The People's friend., 1896-12-11

Sedports and all considerable to,rns tho "a "a
sugents still roam at will over ~ ~ ~
. mo-tnlros or the inland country IF the de-
raa.Ilh lioh oI spain to put down the insur-
oHon seems but to strengthen with W
iapse of time, and is sevidenced hv bar ~ ~
-aTitg devotion of largely Increase
, nlntary and naval forces to the taer thssS
1uCh reason to believe that the inerr
senIs nave gained in point of numbers anf
Ina1 dCter and resources and are none +he
i*s 1toAluIe III tnelr resolve not to succun,t
"lLnodt practically securing the great n.y.
JeCls Tor which they took up arms IF
Hds not yet re-esta blished her aptbori+
ttt Itnet - nave the insurgents yet made gooS
Inelr ute to be regarded as an tndenen6eTt
ssale. indeed as the contest has gone on
~ t.,e lense that civil government exists on
| Ino Isldno, except SO far as Spain ia able n
HIa alntdln IT, has been practically abandoned
SPAN does keep on foot such a govern
nIeHt' more or less impertectIv. in the Iarga
toWhs and their immediate suburbs M
tnat exception being made, the entire conn
s,tt liner gwen over to anarchy or is
uoJect 10 the military occupation of one or
me other party. 1t is reported. indeed IN
el@pie authority that at the demand of
| - ~ CoLu Lumdnder-ln-Chief of the iusurpent
a1my' the putative Cuban government has
noN n gwen up all attempt to exercise its
Iuncuons, leaving that government confes~
oouiy what there is the best reason for SIM
| posing IL always to have been In factl = oo1-
ernment merely on paper
"e1e the spanish armies able to meet
tnelr antagonists in the open. or in nftched
pdLtIe, prompt and decisive results might he
~ 60, - !ot, ana the immense superiority of
tne spanish forces in numbers. discinItna
ana equipment could hardly fail to tell
greatly TO their advantage But thAv ava
Cd4leo upon to face foe that shuns general
engagements, that can choose and doc
onoose us own ground, that from the nature
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pleasure, and that fights only from am
Duscade and when all the ADVANTAGES of NJ
SItlon ana numb berS are on its side II , |
IouuIy Wnere all that is Indispensable tn |
W me III the way OF food. clothing and shelter |
- 50 easily oota1nable especially bv those !
porn and bred on the soil, it is obyions thai |
mere IS hardly limit to the time during
"hlcn hostllities of this sort NAV he mo-
toHSeu. Meanwhile as in all cases of nro
- dCleu CIVIL strife, the passions of the com, |
odldntS grow more and more inhamed and
ALesses S on ooth sides are more frequent
and more deplOrable
Ihey also are participated in Sv bands of
III auders, who, now in the name of one
P"A y ana now IN the name of the other IA
may pest suit the occasion, harasS the conn
u dI Will and plunder its wretched tnhah-
.ai,f, .tanls lot thelr own advantage. Such
oohuluon OF things would inevitably entail
MI hitnse destruction of property even ifit
were the policy of both parties to preven+ ~ |
dS Tar as practicable But while Such !
seenlea 10 be the original policy of the Snan-
81 government 1t has now apparently
,u lDanuoleu It, ana Is acting upon the same
heory as the insurgents, namely that the
eNgencies of the contest reouirn Tho -rhoI ,
'dle annlhllatton of property, that it NAV {
i"l prove OF use and advantage to the enc | I
ny 1t Is 10 the same end that in pursuance 6
y geheral orders Spanish garrisons are '
low being withdrawn from plantations and :
4 IN raf, 7S,-a5 4
tSelf in the towns :
Inc sure result would seem to be that the T
u luuuSulal value of the island Is fast dimin
m mshlng ana tnat unless there Is a speedy and S
dulCdi chdnge IN existing conditions it will h
oon disappear altogether. That yalue con | n
1918 very largely, of course in it's CAPACITY | b
pIocuce sugars-d capacity already much | "
4uuCeo by interruptions to tillare which | A.
ave taken place during the last two wears.
