The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-11-21
SPAIN MUST QUIT
FUNDS CAN'T HOLD OUT TO KEEP
STANDING ARMY IN CUBA.
The Whole People Are Weary Of
Strife and VIII Make saeri-
Gees for Peace.

New York, Nov. 1s.-Manuel n. coro-
nsdo. editor o. the Cuban patriot news
paper La Discussions, published in Ha-
yanA. who escaped from that city in the
last days Of October after weyler had
ordered his arrest. reached New York
this morning. He brought with him Inn
portant news and early this morning
visited the headquarters of the junta In
this city. OF his escape he said:
when learned by private lips that
the captain general had ordered my ar
rest made immediate preparations for
escape. The order was not a surprise
! had secured disguise, the costume CT
an ordinary sailor. When my house was
surrounded by the troops 1 hastily shaved
OF my heavy moustache. and donnlng
my disguise. which also included a heavy
false black goatee, / stepped into the
house adjoining and made my escape TO
the street, as / 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 / worked an old GONE.
told my driver TO keep ahead. and watch
| ing an opportunity jumped from the car
rage and walked back on the pavement.
| mingled with the crowd. and made my
| escape to the country. A few days after
ward, l prefer not to give dates,
slipped aboard a sailing vessel
as a common sailor. The captain knew
| me, however. We reached New Orleans
after sm uneventtui trip AMI came TO
/ New YORK by rail, arriving this morn
| ing
In reply TO a question as to the general
feeling Of people living in Cuba, he said:
To-day we might say that Spain holds
Cuba by sheer force of arms. The whole
people. Spanish and Cuban alike. desire
peace, even at almost any sacrifice. and
although it may seem strange, the Span
ish element is quite as pronounced in
this feeling as the Cubans and wish peace
and independence for Cuba
1T is thought Cuba. again under Span
ish rule. would be unable 10 pay the
enormous war debt already incurred. or
10 stand that tremendous taxation which
would invariably be imposed by Spain
upon Cuba. and another uprising would,
under those conditions. follow. Spain
would have TO expend great sums Of
money to keep Cuba in submission The
war debt is now estimated at $50. O0e, 900.
and is accommodating al The rate OF Sl2.-
OO0. 009 a month.
II Cuba gains her independence in
this struggle, she will start afresh. with
, wonderful possibilities before her. Spain
will soon be forced by lack of funds tc
withdraw her troops. The opinion 1 ex
| press is not that OF transient Cuhar
resident, but of merchants and land own
ers. Spanish as well as Cuban Tbs
| Spaniards express this opinion in privat,
only. as public expression Of it would In
sure their execution as rebels
''weyler does as he pieases. His lates
a | edict is that all persons, men, womes
h and children. who are found outside o
the Spanish lines. shall be considers
3, rebels and shot as spies. This edlct wa
published only in the ofiicial gazette Fl
, Havana, which circulates among officer
and officials only. There was no way Il
= which those outside of those circle
could learn Of the edict. There is n
T. railroad to Pinar del Rio from Havans
ic and it is in this province that the ediC
"a has cost many lives. People taken unda
lie this edict are marched outside the gate
N of city and shot down by the soldier
The reports of prisoners captured b
Of weyler are only the capture Of thes
10 poor devils. The former practice OF tn
RS Spanish authorities of shooting prisoner
90 in Mora castle and throwing their bodis
TO into the water beneath as food for sharl
II has been stopped because not long as
Il. several bodies had drifted into the ba
e of Havana The authorities explaint
ne to inQuirins citizens that the men Ia
probably been drowned. Bullet holes
~ the head however. disproved this II
IA | pslople would welcome anyt hing to haste
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