Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
EXPELLED FROM CUBA
The Stars Correspondent Invited to.
Leave the Island
Protest Sent to This Government-The
Spanish Minister'S State
ment.


attention. wrote privately to The Star from
havana under date of January %:
Il am Informed that / am black-fsted at
tie palace and that any more side trips will
be the cause of my being invited to seek
| other lands. Stin, 1 must make at least
two more before / go, for 1 am not here
seeking improved health. / will guarantee
you during the next two CT three weeks Of
I am allowed to remain that long, some
very good and important matter"
A press dispatch received from Havana
last night said Capt. William F. Mannix,
the correspondent of The Washington Star
has been ordered by the authorities to
leave the island. protest against this ac-
ton las been sent to Secretary Olney by
Consul General Williams
1t vas Mr.. Mannix through whom was
sent to The Star yesterday the message 10
the American people from Gen. Antonio
Maceo- 1t was Mr.. Mannix also who sent
TO The Star Few days ago the interesting
interview with President Cisneros obtained
In the mountain retreat where the Cuban
provisional government makes its head
quarters. By these letters and others
which have given the American public a
view of affairs in Cuba different from that
to be obtained through the channels an
proved by the Spanish government, Mr.
Mannix has incurred the displeasure of the
| Spanish authorities His fears that he
| would be expelled from the island seem to
have been we'll founded.
Senior de LONE on the Subject.
Senior Don Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
| minister, was visited this morning by q
| representative of The Evening Star in re-
lation to the expulsion of CORRESPONDENT
William F. Mannix from Cuba
The facts in the case" said the Spanish
minister, ARE very simple and easily I'M
derstood. Some lime ago Mr. Mannix an
| peared before Consul General Baldasano in
10
young man who had long been DESTROYS of
making start in life as a newspaper cor
respondent and that he believed the con-
ditioas in Cuba would present a fayorahIe
opening for nlm- He said that il would be
well Tor Spain to have correspondent for
american papers there who would tell the
truth about conditions as he found them,
| unbiased by sentiment or Partially. He
declared that he was very poor and re-
quested financial assistance from the con-
SUI general in order to go to the island
ne Consui general communicated with me.
and In view of the fact that the American
press mad been publishing false reports
sent by interested persons, of the affairs in
tne island, instructed him to pay the fare
| OF Mr.. Mannix to Cuba and to promise him
| that his return fare would be paid when he
| proposed to return. There was no bribery
or any inte1tion of anything of the sort in
the action, and IL was merely in the desire
10 nave the real facts about the affairs In
| Cuba truthfully placed before the Ameri-
can people SO they might judge for them
selves what the conditions Were
subsequent events proved to me beyond
question That MannfX was unworthy of be-
| ing trusted. He offered himself as spy to
Hle spanish government through Consul
General Baldasano, of which have abund-
ant proof. His offer was not even cons;d-
cred, and when he began to write letters
absolutely untruthful and altogether false
10 the american paperS-letters which Mere
unaoubtediy furnished to him from in
surgent sources-the authorities in Havana
were informed of the facts, and / suppose
they acted in accordance with what they
discovered further in the island. 1t is prob
| aole that the Havana authorities found
| mat he was in communication with the in
surgents and acted accordingly The SDan-
ism government. instead of placing OBJ
STAGES IN the way of newspaper corre-
| spondents In Cuba, is DESTROYS of giving
| reputable and trustworthy correspondents
| every opportunity to see the true condi
tons of affairs there: but they must. of
course, comply with the requirements OF
| war. VI
1t is my opinion" said the Spanish min
| lister. in conclusion, that Mannix is some
| thing of crank"
Minister .Palma's Views.
Tomas Estrada Palma, the representa-
tive here Of the Cuban government when
seen This AFTERNOON about the expulsion of
Correspondent Mannix from Cuba, said;
The action of the authorities regarding
Mr.. Mannix was undoubtedly inspired by
| unbiased reports of the real conditions in
the Island of Cuba. This is only following
the precedent established by the Spanish
| government in the former war Corre-
| spondent Okelly of the New York Herald.
ana now member Of the English parlia-
| ment, was arrested and thrown into a vile
prison IN Cuba and transported to Spain
for writing true accounts of what he saw
within the insurgent lines.
1T was only by the strenuous efforts Of
the British government that Mr. OKelly
was saved from the garrote Numerous
correspondents have bean deportej during
the present war. many of them Immediately
upon their arrival in Cuba. So far as Mr.
Mannixs letters are concerned, / think
| tsat no reader of The Star has ever found
them other than fair and conservative in
their treatment of both sides"
No Official Notification Yet.
The State Department has not vet been
Informed Of the intention of the SPANISH
officials in Havana to expel Capt Mann!x.
the correspondent of The Star In Cuba.
and the basis for the protest of United
States Consul General Williams against the
| expulsion can only be conjectured.
1t has been known here that Mannix's
vigorous letters have proven Objectionable
| to the Spanish authorities because thev
contained much matter that in the case OF
other correspondents was cut out bodily hy
the press censor, who stands guard over
| the cable terminus at Havana Realizing
that they could not prevent the dispatch 81
| letters by the press correspondents by pri-
vate means, reciting the facts excisod
| from cable dispatches by the press censor.
| the Spanish authorities have been, IT is
| stated, seeking to control the tone of the
correspondence by making it plain to. the
| writers that they would not be permitted
| to remain In Cuba If they persisted in send
| ing privately to their papers matter OBJ
jectjonanle to the officials of Spain.
1t is to be regretted that at present there
| is no redress for the newspaper men against
| the Spaniards for adopting this arbitrary
| course. The State Department officials say
| that 1t is well-recognized principle OF in
ternational law that a country has the
| right to expel any Objectionable alien, un-
| der certain conditions which appear to be
present in this case.
| One point we can insist upon, and that is
\ that the person expelled shall be properly
| treated and placed under no hardship.
| While Americans may well question the
| wisdom of the Spanish authorities i'm adopt
| ing this arbitrary method of regulating the
press it appears that there is no legal
warrant to insist upoa the right of Cant.
Mannix to remain in Cuba against the
wishes of the government.
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