Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-17
The CONDITION CRITICAL.
A Havana Newspaper Urges Measures
for Peace.
Tho Loyal Rssidents of Cuba Disap.
pointed nj the DiIaioIy Tactics
of the General

NKw York, Jan. 1.-THE World
this morning prints u special from
Havana giving the editorial Of the
Dlarlo DE La Marina, which has at.
trRc,ed 20 much attention. The
editorial says;
"In our evening edition yesterday
We referred TO a dispatch from Madrid
stating that news received from here
had caused the greatest anxiety there.
IL such 10 tho case In spain where
owing TO the fact that the dispatches
had Deon received by way OF the
United btatet-they could entertain
hopes ms to their falsity or eKAggeTA-
ton, anu where they could receive
adequate colOfing Mt the hands OF the
premier, and, having reached there
Just after the minister OF war had
stated at public banquet that the end
OF the war was near, owing to the
position OF the troops aud the supposed
exhaustion Of the enemy'a ammu-
milton, what shall we, the loyal reel.
dents Of the island, ray-wo who are
daily disappointed Ia our hopes OF read
Ing some favorable news often receive
instead, not the news Of n final blow,
WhiNh ~ hANtAA9 iAhlbo1AbAt1 but hOulc
unwsicome newt2
"ln vain have We advised, time
after time, confidence and serenity.
In vain, because no one can doubt ths
ultimate success, but the families that
have lost their all, DO IL great or small,
those who have witnessed the alsas-
slnation Of husband, father or brother;
the merchants who have seen their
IA a "A
ton In confidence and serenity.
"Thol tnal triumph IL sure. Who
doubts ~ But the conviction OF final
triumph cannot prevent lamentations
over the present state OF Affairs anu
cause one 10 refrain from applying an
efficient remedy.
1.-THE present condition, without be.
Ing desperate, 10 critical, and this fact
Is hidden only TO those who do not
wish 20 see. Wherever our columns
have succeeded In bringing about an
engagement, our triumph has been NJ
complete M our cnemy's resistance
would permit.
'But the latter, GLIDING battles, dis
banding only 10 unite again, and
availing themselves OF the superiority
OF their cavalry, have managed TO put
large distances between our columns
aud themselves, extending their
ravages from one extreme emu OF the
Island TO the otter.
"rhe lines. OF defense have proved
useless. Notwithstanding them,
Maxine Gomez hAs marched east over
the ruinB TO the vicinity OF Havana.
"rhe material Ices may be placed at
between thirty aud forty million dol
lars. But far more precious are the
lives which have been sacrificed In
defense OF the country.
Sand after all this ia the nation 10
DO satisfied with the cry OF con fidence
and serenity Just because we up.
hold order and desire that our COVER
nor should be invested with all the
prestige due him and because we do
not care 10 discuss our general lust
when he IL In tho presence OF an
enemy who has prolonged this war
longer than Il should have lasted? We
wish TO uissipate the dense atmosphere
which itlls faid--onlwha,a authority We
know n0t-surrounuu the palace anu
prevents public opinion aud n knoWl.
edge Of existing aeiiclencio, penetrat-
ing therein, hs well as ths measures
that could be- employed to render less
Undesirable the present atate.
"TO reach practical solution In
this direction We believe that repre-.
tentative persons should present them.
selves 10 tho general aud lay before
him the exact course In which public
opinion IL flowing, anu state with all
due respect all that tney think could
he done to conduoo 10 the re-establish.
ment Of ppaUe."