, 1873-11-11
CUBA,
Secretary Fish on the Execu-
ton Of the Cuban
Patriots.
He Considers It an Inl1u-
man and Atrocious
Slaughter.
For Which Tho Spanish Volunteers, and
Hot tho Homo Government, Aro
to Do Blamed.
The Remaining 0aptives Held to
Await Orders from
Madrid.
Citizens Of Now Orleans and Phil
adelphia Moving in Favor
Of Free Cuba,
President Grant Believed to Be in
Favor of an Active Protest. :.
Tho Spanish Navy Twice as Strong as
That Of the United States.
An Account of the Execution of
the Patriots.
Citizens Of Now Orleans and Phil
adelphia Moving in Favor
Of Free Cuba,
President Grant Believed to Be in
Favor of an Active Protest. .
Tho Spanish Navy Twice as Strong as
That Of the United States.
An Account of the Execution of
the Patriots.


the Patriots.
Special Dfspateh to Tbs Chicago Tribune,
SECRETARY FISH INTERVIEWED,
/ WASHINGTON, D. G.; Nov. 10.-secretary Fish
consented to be interviewed to-day on tito Hub-
tact of tho yirRnius and tho Spanish executions
at Santiago do Cuba Tonight your correspond
ent waited upon the Secretary to subBtantiato
tho original Interview. Mr. Fish said TINT hie
| natural sympathies wero with tho Cuban causo
but that in his official position he could not act
aa champion Of oppressed humanity while ,,r,-
authorized tlllibustorers were using tho United
States ports to at out expeditions, contrary to
Inv and treaty. Flo atigmatized tho recent and
preceding summary executions by the Spanish
| volunteers az inhuman and atrociorB Bapg4torB.
but lntimatod that the only proper way to stop
thom was to aos directly upon the Spanish Homo
Government, through our Minister, who had
used Ills good Offices eoverai timcs already to
procure chaugcs in tho Captain Gonoraloy, by
the substituting Of mild Vccroy Tor ono more
bloodthiraty.
THE TROUBLE WAS WITH THE VOLUNTEERS
resident In Cuba, wlo by hocal wloedline or
terroriziug each Captain General, made him IN
adjunct to their spirit OF massacre. The aecro-
tary said, without restraint that these Volun-
teera in Cuba ought to DO politically oxtingusll-
cd, and claased at Madrid III worso than the in
surgents. They had given the Homo Goyorn-
mont, which was well intentionod, as much por-
poxity aa the reckloaB friends of Cuba had given
the United States. Mr. Fish believed TINT tho
existing Government In Spain was liberal mud
humane.
OUR CONSUL TO CUBA ApsENT FROM Hrs rosr,
The summary executions at santiago might
haye beon dolayod had onr Consul at that point
been It hla post, Young, however, wau al the
| Tibbet Housein Washington City, or somewhere
/ betweon hero and Now York at tho tne. nIr.
Hall, Acting Cousul- General at Havana, had 10
| communications with sautiago in time to stop
| these murders: Moreover, on1y one Of the four
| victims claimed to be IN American. Ryan was
| probably naturalizel citizen but the State Do
! partmont could not nc: OIL hearsay.
| NO NEW ADV1cEs FROM MADRID.
Nothing had boon heard from Madrid siuco
Saturday, and there was no probability Of mora
! information in documentary form on Which the
Secretary could act for ten days to come. Had
our Consul at Santiago been in his place, q
timely dispatch to Malrid might have stayed tho
execution but tho murders we're rushed
through in accordance with tho deriliBh spirit Of
| the authorities.
AZ TO sANTA ROSA,
ono Of tho victims, A1r Fish sai1 lie had already
saved him once from DEATH aud that ho was
f0olhardy to risk lis life second time.
TIE oAaE OF THE v1no1N1us AND OF THE TRENT
IT having been reported TINT the Secretary iu-
stituted comparison betwoon tho case OF tho
Ylrginlus and the Trent, Mr. Fish said that in
this Ae was miHquoted. He did say TINT tho
Guban insurgents wanted us to give them more
utrect assistance than the Alabama had given
the Southern rebels, and for whiot no had sum-
monod England to pay ua sl6, 900 900. Az to the
capture OF tue Vlrglnius by tho Tornado, there
were t4roa distinct ways IN which the case
might 20 prosecuted. II the Virginius waB
slghtoa IN spanish waters and chased to 500, or
u sue WAS alghted On tho high ecaa aud chased
TOWARDS Jamaica, international law aud treaty
must declae the matter. II captured within a
league OF Jamaica, the British Govornmons
"oulo nave cogn1Eanco Of the case.
phEa1nEfT CHANTS sENT1MEETs.
Nnlle TUG SECRETARY Of State III thus dis
paaslonato, tFos1dont Grant shows the popular
1lnPost'oh TO make an aoti7o protest for tho
oupanS'
J. MINISTER s1cK1Es
lie in gpain an, hi. ;n1s'a ~. ~ sno nopu Iii
probably diroot notion at Washinrtnn md to
some extent, at Mafrii. }v;uoonrno "11nno tihot
the joint policy betwecn Waa1in1tnn ant1 S1oJrI
is for Caatelar to he hurnnrol ,ith r. nonrsi
support OF tic United Statas in III" liz otfomnt ~
recover Cuba. with tho un1oratond;nn ~ tI,at aftsr
tho CarliBts aro viDod ont he viii nhnl,Hh alavorv
and give Cuba ren1asonta+iuo ,1t n'A'o'@
THE MARINE conrs ~ sp.Ix
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retary Roboson aant oran N oois, Mnona o1s. w.
relative strcnrt nnd of'n, ~ inaPavt 10y
soldiery Of the Ios5ne tiy W .no A'EUoa;a @
has 10 600 marinea ad ~ r., nr;n IL
tho highest brandt ~ har sar;n" t%o on{oors