Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-19
THE CUBAN SITUATION
Absolute Inability of the Madrid Author
tiles to Comprehend It
They Seem to BE Impatient at the
Slow Progress Gen. Weyler
IL Making.

A friend Of Cuba, speaking to represon-
tative Of The Star today, said:
IF anything were necessary to show the
absolute inability of the authorities at Mad
rid to comprehend the situation in Cuba.
the morning dispatches would supply it.
Here comes the story now that hey are
growing impatient with Gen. Weyle-, as
they grew impatient with Gen. Carpos.
The man Of blood and terror is not coming
up to expectations. He doesn't seem to be
making any Roadway. Gomez and Maceo
are still roaming over the island at will,
just as they did before Weyler landed. 1t
is plain enough from this that the Mairid
officials. having rejected all of the reports
ard suggestions Of Gen. Campos, expected
the impossible even of Gen. WeyIer. They
had evidently persuaded themselves that
the failure of Gen. CampoS was due entire
ly to his humanity: that the policy that had
been pursued in the ten-years war was all
that YVES necessary to bring this war to a
speedy close. But they are finding them
selves mistaken. The times have changed
Even butchery has its limitations.
Another Complication.
Gen. Weyler is doing what he can to
execute his commission. Accompanying
this story of Impotence at Madrid is one
from Havana, showing a serious embar-
rassment growing out of the fury of the
Weyler crusade. Some subordinate officer
probably with Gen. Weyler's own career
before his eyes. and fired with hope of be-
coming the Weyler of the future-has be-
come responsible, in the excess Of his zeal
for the shooting of an American citizen,
and the man not having been killed, an in
vestgation is On foot This must puzzle
and at the same time discourage Gen.
Weyler. With his superiors at rome COM
planning of too little zeal, and the facts on
the island showing too much zeal. and
bringing him into collision with the Amcri-
can authorities, he doubtless fines mis- Il ad
a hard one to travel
| As Much Cooped Up as Campos Was.
Then he is just as much cooped up as
ever General Campos was. Even his own
advices show this. All Havana advices may
be set down AS his. His press censor doc
| tors every story sent through regular chan
nels, and even in these the fact cannot be
disguised that the Spanish are helpless ex-
| cept in the larger towns and cities And
the truth probably is that they are becom-
ing demoralized even there. With demorali-
cation always come excuses, and in the
sorties that the Spanish troops make in an
| effort to prove that they are earning their
salt many helpless people are probably ex-
| termfnated-or cleaned cut as the Spanish
| minister prefers to have it expressed"
what IL General Weyler should be re-
called?' was asked.
Wcyler Will Not DC Recalled.
THAT need not be looked for. The only
possible way for Spain to win is by the
policy she has prescribed for Weyler, and
which he is better prepared and disposed to
execute than any other man wearing her
uniform. To recall Weyler, therefore, would
| be to throw up the sponge. No; Spain is
hardly likely to recall him. She may lee
| ture him and prod him, and make it very
uncomfortable for him, but it is difficult to
see how she could go further with profit to
| herself. She is in for it now on the VIEWER
line. Her recall of General Campos was the
rejection of the policy of humanity and au-
tonomy while the insurgents continued in
the field Nothing remains to her but the
policy of subsection by terror and butcherv.
and even that, if it is to be executed at all,
must take but little time. Her funds are
running low, and it is money that makes
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