The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
Gen. Ramon Blanco for Cuba.

When the new Captain-General OF Cuba
takes command at Havana. he will ascer-
tain hat the boastful dispatches sent TO
Spain by Gen. WEYLER were untrust-
worthy. The Spanish Army has not quelled
the instruction in two-thirds of the prov
inces Of the island, and not one of these
provinces has been subdued or paciied.
The Spanish Army has not been successful
in one-tenth of the engagements which
have been heralded as Spanish victories.
The revolutionary forces have not been re-
duced TO small bands of Guerrillas. The
Cuban leaders are not in a state of profound
encouragement. There is not q sign that
WEYLER would have closed the war in vic
tory IL he had retained his place for any
number Of months longer.
We apprehend that WETLER's successor,
Gen. RAMON BLASco, will ascertain, when
he gets to Havana, that WETLER has al
ways misrepresented the situation in Cuba,
and that nearly all the bulletins which he
sent 10 Madrid were untruthtul. 1t is
probable that BLASCo will suffer disap-
pointment when he comes to see the state of
things in Cuba Ifhe has believed WETLER's
Dragging bulletins, he may have been led
TO think that il will be easy for him to put
an end TO what is left of the rebellion in
Cuba, and thus win glory before he returns
to Spain. But we imagine that he won't
find it easy. 1t is possible that when
BLASCo learns, by personal observation,
all about the Cuban war, he may give in
formation TO the Spanish Government con-
Trajectory of hat which it has received for
so long a time from WETLER. Anyhow, it
is unlikely that he will try to make the job
which he has taken up look smaller than it
is. 1t is not probable that, when he reaches
Havana, he will send home word that the
rebellion is on its last legs.
We have learned that BLASco has already
notified his Government that reinforce
ments will be needed in Cuba. This notih.
cation suggests that he does not put much
faith in WE1LER's bulletins. Who can
say that when he comes within sight of the
revolution he will not call for the doubling
Of SPANS army in Cubal
4 few days ago, when BLANco was CD.
pointed TO the Office of Captain.General OF
Cuba, he told Of the energy" which he
would put into his campaign against the
rebels. His remarks at that time seemed
As il they were meant TO serve as a retiec
tion upon WEYLER. We shall soon see
how his energy is TO be made manifest, and
the result of il.
When the new Captain-General gets &c
Cuba. he will ascertain at once that the
rcvolutionists are battling for nothing les.
than independence, and that they will not
lay Town their arms to gain any reform
that he can offer, or even for the sake o.
autonomy under Spain. 1t has always beer
the opinion of the Spanish Government,
that they could be induced TO accept some
thing less than liberty, and Gen. BLANcc
himself recently gave utterance to thi,
opinion. He will get at the truth sooI
after he lands in Cuba. He will asccrtai,
that the system" of which he has ex
pressed his approval is not one that viii
satisfy revolutionary Cuba.
We do not believe that BLASco will b,
any more successful in Cuba than WEYLEI
has been. IL is probable, however, that
when he gets there, he will! be brought I,
IN understanding of some things whicl
he has not understood in Spain.