The herald., 1896-01-18

Quesada, the secretary of the Cuban party
in the United States, was informed of the
intended appointment of General Palivaja
to replace Martinez de Campos he ex-
claimed with enthusiasm:
"Good! That is worth ten battles to us.
This is considered as q confession of the
fate of the Spanish government in Cuba,
as General Campos was the first military
chief in Spain and one of the ablest politi-
clans. In this opinion we are borne out by
General Azcarraga, the minister of war of
Spain who, ON the first of January, in de-
nying the rumor of the resignation OF
Campos, said the retirement of Csmpos
would be the first national defeat before
the rebels. before Europe and before the
United States.
'Now, if General Campos has been una
BILE to crush the rebellion, it cannot be eX-
pected that General Polivaja, who never
showed any military ability, as he was
only and aide of Campos in the last war,
will be able stop the victorious revolution
ary movement"
ROYALIST EDITORIAL
New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE World this
morning prints a special from Havana
giving an editorial in the Diario de la
Marina, which attracted so much atten-
tion. The editorial says:
"In our evening edition yesterday we re-
ferred to a dispatch from Madrid stating
that news had been received from Cuba
that caused the greatest anxiety there. il
such is the case in Spain, where
owing to the fact dispatches have
been received by the way of the United
States, they could entertain hopes as 20
their falSity or eXaggeratiOn, and where
they could receive adequate coloring at
the hands of the premier and having
reached there just after the minister of
war had stated at a public banquet that
the end OF the war was near, owing to the
position of the troops and the supposed eX-
haustion of the enemy's ammunition, what
shall we, loyal residents of this island say;
we, who are daily disappointed in oNr
hopes of reading some decisive and favor
able news, often receiving instead no nows
of final blow. which, is utterly impossible,
but some unwelcome news.
In vain have we advised time after
time, confidence and serenity. In vain,
because no one can doubt ultimate success,
but families that have lost their all, be it
great or small, those who have witnessed
the assassination of husband, father, or
brother; merchants who have seen their
capital disappear, cannot find consolation
in confidence and serenity. The final tri-
umph is sure. And who doubts it? But
our conviction of final triumph cannot
prevent lamentations over the present state
of affairs and cause one to refrain from
applying an efficient remedy of our present
condition without being desperate, is very
those who do not wish to see.
wherever our columns have succeeded
in bringing about an engagement our tri-
umph has been as complete as our enemy's
resistance would permit, but the latter.
eluding battles, dsbanding only to unite
again, and availng themselves of the SUI
periority of the cavalry, managed to put
large distances between our columns and
themselves, extending their rava yes from
one extreme end of tpe island to the other.
Lines of defense proved useless. Notwith-
standing them, Gomez marched from the
east over ruins to the viciuity of Ha-
vana. The material loss may be
placed between $3O,000,OO0 and S4O,-
100000. But far more precious are
lives which have been sacrificed in defense
of our country. And after all this is the
nation to be satisfied with the cry of con-
fldence and serenity just because we up
hold order and desire our governor should
be invested with all prestige due him and
revuired to work a change in the present
condition and because we do not care to
discuss our general just when he is in the
presence of an enemy who pro-
longed this war longer than it
should have lasted. We wish to
dissipate the dense atmosphere which It'll
said-on what authority we know not-sur-
rounds the palace and prevents public
opinion and knowledge of existing def
ciencies penetrating therein, as we'll as in
measures that could be employed to render
less unbearable the present state. To
reach practical solution in this direction
we believe representative persons should
present themselves to the general and lay
before him the exact course in which pub
lie opinion is flowing, and state, with all
due respect, all that they think could be
done to condUce to the re-establishment of
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