St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08

statement In newspaper that the pris-
oners were taken, the consequence that
they were executed is derived, and be-
cause the impartial was the property
of minister Of the cabinet, the asser-
ton is advanced that a cabinet officer
admitted that they have been put to
death. That has been said in the Unit
ed states senate, and indorsed by
vote of that high body.
Senator Cabot Lodge, in a speech
made on the 25th of February, quoted
from the Liberal, of Madrid, an inter
view sent by telegraph from Cadiz in
the moment in which Gen. Weyler en-
barked for Cuba.
SENATOR LODGE IMPOSED UPON.
THE translation, which has been
given TO the senator from Mas
sachusetts is a fraud. My attention
was called to it by a telegram from
Mr, TaltaVall, correspondent in the
United States of the Liberal, from
Madrid, and former member of the
Cortes This distinguished gentleman
wired to me: Gen. Weyler never said
In any interview or conversation pub
llshed in the Liberal that he would ex-
terminate the filibusters. What he
said was that he would clean out the
western provinces of Cuba Of filibus-
ters, and that he would exterminate
the small bands of bandits
Il have now before me the text of
that interview, / will not stop to dis
cuss the historical Importance of a
non-authoriZed interview. But even,
taking it as granted that Gen. Weyler
SAID what is printed, the words that
the person who has furnished docu-
ments to Senator Cabot Lodge have
made him pronounce, are not exact.
The exact translation of what Gen.
Weyler said is: ON my arrival in
Cuba L propose in the first place to
clean out of filibusters the provinces
of Habana. Pinar del Rio, Matanzas
and Las Villas; be it well understood
that L refer for the moment to the
large bands which have invaded them.
Then will remain the small bands of
bandits, which I will exterminate
gradually
Nobody can believe that Gen. View
Ter in the word 'exterminate' meant to
! put to death: but even if that sense is
applied to this word, it is necessary to
understand what those bands of ban
dts in Cuba are, and have been. I
would like to know the opinion that
the American planters, respectable.
law-abiding citizens who are working
for their own interests and for the
, prosperity of Cuba, have in that
respect, what would be done in this
country with the people who have been
kidnapping and blackmailing the
honest toilers living out in the country
what treatment do they think they de-
serve-people like Manual Garcia
Mrabal, Matages, Perico Delgado and
others The papers to which | refer
are at the disposition Of the senator
from Massachusetts, and of anybody
who wants to see them.
CIVIL W/R COMPARED.
II cannot understand how all rules
or war that have been given by all civ
il1zed nations are so criminal. so cruel
and tyrannical when they are applied in
Cuba. L have before my eyes a sum
mary of charges of inhumanity in con-
! nectton with the War of the Rebellion
IN the United States to both sides, TAX
en- from American history. I am sure
that many of them are false; most of
them exaggerated; some necessary and
others unavoidable. But, taking onlv
as an illustration and for the sake of
argument what / see in that list 7
cannot understand how people who are
Idmiilar with those necessary evils of
wal nave been able to use such harsh
unjust and offensive language against
Spain. In an English paper of those
days L read the following opinion Of
the American civil war: Stripped of
ITS trappings, it is a mere quarrel for
territory; the antagonists are acting
like Delawares and Pawnees, war to the
knife; pushed to absolute extermina-
ton is what they have resolved on. and
people breathe a language of massacre
and determination.
ThlS charge was no more Justified
than the charges brought now against
Spain.
Il said nothing when that language
was used in the press, but believe If
is my duty, although against the con-
ventionalities of my position, to appeal
as l have said, to the honest common
sense of the American people when
these words are uttered from the capi-
tol of the United States.