The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-25
4 Visit to Cuba.

Judging from the praise which the Span
ish press lavish upon Senator HALE and
Senator HoAR, we must suppose that these
Senators would he welcomed at Havana,
more especially by Captain-Gencral WEY-
LER, whose conduct they have advocated.
1t would. we think. be desirable for them to
take a week off from their Senatorial duties,
in order to make a visit to that place.
They would thus be enabled to deter
mine for themselves the truth or the
falsity Of those reports from Cuba about
which they have frequently spoken in the
Senate, and also the rightfulness or wrong
fulness of the cause at issue between the
combatants. 1t would be very much easier
for them to make up their minds in regard
to the case by personal inspection than by
conference with Senior DCPuY DE LONE at
Washington, or by reading Cuban de-
spatches, all of which, excepting those OF
Spanish origin, are to them incredible.
The first thing for them to ascertain,
after arriving in Havana and leaving their
compliments at the Captain Generals pal
ace, will be whether there is a war in Cuba.
Both Of them deny the existence of war
there, while neither of them has denied
that there is fighting. 1t is generally adj
mitted that war is n struggle between hos
tile armies, carried on usually until success is
gained by the one side or the other. Has there
been any such struggle in Cuba for over a
twelvemonth past, and have there been bat
ties 1t will be seen by the two Senators,
Immediately after arriving at Havana, that
Spain ut least has a very large arm there,
besides a navy, and that nearly the whole of
Tho raSi1nntS nrn in military uniform and
carry guns. But, as the Senator's had heard
of that before leaving Washington, the
| main question will be whether there is any
other army in the field, an army opposed to
the Spanish. The Senators will surely not
have any difficulty in securing a sdlrO con-
ductO from the Captain-General in order to
prosecute their researches. WEYLER could
not do less for Senators who have con-
fronted the redoubtable JOHN SHERMAN on
the floor of the Senate in his behalf and
prevented the passage of those abhorent
resolutions Of belligerency. Armed, then,
each Senator of them, with his SdlrO con-
ducto, and relieved Of any other arms
which they might Use carelessly, they start
out from Havana upon their search.
They do not need to travel far, only
n very few miles from Havana. They can
meet Gen. GOMEZ before noon, II they en-
gage in a brisk walk in the morning, and
they will be within the lines of Gen. MACEo
if they walk steadily for n while longer. 1t
will be pleasant walking through n lovely
country till the end of this month, or pGr-
haps till well along in April, They had
better not take much money; nothing
more than IL carpet-bag filed with
corn dodgers, which no Spaniard could eat,
and Il pocket flask will DE necessary. We
can promise them that, as Americans, they
will be we'll received both by GOMEZ and
by MACEO, even though they have spoken
harshly of them in the senate. But can
they speak the language of these insur-
gents? We infer that Senator HALE must
be able to speak it in some measure; for it
was he who col rectcd joins SHERMAN'sSpan-
ish in the Senate, and demonstrated, with the
help of DUPUY DE LONE, that SHERMAN
had made n wrongful translation OF several
words in "A Spanish document written by
WEYLER. Besides, there is no need for
much Spanish IL is facts that are wanted,
They approach COME; "Have you an
army, Mr.. GOMEZ ~ Tho General calls
his interpreter, rs he takes of his hat to
the American flag carried by the Sena-
tors. Isl, Schor"' and GOMEZ directs
his %trunpeter to blow u blast for u
review, a blast taken up by other
trumpeters miles away, until regiment
after regiment, armed and equipped, to the
number of perhaps ten or fifteen thousand
men, all mounted, and waving the Cuban
ensign, sweep past the American Senators
and salute them as distinguished friends OF
| their ever triumphant leader. But have