The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-19
BLANCO IS PUZZLED.
Confronted With Two Glasses Of His
Own People in Cuba
NEITHER CAN BE SATISFIED.
One l. the Conservaiies. Who Take No
Part In Autonomy. hut the other
Makes Demands That Seem TO
Bo Almost Unreasonable.

new infk. Jan. lo.-Accor1ing 70
Tho Tribune correspondent at Havana,
mdgcring the government occupies the
attention Of two CLASSES In Cuba at pres
emit One class h the Conservatives,
who arr pudisposed 10 fault finding
Determined 10 have no share in the ad.
minisiration Of autonomy, they are now
congmtulating themselves ON their de-
cision. Tho responsibility Of implant-
ing that system Is, indeed, a heavy one,
and those who do not share In Il are
fortunate, The other class Is a new ere
alton. lts members call themselves rad.
ical autonomists They arr aggressive
and critical. II the authorities depart
from the straight path Of home rule they
cry the lapse from the housotops The
amnesty that has already bcen extended
docs not satisfy them They demand
that Woylcr and all his works be- disa-
vowed, and call Tor rcpamtion Of Unjust.
Ice IN individual eases that seem 20 have
been excluded from the general clomon.
cy. They also insist on the immediate
reform Of various admitted abuses. The
prcss censorship, they declare, Is not
compatible with a. libcml regime. and
they demand d. removal In short. the
radical autonomists have programme
which causes them Ia b. designated both
a. disguised insurgents and Us embryo
reb,ls
IL Is unfortunate for the regime Of
autonomy that Misunderstanding have
arisen between Madrid and Havana.
Tho opposition prctcnds not 10 know
whether the Cuban government Is cap
tained by General Blanco OF the autono-
mist cabinet.
Where genuine doubts exist they aro
solved satisfactorily by clecting 10 rost
under the authority Of the captain gen.
cral. But the MISUNDERSTANDING b.
tween the ,agasia ministry aud the an.
Economist cabinet cannot D. settled NJ
easily. The autonomist constitution i
a comprehensive one. Il NAV b. that
its authon did not thoroughly know
their own work The control 81 the ia.
dietary was a delicate matter. The an.
tonumisi cabinet thought ii had boen de-
cidcd Ia favor 90 home rule appoint.
ment,, but tho minister 81 the oolouic.
has rcantly made the nominations o,
judges and magistrates The cabinet
pruiosts. Madrid responds, rrgrrttinr
the mistake, but explains that provision
al autonomy did not 20 into eject until
Jan. ], and these nominations. though
Fazcttod now, worr In rJalify made D.
[ turu that date. The Madrid nowsIapers
an dcplunng the painful impression that
Tins incident has clused. givr utiennc,
o. the fear that b may bring In question
the good faith with which autonomy /.
boing implanted Thor fears aro not
basoloss The calumet. however. rcoeive.
little sympathy H. critics point oat
slips on 90, part which scom 90 show d
lack Of familiarity with the constitution
under hich Il Is working.
These cmharmssmonts, while annov
ing. ar not of a serious nature. II au
touomy werc acceptable 20 majority
Of the poople Of Cuba they would uol
lcoTarlizc IT, success But Il must b,
stated that the majority Of the people Of
the island In the insurrcnt camps ol
within the limits Of Spanish sovereignty
an not paying much heed % autonomy
o. a political system. Civil administa
tion Is rccciving little attention. tn,
government, which means Captain
General BlanCo. aud not the autono
mist cabinet Is asked what the further
plans Tor the war ans aud when the,
viii b. put In force. The news fron
| Madrid l. that the plan Of Genera
Blancos military operations has beer
published and has had a COOL effect
The plan has not been published hen.
What there is Of the army Is in ignor
ancc Of the prospective operations. Tn
Madrid IMPORTS about the gooi effect pro
duccd oause only derision The intolli
gcncc that the populacc. II not the puh
lie men, has been led On Look for the end
ing Of the instruction within moutl
b looked upon as incredible. Tho con
diuons IN Cuba arr viewed through DAT
fOrcnt glasses.
The questions about the conduct Of IN
war bring the radical autonomists 10 IN
front with their series Of interrogation
points Since the insurgents will no
acccpt autonomy, the radicals want IN
government 90 ask Gomez and his ass0
ciatcd chiefs what they wall Accent
Must it b. complete independence Wi
they consent 20 keep the shadow q
/ spain's sovereignty In some formY Tn
newspaper which h the organ OF thos
began by Pumping its inquiries at Sono
Calves, The president OF the autonomi.
cabinet Tie responded by stopping hi
subscription. General Blanco was not
subscriber, and when che questions wcr
turned on him, that method Of resent
mcnt was not opcn. Tho autumists an
Rcfomists, who formcdan organization
90 support the government. are ais
asked what thciI next step Is. who
autonomy was formally proclaimed the
doclarcd the whole system was an al
chrunism; Independence an cutopia
ohimcn. Moro plainly, some of thcr
put it that IN trying autonomy, Spai
played her last carl, bat they VEN SUI
she would turn tumps The insuugcr
conservatives, on their part, have n
plan beyond picking flaws They r,a
he IN dull way that lho system und,
which cub was governed cannot b. n
siorod. They have nothing 10 take Z
place. They agDoc that Blanco's mil