The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
VILE SPAIN GET our OF oUBAs
mo Question II How Calmly Discussed BY tn
Public or Madrid.

mo Question Ii How Calmly Discussed By the
Public or Madrid.
MADRID, June 2s.-The Government no longer
attempts to impress the Spanish people with the
belief that Cuba Is pacifed or Is likely to be
soon. The prevailing belief here to-day Is that
never since MGximo Gomez and Maceo fell upon
the overconfdcnt Marines Campos and entered
the western provinces has tho Cuban insurreo-
ton been 30 formidable as 1t is now. Col. Alas
said yesterday to o group Of politicians at the
Salon de ConJercncias in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties:
1T must be recognised that the alleged mac
tvity Of Maxine Gomez, who has been repre-
sented to be roaming about tho farms La Re-
forms and Teresa with no end in Wow except to
avoid o serious encounter with Gen. Weyler's
soldiers, constitutes q most brilliant page In bis
career. II Maxine Gomez. anxious to win
ephemeral glory. had ventured upon another
raid into the western territory he would surely
have facilitated the execution Of Gen. Weylor's
attempt to strike q deathblow at the i~nsurreo-
ton. for with his large army concentrated in a
comparatively small district, with railroads and
telegraph lines strongly protected by forts,
and the towns all garrisoned. tho insurgent
chief, however shrewd and smart, would most
surely have succumbed in q struggle in which
all the odds were against him. But, by remain
ing In the centre Of the island, Gomez has ac-
complished what, at the beginning Of the cam
paign, when &C. 900 soldiers were added to the
Already large army of Spain in Cuba, appeared
to every impartial observer to be impossiblei
that Is, no has made It possible to maintain the
insurreotion in the provinces OF Havana and
Mstanzas, where the poorly equipped insurgents
have no natural detenees. To prevent Comes
Weyior had TO divide lis army INTO several corps
out his plan Of gradually crushing the insurrec-
ton. Thus, the insurgents in PinaT del Rio.
With oompaTative ease. while those in the prov.
ince of Santa Clara, where the Spanish troops
trick which has aiWsys Woriedd successfuily
With the Cuban insgrgents. They scattered
from ten to twenty men, who could easily OBJ
tain food and elude capture.
uati S0T Is t entir reS r di9ssr sG1s09 The has Spanish SSmi Shs army my
loses now more than one.half Of It's force, The
Official reports place the number OF sick soldiers
eiude only those who 16S,'S are Seriously SICK in the
hospitals. There are twice as many who, suffer
Ing from no definite illness, are none the less un-
"This explains how; after several months of
that after ali Gen. Weyier was right in deoiar,
Ing the western provinces pacihed. the insur-
ssoass ss en- s S.S SRsfass VII q al al. s eSaH q T ssoso
yis%. s y ssn. tstSise and nc t Tie aoS Sss Gss% as 70
The feeling. described by the renowned mill.
tary editor Of "a Gorrespondenoia dc Espaha
finally. severed all connection with the Con.
~allusion to the possible abandonment of Cuba.
People discuss this solution Of the conflict with
Ing s the sentiment n Iasmae Of u thoso Whose motto had,
until now, been TO fight for the maintenance OF
SPANS rights in Cuba until the last peseta was
To remove ali doubts, II any remained, as to
the actual power OF the insurrection, the CORE
Spondent OF ~ IntpGrcfdt In Havana cables by
THE situation, far from improving, every day
he westerns nof pr oHG %S'o where the Insurgents
frequently commit All sorts OF outrages, despite
as they We're before these provinces Inc We're declared
pscihsd: The condition In Havana province ID
The correspondent adds details of much recent
have already been reported IN The Sun, and
The sanitary condition Of the army Is most
alarming. There are oyer 10000 sick soldiers
from Havana, have been again converted into q
military hospital. Malaria 10 making ravaRes
e ei%SaE n the ast taGHp' h ha ths Sssn s sss' tS sns m Il !.
urgently required that fifty more physiGiaas DC
saii sspass Ill., T 1s.r n u S6sb 2, , sSldi CT ia ssta yassi by
The political ENHANCEMENT continues. Great
excitement prevails as 9 result Of the decree
sus., Tie Reformists have decided not to, assist
IN the census operations. on the ground thai
Ihe Municipal Commissions charged with this
service and several civil Governors do not In
spite them with confidence. The Autonomisti
wii take part In the coming ELECTION; FL Pas
tne party's organ, declares that 1t will co
operate with the Government toward the es
punishment Of the now regime. as 4 has conf
ADDS hat sssastua hah maSifes TON has 1diiisappoInte(
the aspirations of the Cuban Autonomists."
,lhG attitude Of the A~utonomists and Reform
ISIS is ridiculed here. Everybody says tina
mere are only two political parties In Cuba
snat ot the uncompromising Spaniards, and thu
Iecessionist party. and so II 10 useless that any
sauTtonomist or Reformist should present him
who as a candidate for election. The CubanI
"no formerly voted for the Autonomist part>
%as AL In the insurgent ranks, several news
eealRStrs say, and, az TO the R~etormists, this part
and ambitious Spaniards for whom there Is nj
'oomi IN the incorporating Spanish party.