The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-27

plpSIesS against Llem. Inere are many
reasons for this. In the first place, Gomez
and MaceO are men of military genius.
Inc rank and hle of the insurgents wOr-
Snip their leaders and obey orders implie-
ION the other side there are jeaIousies,
political intrigues, and personal ambi-
tons among all grades Of Spanish officers
Gen Weyler says that when an officer OBJ
tains a rank above that of colonel in Cuba
his usefulness is gone. Twelve brigadier
generals have been sent back to Spain for
incompetency since Gen. Weylers ar
rival.
heart in the fight. They are raw con-
scripts from the peasant class Of Spain.
They are poorly fed, and are driven about
undergo hardships and exposure in a cli-
mate TO which they are unused, and fall
| by the wayside or die in hospitals the vic
TINS of war in which they have no inter-
est. Their condition is pitiable indeed.
| In a few weeks the rainy season will set
in and yellow fever will cut wider swaths
in their ranks than the bullets of the enc
my have yet done.
The entire interior of the island is
| either in actual possession of the insur-
gents or is in sympathy with them: In
| every small town the Cubans are doing
| all they can to aid the men in the field
| Food, clothing and, If possible ammuni-
| surreptitious in towns where Spanish gar
| risons exist but there are large tracts Of
| country in which the colorS of the red ana
gold do not wave. Cuban columns never
| carry provision trains, and Spanish col
umns always DO II they are going any
'aThe office-hoiding class of Spaniards
/ and the merchants who profit by Spain's
continuance son in in power stu IN insist 5Iit5 that at
laid in ashes, and her sod drenched with
gore;
! forced the recall of Gen. Martinez Cam
/ pos. They have recently attacked Gen.
! Weyler. accusing him of being as lenient
| as Gen. Campos. The general sent word
| to the editor of the Leon Aspanol, an or
| gan of this class, that If the editor would
point out any Cubans. whom he believed
should be shot he would execute them.
The general was sarcastic in this in
| stance. He had been between two fires
| ever since he took command. He has
endeavored to satisfy blood-thirsty Span
! iards, and at the same time avoid bringing
down the wrath of the United States on
his head. He has succeeded in both fairly
''The first butchery after his arrival
was at Candelaria, where seventeen prls-
| oners, taken in battle, were shot an hour
afterward by Gen. Cannella. The AFFAIR
was common talk at once, and Gen. Can
nella was sent back to Spain, presuma-
| bly, for effect at Washington, for upon
| his arrival in Madrid he was received by
| the queen regent and shown many honors.
| There is no means of learning how many
| similar affairs have taken place, bur
| cases have come to light where Cuban
hospitals have been raided and wounded
| insurgents killed and the shooting down
of peaceful employees on estates has con-
| tinued without being checked, since Gen.
| Weyler assumed command There were
affairs at Punta Bravo and Guatao, in
| which eighteen citizens were butchered
| in their homes and one American made
| prisoner, shot in the arm after capture
and thrown into MORO castle with four
| teen others, not one of whom had taken
| up arms against Spain. This American
| is still in prison. The affair on the FL
| cato estate, in which Pedro Rubio, the
! owner, was shot in his doorway, after his
| 15-year-old daughter Aurelia had been cut
| down with a sword for begging for his
life, Is one for which no man has been
col. Arce has not been dismissed be-
| cause he butchered twelve peaceable men
and one woman on the Eyalita estate and
| killed uhe manager of the estate an ola
| trenchman, named Bernardo Betharte
who wrapped himself in the French flag
| ana was shot through the body four times
| and given half dozen machete cuts be-
sides.
When the case of DR.. Delgado. the
American citizen, who was shot down with
seven OF his employees by order of Brig.
zen. Melquizo was made public by the
american correspondents, Gen. Weyler
announced that military court would be
formed, and whoever was responsible pun
lshed, regardless of rank. Yesterdays
dispatches state that Gen. Weyler has
asked the government to promote Brig
| Gen. Melquizo TO be division commander
| for gallant conduct. DR.. Delgado IT will
be remembered, told his terrible expert
ence and the full story of his case is now
on file in the state department at Wash
ington.
l. olnce lne Delgado afair Gen Mel
| quizo has continued in the same kind of
| work. On March 20 his troops killed nine
| laborers on the Rico Hojo farm and eight
on the Garrido estate, both near Bainoa.
among the latter were one woman and a
| 6-year-old child.
Near Campo Florido on Good FRIDAY.
Maj. Fondevilla of Gen. Melquizo's COM
mand took nine white people of the town
and kept them in the barracks all night
In the morning he shot them in a piece of
woods near by.
Gen. Prat shot and killed four peace
ful employees on the estate of a French
man named DeFreville, near Limonar. on
April "A.
These are a few instances of the
methods of Spain in Cuba. Nearly all /
nave mentioned are confirmed by Off
| cial records on file at the different consul
lates at Havana. There are almost daily
reports of similar affairs which are i'm
| possible 10 verify owing to the difficulties
| placed in the way of the correspondents
owners of plantations, foreigners and
Spaniards, as well as Cubans, state that
the government columns sent out in pur-
suit of insurgent bands are falling to force
a fight or getting the worst of one fan
| upon unarmed and peaceable employees
in the fields, or hiding in their houses
ana slaughter them without mercy. This
IS followed up by an official report of a
brilliant victory.
While I was in Washington few days
ago found strong feeling in both the
Senate and House in favor of the recogni-
tion of Cubans as belligerents. / talked
with several senators and represa santatives
who said they regretted now that the
joint resolution of Senator Morgan had
not been insisted upon instead of the con-
current resolutions which were passed
but there was little talk of attempting to
force a joint resolution through before
the adjournment. The attitude of the ad-
minstration may be stated as opposed fo
recognition of bellgerency until some
more tangible evidence of the existence
of civil government is produced
FAURE MAY RESIGN.