The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
CUBAN INSURGENTS.


SA83>4ns
hastened TO assure Garet Britain Of the
paltxy aid Of her feeble force in resist
ance to our application Of the Monroe
doctrine to the venesuela Issue. Nor
arc We under any Obligation Of senti.
ment The Spanish government IL The
most illiberal. the most hopelessly un-
progressive, in Europe. Cuba has
borne impositions tenfold moro aggrs-
waited than those which forced The
thirteen American colonies Of Great
Britain into successful revolution. A
congressional declaration in favor Of
acknowledgment Of the Cuban republic
will be approved from Maine TO Florida
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Insursssts the 0ainsrs.
Chicago Record: Making . due al.
lowanoe for possible errors In the
latest reports of the situation In
Cuba, it is still not improbable that
the insurgents are ON the eve Of
stroke which will bring the warfare TO
q crisis During the past few weeks
the fight has been waged steadily, the
insurgents being generally the gainerA
General Campos seems to have been
unable to make any Roadway against
his opponents, who, aside from the id.
vantage Of complete familiarity with
the topography Of their country. are
Injured TO its climate and have abun.
dant refugees in which to take shelter.
Unless the Spaniards have been resort.
ing to a ruse. and leading the insur-
gent son simply for the purpose Of trap
ping them, the fall Of Havana il within
reasonable probability.
Hard to Overthrow.
New York Independent: Shall We
call it q revolution or q mere insurrec.
ton? Revolutions" have been numer.
Gus in Cuba. a. Senior Ponce de Leon
tell our readers this week, and he
ought to know for he has had lively ex-
perience in them. But somehow the
Spanish power has not been over
thrown. Sencr Palma, who IL the
chief representative Of the Cuban Re-
public" tells our readers this week
why Cuba ought to be free; and he
and Mr.. Crosby and Senors Pierra and
De Quesada appeal with much elo-
Quence and earnestness for American
sympathy. dwelling bitterly upon the
wrongs and cruelties and expressions
Of the Spanish government, and their
words cannot but excite sympathy.
To Gain Reeognitios.
Boston Traveller: The most puxxl-
NJ fhsnu oh Tho Nv,tau
just now is why, If the insurgents are
numerically as strong As they are
represented to be. they do not concen-
trate enough to seize and hold some
town or city on or near the coast and
make a strenuous effort to maintain
some kind of communication with the
outside world. Until they make some
effort of this kind they can hardly AJAX
any of the established nations of the
world to recognize them however much
they may have popular sympathy for
their struggle for freedom.
Both Reason and Precedent.
New York World: We have q ma
tional interest in the Independence
Of Cuba which has no parallel in
the case of any European coun-
try. II we were aggressively dis.
posed we might find both reason and
precedent for q much more active
sympathy with the Cuban insurgents
than anybody at present proposes to
extend to them. All that they ask Of
us is a recognition of their right to do
battle for liberty and independence.
So much every American ought to
stand ready to grant
spain's Unfriendly Treatment.
Pittsburg Dispatoch: II 4 third Of
the provinces of Spain were to declare
that they had seeded and this country
should recognise them a. belligerents
in less than three months the proceed.
ing would be an exact parallel 10
Spain's action when the Southern Con.
federacy was proclaimed. Cuba ID
SPANS distant colony and our neigh.
Dor and yet we have not initiated the
unfriendly Spanish example under the
greater provocation.
Humorous Reading.
Peoria Herald: II is laughable 10
read that in the case Of trouble Spain
will unite with England. What can
Spain dor 1t looks now a. though the
revolutionists in Cuba would keep her
busy. The only result Of . war with
Spain would be the acquisition Of
Cuba by this country. A few thousand
American troops would speedily settle
that business.
Has the Time Yet Cone:
Indianapolis News: The people Of
this country certainly wish the people
of Cuba success in their war for indie
pendence. They hope the time will
come when it will be advisable for the
government to recognise not simply
the belligerent rights Of the insurgents
but the Independence Of the island.
But it may well be doubted whether
that time has yet come.
Let Us Encourage the Cuba.s.
Atlanta Constitution /: Let the
American people hasten 10 demand bel.
ligerent rights at once before Spain can
, gather her forces TO wipe the Cubans
out Let these rights be granted them
at once 80 that the struggling Cubans
may have this advantage in their
efforts 10 secure self.government
II Turkey and Spain.
, St. Paul Pioneer-Prcs: Turkey and
Spain. especially the former. seem b
, be in the position Of the william Of tn
, play. They occupy . large share d
: the attention Of the audience. but thsy
ara loudly hisoed by the anlleriea