Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1898, Page 9

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Tana ceca a a “Pure—Perfect”’ ‘Blue Label Soup need no introduction to those who know what “Blue Lebel” stands for—best obtainable materials, prepared with greatest care and skill, in kitchens famous for their cleanliness and completeness. ‘‘Blue Label” Soups are uniform in their rare and delicate quality. Your grocer can supply you. % e CURTICE BROTHERS CO., Rocursrer, N. ¥. ‘The portraits of “Capt.” Molly Pitcher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Clare Barton and Susan B. Anthony are te ornament caps of columns in the grand stairway of the capitol buliding at Albany, N. ¥. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,- 1898-14 PAGES. . Cuba? Worst Elements of the Spanish and Insurgents. (Copyright, 1808, by Charles M. Pepper.) Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, January 29, 1808, Should Spain let go in Cuba suddenly, is the island prepared for it? A question has been asked whether a period of anarchy would follow or whether peace, with pub- Me order, would tread on the heels of re- treating Spanish sovereignty. An answer might be construed as indicating a belief that Spain is Hable to withdraw unexpect- edly. Lest this idea be held I wish to say 8 @ matter of personal opinion and obser- vation that she shows not the slightest sign of letting go of her own accord. Whether her death grip shall be pried lcose is another matter. The insurgents themselves are not deceived on this point: When President McKinley's message de- clared against the recognition of either belligerency or independence they began Preparations for another year’s campaign. Their work has gone forward quietly. Their camps are now supplied with ammu- nition to last them through the rainy sea- son. Nearly all of their men have been fitted out with new clothes. Canned food and such provisions have been secured and laid by for the future. With these prepa- rations they await the slow months which must drag along to demonstrate to Spain that Blanco’s military campaign ts a fail< ure and to the United States that autono- my, having failed to end the insurrection, the “national compromise” which was fore- peared in the message must be consid- ered. The occasional presentation of an insur- gent chief will not cause the insurrection to crumble, nor will one of the rare fights in the western province in which the troops have the best of the skirmish make the insurgents ground their arms. On the other side continued successes of Calixto Garcia and the revolutionary forces in the eastern provinces will not drive the Span- ish soldiers into the sea or cause them to yield the island. The military situation comes back to the old starting point—Spain is not conquering the insurrection and the insurrection is not strong enough to over- come the arms of Spain in the field and force @ capitulation. The insurgents feel they can keep up the struggle till Decem- ber with little risk. Blanco feels the Span- ish soldiers will not mutiny because of starvation. He, too, can hold on until De- cember. The only ones who cannot hold on until December are the reconcentra- does. Most of them have already let gO. I know the hope has been cherished and encouraged in the United States that this Cuban busiress would settle itself. The insurgents wculd have saved much present bother if they had accepted autonomy, though in doing it the seeds of another revolution might have been sown. The Sagasta ministry on its part would have created a more comfortable feeling had it looked at a black prospect squarely and accepted the. good offices of the United States. Since neither of these things has happened, the actual conditions have to be studied and the probabilities gathered from them. The disposition of Spain to let go being lacking and full credit given her tenacity, it may be a question whether Outside pressvre or internal convulsions will be the means of loosening the grip. The latter finds believers. The riot of the army officers, the volunteers and the Ha- vana mob against autonomy gave a start- ling prasage of what might happen. Mix those elements in the melting pot where Spanish loyalty is tested and the result might be unexpected to those most con- cerned. A provisional government, a revo- lution in Spain, an appeal of the Spaniards in Cuba for an American protectorate to save them from the Cuban republic, are topics discussed by men who have watched affairs for years, Against these possibili- ties is the fact that the concessions made to the army and the volunteers have qui- eted those threatening forces for a time at least. No one who witnessed the three days’ rioting will venture to say that it may not come again and then mean reyolu- tion; but this prospect is not one of the immediate future. Effect of a Display of Naval Power. Internal convulsions may be less Mkely to bring the end of Spanish sovereignty in the Antilles than outside pressure. I am not in a position to weigh the relative chances. The main point is what will hap- pen when the end comes. It must be said again that Spain has not prepared for such an happening. Left to herself, she will never prepare for it. A reign of anarchy is not probable, but there may be a period of anxiety. I do