New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
SPANS CUBAN LEVlES.
,,>,,,ppy LOT OF THE RAW RECRUITS
FROM THE PENINsULA
.,.,,ps WILL. CAUSE MORE HAVOC IN THElI
RANKS THAN THE INSuRGENT ARMS

my TELEGRAPH To THE TRIpvNE1
Havana March 10 Via Tampa. March IL
snain has sent TO Cuba one-haf Of her latest
low q soldiers for putting down the insurrec-
,,on The levy was Cor fifteen thousand men. TO
he recruited by April the last minute she can
snare II their relations with the United States
,ad no, taken on such tremendous Importance
.ho neople Of the Peninsula would be asking
what the new troops were doing. The answer
would he that they waiting. Few OF them
will return 20 Spain yet few will see any fight
ing The rains which bring the fevers begin
,r six weeks Those fevers will do Infinitely
greater execution among the raw. unacclimated
rAcruits IN six months than the insurgents could
hope 10 do in as many years. Some OF the new
troops who were sent to Santiago Province may
GEE little fighting. The recommending nrac-
t,sed by the Spanish commanders in order to
keep the insurgents under Calixto Garcia from
occupying the country surrounding the largest
.owns may result in an occasional fight Yet
the INSURGENTS are so we'll satisfied with what
,bev already hold IN the eastern provinces that
they Will avoid active engagements. and leave
General Pando to explain why he cannot md
the enemy.
In the central and western parts or the ISL
and at times smart fight takes place between
small bodies Of troops and smaller bands or
Insurgents These usually chance encouh-
,ers and have no bearing on the general opera
lion. The official reports have dwindled away
until some DAYS the killing OF horse belonging
~ the enemy IS the most important thlng noteu'
nh ,reeontados even women and children.
have become rare that for days al time
,o,a are reported The military situation re-
solves itself into a simple condiuon-General
Blanco's first campaign has resulted in com
not hrl
II no outside pressure or no intervention from
the United States is experienced the troops
will settle down for the summer months In
November enough Of them might be left TO be-
gin a winter campaign
THE COLLAPSE OF AUTONOMY
On the civil side the prospect is no better
The d,ssensions are not healed. the CaoiHet re-
mains divided Amblard. Giberga and the other
radicals are showing irritation over the DISPOSE
,tor "a make them scapegOats for the failure or
the revised propositions which conceded TO the
,nsrrgents everything except the withdrawal or
the Spanish flag It is quite clear now that such
= -rocraro,ne could not have been carried
,broueb without a revolution on the part or the
volunteers and the ultra Spanish loyalists II
never advanced far enough to make this prooa-
Nifty worth taking into considerations The Au-
tonomist Cabinet makes a pretence OF EXERCISING
some NJ the functions Of government IL mas
voted n salary to the delegate who IS 10 neso
,,ate commercial treaty with the Ohl'eu "'dte''
Further extension Of the decree permitting
,na ,nnortation Of cattle will he one or us acts
r,ecroes with reference TO the shadowy electohs
IN April also bear its stamp.
Tho suner,or authority, which means the GEN
era, Staff OF the Army, has forced the Caoinet
20 take the responsibility of the recent arrests
-. C,,bans charged with conspiracy. That Is
function II would be glad 10 leave In annoyance
Nerobars oP the Cabinet also exercise their lndl-
,3d,aI functions IN helping to compose the Vari-
ors rnanifestoes which the different wings OF the
Artonon,st party issue. This is practically all
there is Of civil government under Autonomy III
Cuba.
rCoNoM1c CONDITIONS GROW WORSE
rha aco,ovpic conditions grow worse. Both
military and civil authorities now look TO the
Y-nited States TO feed the people Of their land
snain has given up all pretence Of doing It, This
si,,a,ion has not beer affected by the Maine ac-
c,dant II cannot he changed by whatever action
may be taken TO demand reparation. 1t Is IN IT.
col, . state OF desperation and encourages army
officers to talk approvingly of war with the
United States as a means OF ending the Auton-
omy They are blind 10 the consequences
MORE TROOPS LEAVE SPAIN FOR CUBA
THEY SAIL, FROM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THAT THE
KING Is ILL.
Madrid. March 11-Further renforcements Of
troops have sailed from Santander for Cuba.
There is no truth in the report that the King