The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-12
THE SPANISH MINISTER TALKS
VOLUBLY ANENT THE RE-
MARKS OF SENATORS.
FALSE IMPRESSIONS ARE ABROAD
The Spaniard Says American Statesmen
Have Been Imposed Upon by the
Enemies of Spain-Weyler
Also Misrepresented.

Washington, March 7-Minister Du-
puy de LONE of Spain, tonight accorded
to representative of the Associated
Press an authorization concerning the
Spanish-Cuban situation, with special
reference to recent statements in con-
gress during the consideration of the
Cuban resolutions. The minister said:
Il have the greatest respect for the
honest common sense of the American
Nation, with unlimited confidence in it's
second sober thought, and / am very
sure that the Americans love and want
the truth. 1t is for this reason that |
foregO my usual desire to avoid public
ity in order that the American people
may be put in possession of certain facts
and that MISUNDERSTANDING that have
been made possible between the United
States and Spain may be avoided
Il read with the deepest regret the
statement made in the senate by some of
the most influential senators of the
United States, not knowing that the facts
which were stated by them were incor-
rect; that their good faith of which l
have no doubt, had been imposed upon,
and that it would be very easy for me to
prove, with a little timc that the SEN
ators had been misinformed by persons
interested in bringing a msundcrstand-
ing between the two countries.
Senator Sherman, in the sitting of
February 2S, quoted freely among other
things, from an article published in New
York, Sunday, February 23, 1896. He
said, giving in very strong language his
opinion of the present cOmmander-n
chief of the Spanish army in Cuba, the
following:
"a book written in Spanish which |
am very sorry | can not get from the
library, written by Spaniard by the
name of ENRIQUE Donderio, who came
over IrOm Spain with the Spanish troops
to see the war of 1872, and who was so
horrorstricken with the high crimes that
United States and there published his
manuscript
Il have made an investigation about
that book, and | have found that the
name of the author is not Enrique Don
derio, as originally printed, but Enrique
Dondcres. For this reason probably
the senator was unable to find the book
in the congressional library. Should he
have found it he would have seen the
book, which is a small pamphlet of 43
pages, not a single time mentioning the
name of General Weyler. have been told
that the person, Enrique DOnderis, was
n Spanish officer who fought in Spain
against the government, and was sent to
Cuba. He fought there on the Spanish
side, then deserted and afterward fought
in the Cuban ranks.
General Weyler went to Cuba as a
lieutenant colonel in 1869, and returned
to Spain as brigadier general in 1873.
A part of the campaign he held the posi-
ton of staff officer, but he has never had
in Cuba any other position than that of Il
subordinate officer.
''In my investigation | have read many
pamphlets written by Cubans during the
war, from 1868 to 1878, but, with all the
natural bias when Il contest is pending,
| have failed to see the name of General
Weyler held responsible for the horrors
that now, when he is at the head of the
army against the rebels, are attributed to
him.
'Senator Morgan, in. the sitting of Feb
ruary "A, said that according to official
reports, forwarded from Madrid by the
United States minister, 13,600 Cubans
had been killed in battle up to August
1872, besides 43,500 prisoners whom the
Spanish minister admitted to have been
put to death. Senator Morgan said that
his authority was the American En-
cyclopedia. Mr.. Rossiter Johnson, asso-
Giate editor of the American encyclopedia
says that the article was written by Mr..
Antonio Bachillery Morales, Cuban
who was decided and partial enemy of
Spain. Continuing the investigation,
found that the minister of the United
States to Spain on August 16, 1879,
quotes from the Impartial, described as
!, semi-ofcial journal of Madrid, the fol-
lowing:
THE beginning of hostilities in Cuba,
1860 insurgents nave been killed in bat
tie and 43,500 taken prisoners
The minister adds: