Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-01
SPANISH CRUELTIES.
Said 10 SurpaSs The WOst Of The
Armenian 0llTl5tS
AND DE- OF DAILY OCCURRENCE
senior do LONE ins.sls that the Re
ports are Very Much III
aggorAtod.

wAsInSGroS, April 1.-The mes-
ssgo from HavAnS giving tue details u
tue tllli1g Of i've prisoners by the
Eatrote raised n cry Of horror In Wash.
ington. seuot Dupuy de LONE, the
Bpanish minister, admitted that the
men had teen killed but declared that
the form Of punishment was the one
prescribed by Spanish law. Hc said
The men were negroes ami hsd been
guilty OF most s,rocious crime
IN hanging merchant NJ Guifa
Melena, aud In killing n small boy ut
thu same place, Ao nAIu tbs uCta % 0l
the execution had been exaggerated.
The reports 10 the Cubausin Wash.
iugton declare that the horrible exc
cution OF the i've men at Havana b.
but sample Oi tue atfocious ctuelties
ui Captain General Weyler Ia Cubs.
Tury declare thht they have iufOfma.
ton Indicating that sucn cguci,leH are
pfaciiocd nearly ovofy day 10 Cubs,
hud that they arc 20 horrible ~ 10 be
beyond apprehension.
senor o. sAIa, WIN represents the
CUBAN parry Ia Washington, tald such
incidents ~ the uuB reported today
only gavea vague idea OF thc reign Of
terror that IL row IN ptogtcss on tho
island. He continued:
"AtfociticH nfu being committed
every week In Cuba that tuiplss 4.
cruelty tue worst Armenian outrage,
over which such a storm " popular
Indignation was raised Ia TINS cUuutfy,
Tue cfueitiua fcpOftUi Ia ms CEUcu-
ton viii DO denied by the Spanish
authorities anu the duuiil will be-
believed by the American people
because they cannot conceive how
such crimes can be- committed ~ y
civilized nation. The Spanish nuthUrl.
tics are conducting IN Cuba today
exactly The same fOft OF wnTisrr that
the A pachu Indians Ia Arizona wagru
twenty years ago on the ifOLtieL iuuy
are mulilAting tueir ylotimo IN eKuC y
tue tAme way aud are using tho mJst
butButsus methods VI war Bto."
SuuuT Y IesaIa said hu had no doubt
that thu nye mn put " death had
been guilty OF some iiuusc against tue
Spanish iuio aud that lefuhps their VI.
iuDsea msfiiri the uesth penalty, but
no matter what their Uiienfs was, they
were entitled 10 q reasonably humane
punishment. Tho TACT that thoy were
pat 10 death Ia Itself II not revolving,
tor they may have deserved II, tut
that they wtte tortured In the most
bafbatous manner should arouse thp H..
dignation VI all owl Esiiou.
lie C0ntiuuua! Eve do not ask the
American people 20 look to the events
Ut the ptytrnt war ~ torn thsif con.
C.usiUus about spanish cruelty. IL
a matter VI history nuu Tue history thni
records Just tucn CTuullirs was not
wilton ~ Cuusns Or ny Spaniarys,
but by Euglishmen anu Ftunchmeu.
We can we'll understand tuat any IL.
p,HIs tue Cubans may spread ir tue
Uuitod states NJ the time about Spau.
isu ufuultiUa Will be looked ~ on IA PR !,
uuICud aud unfair. For tnul reason
We nave NOT attempted 20 keep the
American people advised % their afro.
tIliuf. Inu Spanish arc in control
uu the island " Cuba gud
tlry exercise urusDnhlp Uvsi
the telegraph aud mail that prevents
true statement OF the affairs there
being known, but tho truth viii come
out generally sui the people NJ this
county will put asIOp 70 the warial'
Ia time.
" Ahh 'leiH h'HN wy iNl w NNAp
it was hoped his presence IN Cuua
would ieTT0uzB the CubAus and lhsl
hu would put = speedy emu 10 tho wal
the minute he Iut hls loot on IA,
Island, lie mauo his reputation ~
BARCELONA, where he crushed out the
anarchists, His control Of Cu1h, now
ever, was grave mistake, because hl
methods " warfare will become GuowI
IN lime and civilized people viii uOl
tolerate him"