ID fellab4y asserted that should these in b
,rruptlons continue during the current p
EAR, and practically extend as is now | Al
reatened, to the entire sugar nrodpcipg D;
Irltofy or the island, so much time and SO tt
uch money will be required to restore the IT.
g Us nnrma Al nrodHctiveness that it is Id
'tremely doubtfuNllver Slcan be induced tn
even make the atteL,x L Ut
The spectacle of the utt. -uin of an ad- tn
lnlng country by nature, ont of the most al
rtlle and charming on the globe, would IN
gage the serious attention of the govern an
Ell ana people OF the United States under eX
y circumstances. In point of Tact, they su
We concern with it which is by 40 means OF
a wholly sentimental or phila aAthropic | Inl
aracter 1t lies so near to uS as to be Inl
rdIy separated from our country. Our ne
lual pecuniary interest in it is Second su:
y 10 that OF the people and government les
spain IL Is reasonably estimated\tha OD
ltdSt from $4,000, 900 to $50 600 on of | pr(
'Ll"l Is invested in plantations, in rail- OF
ld' mining and other business enter rig
So Oh the island. The volume of trada Ing
"een the United States and Cuba. which for
@ l9o9 amounted to about S64 900 600. rose ! cor
1888 ra, to to about slos 100000 and in 1884, FnNs
year before present insurrection broke ~
amounted TO nearly $96. 900 600 RE- anC
= TINS large peCuniary interest staked in of I
fortunes or Cuba, the United States finds not
II lheNtrlcably involved in the present sire
teSt IN other ways both vexatious and Its
Nv. sho
any Cubans reside in mis- corp,,-,. 49,, lay,
rectly promote the insurrection through the
press by public meetings, by the mr. ina
Sc and Shipment of ,rrre h - - Put wer
lnds ana bv othar ,,,,, wou
il OF our institutions and ~ tae 'le of 1t
avs 90 not permit TO be made the sub oed,
OF criminal prosecution Some of tbar, spar
IBh Cuoans at heart and in all their feel no
tI4 aL1 interests nave taken out papers as yet
Il dtlzed citizens of the United states \ men
eeulhg reSorted TO with a view tn ms "elc
projection by this government ard feas
ndturaIly regarded with much indip prov
on oy the country of their origin Tbe tdll
gents are undoubtedly ENCOURAGED ana ana
or rted by the widespread svmpathv of pres
's"ple oI thlS country ALWAYS instinct PeIle
felt for every StrupoIa for b,...I labor
government, and which in the case M aDou
loFe adventurous and restless elements islan
l population. leads in only too rnanv on dl
noes 10 active and personal particira- ing Il
In the contest pa surge
result is that this goverpror, 4. Gated
Iy called upon 10 protect tr,a-iCH.! - Oo!- pusht
20 cIalm damages for injuries To ner Ihe
anu property now estimated at man eIthe
'l'> Ct dollars, and to ask expianatiors any O
lv"Slt> lor the acts or Spanish ON uoh
" nose zeal for the repression OF rehsl OF eli
ehumentS blinds them to the immun- Wh'
oc1onglng To the unofendfnr Cittzers polcy
riendlv power. to obt
'uo"S from the same causes thar ,he an I'M
u states Is compelled TO actively n,1i~a Il sho
hne OF sea coast against unlawful ~ Ao1y a
onS the escape Of wbicb - ,.. ~ * nttitu
nee Wlll not ALWAYS sufice to prevent, hiteiy
,e inevitable cntangIements at he IA
1 states with the rebellion in cuba -
and considerations ~ rstI,,, e>t> al and pr
umanitv i'm qerar,I ; f''''an tHt "py lions
II demand in various Quarters ~ 1OLl>il ~t {
>oTt of positive intervention on .h '"At
Y the United States II was ~ a., P'eteu