The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-04-09
MORE SPANISH CRUELTIES
Said to Surpass the Worst of
the Armenian Outrages
And be OF Daily Oeeurre nee-senOr
DE Isme Insists That the Reports
are very Much ExAEKsrated.

WashIngtoa, ID. C., April The
message from Havana giving the details
of the killing of Ave prisoners by the
carrots raised cry Of horror In Wash
ingtsn. Senior Dupuy de LONE, the
Spanish minister, admitted that the nen
had been killed, but declared that the
form of punishment was the one pre-
scribed by Spanish law. He said the
msn were negroes and had been guilty
of most atrocious crime In hanging
merchant at Gsta Melsna, and in kill
ing a small boy a. sNe same place. lie
said the details of the execution had
been exaggerated.
The reports to the Cubans in Wash
iarton declare that the horrible sxscu.
tioa of the Ave men at Havana 10 but a
sample Of the atrocious cruelties of Cap.
tain General Weylsr in Cuba. They de-
clare that they have Information indi-
eating that suck cruslties are practicsd
nearly every day in Cuba, and that they
are 81 horrible as to be beyond compre-
hension.
Senior Quesada, who represents the
Cuban party in Washington, said such
incidents a. the one reported today
only gave a vague idea Of the reign of
terror that 10 now in progress on the
island. He continued
ATROCITIES are being com nittsd every
week in Cuba that surpass in cruelty
the worst Armenian outrages, over
which such a storm of popular indigna-
ton was raised in this country, The
cruelties reported In this execution will
be denied by the Spanish authorities
and the denial will be believed by the
American people because they cannot
conceive how such crimes can be com.
mitted by a civilized nation. The Span.
ish authorities are conducting in Cuba
today exactly the same sort of warfare
that the Apache Indians in Arizona
waged twenty years ago on the frontier.
They are mutilating their victims in
exactly the same way and are using the
most barbarous methods of warfare.
Senior Quesada said he had no doubt
that the Ave men put to death had been
guilty of some ofense against the Span.
ish rule and that perhaps thsii offeNses
nerited the death penalty, but no matter
what their offense was, they were sn-
titled to a reasonably humane punish
ment. The fact that they were put to
death in itself is not revolving, for they
may have deserved it, but that they
were tortured in the most barbarous
manner should arouse the indignation
of all civilization.
He continued awe do not ask the
American people to look::to the events
of the present war to form their conclu.
sions about Spanish cruelty, 1t is a
matter of history and the history that
records just such cruelties was not
written by Cubans or by Spaniards, but
by Englishmen and Frenchmen. We
can well understand that any reports the
Cubans may spread in the United States
at this time about Spanish cruelties will
be looked upon as prejudiced and un.
fair For that reason we have not at.
tempted to keep the American people
advised of their atrocities. The Spanish
are in control on the island of Cuba and
they exercise censorship over tho tel
egraph and mail that prevents true
statement of the affairs there being
known, but the truth will come out gen.
orally and the people of this country
will put stop to the warfare in time"
"When Spain sent Weyler to Cuba it
was hoped his presence in Cuba would
terrorize the Cubans and that he would
put speedy end to the war the minute
he put his foot on the island. He made
his reputation in Barcelona, where he
crushed out the anarchists. His control
of Cuba, however, was grave mistake,
because his methods OF warfare will be
come known in time and civilized PEG.
!. l,le will not tolerate him"