Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-16
.CUBANS ARE N w AHEAD
CONDITION OF THE SPANISH FORCES.


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New iuih' 49,. '' N'9p''e" W
The world from Havana says
Con Blanco has entered upon an al
,s. homeless task The present Cuban
most h"P' 80, 49,, +. a.' -.
SITUATION 10 SUM '''"' 1t 'ee'''s "'ip"S'
slhle 20 effect the reforms and accom-
Itch with suavity what the greatest
I. in the history of tho colonial
Hi"' n, 60 o,,oo,,,,,,t,,,
wars has failed TO accomplish
spain's present policy is announced
4, he one of combined Cancellation and
I. ,rnaare Ia ba os sn,na snop-
force II "ple'''" '' 9V'''e ,p',''
ish journals nave cu'leu H. Sulelu"i
rolicv." The peculiar and not gener-
a., ,,,,dsrstood conditions of the Gu
aug -. ,,,,,, ,,,t,, az. ,e,,,t,.,
ban sTuhs'e Nv" '''''NN my
tory move direct play into the hands
OF the insurgents.
This Is particularly true OF the
PROCLAMATION OF Nov ~ whlch com
mands civll ana military authnflties TO
aid in protecting the sugar properties
tact the sugar estates hkely to operate,
Gen. Blauco Will nave to practically
close the operations against the m
surgents. tie mas NOT enough men 10
do both things. MOST OF the plnnta-
tons were worked Ihst year Tor snort
periods. All palu their own Euarus
and most oil them pald the Gupuns as
we'll Those pllhtets VIM Glu nut Ply a,s
tribute were iorceu 10 uoupIe OF tIcple
their guards.
Only about ~ per cent OF inc sugar
plantations OF cupa that operated Two
years ago. nave machinery modern
enough or cane IN suou enuuBh Cohul
ton to warrant Grlhuihs AT 'hc present
price OF sugar ,.. T.. s,.,
Gen BlahSo VIII haVe 10 iu 15 ano es-
timated nodsrateiy' AZ least l-,VvV mem f
or 20 gurus u each Vi loI'S-lou
pIantauoiS; ..,,,,. ,.,,.,,, e,,,,, c.,.a.-
THESE soiI,ers nus. to .r I'm i,, 10,
now optr3unS uS"i''9. ."V , iiisu' + ei ~,
y Is noI M, M ,mo, nS tha in,,os p
forgotten me lesson Oh tne illV1sloh
ana WI, AK ne , , t'o oI,p7, ron ,.I
BuaIu NY IT, ~ ~ '' o1,' s. ts
unse SI r1,c tn tbe ononly 'rhn i,r,1a
.i.. 5,,,I,ar sarc,d ,,,. h,,u,r7,,,
W, ~ ,,,,icnr,,1 ,,a1,. -,
l,o [uiJmoe, ,orn nrnia,ia M. tba
sssorn ''
NJ tbor bnlf Of tho r,,rei nonulo-
etc., b,g ,iIeanneorad baytn,- hoo, ,n,tr-
Ssr.d Ia. Wryiar nnd his snnnnrtors
Tho same mon arc n,ucb moro dirsct-
~ "g occomntabl" for the inhwraan man.
nsr In which their snIandidiv brav.
ssiJi.rs ba,,o haen urdcr Tod md M
far u "a haa
sSrvativeIv comnutsd from oniciaI
Cgrrss 1ittla more tban mir ara laft
aiivs orJ yvbnt or the 15o ooo naossnt
iods snain sent To Cuba The fgnrcs
are. Disd In hosnitais 40 0no. kjIlad ana
Sisd an mo fioId 10 O01, sert hack 70
snaln as "irutIle" Ok 000. now in hos.
nitoIs 10 O0o. total a oOo NJ thia
,norrnIis niirber II ia in,nrnbohie
that more Than 10 600 met drath ~
J'salii,t,, ,r',,, c,i, S',,tCit.
dpring The real G@htin" NJ The invosiom
and tha sIx mnnths tbereaftar
General Niece osti,natnd tbat ,oor.
than Al 900 Snanish soldiers had raiier
In battle. Thai was in Su~,,st iSGf
since thsp ver,, litie a,,bti,,s re- ~,
done
II Gen. RIonco folIoys nm his nroc-
hmatlon and rrards su,sr n,ai,in,,
this yeur he win not have more thar
q 0l0 mon nvniiable foi scr,'ir,.
AGAINST tbe Insnrgants of tho aa Gno
troopg nj his comm3nd "a ma '', ,,s