Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-10-20
They Do Not Look For Better Times
Until the United States Controls
the Customs.
DISAPPOINTED OVER
DELAY IN EVACUATION,
Some Citizens Believe II VIII BE MANY
Months Before All the spanish
Troops There viii
Depart.

New York, oct. ia dispatch b
The Tribune from Havana says;
Havana has known dull times in ths
past According 20 the merchants, how
ever, there never has been a period d
stagnation quite equal 20 the present
The condition Is a natural and newt
able one but this knowledge does n0
lessen their patience. Il il n literl
truth that, barring the Spanish official
who will b. deprived Of their Offices ant
n iew-very few radical Cuban patri
ots who hoped that their own flag woult
be run up n soon as the Spanish ensigI
came down, everybody Is praying ~
the American military occupation. I'm
al the customs house IL in ths control o.
the American officials business In Ha
vanA viii continue stagnAnt On th'
heels Of this control viii follow a period
Of activity greater perhaps, than the sit
uAtion warrants, but the normal basu
viii Immediately b. reached
Itisa curious illustration of the Span
ish character that the coming Of second
military commission charged with the
minor duty Of selecting camp sites has
has had more effect In convincing al
classes that the United States viii a.
sumo authority than does the presence
OF the commission charged with arnng.
ing for the evacuation Of the islands By
the Spanish troops. They can see the
engineer officers and the sanitary experts
who arrived this week going about and
taking observations II should be said
also that this work is being done In a
thoroughly methoiical and practical
way. The results will justify the care
that has heon taken. The labor. Of tbs
evacuation commission have not been
carried on in public. General Wade
and his associates. General Butler and
Admiral Sampson, have not been able %
point 70 the transports departing with
Spanish troops In large numbers On
this account a. much ~ for 9;her reason.
the people Of Havana were becoming
hopeless Of seeing the spaniards depart
for months TO come. The idea that the
evacuation would bo delayed until ths
verge Of another yellow fever season had
gained possession Of them. As they
could no, BE- taken into confidence Of ths
Washington administration aud it, polh
cy be fully disclosed they formed their
own opinion and Il was a mistaken one
The reasons which. In the United
States, were conclusive against sending
soldiers 20 western and central Cuba b.
fore November did not appeal TO tn,
people here. They have seen the Span
ish soldiers die like fiios from the yel
low fever, II was not quite clear "a
them why 80 much greater regard
should be shown for the lives OF IN,
American soldiers. Recent events hav,
convinced Americans in Havana OF N,
wisdom OF the policy that has been FOL
lowed. The sending OF troops hero al
any time during the last two months
would have been criminal unless neces
sity had arisen from maintaining public
order. Fortunately, there has been nd
such emergency. lacking in many 9th.
er respects the authority OF Captain
General Blanco and Of the autonomist
cabinet, which Is but the shadow OF th,
captain general, has been su fiicient 9,
preserve the peace.
IL is well understood in the United
States that the Spanish evacuation com
mission Is tho puppot Of sagasta, and
that the different impression which had
obtained In Havana would not be under
stood there without n word Of explana
tion. The duties Of tho peace commits
zion In Paris cause little comment her,
because there Is little interest In IN,
Philippines. The most ignorant Span
iards IN Havana, the volunteers amons
them, know that spain's power in Cuba
l. atan end. Knowing that they ar,
indifferent about tho other parts OF the
world But In what concerns themselve,
they have seen delay after delay inter.
posed. The patience which the Amori