The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-28
oANOKE TIMES. SATURDAY. NovEMBER %. 1896
WEYLER'S VIEWS.
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would be creditors who would Sufrer
ana they are on the government side.
The revolution is upheld by the insolvent
element OF the country, hence it bears
the stamp of anarchisin. whicl, you must.
nave obse rived, for the reasons that the
insurgents are not carrying on war,
put rather are pursuing the policy of de,
structicn and incendiarism.n
rs it fact general, you will not al.
low the sugar crop to BE- mades''
DO not feel inclined to permit the
gathering OF the crop being commenced
before February or March, as it is well
known the only resources the rebels can
count on will have been extortcd from.
che planters by threats Of violence, and
the means thus obtained would only 20
to acquiring arms and material TIA carry
on the war against Spain. I am sup
ported in this stand by many of the
planters who agree not to gather their
crops and be the victims of such ex.
tortions on the part of the rebels and see
fruits of their labor employed against
their country"
do You not think by tie prohibition
OF the sugar crop the commerce Of the
island will suffer and important houses
connected with the sugar Industries will
lie bankrupted?''
II do not, because up to The present no
and the merchants themselves favor the
idea against the crop. In the relations
between the planters and the merchants
ia Cuba at present, the similar feature is
that the planter lives more from the mer.
chants capital than from the actual pro-
ducts of his land, and it may be asserted
that the immense majority can only COM
mence work with money advanced by the
merchants. Therefore, the commercial
plaD1apt finds ii hnttnr ink.
its money under key until she crop oper-
ations can be begun under normal con
ditions.''
''It is reported that the Spanish min
lister for war intends TO send another
large contingent of troops to Cuba in
january
7a'I do not know" replied General
Wcylcr, Il only think l can assure You
that the nation is prepared to make all
kinds of sacrifices, both il money and in
men, as has already been proved, To con
quer i'll this undertaking and make
Spain's sovereignty respected before and
above everything. All the money spent
and to be spent, will be Spanish money
Cuba has been asked for nothing, nei-
ther for men, nor money. Spain does
not hold Cuba to exploit her. or has had
anything from her ana her diguity's sake
The pride in Spain is great: national and
historic traditions alone inpel her and
She will defend Cuba and will exhaust
her last dollar and her last man in doing
so This is not only the feeling of the
government but of the Spanish people, as
is shown by the daily growing enthusi-
asm and sacrifices by the nuton.''
do you think general, that the recog-
milton of the belligerence of the insur-
gents by the United States would be
taken rs an offense.by Spain:''
lit would be strange if any ACT directly
aimed ut II recognition of any challenge
of Spain's right of sovereignty, which her
people look upon as being beyond ques-
ton, did not evoke an explosion of popu-
lar feeling which it would be impossible
to check, excited and ardent rs public
sentiment is now on the Cuban quest ion
in SPAIN
Finally the correspondent asked Gen
eral Weyler if he would agree to IL truce
in order to bring about an exchange of
views between himself and the Cuban
leaders. He answered:
THAT would be out of the question.
Such II step would give the insurgents an
importance which | cannot concede to
them"
''rhe Cubans abroad complain of span
ish tyranny ana attribute the revolution
to the subsection of the Cubans by des-
| potic government under which they are
not only debarrcd from liberty but also
| from public employment in their own
| country. Can YOU make statement on
| this subjects'
| They must offer some excuse for the
! treason and destruction to which they
have dedicated themselves since taking
up arms. After the termination Of the
last war Cuba was conceded full liberty
by metropolis and with Il rapidity of
which few examples are shown among
! other people. The government innugll-
rated a regime granting ample Cuban rep
rcscntation, awaiting itself of the provis.
ional laws until the chambers ratified
them, establishing the right of the Gu
ban people upon an equality with the Eu.
ropean Spaniards in the colonies Almost
simultaneously the present Spanard con
stltution was promulgated, recognizing
the equality of white and black, Cuban
and Spanard, i'll this region. The pro-
vincial and municipal laws are alike in
the provinces of Spain. There is absolute
freedom of the press, public meeting and
association and public judicial procedure.
In short, the Cubans have all the liber-
ties that are enjoyed by the Spaniards in
their native country. AS TO the social
question, the patronage and patr0nshir
Of slaves was decreed, which widencd the
scope of the abolition measures and re.
duccd the time appointed for the gradual
and tottl abolition of slavery All thi,
is recognized by liberal Cubans and
prominent men who since that date have
been representing Cuba in parliament
and who have not left the island, in spite
of the present rebellion and who remain
on the government side Now You see
what tyranny spain has exercised in
Cuba
But" insisted the correspondent
"the Cubans complain that they are de
nrLNed OF hOldinG pNblic oflicc.n