New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-10
FROM THE NAIL.
GENERAL CAMPOs's FAILURE.

4 sYMPATNIZER WITH SPAIN COMMENTS ON HIS
ADVICE TO THE GovERNMrNr.
To m, Tdi,or Of The Tribune
SIR. VIII YOU kindly permit a constant reader OF
YOUR valuable paper to mako q few comments on the
following which appears in your editorial Columns
today under the heading Of "Campos, spain ana
Cuba? You say:
H.. fCornuos) has failed and has now returned -
s1l 10 tcl the Government Why he has faied ana
~ n wise f. what 20 30 n order 10 ucn.-N su'.,ss
G, cuba 1cl autonomy. b. the burden ~ his mes
-a-e lnderer lcace. he t".rk'. $ not necessary
r., an onlooker-one whom residence in cuba has
rendered somewhat familiar with the situation there
81. would seem suqoriluous for General Martinez
Clrnpos t. tell the Government why he mas taied.
The reason il patent: he refused 10 meet war with
war. ne saw the Is I'D OF Cuba being devastated
by host Of negro sa> ages led by foreign adventur
.rs and aasassias and with well-equipped army
~ 100 0D men ard carte blanche as to resources ana
measured he dawdled away bis time. Observing
worse than Fabian policy, for during his entire
torn OF command he had practically allowed II 10
HI. understood that no penalty was to be meted out
10 treason and seditOn. Rebels who presented
themselves were simply told TO so and sin no more.
and forthwith they proceeded TO gain information
and supplies and few days later they would re-
,ur, 10 the insurgent ranks, and this farce they
would repeat again and again, to the seaman ana
decentralization OF all who were loyal to spain
Is {, any wonder that such commander was pop
uar with the insurgents? And on the other hand, is
Il any wonder that he has been received In Spain
as YOU describe? Think what sacrifices OF its sons
and of It's resources that nation has made. ana the
generous trust Il reposed in tie general Who'll Will
not say wlfu..y betrayed it-but who has certainly
we'd an incapacity and weakness tte snort OF
cr;nlnali Well may Spain cXclaim, as did the
Roman Emperor on former occasion, Narus,
Varus what hast thou done with my legions?
This is the general who you say has the grotesque
assurance to advise 4 che Governnenp what to
20 I'm % achieve success For man VINO has
failed so mlserably himself 10 undertake - tell 9th
erS how to succeed Is certainly what the unregen-
crate would senate gall" and what the late
Aremus Ward would term as 'sGrkastic. What
does General MARTINEZ Campos recommend as the
remedy? You say GIVE cuba local autonomy IL
the burden OF his message" Have not the insurgents
proclaimed from the housetops That they VIII accept
nothing short OF absolute independence? This they
have .terated and reiterated from Dan 10 Beersheba
why then. should Spain subject herself TO need
less humiliation by Offering what her enemies would
reject with shouts OF scorn and derislon?
closed his career under cloud ard when a wise
man finds himself IA this position he keeps dis
Greet silence Meantime. the only solution OF the
trouble in Cuba IL force, and outsiders should in
fairness keep their hands OFF, as We expected when
we had a rebellion on our hands. The United States
ment which tend. 10 the establishment OF a new
Uayu in the Gulf OF Mexico
The foregoing sentlm hts may not be popular VIA
a majority OF your readers. but trust you Will
give them publicity an expression OF opinion ar
rived after close study of the question: and from
Cuban struggle. AS to General Martinez Campos he
realize the force of the old dctum. Ma
heur Na.acus!" ~
Jersey City, Feb. 8. 1896.