The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-05
SIIy LOSING DAILY.
:. Of the Situation on the
Us"'" Island Of Cuba
.x.o,, ARMY AT A sTASDsriLL'

.,..n Their Wouid-bs
F''ri0' 20 seek shelter In the .
Pu''' Ha. Not succeede" N"n "
BlsHeo :, the Field Against the GU
bribery o. 1T. I'm Better ccnditio"
s o., the spanish Troops ,.,
49,. York, Feb. 5.-A dispa'ch "on
New ays General Blaneo has re-
.ssIi from trip to the easter, East, noss,Se
'uIn'' which, put in the pest p pos ~
nces w." called to come up to the eN-
light 10. raised in Madrid. The sa-
psctauO"'s. ,s,rv can not longer deluxe
,'sM with the false hope ina. -" on,s,.
iisen - few minor insurgent ehieiS
hsslOn ,. :, that the insurrection is ais.
eVu. .,sr from within. Its power OF
in's s,.nce is shown by the fact ina. III
military operations as nave 'aNe"
'uen turing the last fortnight the ad-
pace nos been with the insurgents
, the situation. wnlen oy ,,u ms
bI's" must be understood by the iii'nis
uIne !. that persuasion has failed 10 WIN
ty ,rsents to autonomy. ana the
u. has had no better success
a'", IT,. condition Than Insurgents
:. ,hs frank Judgment of competent
muitary judges that the spanish . ,,,,ar
:" Cuba today are in worse eonai'.o'
the insurgents. though potn .he
' wan and the resources OF the 'a.'el
nle"s no exaggerated. Weyier failed III
m may in Santiago. Pando crit
NO MS Wevler. but he has done no pct
In two months the sole achieve
W" - his forces has been 10 rescu'
men srry,vors of the garrison OF Guam
'ne NJ, General Luque should be drfv
10 into Holguin from one direction am
GENERAL Linares should seek refuge u
,own from another direction indi
W. fair degree of activity on tn
~ the insurgents in Santiago un
tho command of Calixto Garci
"a pabl General Pando has had TN
Ito ammunition for which he asked
r,arv,bIne was done that the authori
,es could do for the soldiers. never
,heless the sickness is very great. Gen
al pIanco's time at Manzanillo an
ear,,ogo de Cuba was taken up wit
Inspection of the hospitals.
Feyers Will Grow Worse.
A. the season advances the fever
vII grow worse. The probability OF
,uccessful campaign in the orient TN
wear is eliminated from the eVen'
which might help to bring the ipsul
,octon 10 an end and secure the &C
centance of autonomy This has som
inheritance, when the programme
placng greater dependence on the arm
e broached. It is not to be expecte
that General Blanco will admit disal
pointment to be manifest In his action
The implantation of autonomy VIII
forward so far as official proceeding
can make IL appear TO do so. Prepar;
tions for the elections will continue
the leIsurely manner that has heret'
fore marked them. The Conservative
are charging that the government.
It's anxiety to prevent the election or
, Cuban congress hostile to autofom
Is tampering with the electoral hs'
The representatives of the governme
reply that IL is not true. and IL IT we
the Conservatives would have
ground for complaint. because they q
the same thing when they were in po'
er.
An Exact Statement.
This is an exact statement. II Is al
to be feared that the charge OF the Co
servatives that the present lists
tampered with Is an exact stateme'
The authorities do not feel that IN
can trust autonomy as a civil policy
the hands of it's enemies. 80 they ia
means to insure the elections resulti
favorably to the government. The
economist cabinet remains In eclipse. I
general staff of the army encroacf
further upon its supposed functions
the control of the press censorship. I
newspapers complain bitterly II
through all the periods of repressi
they have never been so complete
muzzled as under the present regime
lberality
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