The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-18
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tHpiNih AeheraI "Syier's shNNSe Nrocla~ mation-Mintary Jurisdicti 'n and Trial by Court-martial-Penalty is Mainly Death-Twenty-fo Political Prisoners Reported Shot in the Cabanas | Havana, Feb. 17.-Captain General Weyier issued three proclamations yes terday. The first defines the offenders who are made subject to military jur- isdiction and trial by court-martial, as follows:
 1 First-Those who invent or circulate .by any means whatever news or infor- nation, directly or indirectly, favorable to the rebellion will be considered gull ty of acts against the security of the country as defined by article 22S of the military code, as they thereby facilitate the operations of the enemy
 Second-Those who destroy or dam age railroads, telegraphs or telephones, or interrupt the operations of the same. 1 Third--Those who are guilty of ar- 1 son.
 Fourth-Those who sell carry or de- liver arms or ammunition to the enemy or in any other way facilitate their in- ! troduction through the custom house. Parties failing to cause the seizure of such arms or ammunition will incur criminal responsibility.
 Fifth--Telegraph operators delivering war messages to other persons than the proper officers.
 sixth-Those who by word of mouth, Y through the medium of the press or in ny,s Ntl rho1 bn1i 1n prestige of Spain, the army, volunteers, l firemen or any other forces operating with the army
 Seventh--Those who by the same means shallapraise the enemy. I Eighth-Those who shall furnish the enemy with horses or other resources of warfare.
 Ninth-Those who act as spies will be punished to the fullest extent of the | law.
 I Tenth-Those who shall act as guides to the enemy and fail to surrender themselves immediately and give proof of their loyalty and report the strength of the force employed by the enemy. 1 Eleventh-Those who shall adulter- ate the food of the army or alter the I prices of provisions.
 Tweltfh-Those using explosives in violation of the decree of October +, 1895.
 Thirteenth-Those who shall use pig cons, rockets or signals to convey news to the enemy.
 7. Fourteenth-The offences above men toned are punishable by penalty of death or life imprisonment the judges to take proceedings.
 Fifteenth--All orders conflicting with the foregoing are hereby revoked.
 The second proclamation is as fol- lows:
 First-All the inhabitants of the country within the jurisdiction of Sane. ti Spiritus and the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago will present themselves at the headquarters of di- vision. brigade or column of the army and provide themselves with docu- ment proving their identity inside of eight days from the publication of this order in their respective townships.
 Second-To go into the country with in the radius of the columns operating therein it is now necessary to obtain a 2 pass from the mayor or military com mander Those failing to comply with this requirement. will be detained and sent to Havana subject to my orders In case of doubts as to the genuineness of a pass or if there are reasons to sup pose a party to have sympathy with the rebels or to aid them in any way. due responsibility for the same will be placed upon the officer issuing the pass. Al Third-All stores in the country dis \ tricts must be vacated at once by their owners. Chiefs of columns must also decide as to the disposition of such property. which, while being unproduc- tive to the country may at the same time serve as a habitation or hiding place for the enemy
 Fourth-All passes issued prior to this date are hereby cancelled.
 In the third proclamation General Weyler delegates full powers to pro- ceed with military trials to the com manders of the First and Second Army Corps and also to the commander of the Third division.
 Prisoners taken in action will be sub- ject to summary court-martial.
 It was reported here yesterday that the Spanish authorities had caused twenty-four political prisoners in the Cabanas to be shot on Wednesday night. General Weyler denies all knowl edge of it.
 Madrid, Feb. 17.--A dispatch from Havana to the Inparcial says that the rebel forces are changing positions Gomez working his way westward and Maceo marching eastward.