The sun., 1898-02-24
r WE SHOULD GO TO WAR.
r,crs THA1 Would SHAPE
IT'S COURSE AND RiSULTs'

.u, pependcnt Upon Imports for
,,oy,d Load IN the Insurgents
All the Guns ana Cnnnon theS Ooa'a
md The, would DO the Rest-No h"nd
mar rorcrs would Bo Required
,,,r between the United states
~ ,sn.ir the island Of Cuba would oe irceu
enu % Sr.pish rule much more easily thah Is
HV" H.y,y imagined. This country wouIo not
Fe",' I - send large army TO the isianu 10 nsnt
n'S1 snoniards in the field. Ncither woulo IL
me - botnbard Havana nor attack IL In any
~, ~. ,vav Perhaps the war would ehu' us lar
w. cnho IA concerned. without the Americans
-. single shot either by lana OF sea
m'rs nn.,rh these statements may at hrst appear
N,.,;ny they are merely the logical conciu-
ss'OI - no derived from knowledge OF the rcai
- -. ~ Affairs in the struggling lslanu.
ssss ~. sroniords. with an army of 100000 men,
h,ch mot 10000 are regular troops All that
"a, NJ the 100000 soldiers sent from spain
-. ,so5 and decimatcd by battle ana SICK
-, - control only the seaports ana the strongly
.,s, ~ "A towns in the interior. The country
IN west is in the hands OF the insur-
"V The eastern part OF the island, including
t.,..o do Cuba and Puerto Principe, Is held
-. c,baS Gems Calxto Garcia. Jesus Rahi
-, Recio Loynaz. There the Cubans are
suN ~. ,han in any other section Of the island.
- haze in these two provinces 10000 men
iH,' ,-ucd and with plenty of ammunition.
.,.,. thew hold the Spanish columns In con-
, .hocr and the recent defeats of Gen.
p,ndo in Santiago de Cuba. at the entrance OF
80 c.u,, River. and OF Gen. Jimenez Castel-
VIZ =, Ia E.peranza, almost within sight OF
80 principe city. show conclusively what
~, nover Of the Cubans is in the east.
Th. central part of the island, that is to say.
49,. urovince of santa Clara. is controlled by
o., Maximo Gomez The Cuban Comm ander-
=. r,Ief mas at least O. 900 men there under his
-. With Gems. Carrilo Monteagudo, AL
~ an, several others as subordinate COM
nandeis.
Th.re are about 5000 insurgents in the prov
,,,.. AZ MatAnzas and Havana. This Is where
AZ. cubans are weakest, the Spanish fortified
,orns being nearer to one another and the span
,,b army more numerous. But, nevertheless,
,hev have strength enough TO keep up very
lively guerrilla warfare, raiding almost daily
the most important towns and making dashlng
.,,acss m the outskirts of Havana city itself.
The recent death OF their plucky leader Gen.
Iransurcn, has not ahatcd their nIdor. Gen.
Retancourt Gen. Alexandra Rodriguez, Gen.
Rafael de Cardenas and Coils. Davalos. CollaZo.
and others are cutting out a great deal OF work
every day for the Span ish and the guerrillas In
Havana and MatanZas provinces.
Pinsr del Rio province. the western extremity.
IA n Cuban stronghold. The Cubans there are as
strong as in Santa Clara and hold the long and
impregnable chain of mountains extending
,hropoh rhe proylnce They do not allow the
spaniards to get out OF iheir towns. uehs'
Deigado ana Ducas' are 'he priheila' S"pai'
leaders in that province.
The result oil this SITUATION ID 'hac INC Span
lards cannot exist on inc proouc's oi 'he couh'
try IN any part o' lie is'ahu' ihe eouh',' ho",
the towns was iaid was'e oy "en. "eSier anu
The Eaant spectre oi !aiiihe s''iiNs an o'ef
Cuoa ihe eA'eF'''iha'ion Vi ','e to"..e ~,
hablIahts oy munger 10 going On rapiuS' an
these faetS arc 100 notorious 10 DC aehieu al this
time. The reconccntrados. or non-comoatants,
HAf'e anu uic U! thousands oi'i' 'o."u'o 'n'
eounf'' oh "hioi 'hes g, .
Dol p'oaueins iooo. ING hsurten's N.Ssp
'one' Vi eui.i'"''on VI men o""' "n'e e!
iase 'esc'ao'es anu s'ofe 'heif '".,'e' ou' 'nes
W I0' ai''ae 'ne'f pFo'isions "i.n ,no "oH'
eomhatants, nor DO they allow vegetables 10 DO
y. ,HsI: '-sp' y. A,'. oIe ~. Ss..-r
% 'n't' toio' =" =. on' .no ~
~ ''''e ""' MN" VI ="
NJ
~ .s' "pa'''n a'"' 'net.Iote' eNo'usi,'H ue
-, 1pn' 'no pto' t',ons in'poi i.ou lon' n
-" D. ",o io"t .ue,
..- ~ 80. 49, "ea' toi 'ne innao''an'S VI .no
Tna lao 900 .'oH' "-.u
s.n.,s -, ' ,lust ms
t,or, a,"aaa oa Ita .uauVu WIN pio'i'''"'
", n-' eI'o' e.'o . ~, -o''t p'i 20
&c.. a. e',r1 ~, '"'U INC wy vi ii"' "'i''
- - - ."s NAM - Itnio'' Oh .oN-
f.. "t, --o"' 'Ao N'"'ee,
vbs, l. .,;, 20" $500. orc I'm ~ Iotiu". a,'u
80, s,..-i ,,. '"t,, ~ VII a'.oun' Vi INC
T.. r.-aI III -" "'o' 'no III pot'-
,,s,a-s =. 20 w NV Aeep iarBe STOCK ot pro-
,rDr,r.., ~. 'nIpoi'' arc S'oppeu 'he ent,re
~ 90 90 80 III "'ana wiz DC exhausted oy
a WI "'''D'' VI --'e '''' III iess 'hah
sunno..
Az. IN ~" .ns' war 70 ueciareu one oi these
n MootaS. A." ~ .n"' oaso h9S oiiiy
N. -" 81, .lI e"poi'' Vi Suoa 10 s'ar'e OUT
~ - npaniSn army ana that without land
vill ,irrin ~ ,aa on 'mo manu-. me opahiarus
A. ~ ,. De oonpe'ieu 10 surrender because
u .ne iack OF food.
NAL. 'n' posSioiii'y 'hat they misht
A.. eopo'a'e ehofI ihlaho 10 overpower
s,b.r nrnria;a 'u &c. ,he'r 'ese'aoies ahu
easily , nn,oL,U - 'on'elnihg might De done
hnr AKawF