New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19
THE NEW ORDER IN CUBA


,ess to forego that privilege Is progress 'o"a'u
establishing autonomy. The Havana ueies
,re radical and have declared against Acquires
,ence ., .,,o, is ,era.
,fter 10 represent the principles OF
sp.,orm,stas is now thing Of existence the
.,eur,ent Of its mission is Of the future lts
,.oaers hone TO regenerate Cuba by applying
,,,,oo, systenn which must be established
:, -. ,,,dst Of war IN this lies the difference
,,.,.su The island to-day and the CUBA OF 1910
,hs ,,,on,ise of reforms and other means Oh per-
.,os,on enabled the Peace Of ZanJon 10 De con-
o,,ded Something more than promises. Inc &c
tuaI gift of autonomy. has not cohcluueu '"e
nresent instruction. The political commercial
and economic upbuilding must all go on uiiuei
martial law and with the clash or arms resouu
inc through the provinces Though the! 'hihN
time and themselves are two. the leaders Oh inc
nresent party Of autonomy are AFTER all o'p"e'
instead of an integer. The Government must
begin the reconstruction before their aiu can w
OF much use
WEYLER's WORK OF DIFFERENTIATION
The Government is the palace, the palace Is
captain- General Banco. the Captain-"eheIa Is
q soldier. rather than a statesman OF po''''0"
economist Probably he does not 1ully coiip''
bend what a famine OF labor supply i"e"i'
Possibly he does, but refuses 10 recos"'"e '''e
lack of resources for economic recupe'a"o
which must go forward along with REFORMS J."
the political system. An Illustration VI wv
will tell as much of the economic prospects do
a whole chapter of details. III tells a'So "o"
,horoughly Weyler's plan of eXternlilatihs ny
ruiai 20 arIen,isa a once fiourishing village IN
Pinar del Rio. has the RECORDS Vi vi - rrhe
and marriages for siXty-three years Dan
deaths in the district since January iast cpu'
,ha deaths for sixty-three years, ana ledN al.
EXCESS of twelve hundred. 1t may De sau 'i f
in a single year Artemlsa parish eNpeiio''O "
mortality of a hundred years .,,rl
Watanzas Province has a known death recoIu
since January of $4,000 1t is oeieNeo 10 mGr
exceeded 10000. or one-slX'h vi 'he P0P
OF the whole province . idao of
the loss of life inflicted on the COUNT! pbo
They make it easy TO understand WHY WV 80 ~
;,,,nitad production that escapes the raNdEeS "a
- the demand for laborers for the top,
farms and the sugar plantations Is s, nv an
less unsatisied. Captain-Generai n 80 their
not call back the country people .oii' ~,
Graves However, when he took cohtIoi d P"s
of the reconcentrado population was aNNe T.. -
daily diminishing put ira, IraTu 10 give ADEQUATE
nccor 70 this fraction. either through nullaiItI
or through the selfish purpose OF SO ninS VA
labor for its economic Vaiue II, pnrnrded The
nrod,ction there is. has TO be reoolueu' hinb
pretsn, of relief for the reconoentraoos Wiz
~ 80 ,noupurated with the advent OF ueHeIa'
Rianco was not sufficient Tor tne e,iIe and
SC, &c II was II has been TO all lntehts ailI
urnoses abandoned along with the piopos,eu
Extension of the zones of cultivation ne i ia
was little more than sham iiu," ,he reconcen-
II has brought no results 10 lhe Sanrtsnn
..dns who are kept starving IN the garrison
towns or under the guns OF the lor's'
p1.ANCO KILLS RELIEF MEASURES
With the quiet admission that is maue oi '',e
inability of the Government 10 carr! o"'. ''
heneAcent policy toward the reconcentraoos' ui'e
Question NAV be asked why the people OF the
United States are nor left free TO exercise tha'
charity 10 which they were inclined Inc al"
swer is that Spanish pride Is ooth ooeseu anu
naughty The appeals OF the Au'ohoh'' 0'
-,o,s ,brouehout the island work no change IN
Caneral Rlanco The choice having peeh hlaue
10 utilize for the troops what 1000 suPP!s o m a.
obtained the Government might ueVote an a.. ne
energies to that task and accept the anu ioi ~
country people which would come across tiis
waters Of the Gulf ul-Cienerai L ~ mau
made progress IN prsRaT nns remit the customs
dues that matter was in shape 10 DE 'aiu NC
fore Madrid in manner that wouid nave ei
ahled the remission TO be made gracefuIy. but
The Cantain- Generals kilograms TO Madrid ana
10 Washington that no aid was necessary from from
without ended the plan Of American relleI; olilcS
then the distress has not lesseneu' , gut oeI.
Rlanco does not alter his position The respon-
sibility is clear. .,o.,. :. no,
n
nc the other The return of Senior CanaleJas %
Havana after a second experience in the hed
with the troops brings to mind that IN SPAN
they are watching the campaign. General
Blanco has been reorganzing the army since ms
arrival and the reorganization has gone as ldl
as 1t can go. Vigorous movements Oh me loL ,
are promised. In the mean time CanaleJas mas
seen enough to combat successfully on his re-
turn to Madrid whatever claims General We!lei
NAV make of having paciied the provinces OF
Pinar del Rio and Havana. He Will be able 10
soften public sentiment If 1t becomes lmpa'leht
with the Captain General for not showing I'M
mediate military results. The ease with which
the troops have an engagement with the lhsur-
gents whenever they go out in earnest for one
Will be an object lesson TO the partisans IN SPAN
who think the war should be over with the dec
laration Of the policy Of autonomy me KNOW
edge which has come within Canaejas's per-
sonal observation that the insurgents usually
give the troops stiff fight will be or turner
value In intoxicating patience While optimistic
of the ultimate success OF the military cam
paign the Madrid editor will not mold out de-
iusive hopes Of end to the instruction Tor
some time to come.