The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-03-11
wsYLER. THE BUTCHER.
No Mercy shown 10 Peaceful Citizens CT
Cuba Found Near Iasurgents-A Reign
of Blood and Terror.

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No Mercy shown 10 Peaceful Citizens CT
Cuba Found Near Iasursents-A Reign
Of Blood and Terror.
HAVANA, March l0-Arrests OF civ
ilians under the sweeping provisions OF
Gen. Weyler's proclamation Of Febru-
ary 10 have been made at such rate
and in many cases with so little evi-
dence of guilt that Gen. Weyler was
compelled week ago to issue instruc-
tions to his officers to be merciful, as
he required more proof than verbal de-
nunciation. Sunday he issued cir
cular in which he stated that absolute
proof must be furnished by disinter-
ested parties before accused persons
will be deported and warning COM
manders that they will be held re-
sponsible for false answers. Without
doubt Gen. Weyler has in view the
effect of this order abroad as well as
hore, for the manner in which Cubans
who have never borne arms against
Spain have been dragged from their
homes and thrown into prison with
felons and after few days delay
placed ON board ships for what is the
vilest penal colony on the face of the
earth, has become shame that cries
aloud for redress.
Hundreds have been sent to Ceuta,
Africa, and to the Isle OF Pines and the
arrests are increasing in number Gen
Weyler has removed the mayors OF al
towns i'll whom he had not absolute
confidence and has appointed the rank
ing military officers of regular troops
Those men usually possess arbitrary
powers. The life or death of any man
woman or child in the zone is in theil
hands. A large proportion of these
commanders believe Weyler to be
man of severe measures, man wht
will approve any extreme act on thei
part. They look upon his circulars a
intended for effect in the United States
They look for no punishment for sum
mary executions of the Cubans wh'
sympathize with the insurgents. The.
expect praise and promotion for shoot
ing war prisoners as soon as taken. Il
their reports they are careful to hav
the prisoners or the peaceful citizen
killed found in the field after an en-
gagemcnt.
When the horrible story Of tn
butchery oils peaceable citizens in tn
village of Guatao was published in tn
United States and wired back here
Gen. Weyler announced that he woul
severely punish whoever was respons
BILE for the outrage, il one had bee
committed. Two weeks have gone b
and no official has lost his stripes
Guatao was so near Havana tina
American correspondents demon
strated the absolute truth Of the story
Dozens of reports Of affairs in whic
unarmed citizens are killed by Spanis
troops have been received here, but tn
authorities have placed obstacles in til
way of correspondents so that it is in
possible to visit the localities and e
tablish the facts. In dozen cast
refugees from towns where fights hay
occurred state that after the rebels al
driven away citizens who took no pa
are shot down and counted in the OF
cial report as dead insurgents.
But for the warmth of the china
and the ease with which life is su
tanned in the tropics, thousands wou
have perished ere this and the islaI
would be charnel house before Il
end is reached. In many towns the
have been no provisions for week
People have lived by sucking sug