Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-22

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do you not think II cruel that inno-
cent women and children should be
| made to suffer In time OF war;
Innocent women and children do
| not suffer II IA only those who leave
their homes and take part in the bat
ties that are injured. II is only the
rebels who destroy homes"
ut Is reported that thirty women are
lighting under General Maceo. Is j,
trueg"
Yes. We tool; one woman yesterday.
She Is now in Moro castle. The women
are fiercer than the men. Many of
them are mulattos. This woman was
white.'
what viii be her fate?"
form Of trial"
"Will no mercy be shown hero
"Mercy IL always shown woman"
"There are several women Cuban in
stirgents in Moro Would your excel
lency allow me to visit and converse
with them7''
"No," said he. There is a law that
no foreigner shall enter our fortresses.
1t Is military law, You understand
that do not wish TO be discourteous. "
Some of these women" said !. are
snld to be imprisoned for merely having
Cuban flags in their homes. is that
possible?"
''rreason." explained the general, is
always punishable by imprisonment
"There Is newspaper correspondent
at present in Moro. "What was ms
crime"
lie shrugged his shoulders again.
II know nothing about him. l think
he has been freed"
"Do you not think that the life. Of a
newspaper correspondent here IS at
present most unhappy one:
q 1aH thpV mike
me unhappy. II they were all IKE you
il would be Il pleasure
DO you think the machote most
DANGEROUS implement OF war;
NO. II is simply something TO fight
with. II Is not so cruel as sword
us II true that the thumb-screws are
used to eNtOrt confessions from prlS-
mot by the spanlards. Rebels use
all these things similar to those that
were used in the inQuisition torturcS
"pont You think the soldiers fear the
"No; young people fear nothing.
There has been only one case oil FEVER
SO far" ,,
fle shrugged his shoulders and
smIled IT gays me the impression mat
inc general did not fear much oil any
WHAT docs your exeeliency think
OF the Cubaus as raoe2 10 you not
thlnk them progressive and brave
,'VVith the progress Of all nations the
C,ibRna have progressed. There are
MANY Cuhans Ia sympathy with spun
hut This Instruction u "a blot upon inc
cuban race, which nothing can ever
crlsa 1t Is n stain made with the
Hood of he slnln and the tcarf Of the
women IL irIuroa the Cubuns them
selves more than any other"
,po YOU think that MaCro and Gomez
have shown good genoralship''
"No Nlaceo Is a muEttto, He has no
military lnstfuctlnu Gomez fought UNI
dar mo nj ganto Domingo. lie waa c.
snptain. and was colonel"
.Xvns he not a brave soldier
$50. IA. u4y,f. distinguished himself"
"Dors YOUR eNccllrnCy think the
Cuban women very pretty?'
.,Yes. beautiful" snid he,
uNrd th. American women, what do
,-op mink Of them?"
az vou are a. fair sample. / think
,b,,,, ndnrahlc." and he bowed with
~. h,SJ IN hid hcnrt.
.,esrnroI wish Ia cable this story
90 ~, fn,t,nt,it snid 1. III give YOU
,,,,. g,o,d IA nm american womul that
- ,,lii bc nntblp,r tn II AGAINST the
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dor,,nnd thut Tho censor edits with a
,nocneto"
~ Ic, mot wish you IA think that
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