The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25
WEYLER TALKS.
Austin Beach Has M Interview
With Him.
lie DEFENDS THE WAR POLICY,


sharp, blunt, hut not unkIndly, query
4 Captain General Wvylcr propuundrd
when was presented to him yesterday
afternoon us an American newspaper
man.
y ."Not necessarily so. general" re-
piled. ~ am sent to Cuba by the Pitts
burGh Times III u spirit OF mirnesS--
: TO see things as they really exist, and
to write OF them as sec them, II to
tell the truth makes one an eucmy "
Spain, then suppose am here us
SUCH"
The general smiled In that sdrcas-
tic fashion OF his, which gives his iacc
: such a snctrlng expression NJ times
and went OH to say that affairs In cuba
! had been so exaggerated IN American
papers, and the COuTS" W spain ANA
her administration officials 80 nalISn.
7 ed. that he had almost been cOrced to
4 believe that such II ching ~ printing a
plain. unvarnished truth waS beyond
the ability OF M American newspaper.
His latest grievance lay Just at hand
the report so generally circulitcd in
7 the American press that MlCeO was
ioully murdered In violation 0f all
rules o. war lie merely directed nj
tentIon 60 this, then With wave OF
= hls left hand extended to NE the Uthe:,
and said:
prove what you Eay--tell tho truth.
and SpalR's warmest defender VIII
make no complaint. but alWavs bear
Z this In mind as you wrilc-lhlS Is Il
time OF war. These Cuban subjects ot
{ Spain have been and aye in revolt.
Spauiards consider no otieEsr worse
than that OF treason, and treat Il Sc
I, Merely. War Itself IL always severe,
and It's measures harsh. The cannot,
! OF necessity. be gentle. Rebels n" no;
treated with Eloved hands. Mut!ny Is
quelled only by hard knocks. You
must also remember that this IS not L
war In the generally accepted mean
&ing OF the term The insurgents do not
:. fight In the open; their course IL rather
that OF the banditu The people ~ the
z United States have been mislsd by the
false use OF such terms Us patriots,
freedom struggle for liberty, U:on-
archlal Tyranny unI other stIui!ur
phrases, which here IN CIba have no
place or meaning whatever among tn"
insurgents. You are weIcoun In Cuba.
Make my palace your home"
Visit to Moro Castle.
And with this last distInc=IvpIy char
I stEtttlSNlC NldLll~iA hhAFANiAA-'- NA''A't ~
weyIer closed the interview. Though
4 brief, the conference WAS had under
such conditions as TO make Il 4 mos;
i exceptional privilege and honor. and
following II, was to-day permitted to
visit Moro castle. that ancien; fortress
which guards the entrance to Hayana'E
harbor and around and within the grim
walls OF which cluster many dark and
bloody memories. Such 4 privilege f.
seldom granted these days. Both events
were OF such an Important character
that they are not likely 60 be soon
forgotten Added TO these flvors have
The partial promise OF permits to visit
the Cabanas-the monster fortress aud
prison which tanks the Moro. and In
which there are many. many prisoners
and the headquarters OK the general
commanding the trOChu. az Art"ruisa.
For all these favOrs the Times Is in
debtcd to DR.. Segundo Deliver. who
Tor eighteen years past mas been IN
charge OF the military hospitals OF Ha-
vana. II the doctor could speak Eng
hsh. he would be n typical American.
for he is prainS- and progressive Ac-
tuated solely by n spirit OF hospitality
ald ood-felIowship. h. has put him.
self 10 much trouble 20 enable lie 10 see
land learn things that are not Tor the
general lublis these days. our pro-
GreSs IL naturally slow because We are
! not acquainted with each others tom
sue. but at the same tir9- we MANAGE
TO get forward fnirly well. DR.. Deliver
+ has received word from Spain ;hat. In
recognition OF HIS services, he IS 10 be
advanced from the grade % major To
that OF lleutenan, colonel. a pruiHU-
ton he Is eminen;ly deserving OK.
Yesterday j: the paIlc. was not 4
y day for unofficial visitors. Il fact no:
learned ill reached there. AID It was
, long past the hour FOR receiving any
) person except those General WcyleT
has attached 10 his personal staff when
he, got through with those who were
there on official business. But Dr.. Hell
iver had planned things well aadr
though he was called away by his Off
cial duties, before ms tUrn i%us rcach-
ed, there waR no more delay than
would naturally attend visi; paid 90
one as high in authority MS She captain
general OF Cuba, 10 whom everybody
Is supposed to look for orders. General
Weyler stood beside Il large desk Gov
erred with mass Of papers and GOcu-
nlcDty. FIRST seen from the other side
OF the long ard LOFTY room he uses ~,
Ills office an entrance was made from
the waiting room. h" booked small al
most insigniNcaNs. He did not need II
. UliIlttu idtI Itli.A ~ ~ III
4 nnuncc that This Is Ny Busy DIV"
His very appearance and the surround
ings Bespoke that.
Picture OF NTeyItr.
General Wcyicr was dresscd III ,hc
ordinary light, hluc-scTip"d cotton SER
4 vice uniform SpRin's officers wear IN
this climate. and IN which the most OF
X them present ouch Il JIunty appear
ance. But General WeyIcr dII not look
jaunty. HIS uniform was rump"d and
80 was his hair. His whisItcrS alone
preserved their martial appearance
+ and place. They were carefully brush
ed forward and CTriCl nr0und his tirn
tawE. each particular hale seeming 10
have particular place. Th"t give IN
the generals appca rauC" an air NJ
comynnd that. because III his sta tu:".
would be missing. In part, wIth0u;
them The generals collar WAS wiItcd
and his black string tie was twisted
awry. BEYOND n furnished Insignia Oh
the sleeves Of his rumplcd coat, there
was nothing 10 Indicate his rank.
1t was u decided change to puss from
the waiting room filled with stan Of
1Icerg looking the very pink OF form
and perfection iutU thr presence or hts
amOus man about whom. rs he stood
ut his desk and clDaCly scanned his
j, visi:Or, rs tn" hitter made hi4 way
ncross the long room TO wh"r" h" stood.
thcrcl waq nothing oS III" ost"riutlDuS,
The mans eyes aInU" rlIevr aud
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