The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
FAILURE MADE VISIBLE.


by him who looks with eyes that see.
FAILURE MADE VISIBLE.
The utter failure of Spain to force
into submission her rebellious subjects
in Cuba has =nowIbecome patent to the
entire world. She has tried two entire
ly opposite systems. Comparative mild
ness and the severity of the butcher
have failed equally to break the Cuban
spirit, or to put a stop to the rebellion.
She has sent over all the troops that
she could spare She has borrowed
money for war expenditures until her
barren treasury has lost it's last rem
nant of credit. Just as she admitted
the failure of the less harsh measures
to which she at, first resorted, she has
now admitted the failure of extreme
severity by the announced recall Of
Gen. Weyler. Again the rainy season
Is at hand. Again the time of inaction
has come. And, as if to signaHze the
event of the departure Of that man
whose name will never be mentioned in
Cuba but with execration, a daring and
successful assault is made upon the
Spanish lines, and one of the most
serious reverses of the war is inflicted
upon the Spanish forces.
This ends the second canpaisn
against the demand Of Cuba for lib
erty. Its consequences to Spain have
been wholly disastrous. She has been
stripped of almost her last resources
She has had to meet an even more
formidable revolt in the Philippine
Islands, encouraged by the persistence
and success of the Cubans. Her minis
try now declare that the real nurnose
OF Gen. Weylers recall is to take
charge of operations against rebellious
SUBJECTS in the provinces Of Spain her
self. Whether this be the true reason
| or not II Is a confession by Spain of
serious disorders at home. This is the
inevitable resistance of a poverty
sm1tten and tax-oppressed people to q
government that squanders their small
resources in other parts of the world.
| In the meantime, the plight of Cuba
from material point of view is piti-
| able. Practically, the industries of the
lsland have been destroyed. The
amount of property ruined will never
be told. Plantations have been over
run and crops cut down, mills and far
y11nr
| torn up, bridges and other improve
ments blown to atoms with dynamite
and the beautiful Queen Of the Antilles
Is returning to primitive Witness nc
Iast as the destroying hand of man
can bring it to pass. The Cubans have
deliberately determined to sacrifice ev.
eryth1ng, If necessary, for freedom
They would rather make their island a
desert, II by that means they could
force Spanish withdrawal than to have
1t produce wealth for Spanish Golfers
and contribute to the continuance of
Its own enslavement. ! It is a deplorable
situation, whose tenure now depends
upon the strength of the Spanish pride.
Cuba is lost to Spain. The Spanish an
thority has scarcely more existence
there today than that of King George
III. had in the United States ar
ter the surrender Of CORVALLIS. Never
again can Cuba be held as a denend-
ency OF Spain, except as a wilderness
occupied by an army OF troops con-
stantly on their guard against the on
slaught of the watchful patriots.
| 1t Is question not only for Spain
and Cuba to consider, but for us. In
the light of our own duty, how long
shall this situation be allowed to last?
Cuba has fairly won her freedom. She
has defied the whole power of Spain
successfully, and driven her ablest gen
erals from the field. She is devastated
today but not conquered, and she
never will be. Nothing but the guar.
antee of their liberty to the Cubans
can restore either peace or prosperity
1t is time that some higher power
should set a limit to Spanish atrocity
and declare that the strong shall not
prosecute the weak forever, and that
sacrifices enough have been made for
the aspiration after liberty From this
time forth the cause of Cuba is the
cause Of patriotism and the cause of
humanity wherever there exists a hui
man heart to which that appeal can
| be made. ~ a