The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-28

object of the insurgents under Gomez
and Calixto who possess dominating
influence over the insurgents in those
districts"
do you believe President Mckinley
will follow the policy of President
Cleveland in regard to Cuba ?n
Mckinley represents public wealth
and the producing elements Of that
country, and I cannot believe that a
man who so represents the work vir-
tue and prosperity of his country can
carry out policy which would compro-
mise the interests entrusted to his tall
ents and discretion as a public man.
Hence, think j, Mckinley will be
guided by just and equitable policy,
without passion, and with prudence
such as is counseledg by the interests
of the American people and the COR
dial relations long existing between
Spain and the United States"
rs it true, general asked the cor
respondent, that you purpose to pub
lish decree confiscating the property
of the Cuban insurgehts?"
With motion of ironical surprise.
Gen. Weyler answered: ut is not pos
sible, since the rebels. have nothing to
confiscate. They do not represent any
thing of the wealth Of the country
However, If you possess data of any
property owned by insurgents let me
know. 1 will convince myself of the
truth of your information. and will
tell you if / con1scate 1t or not. I,
personally, know only of about a dozen
farm owners with the insurgents. and
their property is of little value. and
even then 1t is mortgaged to double
the amount of it's actual worth with
various creditors. Consequently. if T
decide upon confiscating, it would be
the creditors who would suffer. and
they are all on the government side
The revolution is upheld by the in
solvent element of the country. hence
1T bears the stamp of anarchis1n. which
you must have observed, for the reason
that the insurgents are not CARRYING
on war, but rather are pursuing q.
pohcy Of destruction and ineen-
diarism.''
NO SUGAR CROP.
Is it fact, general, that Won win
hot allow the sugar crop to be made ?''
Il do not feel inclined to nermit tba
gathering of the crop being commenced
before February or March. as 1t is well
known that the only resources the reb-
els can count on will have tn he el-
acted from the planters by threats of
violence, and, such means obtained
Woulo only go to acquiring arms and
ammunition to carry on the war against
Spain. If supported in this stand bv
many OF the planters who agree not
TO gather their crops rather than he
the victims Of such, extortions on the
part of the rebels and see the fr11it of
their labor employed against their
country"
DO you not think that by the prohi-
blt1on of the sugar CROP the commerce
Of the island will suffer, and Important
houses connected with the sugar indus-
tries will be bankrupted?'
SPAIN WILL NOT YIELD.
i do not, because, I'D to the nresan+
no failures large or small have taken
place and the merchants themselves
favor the idea against the cron In
the relations between the planters and
the merchants in Cuba at present. the
singular feature is that the planter
nves more from the merchants capital
than from the actual products Of his
land, and it may be asserted that the
immense majority can only commence
work with money advanced by the
merchants. Therefore, the commercial
element finds it better just now to keen
this money under key until the crop
operations can be begun under normal
conditions"
1T is reported that the Spanish min
lister for war intends to send another
large contingent of troops to Cuba in
January
Il do not know replied Gen. Weyler.
Il only think, [ can assure you that
the nation is prepared to make all
kinds Of sacrifices both in money and
men, which has already been proved.
| to conquer in this undertaking and
make SPANS sovereignty respected be-
! fore and above everything. All the
| money spent and to be spent will be
Spanish money. Cuba has been asked
| for nothing, neither for men nor for
money Snain dnnS C11I1o ~
exploit her nor has she had anything
from her Her pride in her great ma
tional historic traditions alone compels
Spain and she will defend Cuba and
will exhaust her last dollar and her last
man in so doing. This is not only the
| feeling of the government but also of
the Spanish people as is shown by the
daily growing enthusiasm and sacri-
fees by the nation"
do you think general, that the rec
ognition of the belligerency by the
United States would be taken as an
offense by Spain?"
1T would be strange If any act
| directly aimed at a recognition Of any
challenge Of SPANS right Of sover-
eighty here, which our people look upon
as being beyond question, did not evoke
| an explosion of popular feeling which it
| would be impossible to check, excited
| and ardent as public sentiment is now
| Finally the correspondent asked Gen.
| Weyler if he would agree to a truce in
order to bring about an exchange of
views between himself and the Cuban
| leaders. He answered: THAT would
| be out Of the question; such a step
would give the insurgents an impor-
| lance which I cannot concede to them. "
CUBAN COMPLAINTS.
''The Cubans abroad complain
strongly Of Spanish tyranny and at
| tribute the revolution to the subsection
of the Cubans by a despotic govern
ment under which they were not only
| debarred from liberty but also from
| public employment in their country.
| Can you make a statement on this sub
| ject?"
s'Thev must offer some excuse for the
treason and the destruction to which
! they have dedicated themselves since
taking up arms" replied the general
After the termination of the last
war Cuba was conceded full liberty
and the government tnaugurated a re-
| gine granting ample Cuban representa-
ton, awaiting itself of the provisional
| laws until the chambers ratified them;
establishing the rights of the Cuban
people upon an equality with the Eu-
| ropean Spaniards in the colony Al
| most simultaneously the present Span
| ish constitution was promulgated, rec
ognizing the equality Of white and
| black, Cuban and Spaniard in this
region. The provincial and municipal
| laws are alike in the provinces of
Spain. There is absolute freedom of
the press, public meeting and asso-
| citation, and public Judicial procedure.
In short, the Cubans have all the lib
critics that are enjoyed by the Span
iards in their native country. AS to
the social question, the patronate or
partnership Of slaves was decreed,