Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-04
PERSUASION HAS FAILED
DANISH GETTING THE WORST OF WAR;


|. n,,,e from Havana suys 'e"'
liUuN ra,urned from a trip to inc
r H4 nrovinces which, put N we
''s', no,sible light, has failed to come
- The ex pectations rAised i" -.
~ The sarasta ministry cannot
Fu' 1amde Itself with the false nope
nat the adhesion of a few minor H.
"a' chiefs is evidence that the IN
.ssr,lon is disintegrating from VIII
,o,yer OF resistance is shown by
~ ~ mat in such military opera
a. have taken place during the
! !, tortright the advantage mas Deem
N The insurgents, s...,,as,an has
lhs =, win the Insurgents TO au-
lAto " nd the army has had no bet
q sutse,,rSs,rslcantes have their remedy.
lne ',. not making threatening DEM
D! Jcns against the captain general
isuIa,i,,,, MIN that the situation Is IN
aa ,ss and that the only practical
.pft h for him to come nome
. .sl,ah Wevler has many partisans'
lh' T. not look for him to return 10
~ Wv command. The recall of Ban
wv t =" he n confession that the
Nvu' noe been a failure. IL
wy expected that the Sh-
ministry will confess Itself
n oflce in this manner. They
y, ,aguelv that the army must M
snnreme in enforcing peace, as
1ansb me army had not been supreme
H. wears -.
III me frank Judgment of competent
r,ary Judges that the Spanish troops
ctha today are In worse condition
az ne Insurgents, though both the
.-'rcth and resources of the latter
An be exaggerated.
v!avler failed in his campaign in san
sso pando criticised Weyiey but ne
III done no better. In two months the
Is acbievement Of his forces has been
rsscne the survivors OF the garrison
"A, Cuauna That Gen. Luque should
driven into Holguin from one direc-
Ian and Gen. Linares should seek
sfnve in the town from another d.
ectinn indicates fair degree or ac-
lyIty on the part Of the Insurgents IN
antiago under the command of CaliN-
Garcia and Rabi.
n Gen. Pando has had the extra am
hunitlon he asked for Everything
MS done that the authorities could do
N the soldiers. Nevertheless the sick
ess Is great
Gen. Blancos time at Santiago was
Rken up In inspecting the hospitals.
the season advances the fever grows
prse The probability Of a successful
mpaign In the )rienta this year Is now
minated frpm the events which might
IN 10 bring the nsurrettion to an end
n secure the acceptance of autonomy,
Ms has 'somt importance when the
fogram Of placing greater dependence
the army is broadened.
As for the presentados they cannot
magnlfed into Importance enough to
i've pronounced influence of weak
ping the military part of the insurg-
BITS A few officers, ranking as high rs
Plonels, do not constitute the back
fne Of the insurrection.
Il Is not to he expected that Gen.
anco will permit disappointment to
manifest In his actions.
The implantation Of autonomy with
forward so far as official proceedings
~ make i appear to do so. Prepara-
ls for the elections will continue in
p leisurely manner that has hereto
Ne marked them. The conservatives
charging that the government in It's
|htlety To prevent the election of a
ngress hostile to autonomy, Is tam
ring with the electoral list. The rep
fnlatves Of the government say
at II is not true. and II 1t We're the
Nefvatlves would have no reason for
hpAlnt because they did the same
lg When they We're In power. This
an exact statement. II Is also to he