St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-19
WHAT IN EXTs


1t is not an e2aggeration to quote the
words of the Spaniards themselves in
saying that the removal of Gen. Cam
pos is equivalent to a defeat of their
acknowledgement to the world that one
of the ablest generals Of Spain, sup
piled with all the troops and reinforce
ments which he and his government
deemed ample for the suppression of
rebellion, has been unable to make
Roadway against the revolutionary
forces. While Spain has sent over, at
enormous cost to her treasury, and at
the price of something perilously ap-
preaching popular tumult at home,
formidable host of her tried soldiery,
they have done nothing, or, rather,
worse than nothing, in Cuba. They
have not fought a great battle, they
have not driven any of the insurgents
back to their mountain retreats, they
have not wrested from them any of the
territory under their control. On the
contrary, everything has tended to the
encouragement and success Of the
patriotic army It has ravished the
island from end to end, destroyed an
incalculable amount of property, prac-
tically put an end to Cuban contribu-
tons Of Spanish revenue for the time
being, and ended it's great demonstra-
ton with fair prospect of capturing
the city of Havana itself.
No general could be expected to re-
main in command after he had been
treated with such contempt, and had
suffered such reverses. It is impossi-
bic to understand at this distance the
reason why Canpos. dill not make any
more effectual use, Of the men and
resources at his command. 1t is said
that the insurgents scattered when
ever danger approached, but the Span
ish forces could scatter for pursuit
There is no explanation of the over
running of the island by the insur-
gents except that Campos was either
unable to cope with them, or lacked
ability as a commander. If all that is
said Of the general who is to succeed
him is true, there is every reason to
fear that the contest in Cuba will take
new and more sanguinary aspect
This man bears out better the reputa-
ton that Spanish generals acquired CEN
turtles ago on the bloody battlefields in
both the old world and the new. He is
said to be a man not only of military
ability, but of great cruelty. If the war
is carried on, as there is every reason
to suppose that it will be, then the
silence of the world in the Cuban
difficulty will be broken.
The hand of the United States has
been stayed and it's non-interference
secured simply because, although our
sympathfes have been throughout en-
tirely on the side Of men fighting for
the rights of free men, as opposed to
greedy and brutal despotism three
thousand miles away from them, vet
the methods of dealing with this insur-
rectlon are such that we could not say
that Spain had transcribed her rights
In dealing with a refractory people.
But if Europe sits down and smiles
while the Turk fills with atrocities the
provinces subject to him, the United
States will not be equally passive
should scarcely more mercifuI ruler
adopt similar policy in Cuba. If the
new general in command has military
ability, and strength enough behind
him to crush out the revolution by the
ordinary agencies and methods of war
it will end tt ere. That is not now the
outlook. with the rebels encouraged
and stimulated to hope of victory as
they are by the advantages that they
have won, and by the act to which
they have compelled Spain to resort. If
therefore, the new regime strikes out
new policy of inspiring horror and com
polling submission by deeds Of blood
not unfamiliar to the history of the
progress of Spanish armies, then not
only will the insurgents be inspired to
a new and more desperate resistance,
but the hand of, a sympathetic people,
loving justice and mercy, and hating
crimes against liberty, will not easily
be stayed from their relief