not pretend to know elther the Cuban or the Spanish population. A few months’ dwelling among them is not long enough to learn the habits and traits of a people. The fondness of the Spaniards for the bull fight is a puzzle. The joy of the Cuban in the chicken main is astudy. Sometimes it has seemed to me that base ball, which is becoming a popular sport, might be the means of leading both classes up to the plane of a higher civiltzation. But that is of the more distant future. As to what may happen before long, I have taken the opinions of those who have lived in Cuba years enough to give them an un- derstanding of its people. They are mostly ericans who were here during the ten years’ war. These persons there has been do not seem to think that a@ complete change in the ‘ure of the Spanish-born inhabitants Ignorance does not undergo a complete change within a twelvemonth. Some e! lightenment seems to have taken place, but it is a faint ray of intelligence rather than an interior {llumination. In other words, the populace {is less likely to burst forth in blind fury than formerly, but if it should once break forth there would be no limit to its fury. Abstract agreements about prob- able consequences would not prevent an outbreak if incitements to an uprising ex- isted. England has been fortunate in her relations with Spain. Since the insurrec- tion began practically none of her subjects has been imprisoned in the Spanish ns. She has not been with conniving at fiuwustering and the ultra-loyal Havana populace has not had its mind filled with resentment against Englishmen. But if all these things haa happened and other things were likely to happen it would not be enough to show by naval statistics that Great Britain .s the first maritime power in the world. The English fleet off Havana harbor would be the only way of demon- strating that to a part of the city’s popu- lation. Strange as it may be, this kind of a demonstration might also be needed for some of the army officers. These are not ns. 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They view the impotency of the authorities in a prac- tical Tent. If the sovereignty of the pen- insula cannot be restored, they do mot mean to have anarchy during the transi- tion period when the decision of what shall take its place must be made. They have helped to kill autonomy by passive oppo- aition. They will be active in helping to de- termine what system shall supplant it. So far as any influence can moderate the popu: lace the influence of the Havana business men will do it. In the country the efforts of this property-holding class to prevent disorder will be eyen heartier than in the city. Peace without anarchy means every- thing to them. Guerrillas and Half Bandits. The most dangerous element in the is- land during. the transition will be the local guerrillas. They correspond in some re- spects to the volunteers. All that is per- nicious and brutal is gathered in their ranks. They have been given standing as part of the regular forces of Spain. Mur- der and pillage have been thelr pastime. ‘They have burned the cane or sugar plan- tations which they were detailed to protect, Outrages which cannot be described have been their work. The scum of degraded humanity was skimmed in organizing them into a military force. They can be re- pressed only by a strong hand and a merci- less power. With the knowledge that such power exists they may be kept within bounds. ‘An almost equally dangerous class on the other side is already disintegrating. These half bandits who have made the cause the cloak for their law- Until the policy of undermining the insurrection by Bribery was definitely entered upon as part of the new regimen of autonomy I never found the insurgent leaders willing to concede that any of the lawless elements of society had entered their ranks. Since then, however, they have admitted that among the men who were accepting the offer of autonomy were some half-bandits and everal horse thieves. These presentadoes, as they are called, are usually composed of small bands who wished to roam at will through the ts- land and who defied all military authority. Gomez has disciplined and degraded their chiefs Some of these have presented themselves out of revenge, but with the majority the inducement has been money. The result is good. The roving bands are disarmed. They cannot take up arms again, for if they do they are almost cer- tain to be caught by. the insurgents and hung as deserters. i ‘Of all the people in Cuba today the army officers are probably,.the,least prepared to follow thelr flag back fo.gpain. While they have opposed autonémy bitterly and effee- tively, and while th ve seen no end of the insurrection. in, they have not seriously considered;.the possibility of a sudden snapping of the,.bonds that have held the island to the péhinsula. The dou- ble pay, the decorations, the pensions, the perquisites have ‘all: max life in Cuba eomething more ernment into a co: country. The disposition they show with reference to curr ‘ha igs will need one) thet sonar Atteie judgment 1 an m Was’ : not a calm one. Refisetibn to be part of their: training. brave, and they donot fear @,combat. ‘The Spanish Soldiery. From the ranks nothing need be feared. ing but of the country people through Wey- ler's concentration