The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-08

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| Ustc ccNf tnrir Uilt So te greAp.ed as All
inarptu Ter. SKATE. iuitt1. as tbs coa.eAt
has eule cu. sc p.ttcus, that ctNU soN
eranent c1l.,s o. $3.50 island. cNccp. So
tAr as SPAN : a.lr 10 maintain ID. Ass
neca practically abandoned S..m DOES
kc.Y ou 4aot such . roNeruneal. fuorc or
tass irytgttclN. TN .bc ,k-rc towns and
thcir Immediate suburbs hut thst exutp-
tlol being made. ;hc entire country IS
either el.ea Owes 10 anarchy or is subject
% he military oscGng ;scu oi one 81 ,bv
uthor psT.y 70 j. reported. inbred on re-
liable NuihaT IS that IL thr demand OF TIE
commander IN chief % the .lsurgcut army,
t4e yu,atAe cuban government has uoS
s.vcu up III attempt TO exercise It's fUnc-
i.aHs leaving that government cou'pss,dly
what ,acge is The beS, reason ior slppos
sc " Always TO have been IN iacti a GOV
eminent merely On paper Were the span
ISL armies able TO meet Their antaecnis 5
in The open field or ia ptchcd
eA;ne prompt and decisive rcsults
ute..S bc looked for and the inn
TueUse superiority ~ the Spanish fortra
il numbers, discipline and equipment
could hardly fall to tell greatly 10 Their
advantage Hut they are called upon 70
face foe thai shurs general engagements.
frs -aFf ~ p lNEs a.
ground. THAI from the nature OF the coun-
Try Is visible or Invisible at plt asure aud
fights only from ambuscade and when all
the ADVANTAGES Of position and nGmoers are
on it, SIDE In country where al tnat
IS Indispensable to life IN the way OF iuoi,
clothing and shelter Is so easily Obtain
able. especially BY those born and bred on
the soil. il is obvious there is hardly 'imt
to the time during which hostilittes OF ms
sort may be prolonged. MeanwAiie, IS III
oil eases OF protr&cted civil suiio, the pas
sous Of the coinbatanis grow more nhi
more inilamcd, ard excuses ON ooth sites
become more frequent and more aspioFaoie.
They also are participated III by bahas OF
marauders who now In the name OF one
party and now IN the naioe OF the o'her'
as may best suit the occasion. harfass the
country al VIII and plumber It's wretcheu
Inhabitants for their own advantage. Sucu
q condition OF things Would inevitably en-
tai immense destruction OF properly EVEN
u 1t were the policy OF both parties 10 pr,
vent II as far as praotcAble. but whiie
such seemed 20 be the original polcy oil the
spanish government II has now apparently
abandoned II, and is acting upon the same
theory as the insurgents, namely. that the
exigencies OF the contest require the "hoie-
sale annihilauon OF property, that II ma!
not prove o! use and ADVANTAGE 10 'he en-
envy II Is TO the same END mat. IN pul-
q a q
are now being withdrawn from plantations
and the rural population required to con-
centrate itself In the towns. inc sure re-
suit would seem 10 be that the lhdustria'
value Of The island is fast diminishing, ana
that unless there is speedy and radical
change In existing conditions IL VIII soon
disappear altogether. ihat Nalue oons'sts
very largely OF course IN IT'S capae'y 10
produce sugar capacity already Uncn
reduced by the Interruptions 10 'lliaee
which have taken place during the iast 'Wo
years 1t Is reliably asserted that shndin
these Interruptions continue during the
current year and practically extend as Is
now threatened 10 the entire sugar prouuc-
Ing territory OF the island so mnch time
ana so much money VIII be required 10 re-
store the lana to lis normal prouucilVehess
that it Is extremely doubtful II capital can
be Induced even TO make the attempt me
spectacle of the utter ruin OF an ad)oihlhG
country, by nature one OF the most fertile
and charming on the slope' Wouiu eilsHNs
The serious attention OF the government anu
people OF the United states nhntr any CIR
cunstances In point or iac'' tneY nave
concern with II when Is oy no means Oh
wholly sentimental or phlianthropic ohar-
acter. II lies 30 near 10 us as 10 te h'rdl!
separated ircm our territory our aetuui
pecuniary interest IN II - second on'y 70
that of tho people ana sovernnen, o.
Srain. II is reasonably estinaten NAV Il.
least from s3o nop,ooo 70 Soo ouo'uoo Oh
american capital are invested IN pl'hta-
lions and in railroads. mining ana o,ner
business enterprises OH the iaiano, me
volume OF trade between the uhlt'u S,h''s
and Cuba, which IN lNs9 amounted 10 anont
ssi 1000. rose IN lN"@ ~ hoonl Sl"o'uer,
600. and in 1924. the year before the present
insurrection broke out, amounted 10 Nearly
1896 00O,ooO BESIDES ms large pccnhihT.
stake In the fortunes OF cuha me 'hi'eu
States finds itself inextricabY involved III
the present contest IN other Whys ootn Neh-
a'lous and costly. Many cnnnns reside IN