The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

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seized.
BY far the most important news for th
revolution hat we have had during the pas
week has been that relative TO the fttinI
out INT departure Of vessels bearing arm
for the revolutionists As soon as It cam,
TO be understood here that It Is lawful to ex
port arms from this country for the revolu
tionary service, steps for their exporr
were taken under the law We sup
pose that four or five transferring
vessels have left American ports within tn,
past ten days; and we have excellent rea
sons for believing that the cargo OF scvera'
OF them has been put ashore at places in
Cuba or at points convenient to Cuba This
Is a great thing for the revolution, which
has always had much difficulty in procur.
ing arms, and has had 70 depend almost
wholly upon such military supplies As could
be captured from the Spaniards in fight. 1t
10 not doubtful that they have been largely
successful in seizlng Spanish runs, for
more than go. 900 Of the revolutionists
are now armed with them. That sup
ply. however, is uncertain, and, after
the Spanish army had shrunk behind
the Qualifications Of two or three strong
holds, IL could not be at all depended
upon Ever since the opening of the war,
GOMEZ has said that the only things needed
for the success Of the revolution were mill
tary munitions. "Give me 100, 900 rifles"
he said, land I will put them into the
hands Of 100, 900 Cubans, who will drive
into Havana all of Spain that there
Is on the island; next give me some
pieces Of siege artillery, and Havana will
be the prize Of the revolution" He has
always declared hat there were at least five
applicants for every rife that was captured,
and that the success Of the revolution was
postponed only because he could not supply
the applicants. He resorted to the machete
only because he had not the necessary sup
ply Of better weapons; and it has been
under very great disadvantages that he
has marched through Cuba, driving Spain
before him. II the revolution can now OBJ
tain from this country a few ship loads Of
the munitions Of war, we hall have reason
to look for achievements even greater than
those OF the past year. We may say that
Cuba's liberation would thus be assured.
We had a number of entertaining de-
spatches from Madrid and Havana during
the past week. We had a Madrid despatch
that the Spanish Government was dissatis-
fed on account of WEYLER's failure. 1t
was the same kind of a despatch that we
received from Madrid last January about
CAMPos, who soon afterward
was relieved of his command. We had
from Madrid that WEYLER would
resign because Of the Governments dlssat-
with him; but WEYLER FASTENED
to contradict the report, as his prcdeces-
sor contradicted like news about himself.
We had a particularly entertaining despatch
on Thursday from Madrid that WEYLER
was hampered in his military operations by
the discussion OF Cuban belligerency in the
American Congress, which compelled him
to observe an excessive degree of prudence"
We had another Madrid despatch that the
was prevalent there that Spanish
success was impossible unless Spain made a
: supreme effort" enlarged yet further the
great army already there, and established a
complete blockade OF the island. In a Ha-
vana despatch there was this painful excla-
THE Spanish situation is not yet
We guess there is truth in that
one Of these dispatches which tells Of the
Spanish Governments dissatisfaction with
WEYLER, and also in that one about the
effort. and also in that one about the
hampering of WEYLER by JOHN SHERMAN.
Perhaps the most significant of the CEN
sored dispatches from Havana is that one
Of them which told us that a large part Of
The Spanish troops who arrived there in
the early part of this month had been held
in and around Havana "as a precaution
disturbances in the city" 1t Is
our knowledge that disturbances
have been expected there, not prompted by
the patriots, but by the suffering inhabi-
the ul~tra-loyalists of the Casino
and the fabbergasted volunteers.
The city is impoverished; its business -
lead; its rich mems estates are in ruins; as
people are both angry and terrified. All the
made by Spain have been broken.
MARTINEZ CAMPO could not crush the revo- |
luton, and there is not any prospect that
WEYLER will ever crush it. Cuba will be
ruined IL the wal shall continue another
The Havanese, including the bust
ness men, are Disguised and enraged. Their
mood has been manifested upon sew
eral occasions. What are we to look for -
they eXclaim. 1t seems to us that, under
the circumstances, it is judicious for Spain
to add the newly arrived troops to the gar
Of Havana as a precaution against
disturbances there.
An astute American who recently spent
weeks in Havana has told us Of the
extreme dissatisfaction with Spain that
among all classes of the community
there, and of the probability that it would
be manifested within "a short time. We
have other advices which sustain the
Judgment of this observer. 1t would
cause us no grief to see an uprising
against WEYLER's incompetence in Havana,
Or to see him driven out by the terrorized
tubans whom Spain has armed. 1t would
afford us satisfaction to see the 40, 900 vol
unteers inside of Havana join hands with
the 10000 revolutionists outside Of Ha-
vana; join hands for the purpose Ct libcr-
ating Cuba from Spanish domination.
Is Mr.. Olney Backing Down?