Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-27
THIS IS OFFICIAL,
Statement Of General Wsylsr on The
Cuban Rebellion.
nAcEo ALL BUT CONQUERED
ALI Strategic Points in tho Hands OF
the Spsniaris-The Insur-
gents Scattered.

1896 by the Associated Press. $50
many contradictory statements have
been attributed to Captain General
Weyler since his return from the
province OF Pinsr del Rio, that cor
respondent OF the Associated Press was
instructed to ask the Spanish COM
mander for full, official and author.
lied statement on the subject. There
iore, just previous to the departure OF
General Weyler for Pinar del
Rio, correspondent called
at the palace where he wss
courieously received by the general,
elusive interview with correspondent
of the La Lucia ut Artemita, which
was cabled by the Associated Press on
Tuesday afternoon and which con-
tanned his fret pubic utteraDcss eince
his return from conducting the opera.
lions against Antonio Maceo. This
The gcpetal sgrted to do.
The correspondent opened the inter.
view last evening by saying:
at is undersload tina. you returned
from PinSr del Rio highly couiented
uy the rtsuit OF your recent operations,
sHd further thst you believe Plnsr gel
Rio soon will be paciteJ."
In reply the captain general said:
81 not UslY am cDBtenteu but entirely
satisfied with the result Of my mill.
tsTy plans there. went over the
northern hills aud occupied the insur.
gents positions without any serious
reselanee on the part OF the enemy.
CacarajaeHra AMI Rubi, which the IN.
furgenIs claimed were impfegDable,
were tecaptuGed by cur tIooi 8 after
uisl0dgiDg the enemy. At Rubi they
Stfsted the greatest resistance, but
yielded alter q few hours' fighting.
We found no trace oil Maceo's people
after that, although all other poiuts
were fecGpnoitereJ by small de.Rch-
menls OF our columns. SoulherIy
Joints were reconnOitered anu the
positions where the rebels had
oncamped are now In the possession
OF our lroops. There RENAME sliIl to
be accommodated the ranges OF hills
in the eastern part OF the province.
Maceo has nothing left MIN to do but
10 scatter his followers Into email par.
ties III order to enRDie them to sscepe
cur Golumue, which are now bunting
for them, since they etier no .rsrist-
| Ence snd refuse to ar-.pt- meeting
with our troop, who are chasing
them In all directions"
"DJee your exceliency expect soon
to crush the insurgents In tue province
of PIUar del Rio aud bring about Its
pacl ficstion Within short tim,?"
II an. confident shortly OF pacifyiIg
Pinar del kio," replied the captain
general, "since all strategic points are
IN my hands anu the constant activity
OF our trOops in all directions com.
pleteiy hiDueis the eecspe OF small
groups Of insurgents who are fleeing
before them IN Disorder"
"Do you think the condition OF the
provinces OF Havana, MntaDzss and
santa Clara hampers or tfavors the
suppression OF the insurrection?"
"rhoso three PROVINCES are more
easily subdued from tue nature OF the
ground. They have no hills like tn Q
province oil Pinar del Rio, and the
10 ABILITIES for the movement Of bodies OF
troops are therefore greater. Tho rebels
in these are less in number and lack
the elements and conditions OF those
in the province OF Plnar del Rio. The
leaders OF the rebels In those three
provinces also lack the importance
possessed by Msceo. Those who had
any prestige have been killed."
at is nscertained," said the CORES.
pendent, "lhat Mnceo les! many leau-
ing men who were with him, besid as
those who Joined him alter the inva.
sion Of Pinar del Rio"
The captain general answered:
"Nesrly all OF Maceo's leading men
who were at all valuable ana were
possessed OF military ability perished
In other provinces or in districts
where they headed uprisiugs."
SIT appears that the Insurgents oil
Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba
are display ing more activity tnsn be.
FORE" suggested the correspondent.
eyes" answered WeyleT, shut the
provinces mentioned are not in stats
of insurreciion. Puerto Principe /.
producing little. and not much protec.
ton Ia needed there. The same may
be said in regard TO the Holeuip and
BayAm0 districts. The rebels de.
stroyed all they could and besides, with
the death OF Jose Macso, the rebel on
iu the province OF Santiago DC CUBS
lost much Of its Importance. / have
no Intention of allowing the attention
OF the troops to be deiracted 10 that di.
rectioD, for IL Is evident that 10 the OBJ.
Iect OF the insurgents under Come I
and Calixto. who possess dom jnatin .
influence over the insurgents Of thos q
uisiripiss