The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-20
CUBAN REFCCEE'SSTORY
How a Patriot Editor Escaped
General Weyler's Clutches.
THE CAPTAIN GENERALS POWERS.
His Edicts, Which Have Cost the Lives Of
Many Innocent Persons, Are Published
Only in the Official Gazette, Which Cir
culates Only Among Spanish Officials.

many innocent PERSONS, are fuDllsneu
Only in the Official Gazette, Which Cir
cuIates Only Among Spanish officials.
New YORK, Nov. 2O.-Manuel M. Coro-
nado. the editor of the Cuban patriot news.
paper La Discussion, published In Havana,
who escaped from that city in the last
days of October, after General Weyler had
ordered his arrest, reached New York yes
terday and went to the home of his
brother, Francisco Coronado. He brought
with him important news for the iunta in
this city, and early in tho afternoon Wis.,
ited the headquarters. OF his escape he
said:
when l learned by private tip that
General Wcylcr had ordered my arrest
made immediate preparations for escape
The order was not surprise. l had So
cured as II disguise the costume of an or
dinary sailor. When my house was sur
rounded by troops hastily shaved off my
heavy mustache, and donning my dis
guise, which also included heavy false
black goutee, | slipped into the house
adjoining mine and made my escape to
tho street. ds | thought, unobserved 1t
was 2 o'clock in the afternoon. jumped
into carriage, but the alarm was given
and the police pursued me in another.
'Then l worked an old game. ! told
my driver to keep ahead, and watching
my opportunity l jumped from the NOV
ing carriage, and walking back on the
pavement, mingled with the crowd and
made my escape to the country A few
days afterwnrd, prefer not to give dates,
l shipped aboard a sailing vessel as II COM
mon sailor. The captain, however, knew
me- We reached New Orleans after an
uneventful trip, and came on to New
York by rail-
In reply to question rs to the general
feeling of people living in CuDa he said
through all interpreter;
To-day we might sny that Spain holds
Cuba by sheer force Of arms. The whole
country, Spanish and Cuban alike, desire
peace even at almost any sacrifice, and al
though it may seem strange, the Spanish
elcmentisquitc rs pronounced in this feel
ing as the Cuban, and wish peace and tho
independence of Cuba 1T is thought that
Cuba again under Spanish control would
be unable to pay the enormous war debts
already incurred or to stand tho trcmcn-
dous taxation which would inevitably be
imposed by Spain upon Cuba, and that
another uprising would under those CON
dtions follow. spain would have to ex-
pond great sums Of money to keep Cuba
in submission. The wa" debt now is esti-
mated ut 5000, O0) go, and is accommodating
at the rate Of 2,000, ,0JO u month,
''lf Cuba gains her independence in this
struggle, as hope and maintain that Shc
will, she will start tfresh with wonderful
possibilities before her. Spain will soon
be forced by lack of funds TO withdraw
Der troops The opinion express is not
OF transient Cuban residents but of mer-
chants and land owners, Spanish Us well
as Cuban. The Spaniards express their
opinions in private only as public express
sion of it would insure their execution as
robuls.
"Weyler does as he pleases. His latest
edct is that all persons, men, women and
children, who are found outside of tho
Spanish lines shall be considered robels
and shot US such. This edict was pub
lishcd only in The Official Gazette in Ha-
vana, which circulutcs among Spanish
officers and officials only. There was no
way in which those outside of these circles
could learn of the edict There Is no rail.
ii is in this province that the edict has cost
the greatest loss of life People taken
under this ellct are marched outside the |
gates Of the city and shot down by the
soldiers. The reports of prisoners captured |
by Weylcr are only the capture of these
poor devils
"rhe former practice of the Spanish au- I
thorties of shooting prisoners in Moro
Castle and throwing the bodies into tho |
water beneath as food for sharks has been !
stopped, because not long ago several !
bodies drlted into the bay of Havana.
The authorities explained to inquiring
citizens that the men had probably been
drowned. Bullet holes in the head, how
ever, disproved this.
"The people would welcome anything
to hasten the ond Not only on account
Of the loss of property and life, but on nc
count of the massncrcs.'