Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-07-18


shouted and scsmb led for q chance to
shake the hand of the nominee. There
were cries for a speech. 10 response
Bryan said: "You can't tell much about
man by looking at him. | think it ia
FAR better to- take the platform and study
1t and decide whether you like il. ard /
csn say to you thst Mr.. Sewell and
myself stand on the platform and il We
are elected will carry it out to the letter."
New YORK, July 15-Genersl Carlos
Roloff is in the city on business for the
Cuban government. The World this
morning publishes the following inter-
view with him:
General Roloff was asked II il were
true as reported by the Spanieards that
disssnsiors among the generals were
weakening the Cubsns
at is not" he said, with emphasis,
There have been no discussions among
US. There was no quarrel between
Garcia and Gomez, as reported, and
Gomez did not counternarct on account
OF any trouble. He countermarched on
my order, because be wanted q consulta-
ton Of all the generals as to the pro-
gram in view OF the commencement of
the rainy season. When Garcia landed
be was made naturally commander-in-
chief Of the eastern department. He
had been general in the ten years war
when Jose Maceo was only lieutenant
colonel. The government assigned
Garcia 10 the command OF the east and
General Gomez had already made the
same ass gnment before the government
acted. His order reached Us two days
after We acted"
"Whst is there in the charge that
the insurgents want only to burn pro-
perty?"
THAT also ia not true" be replied.
I'VE don't want to destroy property. It
10 not to our interests to destroy an
island we are risking our lives to make
free and happy. just as General Sher-
man burned on his march to the sea,
to destroy the resources of his enemies,
so We have destroyed the sugar crop
and burned sugar mills to cripple Spain.
Spain drew the sinews of war from the
exports OF 5000, 900 of sugar annually.
We stopped the grinding to stop that
revenue.
"And there is that explosive bullet
story" General Rolof exclaimed and
then laughed heartily. 1--WE have not
anything OF the kind; We have the brass
capped bullets We captured from the
Spaniards. They use them In their
Remingtons. That bullet is most
deadly. 1t makes q terrible wound.
"Then there are the Mausers we have
from them. They make Mauser in
Spain and the bullets from them wobble
and strike side-on. The Mauser ball
when it STROKES direct, does little harm
until it hits vital spot. As matter Of
fact nations are devising the most de-
str uctive articles OK war and those that
achieve the greatest destruction known.
We use dynamite, all We can get. We
blow up railroads and we make mines
and blow up the Spaniards on the
march and We destroy steamers with it.
Ths trouble with as is that We are not
experienced in it's use. We ought to
destroy more with it."
General Roioff was asked il there was
any truth IN the charge that Spanish
kill pacific people.
"Yes," be replied, sit is true. You
can say for me that / know they kill pa
cifcos. The civil guards are the worst
murderers OF all, They 60 out and fail
To fight and then they kill harmless
people nd go back AID say they had q
battle"
He was asked if he bad personal
knowledge of the fact that Weyler CON-
United atrocities in the ten years. war.
"Yes, and upon women at that" be
replied. But i don's want to say any
thing myself on that subject. 1t is
enough to repeat what Martinez Cam
pcs SAID about il before he left Spain
Cor Cuba. A Cuban autonomist asked
Csmpos il the report was true that Wey-
Ter was coming to Cuba. No. Csmpos
replied, the dead would rise out Of their
graves if Wsyler should come here.'
That was published in the Spanish pa
pers in Havana at the time. can't soy
anything more forcibIe than that"
General Roloff denied the Spanish
stories about the execution Of Cuban
generals by Antonio Maceo and others.
"They are ali Spanish lies" be said.
They have killed me several times and
yet you see me sffe and sound.
''Thsre is no doubt about the issue OF
the war. We will wIn. / don't know
how long the war will last. In the for
ner war We had only eis BIT or ten tbous-
and armed men: yet VS. held Spain in