| Show The Madrid authorities are becoming I I I very impatient with the way things are going in Cuba They feel that they are getting no returns for the great amount of capital they have invested there Naturally they are beginning to demand that Weyler make some kind of a showing Public opinion at I home is turning against him The idea is getting abroad that he is incompetent I incom-petent The same idea preceded the downfall of Camnos It may be that Weyler is sadly incompetent but he has to cope with a system of warfare thnf is entirely different from anything any-thing known in Europe or provided for in the tactics of any European nation na-tion ItIs the same kind of warfare that the British encountered in South Africa when they met the Boers If Weyler could bring the Cuban forces to a pitched battle it is probable that he would give a good account of himself him-self the Spanish soldiers certainly would The Cubans very wisely refuse I to do any such thing I It is strange that the Madrid authorities au-thorities do not realize from all this how desperate the Spanish cause In Cuba is The failures of Campos and of Weyler are but the failures of Spain She could not have put forth greater efforts than she has had she been engaged en-gaged in a war with some European country It is very likely that if the Cuban insurgents could have secured recognition a year ago as belligerents by the United States that they would by this time have achieved their complete com-plete independence and that without this country in any way interfering Whenever Spain realizes the true condition of things In Cuba she cannot long delay recognizing the futility of continuing the struggle The recognition recogni-tion of Cuban independence should soon follow |
