Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-23
Mr.. Mannix Tells How He Was Sent
Out From Cuba.
CONSUL GENERAL WILLIAMS ACTION
The Official Order Reciting Allega
tons Against Him.
ES CORTED TO THE BOAT

The first intimation to the effect that my
presence in Cuba was obnoxious to the
government 1 received through Mr.. VIII
Hams. He wired me to call at his office as
soon as possible. 1 did. He explained that
he was very sorry, but the government had
learned that / had visited the insurgent
lines and was disposed to handle me with
out gloves. He advised that I quietly
leave for home tomorrow
1 explained that 1 came to Cuba to do
certain work and that to quietly leave
for home" was not down on my program.
He was amazed at the audacity of a man
An American-who worIl1 not fold his tent
and silently steal away when the great and
Omnipotent American consul general "ad-
visei'' him to-Mr. Williams got in a great
rage all of hurry, and he proceeded with
codes, civil and uncivil, to convince 60 me
that 1 might be dragged out of bed before
daylight and perforated with Mauser bull
lets If the government so desired. That is
NOT as mere within on the captain gen.
erals part-but that the rules of war per-
Initted them to do so.
/ told him / had waited in vain for an
acknowledgment on the part of the Spanish
government that war existed in Cuba. And
repeated what he himself had said that
there were only 4 few bandits and mig
gers in the woods Had 1 not the right to
pay friendly visit to bandits and niggers
If l SO wished?
We'll, 1 don't know what / can do for
you," said Mr.. Williams THE government
has received adyices from the Spanish min
lister at Washington, and you will be ex-
PEELED or imprisoned Why" he continued,
you visited Maxine Gomez and CisneroS
and you know the government will never
allow that. 1 knew You were away from
town several times, but had / known where
you were going, or had been, / would have
advised you differently
For a week or more 1 was called almost
daily to the consulate, or the palace of the
captain general. in relation to the matter.
Sometimes l thought 1 would go and again
that l wouldn't. l wanted official notifica-
ton to leave, accompanied by threats in
case should not
Mr. Williams main tai1el all the time that
the palace officials were exceedingly bitter
toward me. and that if My lamp of life
were suddenly eXtinsuished, / alone should
be to blame.
An Official Telegram.
One evening 1 secured copy of tele-
gram to the minister of foreign affairs at
Madrid from the acting captain general.
1t was evidently in answer to a query from
the foreign office. Here is the dispatch:
Hava..a, February s. Eldnayen, Madrid
There Is no American correspondent in
prison in Havana, nor has this govern
ment threatened any such represan Ia tive
with Imprisonment. There is, however,
party against whom received indica-
IibHS l!Id[ his pefnldnenCe mere was prelu
dicial, he having, it is claimed, and are
advised. written obnoxious news. The mat
ter bling laid before the American consul
he suggested anC undertook to inform the
PARTY that his departure from the island
was advisable. No threats were made. The
government has worked in full accord with
Mr. Williams, and as result the obnox-
louS party VIII embark tomorrow, vOlun-
tariy, without compulSiOn on the part of
this government direct or indirect
By order CT his eNceneney. the captain
But the obnoxious PARTY didn't embark.
He figured that If he was being expelled
from Cuba by Crier Of the American con-
sui general he wouldn't go.
I produced the above dispatch to Mr.
Williams He did not deny that 1t had
been sent, but he wished me to go to the
palace with him. At the palace it was not
denied; but the officials were exceedingly
anxious to ascertain how l secured a copy
of 1t. They are still guessing.
\ few days afterward two Cubans, one at
Nuevi-aS and the other at Puerto Principe,
were arrested for having assisted me at
those places. They were brought to Ha-
Tana and thrown into the Cabanas prison.
/ made request to see them, but was
promptly refused. At the same time it was
intimated that might be given apartments
at the same resort if l were not careful.
1 learned at about this time that two gov
eminent spies had been detailed to watch
my movements One of them became quite
friendly, ard, being properly handled, told
me all about the other one.
I learned that the government had decid-
ed upon vigorous action in my case. A
Spanish colonel. fine fellow. and slightly
in sympathy with the rebel cause, said to
me one day:
The captain general has already ordered
your expulsion, and soldiers will accom-
pany you from the hotel to the ship. If you
make resistance. they will not force you
aboard, but take you to the moro. There
they will kill you and apologize to the
American government afterward."
The Government Press.
1 confess to my not being infatuated
with the apology scheme; but still 1 began
to fear more the populace of Havana than
the government. The official organs had
attacked me bitterly, and one went so far
as to advise my summary execution for
having entered Spain's house and written
things defaming her.
At this time in Havana the press seemed
especially bitter whenever referring to the
United States. which it sneered at as the
grand republic, the ''overgrown' repub-
lie, or the North American nation" dis
daining to call it the United States. They
told how Florida was taken by conquest
from Spain and how, when the Cuban war
was over, the Spanish army in the island
would form fine body to Invade the Semi
mole state and take it away from the
UniOni
These things so impressed me that I de-
termined, if actually banished from Cuba
not to tarry in Florida. but hurry north, so
rule when they coolly appropriated that
Statei
The Diario de la Marina published the
following notice regarding myself when the
official order for my expulsion had been
given:
According to our Information the Span
ish minister in Washington, Senior Dupuy
de LONE, pointed out to the governor gem
eral the convenience of removing from this
island MIR ManniX. representing The Wash
inSton Star and the Army and Navy Jour-
nal, who has visited the insurgent ranks
THE intervention of the United States
consul, Mr.. Williams, it seems is more of a
friendly than official nature but Mr.
ManniX refuses to leave the island on the
ground that there has been no official
declaration of war his passports entitle him
to run all over the island"
Weyler had arrived. and in the meantime
matters had reached an acute point. 1 still
told Mr.. Williams that 1 must have the
official documents in my hands before /
would leave Cuba, and so We took another
stroll to the palace.
The captain general was not at all cour-
teous to me, and, of course, 1 became very
deeply offended, although 1 thought It
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