Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-11-26
INIS DESTROYS OF PEACE
|p,,b spaniards and Natives
Tired of the War.
,,,,roR CORONADO INTERVIEWED

q.,r.r. Latest Ed'o' = Many, Son.
.,ub. ants Murdered by HIS s"r
Mario Castle Executions.
Work. Nov. 2S.-Manuel M.
W editor of the Cuban patriots
La Discussions, published in
s", who escaped from that city IN
i.' last days of October. after General
%,1Ior had ordered his arrest, reached
Wv, Work. this morning. He brought
NV ~ him important news for the junTa
y ,his city, and early this afternoon
I.,a6 the headquarters. OF iii escape
aWben | learned by private tips that
General Weyler had ordered my arrest
msda immediate preparations for es'
: ,.rs The order was not a surprise
had secured a disguise in the costume
a an ordinary sailor. When my house
',ss surrounded by troops. l hastily
.Ssved off my heavy m%ustache, and
Sonuipp my disguise, which also in
olnded a heavy false black goatee, l
tanned into the house adjoining and
made my escape to the street, as l
tsoupht. unobserved. l jumped into a
carriage. An alarm was given and the
Doios pursued me in another. worked
IN old game. told my driver to keep
ahead, and, watching for an oppor-
unity, Jumped from the carriage and
walked back on the pavement, mingled
with the crowd and made my escape to
the country.
"a few days afterwards--l prefer
not to give dates, I shipped aboard q
sailing vessel as a common sailor. The
captain knew me, however. We
reached New Orleans after an unevent
fol trip, and I came to New York BY
nail, arriving this morning"
In reply to a question as to the gen
aal feeling Of the people living IL
Cuba, he said. through an interpreter
To-day we might say that Spail
holds Cuba by sheer force OF arms
The whole country, Spanish and Cuba1
alike, desires peace at almost any sacrl
fee, and although it may seem strange
the Spanish element are quite as pre-
nUunCed in this feeling as the Cuban'
and wish peace and independence &c
Cuba.
at is thought that Cuba again nj
der Spanish rule would be unable
pay the enoromus war debt already IL
Cured or to stand the tremendous ia
that would now invariably be impose
BY Spain upon Cuba, and another u,
rising would, under those condition
follow. Spain would have to exper
great sums of money to keep Cuba
submission. The war debt now is es'
mated at 5000, 900, 900, and is accum
lating at the rate Of $l2, 900, 900
month.
IF Cuba gains her independence
this struggle, and | hope and mainta
that she will, she will start afresb wi
wonderful possibilities for her. Spa
will soon be forced, by lack Of fun'
to withdraw hor troops. The opini
le1press is not that of transient Cub
residents, but of merchants and la'
owners, Spanish as we'll as Cubs
The Spaniards express this opinion
private only, as public expression wo'
insure their execution rs rebels.
"Weyler does as he plesses. J
ID Ntpot pAint 10 chat oil nnrsnna m
women and children, who are fox
outside Of the Spanish lines, shall
considered rebels and shot az su
This edict was published only in
Official gazette in Havana, which
culates among officers and officials OF
There was no way in which those
SIDE OF these circles could learn OF
Ntict. There is no railroad to ri
del Rio from Havana, and it is in
province that the edict has cost m
HVes. People taken under this e
are marched outside Of the gates Of
city and shot down by soldiers.
reports Of prisoners captured by We
are only the capture Of these
devils.
The former practice of the Spa
authorities Of shooting prisoner
MORO castle and throwing the be
INTO the water for sharks, has
stopped, because not long ago se'
bodies drifted into the bay Of Hav
Inc authorities explained to inqui
citizens that the men had prob
drowned. Bullet holes in the b
however, dispoved this. The p'
would welcome anything TO hastei
end' not only on account Of the lo
property and life, but on accoui
The massacres."