The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-08
THE SITUATION in CUBA.
Autouomist Cabinet Is Divided Into
Bitter Factions.
RESIGNATION OF GOWN DEMANDED.
wcslcritcs mud Ultra spanish voian-
tcers Are Supreme and Their Ag-
rressivcacss In Greatly Feared.

i New York. March IA dispatch to the
tie Spanish warship Almiranto oquendo
While the Spanish population was still re-
! toicing over the coming OF the Vizcaya,
has given tho Spanish an exaggerated M
ton OF Spain's naval rrowcss The ten
| dency is 10 cause Il feeling that war With
the United States would not be SO serious
| for Spain. The ilca my seem ridiculous
! Lief among a large element Of the ponGla-
| iion Of Havana should rot be ignored.
These Spanish watships encourage the no.
| ton that the result Of The Maine inquiry
is a subject of Indifference to the Spanish
| government.
| Not many days will be rceded for cap
tain Sampson and his associates to conclude
tho Investigation, The wrecking companies
are making progress IN clearing away the
superstructurc,
During The absence OF the board the navy
| department divers have been able TO ca
tend their examination of the plates OF
the hun. They find these plates twisted
in from an outside explosion. Everything
previously learned regarding the forward
OF large quantities of uneNploded ammnni-
ton has been confirmed and strengthened.
Without going Into minutia, II may be said
that the navy department divers have &c =
cured much technical evidence, from the
condition of the hull and keel and the in
terror OF the wreck. that the Maine cxpio~
sion was due to foul play. AS TO whether
by tropedo or n submarine mine doubts
may be left Not much proof can be gath
cred by the naval board concerning tho
persons who We're IN the conspiracy. Thc
Spanish authorities are In II better position
10 determine that matter.
The Spanish divers have been working
very slowly They have been giving more
attention 70 the coal bunkers, apparently.
than to other portions of the wreck, They
lave vet made nothing more than d super
fioAll examination OF the hull. II seems
20 be understood that thc Spanish admiral
tv board. in its official investigation, is
finding little evidence To give plausible
support to their theory of accident, rhls
distinction from positive proof of an cN-
terrdl explosion il may NOT be able to is-
more There is clearly less confluence -
official circles than during the period when
the declarations OF accident were made by
General Blcrco.
The Spanish only proceed IN leisure
fashion II may he long time before
conclusion IL reached, There will be no
reason for long delay by ahe naval board.
Under ordinary conditions the internal
policy of Cuba would be exciting, fox re-
Gently developments have been sgniii-
cant Tho radical autonnmists having
failed in their plan of coaNng the insur-
gents n reaction has come. The in
TRANSFORMERS now dominate the govern
ments policy The divided autonomist
cabinet is not factor IN the alluallot
Senior GOWNS resignation from the cabl-
net has been demanded by some OF the
violent inransgentcs because OF his rad
zeal utterances in favor OF more conces-
sions TO the Insurgents, hut the demand
IL not pressed. The cabinet Is now power
less 10 withstand pressure.
The Ncoyierites and ultra-spanish vol.
upteers are supreme. An official Assurance
by General BIanco aud Premier SagaSta
That the government has no intention OF
disarmlng them tells only half the story
III RENTER, they Will be more aggressive
In interfering in the affairs OF the gov
eminent. They may hurry II along into
ton before tho lIadfld cabinet Is ready.
Tho volunteers as n class arc filled with
ignorant hostility toward the unnd
ffetps Their movemntS hereafter VIII
bear watching.
Senator Proctor, who has been visiting
places near Jayann, Is going 10 sngun
and possibly to other parts OF santa cara
province. He is in no hurry TO return TO
Washington Apparently Senator Proc
tor has not formed favorable impress
sion OF Spanish rule IN Cuba. He Is in-
ouirlng specially into the economic con
G.tions.
American relief, after much msmanage-
ment. Is finally reaching the starving peo-
ule In the country. for whom IL WAS