The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-08-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ii

terms Of peace and there is not likely to
be any more fighting, unless there should
be a dead lock in the peace commission
over the disposition of the PHILIPPINES,
the expenditures OF this government are
likely to be quite as heavy, if not
heavier, for some time to come as they
were while the war was going on. This
may sound a little queer, but it is easily
explained. The expenses Of the army
will not be lessened until we begin to
muster the troops out of service, and
that is a matter not even yet thought of,
as VT shall have to garrison Porto Rico
and Cuba, the latter quite heavily, for
nobody knows how long, and the ex-
penses OF the navy will be increased, in
stead of lessened, as orders have already
been issued to overhaul all our heavy
fighting ships as quickly as the work
can be done. In addition to these ex-
penses, the President has decided that it
is our duty to feed everybody in Cuba
that needs food, including the Spanish
soldiers, until such time as they can
iced themselves, and Government ra-
items are already on the way. A strict
account will be kept OF all food furn-
ished Spanish soldiers in Cuba, and
Spain will be made to reimburse us, but
the rations issued to others in Cuba
will simply be charged up to war ex-
penses, and from all accounts, it will not
be a small sun that will have to be ex-
pended for that purpose. All these
t expenses heavier than our wal expenses
Tor a time.
The military commissions to arrange
for the time and method of Spanish eva
cuatiou of Cuba and Porto Rico will at
once he appointed but it is likely to be
months before the last Spanish troop
leaves Cuba. In Porto Rico there are
fewer OF them and they will probably
evacnate that island in q few weeks.
For reasons entirely selisii-the health
of our own troops-we will not hurry
them out of Cuba.
1t is admitted on all sides that this
government will have several difficult
problems to solve in Cuba, not the least
of which will be the satisfactory disposal
OF the insurgents. An official thoroughly
familiar with Cuba, and with the in
surgents, says: SIT will be much easier
to issue Il proclamation directing all
the Cubans TO resume their ordinary oc-
equations, than it will be to get the mot
lev aggregation known as an insurgent
army, to give up their arms and take to
peaceful occupation. Soldering in tLeir
Tree and easy way, and taking whatever
they wanted wherever they found it, has
been the ordinary occupation OF many
of them ior years, and it would be AS
easy to round up an equal number OF
American hobos and make them adopt a
regular occupation, as it would be to
make orderly workmen out OF the in
surgents. There are many of the in
snrgents who will, in my opinion, be-
come brigands, rather than to work for a
living, just as a number of them did AT
the close OF the last insurrection. Ii
they do, they will make no eud of trouble
for on army of occupation, as the
mountains of Cuba are difficult OF access,
except to the natives, and the natives
who do not join the brigands cannot be
depended upon TO render the slightest
assistance to any movement against
them. 1t is a great pity that the Presi-
dents word prevents the U. s. annex
ing Cuba at once; there isn't the
slightest doubt about its coming to that
in the end. Meanwhile there will be
lots of trouble in Cuba, as We try to live
up to our promise that the island shall
have "a stable government. 1t is my
opinion that no stable government will
ever exist. in Cuba, except that OF the
Y. S. and | feel certain that nine out of
every ten property holders on the island,
regardless OF their nationality, hold the
same opinion
There is very little probability that an
extra session OF the Senate will have to
be called 10 ratify the treaty of peace
that is to he negotiated with Spain, for
the very good reason that the treaty is
not likely to be ready before Congress
assemblies for the regular session in Dec.
The protocol or temporary peace agree
ment OF the two governments, provides
that the joint commission, charged with
the duty of negotiating the treaty shall
meet at Paris, not later than Oct. l,