The evening times., 1897-03-10
SPAIN At HER ROPES END
No More Re-enforcements to Be
Sent to Cuba.
WEYLER ADVISED OF THE FACT
Spanish Exchequer Exhausted and
Further Loans Not Likely to Be
Negotiated Besides, the Carl
lists Are Threatening Reyoiu-
tioh Too Late for Reform.

New York, March 10.-The Suns cor
In the month of May SPANS sinews OF
war VIII be exhausted, and the Spanish
government, confronted by two threatening
revolutions at home-one by the Carfists,
and the other by the epublicans-will be
obliged to give up the struggle in Cuba,
abandoning the island to the insurgents.
Such, ut least, is the substance OF all the
news and opinions received here from
Madrid in private letters TO leading Span
iards, who have Important connections with
the court. senor Romero Rot,iedo, who
wrote one OF the letters. says that she sit
uation, in his opinion, is extremely critical.
Gen. Martinez Campos says In another let
ter that the Cubans are now stronger than
ever. and that To crush the revolution Spain
needs TO make three times as great an ef
fort now as a year ago, which means 600.-
900 men and $500, 100000. Can such an
effortbe made? Martinez Campos says that
the answer viii be given by those who
know the real situation of Spain.
For reforms or home rule" he adds
lit is too late"
All the Officers in the Spanish army now
in Cuba, who belonged 10 the Carlist army
during the last war in the peninsula, have
received secret advices from the agents Of
Don Carlos that their military rank VIII be
recognized by 1.-THE king" and they win
receive promotion in case they return to
the service Of their rigttful sovereign"
The Spanish officers who belonged to
the army of Don Carlos, and VINO, after be-
ing pardoned by the late king, Don Al
fonso XII. are serving under the Spanish
flag in Cuba, are very numerous They
have not thriyed, and have always been re-
garded with suspicion by the authorities.
FROM reliable sources, the correspondent
is able TO say that the agents of Don Carlos
are working with great energy in Cuba
among the old Carlist element. A scheme
for general uprising in the peninsula was
planned few months ago. and was ready
to be carried out when Don Carlos daugh-
ter ran away with married man in Italy.
This incident, from the Royalist point OF
view, worked much injury for the time TO
the Carlist cause, and it was decided TO
wait a few more months. Now the time
is considered ripe, and Spain will probably
become once more the scene OF a civil
war.
In consequence of this critical condition
OF affairs, the central government has
notified Gen. Neyier that no more re-en-
forcements are to be expected from Spain.
new call on the reserves would evoke
protest throughout the country that would
be very dangerous at this moment. More
over, no more money is to be expected for
Cuba after May ] because the government
has to attend also to the war in the Phiip-
pines and 10 the course OF events at home
The general opinion is that the aban-
donment OF Cuba will not be made by
an official decree and the withdrawal
of the Spanish troops. No Spanish gov
ernment would dare to inflict such a
wound upon the national pride. But as in
South America, the mother country viii
simply cease to send further resources She
viii give up height on her part and leave
the Spaniards on the island to shift for
themselves.
This opinion is supported by the words
of Senior CaRovas, who says that he VIII
blow out his brains before he viii sign a
decree for the evacuation OF Cuba. He
writes to Don Manuel Calvo, a prominent
Spanard OF Havana:
The time is near at hand when the
mother country. having done her entire
duty, will ask her loyal sons in Cuba TO
support with their patriotism the over
whelming burden or Spains calamities."