decrees. Their presence would not be an irritation to the Cubans who have maintained the insurrection. I have had an opportunity of seeing the feel- ing in a dozen ways. The animosity of the insurgents is directed toward the Cubans who have not joined with them in raising the banner of independence. For the Span- ish soldier fighting under his country’s flag they have respect and good will. After the war he could settle among them and be | thi one of them. And the Spanish soldier wants a chance to live. Patient and un- complaining he would be the last person to destroy this chance when it once appears by abetting anarchy. CHARLES M. PEPPER. ————— KATE LENOIR’S SUICIDE Her Friends’ First Knowledge of It Obtained From the Papers. The Remains to Be Buried in a Wash- ington Cemetery—Letter Found in Her Room. Miss Kate Lenoir, or “Kittie” Lenoir, as she was called, the handsome young wo- man who committed suicide at the Sturte- vant House in New York city yesterday morning, as published in yesterday’s Star, will be buried in one of the cemeteries in this city. She was only about twenty-five years old and had many friends here, where she attended the public schools. Her father is James W. Lenoir, who ts employed in the engineer service of the War Department, stationed at Hanging Rock Shoal, Ala- bama. -he young woman was theatrically in- clined and left here, three years ago, go- ing direct to New York. Yesterday her two sisters, Mrs. William W. Golway and Miss Annie Lenoir, who reside at 335 6th street southeast, were informed that she was ill in New York, they receiving a telegram to that effect from one of her New York friends, but it was not until they read the account of the suicide“published yesterday that they knew she was dead. As soon as the sad news was known, Mr. Golway left for New York to have the body shipped here for interment. As published in yesterday's Star, Miss Lenoir had bearded at the house of Mrs. Jane McCleery, No. 151 West 3ith street, New York. This is a theatrical boarding house, and white Miss: Lenoir was not known as an actress, she was acquainted with many of the stage people who lived in the house. Mra. McCleery said she had never known of her being cn the stage. Nearly all the other people in the house were connected endurable. To give }. one admirer, but Mrs. McCleery refused to tell who he was. Miss Lenoir went to the Sturtevant House one week ago. Sunday night she had two callers, who Gid not remain long, and she retired about midnight. Shortly before 12 o'clock she asked for a. pitcher of water, et Mr. Oyster Getting Well. The many friends of Mr. George M. Oys- ter, sr., whose critical HMiness recently caused so much anxiety and alarm, will be gratified to Jearn that he is now on the high road to recovery and is contemplat- ing a recuperative trip to Florida in a short time. not answered one of them. You send the Werld regular, cra I see no reason why you cannot write. I have been saving up since New Year's, and with the money I dovght a nice new spring suit. I am going to save up to come to New York now. The high schocl which I go to has a company of cadets, and so have the others. Every year they have a competitive drill for a prize. Last year our company won. The @rill this year came off last Tuesday, and I —— Urge Confirmation. At 4 meeting of the Afro-American Press Association held last evening, W. Calvin Chase presiding and Harry Leamond sec- retary, resolutions were adopted urging the immediate confirmation of Henry Demas as naval officer. Mr. L. H. Peterson of the Bee delivered an address, —_——>—_ in The Star pay-because they nink our company will win again. Inclosed you will find two pictures of me. One was taken in tha schcol room and the other one on the outside. The one on the outside was light-stricken while it was being developed, and consequently is not very good. They were taken by a boy in my class with a pocket kodak. I have only about one month mor3 to go to school. I think I will bess this year. This is all I have to say at present. Please answer this. I will ex- Pect a letter Sunday night, at the latest. Your loving nephew, EDDIE.” Although the woman had valuable jewels in her possession, she had only 4 cents in cash. One of the rings she wore was set with a large turquoise and two other rings Were set with diamonds. They were val- uable. In addition to her fine apparel and her jewels, the young woman had two big trunks. Among the goods found in them were eight bonnets, including three from Lendon containing the mark of a well- known London milliner. One of t dia- mond rings bore the inscription “‘Gattle” on the inside. “Want” a bring answ ee es Parts His Money. Edward Gute, colored, a public school janitor, made a report to the police last night that he had been robbed of $80. He was paid off yesterday, and early in the evening he called on a female acquaintance in an alley in the rear of Madison street. Edward had plenty of money and he was willing to treat. When a can of beer was wanted the female friend went to a neigh- boring saloon and got it. Edward volun- teered to get the second can, and when he went out, he says, he left his money in his overcoat in the house. When he returned his female friend had disappeared and so had his money. 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