The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-11-11
DOWNFALL. OF SPAIN.
Her army Used Up Her Credit G one and
Resources Wasted

Washington, Nov. 4.-If Turkey
were out Of the way, Spain would
form the most appalling Spectacle Of
any nation in the world. Her name
stands for the tragedy Of the times
Her overwccning vanity and abjcct
poverty, her Warlilc ululution and
military misadvcnturcs. her internal
pcrllS and external troubles. her Car
lists and her anarchists, the wreck
ing OF her treasury, the battling of
nor armies, the prostratiOn Of her
power, and the cries Of her people,
lurnlsfl material for chapters in the
history OF the age such as can be
written Of no other European colln-
try, Turkey excepted.
1t now appears that Premier uuu-
ovas has sent word to the bunglny
commander at Havana that the Gu
pan lnsurrcction must be suppressed
without further delay. 1t also ap-
pears that the premier has given for
mai notice through Il communication
in his Madrid organ, that, though
ms efforts to secure Il foreign loan
have failad, it is imperative that
money shall be procured in some way
from somewhere
But how can Wcvlcr obey orders
for the prompt suppression Of the
cvcr-incrcasiny Cuban rebellion, and
in what way is it possible to re-
plenisl the all-cngultiny Spanish
treasury?
SO many troops have already been
sent to Havana that Spain is unable
to bear a further drain upon her man
hood, and, in case the Carlists were
to carry out their threat of rising in
revolt, she would be utterly unable
to give them battle, much less to
carry on q long campaign against
them, like that Of some wears ago.
| When Spain ships to Cuba the rcyi-
mcnts promised for this month or
for December, nearly the entire body
Of recruits raised by the con>cription
Of 1896 will be engaged in foreign
wars, fighting in Cuba and in the
PHILIPPINES, campaigning in the
West indies and the East Indies.
struggling to retain for Spain those
ncagcr colonial possessions which are
yet in her grasp. Let Span's troops
meet with such misrortuncs in the
coming winter as they have hereto
fore met with and Spain will have to
make her place among the countries
that have been Subvcrted and shat
tered. 1t may be expected that the
tottcring throne will fail, and that
the queen regent and her royaI son
ri in l'rancc, rich in tic tic lhncrita lH &c &c
Of the crown, but diScrcditcd before
the world.
1T might be inferred from the mill
itary statistics recently published at
Madrid, that but only $50, 600 Span
ish troops had been employed III the
Cuban war. This may be the num-
Der Of men transported from Spain
to Havana since March Of last year:
but tho Spanish military publication
makes no reference to the regiments
that were in Cuba at tllc outbreak of
the war, or the SO-callcd volunteers
who have been enlisted in Cuba tor
the Spanish service. After taking
account Of these, there is full justiti-
cation for the statement that fully
22O. .OGO men carrying the Spanish
cOlCrs have been engaged in the work
Of trying to suppress the Cuban in
surrcctiou.
The results have been most dis
couraging to Spain. In the eight
months OF WcyIcr's military admin
stration, with this great army under
his command, he has accomplished
nothing for his government. lie has
! issued savage dccrccS, which have in
creased the hatred Of Cuba for Span
ish rule, and he has enforced these
DEGREES in a manner which has more
than sustained Spain's reputation for
relentless cruelty in war. While
thus engaged this bastard has seen
the revolutionary army constantly
growing in Numbers aud strength.
while steadily extending the terri
tory under the control Of It's COM
nanatrS.
All the time, too, the outlook gets
gloomicr for Spain in Cuba. She
may fight through the coming Win
ter under Wcvlcr, but the var must
be one Of despair When the forces
Of Gomez, M"cro aud Garcia shall be
united near Havana, and shall be
able to make use Of the artillery
which has come into their possession,
Il struggle for the mastery Of the
capital will doubtless be he next
thing in order, and vino would at
tempt to forecast the fortune Of
/ Spain in such struggle: 1t night
be forcsccn if one could anticipate
even partial uprising Of the Cuban
patriots living uncasily in Havana.
IN the event Of an uprising on their
part, it would be safe to look for the
appearance Of the revolutionary tlag
upon the Spanish ramparts at the
Cuban capital.
AS to the treasury Of Spain, the
premier is in Il quandarv. lie says
he hopes that the railway companies
will furnish Il loan, and, he adds, 'lt
we should vainly exhaust our foreign
resources, ! rely upon the patriotism
OF The country to provide finally the
means to crush the rebellion III Cuba
and the PHILIPPINE islands," But
/ CanoEas has appealed to the railway
companies every day for months past
only to sec their backs turned upon
him. lie had previously appealed,
again and again to the patriotism OF
Spain, without ever securing the
pc>ctas for which he begged The