Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
WEYLER SATISFIED.
Insurgents. He Says. Are Driven
from Their Strengthens In
the Rubi Hills.
Copyrighted. 1896. by the Associated Press

| Havana. Nov. 2t.-SO uauy coii'h
tory statements have been attributed 70
| Caet.- Gen. Weyler since his return from
| the Province of Pinar del Rio, that the
| correspondent here of the Assocla!eu
| Press was instructed to ask the Spanish
| commander for full, official and author-
! lied statement on the subject. Ineie-
| fore. lust previous to the departure Oh
| Gen Weyler for Pinar del Rlo, the c9i-
respondent called at the palace Where ny
| was courteously received by the Seheiai
who was asked to supplement- the eAciu r
sive interview with the correspondent %
| La Iuchau at ArtemiSa, Whlcn was "a
| hled to the Associated Press on ! uesua!
| afternoon and which contained ms ms.
public utterances since his return Ifoll
| conducting the operations against Anlo-
| Mo Maceo This the general agreed 10
| do. $50.
The correspondent opened the lnter-
view last evening by informing the CHI
tain-general that the Associated press I
was anxious, before his return - the
field to place before the public IN the
United States his official view on the
| Cuban situation, adding:
1T is understood that you nave re-
turned from Pinar del Rio highly con-
tented with the result of your reeen.
I operations and it is asserted that you
believe that Pinar del Rio will soon De
pacifed.n
Entirely Satisfied.
In reply the captain-general SAID:
am not only contented but am entirely
satisfied with the result of my. military
| plans there | went over all the norTn-
ern hills and occupied the insurgent posi-
tons without any serious resistance
upon the part of the enemy. CacaraJara-
"a and Rubi, which the Insurgents
| med were impregnable, were occupied
a., cur troops after dislodging the enemy.
-. Rubi he offered the greatest "es,st-
ance but yielded after few hours 1ight-
| ing We found no trace OF Maceo
people after that although all other
points were reconnoitered by small de-
| tachments from our columns.
The southerly points were also recon
no;tered and the positions where the
rebels had camped are now in possession
! of our troops. There remains still to
be rex oEnoitered the ranges of hills IN
the eastern part of the province. Maceo
has nothing left for him to do but to
scatter his followers into small parties
in Order to enable them to escape our
columns which are now hunting for
them. since they offer no resistance ana
refuse to accept Il meeting with. our
troops. who are chasing them in all dl-
| recticns.'
VIII Pacify Pinar del Rio.
"D.,cs your excellency expect soon to
crush the insllrrection in the province
OF Pinar del Rio and bring about its
| qualification within short time"'
Il am confident of shortly pacifylng
| Pinar del Rio replied the captain-gen-
oral. ''since all the strategic points are
! in my hands and because constant activ-
| ity of our troops in all directions which
completely hinders the escape of the
small groups of insurgents, who are now
fleeing before them in disorder"
Liant cl- a6
do you think the condition of the
provinces of Havana, Matanzas and San
ia Clara hampers or favors the suppress
sion of the insurrection"
The captain-general replied:
These three provinces are more easily
subdued, from the nature of the ground.
They have no hills like the province OF
Pinar del Rio and the facilities for the
movement of large bodies of troops are
therefore greater. Besides the rebel
bands i'll these provinces are less numel-
GUS ard lack the elements and condi,
tons of those in the Province of Pinar
del Rio. The leaders of the rebels III
those three provinces also lack the inn
portance possessed by Maceo.'
Insurgent Leaders Dead.
''Thosa who had any prestige have
been killed.
1T is asserted said the correspond
cnt, ''that Maceo lost many of his lead
ing men who were with him. besides
those who joined him after the invasion
of Pnar del Rio
TO this the captain-general answered:
NEARLY all of Maceo's leading men who
were at all valuable or possessed of mill
tary ability have persisted in other
provinces or in the districts where they
headed uprisimgs."
1T appears that the insurgents in
Puerto Principe and in Santiago de Cuba
arc displaying more activity than be-
fnfE Hn
Yes" answered Gen. Weyler, "but
the provinces mentioned are not in a
state Of instruction. Puerto Principe
is producing a little and not much pro-
lection is needed there. The same may
be said in regard to the Holguin and
Bayamo districts The rebels have de-
stroyed all they could and, besides, with
the death of Jose Maceo, the rebellion in
the Province of Santiago de Cuba lost
much of its Importance
The generall then added:
Il have no intention of allowing the
attention of the troops to be distracted
in that direction for it is evident that
that is the object of the insurgents under
Gomez and CaliXto, who possess domi-
mating influence over the insurgents in
those districts.'
Has Faith in Mckinley.
.'Do you believe President Mckinley
will follow the policy of President Cleve-
land in regard to, Cuba2"
''McKinley represents public wealth
and the producing elements of that coun-
try and | cannot believe that a man who
so represents the work, virtue and pros
perity OF his country can carry out "A
policy which would compromise the in
terests entrusted to- his talents and dis
erection as a public man. Hence, | think
that Mckinley Will be guided by a Just
and equitable policy without passion and
with prudence, such as is counseled by
4 sr,fpr Of fIaC
the cordial relations long existing be-
tween Spain and the United States
is it true, general" asked the cor
respondent, that yen propose to publish
a decree confscating tie property Of tha
Cuban insurgentsE'
Nothing to Confiscate.
With motion of ironical SURPRISE
Gen. Wyler answered.:
1T is not possible, since the rebels have
nothing to cenfiscate. They do not rep
resent anything of the wealth of the
country. However, if you possess, data