The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-12-27
VIEWS OF sPANIARDs.
Generals CampOs. CaIieja and Ochan-
do ON the Sifunfinn.


NEW YORK. Dec. PA Madrid dispatch
TO the World says: Martinez Campos,
captain general of Cuba before General
Weyler. thinks the Spanish government
made a great mistake i'm not car
rying out the colonial reforms voted by
the COrtes last year. He believes that the
conte mplated concessions might have de-
TERED many antagonists and eaffected
persons i'm Cuba from openly joining the
rebellion and would have made foreign in
reference impossible He does not expect
much 10 result from General Weyler's sys-
tenn of operations if General Gomez and
the other Cuban chiefs persevere i'm their
guerrilla warfare and policy of holding out
in order to exhaust the military and finan-
cial resources Of Spain and at the same
time to wear out the patience of the
United States He is said TO be persistent
i'm the opinion that the permanent pacifica-
tion of Cuba cannot be obtained by force
OF arms alone without concessions Of au-
tonomy. He would heartily support the
Spanish government in repelling foreign I'M
terven;ion or mediation. He refuses to be
interviewed by newspaper men because his
position as the predecessor Of the present
captain general, and his well-known opin-
ions being wholly at variance with the pol
icy now followed by the government and
by General Weyler oblige him TO refrain
from any exposition of his views. But the
gallant marshal is not so reserved or cir
cumspect in reserving his opinion in private
conversation with political and military
friends. 1t is no secret, therefore. that he
thinks the situation in Cuba has decidedly
not improved, either in it's military. polit-
ical or international aspects since he re.
signed "A the beginning the
year.
General Calleja, who was Governor Gen.
eral of Cuba, when the revolution hegan
still perseveres in the views he expressed liz
the Senate and 10 the Queen Regent on h&
return to Spain, namely, that the home rute
reforms voted by the Cortes would have
contributed very materially towards check
ing the spread and limiting the duration OF
the actual insurrection II they had been
put In force in 1885. and might yet prove
OF great assistance Ia pacification aud in
detaching from the rebellion important
white chiefs and the moderate elements OF
separatism. General CaleJa, like General
Campos, thinks reforms viii have TO be far
more radical now to produce substantial re-
suits.
General Ochando who was General wsy-
ler's chief of stan i'm Cuba from February
TO August, in 1885. says concerning the mil
itary situation in that colony: i think
General Weyler is likely 10 obtain results
in his new plan OF campaign in Pinar del
Rio province. because. nrst, he advances
with such Overwhelming force that the
seek safety In flight. and. secondly. he has
very judiciously withdrawn the most
of his forces from the Artemisa-
Mariel trocha thus affording the old bands
of Maceos means OF egress to return 10 the
central and eastern provinces By passing
across the provinces OF Havana and Ma
tanzas which they can only do In small
groups TO avoid pursuit by the Spanish
cavalry and columns guarding said prov
inces. | think the bands ia the province OF
Pinar del Rio now are mostly dismounted
and likely TO fiy before General weyler
eastward to find horses. which are abun-
dant in Havana and Matanzas provinces.
When General weyler has cleared Pinar del
Rio of the majority OF the insurgents he
will leave forces TO cope with the small
bands of mauraders sure TO hold out In the
Lomas mountains and he viii advance rap
idly TO clear Havana and Matanzas prov
inces 10 save the crops and 20 furnish the
government with the desired opportunity
for political measures which are indispens-
able TO complete what force of arms alone
cannot achieve. On the whole, think thar
the military outlook is more hopeful and
that military operations culminattnG =