The morning times., 1896-11-29
WEYLER's FAILURE IN GUBA
He Is Not a Butcher, But In
finiteiy Worse.
AT HEART A COWARD
Thomas R. Dawley Knows
Weyler Well and Tells
of His Infamy.
T HEART A COWARD
Copyright, 1867


III her attempt to put down the Cuban
insurrection, Spain has shown her un-
expected resources to a surprising eX=
tent. In sending men and arms TO Cuba,
she has surpassed the efforts Of the French
in Madagascar and the English in any
of their colonies. In fact, no nation of
modern times has raised and sent abroad
the number of troops that Spain has sent
across the sea to Cuba. She has armed
them with one of the most modern rifles
made and supplied them with an abundance
of ammunition, yet with all this force of
arms Spain has failed to dominate an
island much less in size than the State
of New York.
Almost at the very beginning OF the
uprising she sent her greatest general
10 command her forces, but the insur-
rect,on spread from the east over the whole
island, and Martinez Campos Was forced
to ADMIT his failure. However signally
Campos failed, he was a man far IN ad-
vance OF his country's civilization. and To
this fact may his failure be attributed.
Campos believed that the Cuban had
certain inalienablc rights. As a soldier
II was not his duty to question the ac-
ton of his government. As commander
in-chief in Cuba lie could apply his own
methods of pacifylng the island. He
Tedli.cu tildJ tl' lISuTStHJ faHhs were
being increased by the unemployed, and
lie CnGeavorcd TO open up new avenues
of industry; but lie was deceived into
beiieying that the inSurrcCtion, as in the
| last war, was confined to the east. He
did not complain because he found the i'll
surSents armed, but he went boldly into
the field to direct in person the operations
| of his troops He pursued humane methods,
| refusing to kill his prisoners. He sculded
cal Al & laan
| of facts, and even issued an order cen
| surfing them for their ridiculous reports Of
| victories which never occurred.
| Spaniards could not understand these
| methods of an enlightened man. Their
! conception of war today is the same that
| It was 400 years ago, and consequently
| Campos not only had the insurgents 10
fight, butthe centuries Of Spanish barbarIsm
| as well. They clamOred for b.oOd and
| for victories which were never won: and
| because Campos told the truth and re-
| fused to kill except i'll battle, lie was ac-
cused of Icing in sympathy with the in-
| surgents.
| In nominating Gen Weyler to succeed
| Campos, the Canovas ministry found "a
| champion of true Spanish sentiment.
Why then, it may lie asked, has Gen.
| Weyler, with all the resources of Spain at
| his command, and the sympathy OF the
| Spanish people, failed to put Down the
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Cuban insurrection?
Campos admunished his officers for not
| reporting the truth. weyler Began his
| campaign BY denouncing as an enemy OF
| Spain anyone who should tell the truth II
| IL reflected upon the vaiur OF STanihi
| arms Campos refused % killhis prii ohcrs.
| Weyler began by allowing his trt ops to
| slaughter the male inhabitants of village
| almost within sight of Havana. Camloi
| gave all correspondents free passes TO &c
| out with his tr' ops and watch his opera
tons WeSler took these passes away
| prohibited corrcsl ondcnts going out, and
finally put two Of them in Aorro Castle
on the suppost! thatthey hadinveStIgatct
his massacre of peaceable citizens al
Guatao.
Notwithstanding the fact that Weyiei
has pursued methods Just the reVers
of his predecessor, he has not only ran
ed to bring the insurrection to an end, bu
under his rule affairs in the island hav,
gone from bad t. worse.
II it were not for the ruthless slaughtc
of noncombatants his campaign might wei
be compared to an immense opera bouff,
He muzZled the press to begin with, AM
then started a news bureau OF hisown. Hi
news was startling, interesting and anus
ing He soon proved himself fakir pa
| excellence. First he killed Antonio Ma
Geo, the rebel chief, who, to prove that tn
Spanish general lied, came to within