River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-20
WEYLER'S POLICY.
Displays Determination to Crush
the Cubans.
The Spanish General Makes Public His
Plan In Three Pro carnations SUM
mary Punishment Promised
to al Offenders.
Havana, Feb. H. Gen. Weyler ISSUED
three proclamations on Sunday. A
svnorsis of The first is as follows.

three proclamations on Sunday. A
synopsis of the first is as follows:
T. warns all honest inhabitants of Cuba
and those lovs.l to the Spanish use. that
hey mus. conform TO the laws; con-
mands "all Inhabitants of the district OF
Sancti Spiritus and the province of Puerto
Principe and SANTIAGO de Cuba to
concentrate in places which are the head
quarters Of a division, brigade, coll
umn. or a .roop, and to be pro-
v.ded with documentary proof of identity
Within eight days of the publication OF
this proclali7tton In the municipalities.
ITO travel in the country In the radius
covered by the columns in operation Il is
absolutely indispensable to have a pass
from the mayor. military commahdants, or
chiefs OF attachments. Any ore lacking
this will be detained and sent TO head
quarters of divisions OF brigades ana
thence to Havana, at my disposition. by
the first possible means. Even II a pass is
exhibited which is suspected as not au-
thenic 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.
IAN owners of commercial establish
monts in the country districts VIII yacate
them. and the chiefs of columns will take
such measures as the success of their OPP
Crations dictates regarding such places,
which. while useless for the countrys
wealth, serve the enemy as hiding places
in the woods ard in the interior.
IAN passes hitherto issued hereby be-
come null and void"
The Second Proclamation.
The second proclamation is practical
~ as follows:
Prisoners caught In action viii be sub
jected to the most summary trial. without
any other investigation, except that in
sfa.s.1 al. for ffaa n a
Spanish soldiers only are provided as
Judges IL such trials. When the sentence
IS pronounced, IL the sentence be depriva-
ton of liberty. the culprit shall be brought
to Havana with the papers In the case
30 that the testimony can be referred to re-
garding the penalty ard the sentence be
carried into effect. Gen. Weyler reserves
the right of promoting and sustaining all
questions Of competence with other turis-
dictions as also with military. and to de-
termine inhibitions In all kinds OF military
processes in the territory of the island. He
reserves likewise the faculty of assuming
an inquiry into all cases when 1t IS deemed
convenient. The proclamation continues:
mo sentence OF death shall he carried into
effect without the Acknowledgement under
my authority of the tes'i- any of the judg
ment. which must b. a, . ne immedi-
ately, except when means Of ommuni-
cation exists or v hen IL is case of insuls
to superiors or Of military seiition, In
which case sentence will he carried out
and the informa ton furnished to me after
waTds.'
Third Proclamation.
A synopsis of the third proclamation
is as follows: ~
Il make known that, taking advantaS.
of the temporary Insecurity of communi
cation between the district capitals and the
rest of the provinces, notices which con-
vcy uneasiness and alarm are invent ed and
propagated, and some persons. more dar-
ing still, have taken advantage of this to
draw the deluded and the ignorant to the
rebel ranks. l am determined to have the
laws obeyed and TO make known by special
means The dispositions ruling and fire.
quently applied during such times the
present, through which the island is now
passing and to make clear how far certain
points so in adapting them to the exigcn-
cies of war and in the use of the faculties
conceded to me by No. IL. article of the
code of military justice, and by the law OF
public order of April %, 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 OF assertions favorable To
the rebellion, whenever such notices ia
cilitate the enemy's operations: those who
destroy or damage railroad lines. telc-
graph, OF telephone wires, or apparatus
connected Herewith, or those who inter-
rupt communication by breaking down
bridges or destroying highways; incen-
diaries i'm town country, or those who
cause damage as shown In Cap. article
49, volume of the penal code ruling In |
Cuba; those who sell, facilitate, convey, OF
deliver arms or ammunition to the enemy, |
or Supply such by any other means. on
those who keep such In their power or |
tolerate or deal in such through the Gus
toms AMI employees of customs who fail |
10 conhscate such importations will be |
held responsible; those who being tele- |
graphsts diYulge kilograms referring TO |
the war or who send them to persons who |
should not be cognizant of them; Those |
who. through the press or otherwise, re- |
vile the prestige of Spain, its army, the |
volunteers, or firemen, or any other force |
that cooperates with the army; those who, |
by the same means, endeavor to extol the |
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 surrenderine |
at once and showing proof of compulslon |
and giving the troops evidence at once of |
loyalty; those who adulterate army fooc |
or conspire to alter the prices OF pro. /
visions: thosc wholly messenger pigeons, !
fireworks, or other signals communicate !
news to the enemy.
''Thc ofienses enumerated. when the law |
prescriDes the death penalty or life inn /
prisonment. will be dealt with most sum |
marily.'
Fali OF Managua.
Havana, Feb 1.-THE town of Man |
aqua, four leagues from Havana. was |