Evening star., 1900-09-24
MARTINEZ CAMPOs DEAD.
MaFshal OF Spain and Ex-GOvern
General n Cul

Marshal of Spain and Ex-Governor
General of Cuba.
dispatch from Madrid yesterday says:
| Marshal Arsenic Martinez -Campos died this
morning shortly after 10 o clock at Zarauz,
| near San Sebastian.
The event is a serious loss for the mon
archy and the present dynasty. The mar
| shall dies poor. His funeral will be made a
| state affair
Marshal Arsenic Martinez -Campos figur-
ed largely In the affairs of Spain during the
last forty years. During that time he was
called upon to spend many years in the
western hemisphere from the time that he
fought under Gen. Prim in Mexico. He was
then already an officer of distinction. Train
ed in the staff school at Madrid his first
campaign was in Moracco in 1859, where he
served on the staff of the commander in
chief, Gen. O'Donnell, and was promoted
major. His close association with Cuba
where he was to play so great a part in
the latter days of Spain's waning rule Of
her chief colony, was contracted during
the years 1S69-1S12, where he was actively
engaged against the revolutionists
On his return to Spain he was appointed
captain general of Valencia, and led the
government troops against the Carists
Such was the internal disorder Of the coun-
try and dissatisfaction with the regime of
Queen Isabella that the army had the chief
control, and Gen. Martinez -Campos used his
influence in conjunction with Gen. Jovel-
lar, to give the throne to Alphonso XII and
TO establish the present dynasty in Spain.
He brought the civil war to an end by the
defeat of Don Carlos, and was rewarded
with the office of captain general of the
army in 1876.
Cuba had at this time passed seven years
in revolution of a more or less active ma
ture, and 1t was already becoming evident
| that to quell 1t by force of arms was be-
yond Spain's real powers. Martinez Cam
pos, however, who was governed by ideas
of a liberal character, gained great sue
cess on being sent out in 1877 as command
| er-in-chief in Cuba. He adopted concilia-
tory policy, and in short time had pacifi-
ed the island with promises to the insur-
gents and the Cuban national party of re-
forms in the administration by the home
government. These promises he found on
his return to Spain. where he was made
premier, holding the portfolio of war. he
was unable to fulfill. He could not obtain
I he sanction CT the cortes to his Cuban re-
form proposals, and resigned in conse-
quence.
In 1881 he made a coalition with Senior
Sagasta, and came into power again as
premier and war minister, and his political
life continued inteImittently for the next
ten years. Spain then again became in
volved in hostilites with Morocco, and
Martinez -CampoS was chosen to command
the expedition against the sultan. 1t was
fully successful, and a treaty of peace,
with an indemnity, was negotiated by him.
The general had now attained a position
of great influence and reputation, and was
an adviser in whom the queen placed much
confidence. 1t was no wonder. then, that
the chronic troubles in Cuba having broken
out again with virulence, Martinez-Campos
was again sent out as captain general of
Cuba in March. 1895, in the hope that he
would repeat his previous success. But the
time for such program as he was able to
offer had gone by The Cubans put no
faith in the prospect of Spain's ameliora-
ton of their condition The armed insur-
rectionists made headway against the
troops of Martinez -Campos and after nine
months of Intellectual authority he was
superseded by Gen. Weyler, with orders to
put in force more drastic military meas
ureS.
Much unpopularty had been incurred by
Marshal Martinez-C -Campos in his advocacy
of conciliation with Cuba, though, as he
had declared to the Herald in special dis
patch, he would never treat with rebels.
He retired into private life on his return to
Spain, and only emerged in 1897 at the
summons of the queen, whose trusted ad-
wiser he had always been, when he urged
Gen. Weyler's recall.
During the Spanish-American war he
took little active part, but expressed him
self strongly in favor of peace as soon as
he considered that Spain had sufficiently
ness he said when the overtures of peace
were made, ito think of rejecting Presi-
dent McKinleys conditions Everything
that has happened in this war could have
been foreseen. but the most pessimistic
could never have imagined that our mis-
fortunes would be so great"
Marshal Martinez -Campos was born at
Segovia on December IA, 1884. and had not
completed his sixty-sixth year. He was
appointed president of the senate in May
possible successor to Senor Silvela, the
present prime minister