The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-28

ptoperty owned by Insurgents and I
VIII convince myself Of tho truth or
your Information VIII tell you II I Will
cohiiscate 1t or not. !, personally, know
ohly OF ABOUT q dozen farm owners with
the Insurgents and their property IL Of
little value and even then IL Ia n,ort.
gagged to double the amount OF In actual
worth with various creditors. C0nse-
quently. II l decided upon conilscetlon IL
would be tho creditors who would suffer,
and they are all on the government side.
The revolution Is upheld by the insolv-
ent element OF the country, hence It
bears the stamp OF anarchism. which.
you must have observed, for the reason
that the insurgents are not carrying on
war, but rather are pursuing policy
OF destruction and incendiarlsm."
is 1t q fact, general, that you will
not allow the sugar crop to be made?n
u do not feel inclined to permit the
gathering OF the crop being commenced
petore february or March, as It Is well
known that the only resources the re-
bells can count on will have to be exact.
ed from the planters by threats or'vio-
lence. and the means thus obtained
would only 20 TO acquiring arms and
material TO carry on the war against
Spain. am supported In this stand by
many OF tho planters who agree not to
gather their crops, rather than bo the
victims OF such eXtortlons on tho part
OF the rebels, and see tho fruit Of their
labor thus employed"
Another 0valunhleu Opinion,
DO you think, general, that tho REQ
ognition of the bell,gerenee of tho In
sursents by the United States would
be taken rs an offonse by spain?"
1T would be strange II any act d.
rectly aimed at Il recognition OF any.
challenge Of Spain's right OF sovereign
ty here, which our people look upon as
being beyond .questlon, did not evoke
an explosion OF popular feeling, which II
would be impossible 10 check, excited
and ardent as public sentiment Is now
or the Cuban question In Spa!n."
No Coneessions.
Finally the correspondent asked Gen.
eral Wcyler it he would agree to
truce In order to bring about an ex-
change Of Views between himself and
the Cuban leaders. IIc answered:
THAT would be out of the question.
Such n step would give the insurgents
an Importance which l cannot coHcede
to them
At o'clock this afternoon Captain
General WGyler left Havana on bhurd
the Spanish cruiser LII GaZpi for Mar
lei, province OF Plnar del Rio, whore he
viii resume personal command OF the
Spanish forces operating against the,
insurgents.
Later In the day the correspondent OF
the Associated Press called upon the
chief OF staff here and informed him
that dispatch received In New York
from jacksonville F1a stated that
General Weyler. during the recept OPP
erations In Plnar del Rio lost 700 men
killed and 1900 wounded by the explo-
sion Of an insurgent mine and hat s.000
men OF tho. Spanish force werei killed
and 1000 wounded during the two'days'i
fighting in the Rub! hills, The chief OF
staff distinctly stated that there was
no truth In the statements made, that
no mines were exploded by the lnsur-
gents, that there had not been two,
days fighting. and that the rcport31f.
the engagement cablad to the AssoclR-
ted Press at the time was correct In
every particular =7is'a - IA.