The sun., 1896-10-18
MORE SPANISH HAILS.
Why. oh why Doesn't Weyler Win a Vie
tory In Cubni

tory In Cubni
MADRID, Oct. 4.-The following paragraphs
arc from El .NIer0 Mundo. over the signature
of NJ. Troyano. one of tho leading Spanish
Journalists:
I'VE are blndly running toward the abyss
That is to say. It is the Ministerials who arc
blind. The rest of tho Spaniards see clearly
what is going on. But 1t is the Ministerials
who lead the procession and there is 10 way
to make them change its course.
ITO make things worse. the Philippine
question absorbs all attention now, and the
Cuban war. which is OF much greater import
anCe, seems 70 be reiegated TO secondary
rank.
The public critcise Gen. BlancO and spare
Gen. Weyler And yet.Blanco does the best
he can with his scant means In the Philip
pines. while Weylor. whose resources are
enormous. does not in tho least alter tho course
of the Cuban war.
Everybody asks why the 10000 new
cruits have not been sent 10 Pnar del Rio.
These powerful reenforcements might tall
upon Maceo and annihilate him. The rest
OF the isla"d might bo sudued after Plnar del
Rio was pacited. The moral effect OF u great
Victory is very important. and this 10 Just what
&c :e4t Generals have always shown their
ability by 80 handling their troops as to over
whelm them IT the right moment, despite
their ab olute numerical superiority. In this
vay The great Frederick OF Prussia fought with
out serious disadvantage against the combined
armies OF France, Austria and Russia, and
Napoleon sustained tho most admirable Of his
campaigns, that OF lSl4, against all tho Euro
I'm spain we do things differently. The tai
ent of our Generals consists In Ing their
troops in such . way that they are IN every ca
outnumber by an Inferior enemy. II what
they propose Is to proiong the war, no bette.
system could be found.
III Liberal publishes the following statistics.
said to be based upon onciai dispatches sent
by Gen. Weyler from Feb. 10. when he ar-
fived in Havana, unt I'll Aug. 81
whom 8, 800 were killed, l,470 were woun led.
4Oj were taken prisoners, l,47o SURRENDERED
TO the authorities and $40 were mentioned IN
tie dispatches as losses Of the enemS: ,,.
that the the troops which have been sent TO
Cuba arc not so numerous as has been report
ed. According TO that newspaper, only looooi'
1880 until sept. 80. lSDB. They are classed
as follows: Forty-two Generals, t3s Colonies.
and Lieutenant-Colonels. 1854 officers from
Lieutenant 70 Major ana l'sps' PDateS PDsa ss, .na
mates that the available troops IN tuDa now
are l5O, 900, to which $4,000 volunteers ana
gusrrillas mus be added, thus making Total
OF 23OO0o, against a total OF Some oo'ooo in-
In 1877. when the insurrection was confined
to the central and eastern provinces; me span
sh army was more numerous. ,n Iheps ere. were wat
Grams. so, 900 Spanish yolunteers' ana ii1;;ooo
Cuban volunteers, guerrillas, anu iinuh-
men. In all. 26S,7 100 men against pafeiy
4 900 insurgents. poorly equipped, ana occupy
ing only part of the slsLd. Yet, it was not oy
force of arms that the insurrection endSa,
few months later, on Feb 3. 1873. Iheso
ngures may explain why the Cubans feel so
conhdent OF their success, despite the announce
ment that more soldiers are 10 10 seh' W 'ne
island.