designs. The ques-
ton, it is asserted. is certain to cut
legislative figure, and the more progress
made by the insurgents before That time
giving out the prospect of ultimate 1nsurgent
success, the better for the cause when
Congress takes hold of 1t.