The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-28
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| who were at all valuable or possessed or
military ability, have perished IN other
| provinces, or the districts where they
| headed uprisings."
| at appears that the insurgents in
| Puerto Principe and in Santiago de
! Cuba are displaying more activity than
| before" suggested the correspondent.
Yes" answered General Weyler. But
/ the provinces mentioned are not in
state of insurrection Puerto Principe
| is producing a little, and not much pro-
| lection is needed there. The same may
| he said i'm regard to the Holguin and
| Rayamo districts. The rebels have de-
| stroved all they could. and besides with
| the death Of Jose Maceo, the rebellion
| in the province of Santiago de Cuba lost
much Of it's Importance" The General
added: Il have no intention of allowing
the attention of the troops to be distract
| ed in that direction, for it is evident that
| is the object Of Gomez and Calixt0 OF
the insurgents, who possess a dominating
| influence over the insurgents in those dis
trietS.
DO you believe President Mckinley
viii follow the policy of President Cleve~
land ia regard to Cuba?'
mckinley represents the public wealth
and work of that country and | can
not see that IA man that represents the
work. virtue and prosperity of his coun-
| Try can carry out policy which would
compromise the interests entrusted to
/ his talents and discretion as public man.
Hence I think that Mckinley will be
/ guided hy Il Just and equitable policy,
/ without passion aud with prudence such
/ IS is counselled by the interests of the
American people and the cordial rela-
tiouS long existing between Spain and
| the United States"
lis Il true General" asked the cor
respondent. that you propose TO pub
lish a decree confscating the property Of
| tile Cuban Insurgents.
With motion of cynical
| surprise General Weyler am
swered 1T Is not possible since the re-
bels have nothing TO confscate. They do
not represent anything of the wealth
Of the country However, if You possess
data Of any property owned by insur-
| gents. let me know. Twill convince my
self OF the truth of your information and
/ will tell von Ii I will confiscate it or not,
i T. personally know only Of about dozen
/ farm owners with the insurgents and
1 their property II Of little value and even
| then it is mortgaged to double the a
mount OF it's actual worth by various
| creditors who would snffer and they
are on the government side The reyo-
/ luton is upheld by the insolvent element
/ Of the country, hence it hears the stamp
! Of Anarehism. which you must have
! observed for the reason that the insur.
gents are not carrying on war, but
rather. pursuing q policy OF destruction
and incendiarism.
"Fs ii n fact. General, that you will
rot allow the sugar crop to be madeT'
Il do not feel inclined to permit the
gathering Of the crop being commenced
before February or March. as it is well
known the only resources the rebels can
count on will have been extorted from
the planters. by threats of violence. and
the means thus obtained would only GO
to acquiring arms and material to carry
on the war against Spain ! am support
ed in this stand by many Of the planters
who agree not to gather their crops rather
than by the victims of such eetortiopl
and see the fruit of their labor employed
| against their country"
do you not think that by the prohibi
ton of this sugar crop the commerce OF
the island will suffer, and important hous.
| viii be bankruptedT'
II do not, because up to the present
no failures, large or small, have takeI
place and the merchants themselves fa
vor the idea against the crop. In the
relations between the planters and the
merchants in Cuba at present, the sin
gular feature is that the planter lives
more from the merchants capital thar
from the actual products of his land. and
it may be asserted that the immense ma
jority can only commence work with mon
| ey advanced by the merchants. The com
mercial element finds it better just now to
keep its money under key until the croI
operations can be begun under normal
conditions
1T is reported that the Spanish Min
lister of War intends TO send another
large contingent of troops to Cuba in
January"
Il do not know" replied General Wey-
Ter, Il only think / can asusre you that
the nation is prepared to make all kinds
Of sacrifices, both in money and in men,
rs has already been proved, to conquer in
this undertaking and make Spain's SOW
ereignty respected before and above eve
rything. All the money spent and to be
spent will be Spanish money"
Cuba has been asked for nothing Meth
er for men, nor money.
The pride in Spain is great. National
and historic traditions alone impel her
and she will defend Cuba and will ex-
haust her last dollar and her last man
in so doing. This is not only the feel
ing of the government, but Of the Span
ish people as is shown by the daily grow
ing enthusiasm and sacrifices by the
Nation"
DO you think General that the rec
ognition of the belligerency of the in
| surgents by the United States would
be taken as an offense by SpainF'
''It would he strange if any act direct
~ aimed at a recognition of any chal-
| lenge of Spain's right of sovereignty
| which her people look upon as being be-
yond question, did not evoke an explosion
of popular feeling which it would be inn
possible to check, excited and ardent as