Connecticut western news., 1896-02-20
AUTOCRATICW WEYLER
THE CAPTAIN GENERAL ASSUMES THE
 ROLE OF A D=SPoT IN CUBA.

N0LC UT o-OFOl IN SOoA- Issues a Cast Iron Code of Regulations
 All Violations of His Arbitrary Rules
 to Be summarily Punished-The Press
 to Re Completely Muxrled-
 HAVANA, Feb. l7.-Captain General Weyler has just issued three proolama- tions. The following is the first:
 Don Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, mar quis of Tenerife, governor and captain general of Cuba. general in chief of the army, etc, desirous of warning the honest inhabitants of Cuba and those loyal to the Spanish aiuse and in conformity to the laws, does order and command:
 Article l.-Al inhabitants of the>dis- trict of Sancti Spiritus and the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba will have to concentrate in places which are the headquarters of a division, a bri- gnde, a column or a troop and will have to be provided with documentary proof of identity within eight days of the publica- ton of this proclamation in the munich palities.
 Article s-To travel In the country in the radius covered by the columns In oper- ation 1t is absolutely indispensable to have pass from the mayor, military command ants or chiefs of detachments. Any one lacking this will be detained and sent to headquarters of divisions or brigades and thence to Havana, at my disposition, by the first possible means. Even If pass Is exhibited which is suspected to be not au- thentic or granted by authority to persons with known sympathy to the rebellion, or who show favor thereto, rigorous measures will result to those responsible.
 Article 3-All owners of commercial establishments in the country distr,cts will vacate them, and the chefs Of col umns will take such measures as the sue. cess of their operations d.ctates regarding such places, which, while useless tor the country wealth. serve the enemy as hid ing places in the woods aud in the interior. Article 4.-An passes hitherto issued hereby become null and void. VALRRIANo WEyLER. The Military Code. In the second proclamation General weyler assumes the judicial attributes of captain general and provides for mili- tsry code Of justice. reserving the right to review and change the fndings of courts martial.
 In the third proclamation General wey- Ter dec ares:
 I make known that, taking advantage of the temporary insecurity of communi- | cation between the district capitals and the rest of the provinces, notices which | convey uneasiness and alarm are Invented | and propae ated, and some persons, more | daring still. have taken advantage of this to draw the deluded and the ignorant to | the rebel ranks. l am determined to have | the laws obeyed and to make known by | special means the dispositions ruling and frequently applied during such times as the present. through which the island Is now passing. and to make clear how far certain points go in adapting them to the exigencies of war and in the use of the faculties conceded to me by No. l2, article [, of the Code of Military Justice and by | the law of public order of April 23, 1870. | And I make known, order and command that tho following eases are subject to military law, among others specified bS | the law:
 | Clause 1.-Those who invent or propa- gate by any means notices -or assertions favorable to the rebellion shall be consid- cred as being guilty of offenses against the integrity of the nation and comprised in article 223, class C. of the military code, whenever such notices facilitate the enc | my s operations.
 1 Clause a-Those who destroy or dam | age railroad lines, telegraph or telephone wires, or apparatus connected herewith, or those who interrupt communications by opening bridges or destroying high ways.
 Clause 3.-Incendiaries in town or country, or those who cause damage, as shown in chapter s, article l3, volume ?, ' of the penal code ruling in Cuba. | Clause 4.-Those who sell. facilitate, i convey or deliver arms or ammunition tC | the enen-y, or who supply such by another means, or thuse who keep such in their | power ur tolerate or dealing such through the customs. and employees of customs who fail to confiscate such importations will be held responsible.
 Press Censorship.
 Clause 5.-ThoSe who, being telegra. phers, divulgo te.egrams referring to the war. or who send them 10 persons who should not be cognizant of them.
 Clause 6.-Thosa who. through the press or otherwise. revile tbe prestige of Spain, her army, the volunteers or fire men, or any other force that 90 operates with the army.
 Clause 7.-Those who, by the same means. endeayor to extol the enemy.
 Clause S.-Those who supply the enemy with horses, cattle or any other war re l sources.
 Clause Q.-Those who act as spies, and to these the utmost rigor of tho law will be applied.
 Clause l0.-Those who serve as guides unless surTendering at once and showing ] the proof of force majeure and giving the troops evidence at once of loyalty.
 Clause Ii.-Those who adulterate army food or conspire to alter the prices of pro | visions
 Clause l2.-Those who. by means of explos ves, commit the offenses referred to in the law of June 10. 1894, made to ex' tend to this island by the royal order of 1 Oct. l7, 1895, seeing that these otfenses affect She public peace, and the law oi l April 23, 1870, grants me power to leave to the civil authorities the proceedings in such cases as are comprised in captions I and and treaties 8 of volume ? of the common penal code, when the culprits are not military or when the importance of the uffense renders suvh action advisable. l Clause l3.-Those who, by messenger | pigeons, fireworks or other signals, com. municate news to tho enemy.
 l Clause ii-The offenses enumerated, when the law prescrihes the death penalty or life Imprisonment, will be dealt with ! most summarily.
 | Clause I5.-All other proolsmations and 1 orders in conflict with this previously is sued are annulled by this.
 VALEaIANo wEYLER. 1 A Warning to weylcr. ! TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 17.-One hundred and forty passengers arrived on the steam CT Olivette from Cuba. They say that tho | rY,,.nr exofie Sr Havana that hp priSpu.