The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
IINNoT STOP THE WAR
! Cuban Leaders Could Not
wv End the Revolution.
UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE.

,u,orty VIII Bring Peace To the Dew
wv ted Island of Cuba-The Patriots See
80. spain's Ierfidy-The American
,nment Could MOI Carry Out the
80. of the Mother Country Without
All Use of Force.
..inoton. Feb 20.-Perhaps the
,p,nortant feature of the recent
from cuba is that which enables
80 nudge of the spirit of the men
,he field, the rank and file of the
nhonary army. 1t would be impos-
81. COR any Cuban leader to 'call off,
evolution. In ordinary wars the
amanders of an army, or rather, it
S,v be said, the rules of country, has
=. nower to give orders for the stop
Of hostihties. Neither the presi-
,.1t Of the Cuban republic nor the gen.
..l NJ its army possesses any such
rsr II one were to suppose that
'ther of them would try to exercise
most certainly he could not be sue
cssful.
Tho neculiarity of the Cuban war Is
.,.t n Is a war of the Cuban people.
The Cuban army and people are one,
rrorv insurgent in the ranks is a be-
uover in the cause for which he fights,
An of the insurgents know for what
MS mat they are fighting. Unlike the
muzzled troops of a conscripted Euro
mean army, who fight when they are
hidden, or lay down their arms when
ordered to surrender, are the soldiers of
Cuba, who enlisted to wage the war Of
iteration till it shall be successful. 1t
only in so far as the leaders entertain
the same purpose that they could be
Induced to follow them.
VIII Fight to the End.
This is the most interesting feature
Of the revolution. 1t Is not a war in
which, the men were ordered to take
part It is not war for the termination
(Which any man can issue orders. 1t
was Cuba that raised the standard of
revolt against Spain two years ago, and
Cuba will have to be crushed, or to
gain independence, before that revolt
can be brought to an end. The more
recent advices received from Cuba agree
with those that have come from there
ever since the war began. They are
to the effect that the Cuban revolution
ay troops. the rank and file of the
army, are as full of determination as
they have been at any other time.
They know that success depends on
their own resoluteness and persistency.
They believe in their leaders and are
faithful to them, but II all the men
who now lead them were to fall in the
field the war would yet be waged as 1t
has been. In this uncomfortable spirit
Of Cuba lies the hope of the revolution.
II is spirit which has no place in
Weyler's army of obfuscated conscripts.
II is the sublime spirit of liberty. The
more recent advices from Cuba make
itmanisfest that he revolutionary patri-
OTIS clearly understand SPANS designs
toward their country. and are convinced
M Ia treachery in them.
w.. Mr. Sssrey Nor Refoxr
her debasing te listen 20 snsan. sGcept
arms, there wou.5 - r na,tsssr .v~ crog nor
spain tbet sh 80 1t is unfortunaSe 10,
mpiolatinsnce- I6sients of honor. Mex
leo, Peru, and other countries which
were once her colonies had SO many ex-
periences Of her bad faith that even
when they were under her power they
gave no heed to any promise which she
made them.
Cuba has had like experiences in past
times, the most painful of which fol-
lowed the termination of the last war
lor independence, when Spain flung
aside every obligation which she had
incurred. 1t is foolshness to say that
Inc United States stands ready to guar
antee Spanish good faith at this time.
spain has already refused Mr.. Cleve-
ands offer, and, were the American
goVernment to undertake the execution
Oh any pledge made by Spain to Cuba,
would surely have to resort to force,
and thus the two countries would be-
come involved i'm war.