The record-union., 1896-04-04
WHOLE NO. 1896.

! where the forces of Colonel Tellerjico
violated the women folk of the fam
| lily of Jose Calabuche. On the planta-
| ton Calixto of San Antonio Herman
| DEE, near San Antonio de las Vegas,
| Captain Manuel Ruiz Adams, of the
regiment of Isabel. shot to death an in
| offensive crazy loon who had assembled
a tree and was throwing cocoanuts at
| the troops.
THE troops under the command of
General Echague entered the towns OF
Limar and Zumidero. boasting that
| they had sent thirteen rebel soldiers TO
| meet their fate, and showing their
bloody arms as proof of the butchery.
Three miles from Zumidero, to my
knowledge and the knowledge of the
! commander of the Spanish forces, Ro-
berto Bermudez and his division of the
insurgents We're encamped.
Il have made a careful inquiry into
the facts and find that the above are all
true, every iota of them. and to further
evidence the hatred which these poor
Cubans engender in the soldiers of the
Spanish army. l will relate a statement
made by a Spanish officer, a Cuban by
birth. The speaker had been cap
tured at Pinar del Rio by General
Maceo, and after being paroled and re-
turned his sword was sent to Havana.
Lieutenant Corolly Pedroso of one of
the cavalry battalioas made state
1nent at the residence Of Carlos Pedroso,
in the presence of various persons, to the
effect that he had struck down with his
sword two negroes, ana further added
that when he left for the field he killed
every Cuban he could get hold of, even
on the simplest charge, as every Cuban
was an insurgent at heart, and that
General Weyler had given instructions
to the commanders of the operating col
umns to dispose of as many insurgent
sympathizers as possible, and that he
would stop any talk and would stand
between the officers ard the public, but
that the insurgents must be put an end
to at all hazards.
ITO further appreciate the condition
Of this country 1 will relate what L
heard in the city of Trinidad while
there few days ago. The Rev. Father
Curvorary Canonigo said:
I believe that all the Cubans pos
sible should be killed oft and clear the
country, and in that manner make
room for families which would be
brought over from Spain to Cuba The
negroes and mulatoes should be killed
off silently and without exciting any
comment, and their property confis-
Gated. Therefore, when we would bring
families over from Spain and colonize
the island We could give them this con-
fiscated property and they could make
good start in life. The Cubans who
al 6rarN fa h. Ga
TO be educated should be taken hold of
by the police and quietly placed where
they would do the least harm, because
the Americans have the republican
Ideas, which is the real cause of the de-
sire of the Cubans to revolt. The
Yankees are the only country where the
sympathizers with the Cubans are, and
they are responsible for this war;
While at Trinidad I paid visit to
an 1nsurgent camp. l found that the
wives and daughters Of a great MANY
OF the insurgents were with them. and
the day following the readoption of the
resolutions by the House and Senate
they We're given a dinner by the leader.
and 1t was resolved to ask of the Cuban
Government that when Havana shall be
captured that the avenue of Carlos III.
shall be known as American avenue.
and that the statues of the leading Sem
atorS and Representatives who had de-
tended the Cubans be placed at inter-
Vals on this plaza. Those women are
rot camp women, but some of the ladies'
who months ago were shining social
Lights of the cities of Matanzas. Car
denzas, Cienfugos, Santiago, CANA
gCey and Habana. The camps were
orderly, well-established, discipline be-
ing noted, and above all, hygienic meas
ures pervading"