The Taney County republican., 1896-11-05
THE DoWNElll Of SpAIN.
A Struggle For The Cuban Capital Prob
able in the Near Future.


able in tho Near Future.
From the Philadelphia Item.
The opinion is steadily growing
that Spain, if she has not completely
lost her wits, will zee that there is
nothing left for her to do but give
up Cuba.
With the Islands two staple indust-
ries ruined almost past recovery, the
termination Of the Cuba war even in
Spain's favor would force her to keep
a large army of occupation there to
prevent another uprising, and Spain
would be compelled to raise the
money for this.
For bankrupt old Monarchy, with
the Cuban war on one side, the Philip
pine insurrection ON the other, and
the danger of q Carlist uprising at
home, such a position is very danger
Gus.
Spain's overw eening vanity, her
"Castilian PRIDE" her abject poverty,
her internal perils and external
troubles, her Carlis:s aud Anarchists,
the corruption Of her officials, the
power, the Indignation of her people,
all combine to make her the most
utterly wretched Monarchial ruin in
the world, with the single exception
of Turkey.
Already SO many troops have been
shipped to Cuba that Spain cannot
stand any further drain upon her
army. Many, rather than enlist, have
fled to the mountains; hundreds of
others, rather than be sent to Cuba
to die, are paying for their exemption.
A fund is being raised 10 support
the wounded soldiers that have been,
in large numbers, sent beck to Spain.
From the first Spain has lied to her
people regarding the Cuban war;
kept them up on Spanish victories"
that were afterwards discovered to
be defeats. Now the Inhabitants Of
Spain have discovered the truth, and
are indignant at the deception.
But Spain, always corrupt, always
false, has persistently lied about Cuba.
She has promised TO ship to the
Island this month and next so many
troops that all the recruits raised by
the conscription of 1896 will be en-
gagged in Cuba and the Philippine
Islands, if she keeps her word.
Let Spain's troops continue to meet
during the coming winter with mis-
fortunes such as have already befallen
in Cuba and the Philippine Islands,
and the doom of Spain is sealed.
Although Spain endeavors to deny
it, facts prove that 100000 Spanish
troops have been engaged in the effort
to suppress the Cuban war.
Weyler, in the eight months of his
brutal administration, has accomplish
ed nothing for Spain. His methods
are those Of the old Spanish Inquisi-
ton. He kills men, women aud chill
dren with the blood-thirsty persist
ency of a devil. who butchers innO-
cent creatures for the mere delight
of the thing.
But al this time the revolutionar
army has steadily grown in Cuba, and
the outlook is steadily growing darker
and darker for Spain, rs the awful
gloom of continual defeat settles down
upon her troops in Cuba.
When the forces of & Gomez. Macco,
and Garcia, shall be united near
Havana, and shall be able to make
use Of The artillery which has come
into their possession, a struggle for
the mastery of the capital will be the
next thing heard Of; and who would
attempt to forecast the fortune of
Spain in such struggle?
1t might be foreseen if one could
anticipate even a partial uprising of
the Cuban patriots living uneasily in
Havana. In the event of an uprising
on their part the revolutionary flag
will float DER the ramparts of the
Cuban capital.