The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08

NEW YORK, Sept. THE Suns
correspondent in Madrid, writing under
date of August %. says:
Premier Canovas has spoken again.
Two or three days ago, he said TO a
/ reporter of the Ell Globo:
Il must have money for the Cuban
campaign. The monthly expenses
amount to 100000 now, and more than
/ 100000 900 will be needed when we send
out 10000 new soldiers in November. I
am determined to finish the war with
in a very short time"
! He must, indeed, be very optimistic
about this, for La Epoca, one of his
favorite organs, says:
When the new expedition arrives in
Cuba, the insurgents in the west will
be forced to throw themselves against
the Artemest trocha; the provinces of
Pinar del Rio, and Havana will thus
be cleared of insurgents. The same will
be done in Santa. Clara, so that the
rebellion will soon be confined to
Camaguay and eastern Cuba II may
also happen that the insurgents, losing
all hope, will surrender throughout the
island
SAME OLD STORY.
Just such language was used by the
Spanish press a year ago, speaking of
what Martinez Campos proposed 10 do
in his winter campaign. AS they were
mistaken last year, there is no reason
why their predictions should be be-
lieved now.
Ell Dia, an Independent paper, has
published an article on the financial
situation, which has caused a great
deal of comment. 1t says:
Spain needs $100,0O0,O0 900 to pay the
floating debt, 500, 100000 for ten
months expenses in Cuba, and $780,
000000 to meet other obligations which
cannot be postponed. The govern
ment's financial plans must be ap-
proved or within three months we
shall be at the mercy Of usurers and
may see our army paralyZed in the
middle of the campaign, through lack
of means. Spain today does not seem
to be able to raise more than $60,O00,-
O0O''
The negotiations of the Spanish gov
eminent with a Glasgow house for new
warships, have been suspended. The
marine delegate at London has sent
circulars inviting the leading ship
builders i'm Europe to present proposals
for Two cruisers.
INSULTS PASSED UNNOTICED.
Premier Canovas does not seem to
wish to have any more conflicts to
deal with. The insults to the Span
ish flag at Key West have passed I'M
noticed, and no attention has been paid
to the Moor who fired at a national
transport boat on her way to Malaga
from the Spanish settlement in Africa.
The newspapers report, also, that Brit
ss.1. ,,,@1z-
stantly make incursions within Spanish
territory, but the authorities do moth
ing to stop it.
In the chamber of deputies on August
II. the Carlist leader, Senior Vasquez
de Mella, invited Premier CanovaS TO
initiate the duke Of Valencia and be
ready TO send his passport to a certain
foreign representative.
Every day." Mella added, 'and now
more than ever, filibustering expedi-
tons are being sent from the United
Clevelands friendship. The Americans
preach neutrality, but they don't prac-
tice it. This campaign of calumny
waged by the American press, which
represents US as bloodthirSty and cruel,
moves me to request the government
to rely more upon our own forces than
upon American false friendship, and
to be vigilantly watching the Cuban
coasts for the Yankee fnbustering YES
sells, so that we may have a repetition
of what our ship Tornado did with he
American Virginius."
'Boldness like that led us TO ask for
pardon, and to submit to other humili-
atoms which were still worse, an
swered Senior Canovas. He added
later: 81 advised Senior Gorizard to
be very cautious in dealing with the
Alliance, case, because we cannot
ignore the fact that a nation that has
70, O0O,O 600 inhabitants at the very doors
of Cuba is entitled to every considera-
ton"