Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-22
MURDERED In CUBA.
30 American CIur1 UIDh Bis wiz.
aud PiV8 Children
KILLED nv SPANISH SOLDIERS.
The Report OF Consul General Lee Aux,
iously Awaltcd-Morgan Makes
a statement

'ohgonor Mablo Hooper Of Rockiani,
Maine, when has just afilved 10 this
hnrbOr brings news Of ire,h atrocities
by Spanish troops In Cuba. The
Hooper sailed ten days ago from Hagua,
on the north coast OF CUBA ami IN
Santa Clara province. While nj that
port, the American consul told the
captain Of the Hooper In substance,
this story!
"rho spanish commander Of the
Iott there had orders from Havana to
zoe TO It that all the tobacco planted
near BAgua should be tnkon to that
city. A large tobacco plantation about
three inilea south Of sagua 10 owned by
Mn Gonzales, sAii to be- An American
citizen. The Branish commander
summoned Gonzales, 10 his hoaiquAtt-
efs and asked why he had failed to
comply with the captain gonuraIs
proclamation. MI Gonzales planned
TIA; the Spanish troops had tAtUn all
his hou,s hud cattle aud no could not
cirt his tobacco.
81 am satisfied with your oHplans.
7 too" said the Spanish commander,
''yuu may return TO your plantation"
Tue bpnulAfd then sunt for young
Lieutenant ana Instructed him 10 tnko
iusfd end esclrt No. G0n8tlra 70 his
plantation. Upon ntfival a. tue plAu.
tttitn Mt. 6UuEtlea was met by HE
" f. aud their i've Email chiidfop.
you may enter your house," said the
lieutenant, "Ant you viii remain
there until I send Tor you.p
shortly Afterwards the soldiers piled
n lot Of Dry grass and shAviugs about
tue h0ufu anu Get tlru 20 ~. Tue BuUke
soon compelled the family 10 leave aud
~ they walked from the rear door, the |
froui VI the building boing In llame',
all we're shot down.
TITO lieutenant reported ~ biz com.
muudef tht GauEslts Hni HE family !
"hnd tiled 10 escape" aud were shot
because they "Iisobuyoup orders by /
leaving tho house. general Gumtz |
arrived ucsr sagua some days later ut |
The head Of m army o,id to number |
10000 mou. When no leaned how |
The ElAniards had killed MIR. Gonzales |
nud bis family hu brcsmo iuHUua.
o0NsuL LEE's RErour SOW YXrECr.
Hn.
INV YoRIS, June GA special 10 |
ths hciald from Washington say!
Il H. with no NJ l. concern thut the |
Precedent aud Secretary Olnoy are |
awaiting tho confidential reports from
Consul General Lee On the suuatlun Ia |
Cubn. Unul the reports have aTtlvci
the authorities viii not, OF course, /
discuss their probable scion |
uBOu them. II may be slated that the |
situation will have 10 Ug very grave
and the emergency great ~ IugucB the |
Persistent 10 Interfere va the Cuban |
afiaiis NJ the pryrvut timc. lhr PTusi-
uent has not been uumiu4lul Tor como |
weeks past that the time was not Tar
distant when the Unittd States Ia tho
INTEREST VI ~ citizens aui humanity /
might nnd u necessary 10 Interfere,
However, he il most anxious 10 s,Ayc
al action aa long as possible.
SENATOR NoUGAS's STATEMENT.
"Eyrr tinco Congrtss ~ j0utued I'vo
been keeping my eye ON tue admins.
trAii0n, XXI ceiling " 10 play card IN
tue Cuban Anaib NO Il coulu get the
entire credit f0I the results. The 10.
porte said 10 be Gu route 10 the United
6iStr- from Gen. Lee may hasten the
eommuucemCnt VI the game"
1hIs statement was made Uy Senator
MUfgan, Chairman Of the suh.c0mmiJ.
iee Of lha foreign relations .mmiItce
Of tue Sunhlr,
Senator Morgan il very bitter against
tho President hGcausu lao does not
thiuE That that Oiliila treated tue Sen.
ate fairly Ia the Cuban matter.
''ln any event" continued the
senator, "All tina; tho President can
lawlully do 10 10 graut belligafeDt
rigntu 10 the Cubans. lilo cannot
direct armed Intervention without au.
thoiiEatiuu by CungTuis, II he did NJ
he would DO acting uulawiully.
"But DO has already acted unlaw.
FUZZY. lilo did ~ when he refused the
poillu request Of tho Senate suu.cOm.
mittse Tor full information IN regard
TO the Competitor case. In section
2,OOl u the revised stAtute5 you Will
fnu tlat the PRECEDENT D. required, |
wherever IL comes 10 his knowledge
that American citizens arc uuIustly
deprived Ui their liberty, 20 dsmuud Ot
the gOySrImeut holding them TIE rua.
son for their detention anu 10 demand
their released II II appears wrongful,
a. ulsuto ~ this section pfesotibos
that AN the lactH aud proc o1iugs
relative thereto shall, as soon hl pTacti.
CAT w NNAAAAAAAAAAkAA ~ AAAN 4 ANNNANhh
10 CUugttss.' Did tho President lay !
tho facts before 10 In tins Competitor I
cas-? Has no lone M Ia this whole
Cuban ntiRiT when American citIz.us
have been Justly detAinuu2 NJ, The
only way We have been aDI5 10 get al
the actual facts Is through the columns /
OF the prtrt. Congress was allowed 10
adjourn without making any provision o
nj all Tor meeting au emergency GuUl
rs might hTlse a. o fvsull ~ the cOu- ,
sideratI0n Of General Loeb report.
Ihe President knew iull we'll ihs, 1, 3
he bad ~ desired Congress would nave
gwen him all this authority he de8lfeI, q
anu would have auJJurnul Tor its VEGA. ,
ton lutl the SAME. a have stated,
oil tno President eau 40, no matter
what iau,H may Boz Cuntsiuod DO Gen.
eIal Lre's report, VIII be- q focOgu.zt
tho belliRerrLcy q the Cuba b.
Theie eau BIO no intervention with.
out the ouutent OF CDugru,a '1I {
another clause 10 the section / have
above referred 10 which states that ~ q
the demand OF tue President Tor tle y
release Of an Amrtican 10 delayed or v
refused, Tue Pioident shall use sue /
mean, not amounting 10 act OF war {
A. ho may think necessary ana proper q
10 obtain or eject tho IeleaHt." Hell