Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-20
WEYLER'S POLICY.
Displays q Determination to Crush
the Cubans.
The Spanish General Makes Public His
Plan in Three clamations-Sum-
mary Punishment Promised
to All Offenders.

It warns all honest inha bitants Of Cuba
and those loyal to the Spanish cause. that
they must conform to the laws: COM
mands .'all Inhabitants of the district or
Sancti Spiritus and the province of Puerto
Principe and Santiago de Cuba to
concentrate in places which are the head
quarters Of division, brigade, col
umn. or troop, and to be pro-
v;ded with documentary proof OF identity
within eight days of the publication Of
this proclamation ir- the municipalities.
ITO travel in the country in the radius
covered by the columns in operation 1t is
absolutely Indispensable to have pass
from the mayor, military commandments, or
chiefs of detachments. Any ore lacking
this will be detained and sent to head
quarters OF divisions or brigades and
thence to Havana, at my disposition, by
the first possible means. Even if pass is
exhibited which is suspected as not au-
thentic or granted by authority to persons
with known sympathies toward the re-
bellion. or who show favor thereto, rigor-
Gus measures will be taken upon those re-
sponsible.
ments In the country districts will vacate
them. and the chiefs Of columns will take
Euch measures as the success of their OPP
erations dictates regarding such places,
which, while useless for the country's
wealth, serve the enemy as hiding places
LII Tie WOOUS anu III the lnCeT1OT.
"Au passes hitherto issued hereby be-
come null and void"
The Second Proclamation.
The second proclamation is practical
ly as follows:
Prisoners caught in action will be SUBJ
jected to the most summary trial, without
any other investigation, except that in
Gispensable for the subjects of the trial.
Spanish soldiers only are provided as
Judges in such trials. When the sentence
is pronounced, if the sentence be depriva-
ton of liberty, the culprit shall be brought
to Havana with the papers in the case,
SO that the testimony can be referred to re-
garding the penalty and the sentence be
carried into effect. Gen. Weyler reserves
the right of promoting and sustaining all
questions of competence with other juris-
dictions, as also with military, and to de-
termine inhibitions in all kinds OF military
processes in the territory of the island. Eic
reserves likewise the faculty of assuming
an inquiry into all cases when it IS deemed
convenient. The proclamation continues:
mo sentence of death shall be carried into
effect without the acknowledgement under
my authority of the testimony of the judg-
ment, which must be sent to me immedj-
ately, except when no means of commune
cation exists or when it is a case of insul.
to superiors or of military se1ition, in
which case sentence will be carried out
and the information furnished to me after
wards"
Third Proclamation.
gs& A synopsis Of the third proclamation
is as follows:
II make known that, taking advantages
of the temporary insecurity Of commun'-
cation between the district capitals and the
rest of the provinces, notices which con-
vey uneasiness and alarm are invented and
tod 49,
ing still, have taken advantage of this to
draw the deluded and the ignorant to the
rebel ranks. / am determined to have the
laws obeyed and to make known by special
means the dispositions ruling and f1e-
Quently applied during such times as the
present, through which the island is now
passing, and to make clear how far certain
points go in adapting them to the exigen-
cies Of war and in the use Of the faculties
conceded to me by No. II, article of the
code of military justice. and by the law OF
public order Of April 49, 1870. And make
known, order, and command that the fol-
lowing cases are subject to military law,
amongst others specified by the law:
"Those who invent or propagate by any
means notices or assertions favorable to
the rebellion, whenever such notices IA
cilitate the enemy's operations; those who
destroy or damage railroad lines, tsle-
graph, or telephone wires, or apparatus
rupt communication by breaking down
bridges or destroying highways; incen-
diaries III town or country, or those who
cause damage as shown in Cap. article
13, volume of the penal code ruling in
Cuba; those who SELL facilitate, convey, or
deliver arms or ammunition to the enemy,
or supply such by any other means. OF
those who keep such in their power or
tolerate or deal in such through the Gus
toms ana employees Of customs who fail
to confscate such importations will be
held responsible; those who being tGe-
graphists divulge kilograms referring to
the war. or who send them to persons Tho
should not be cognizant of them; those
who, through the press or otherwise, re-
vile the prestige of Spain, it's army, the
volunteers, or fremen, or any other force
that cooperates with the army; those who,
by the same means, endeavor to extol TIE
enemy; those who supply the enemy with
horses, cattle or any other war resources,
those who act as spies, and to these the ut
most rigor of the law will be applied those
who serve as guides, unless surrendering
ut once and showing proof of compulsiOn
and giving the troops evidence at once of
loyalty; those who adulterate army food
or conspire to alter the prices of pro.
visions; those who by messenger, pigeons,
fireworks, or other signals communicate
news to the enemy.
'"The offenses enumerated, when the law
preScribes the death penalty or life i'm
prisonment. will be dealt with most sum-
marily."
Fall of Managua.
Havana, Feb 1.-THE town of Man
aqua, four leagues from Havana, was
again attacked by the insurgents and
captured after fight lasting 40 min
utes. The Spanish regulars. terrifying
themselves in the church, held out an
hour longer. The Spanish volunteer
garrison, however. went over to the in
surgents at the beginning Of the at
with all the arms and ammunition at