The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-14
BOTH SIDES OF THE Case
The Side Of Spain and Also the
Side OF Cuba.
BOTH OFFICIALLY PRESENTED
The Statement of Senior Depuy Dc LONE
the Spanish Minister. and . Reply
from Secretary Quesads. OF
the Cuban Delegation.

suV SuOou OSsSoS"S
In recently issued signed statement,
Senior Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish MN
lister to this country, took the position
that the American people have been
systematically misinformed with re-
gard to Spain's treatment or CUBA anu
Cubans. After pleading for a fair hear
ing, he goes on to present Spain's case
Us follows:
II read with the deepest regret the stale
ments made in the senate by some OF me
most influential senator's of the unitea
States. When the Congressional Record
reached me knew that the facts whlcn
were stated BY them were neorreet; jouht NM
had been imposed upon, and that II wouiu
be very easy for me TO prove. with nt,ie
time. that the senators have been inisii
formed by persons interested in bringing
misunderstanding between the two ma
Uons / did not believe then that my
work would be so easy and so short:
Senator sherman. in the sitting Of FED
IS. quoted freely, among other things,
from an article published In a New York
morning paper of Sunday, Feb. %. he
said, giving In very strong language ms
opinion of the present commander,Min, IN
chief OF the Spapish army In Cuba The
following A book was published IN
Spanish, which am very sorry l cannot
get from the lthtAty written by span
ldIu Dy tnt HafIlt
who came over from Spain with the span,
ish troops to see the war of 1917, ana
who was SO horror stricken with the hxh
nothing of pOnderis nor his book. and that
fiew to the United States ana there puD-
lished his manuscript. Telling is this evil
dence, and 1t shows General Weyler exc,
II have made an investigation aboIt
OF the author IL not Enrique Donderio. as
the paper printed ii. but Enrique Donde-
riS. For this reason. probably. the sena-
tor was unable TO lind the book In the
Congressional library. Had he found 1t.
he would have seen that in the book,
which H. II small pamphlet of forty-three
pages. printed in New York city In the
publishing house of A. ii. Jones, No. Ss
New street. In the year 1876, not II single
time Is the name of General Weyler men-
Toned
IL have carefully read and have rad
the pamphlet read by other persons, and
see in it that many horrors are de
scribed attributed both TO the Spaniards
and TO the rebels, but, in it. as ! said be-
fore. and as | most emphatically affirm
now, the name of General Weyler Is not
mentioned one single time. | have the
book at the disposal of anybody who
would like 10 verify my statement.
DoNDERIS A DESERTER.
81 have been told that Enrique Donderis
was Spanish officer who fought in Spain
against the government and was sent to
Cuba. He fought there oil the Spanish
side. then deserted and afterward fought
IN the rebel ranks. But although this fact
has been stated by Cuban sympathizer
II cannot be vOuched for by me. and II Is
of no consequence. A paper prints tele-
gram from Havana, stating, upon the au-
thority of Mr.. Martoro. one of the lead
ers or the home rule party. that he knows
nithing of DOnderis nor his book and that
he believes the name u nom de plume.
What Is important il. that the honorable
senator from Ohio said in good faith that
ALI the crimes that he related were at
triDuted by Spanish authority to General
Weyler. and that his good faith has been
imposed upon. as has been the good faith
of the New York paper.
II nave related those facts to the editor
OF the paper, and he has kindly informed
me that he will investigate the matter
with the utmost care. | am sure he will
and hope he will make public his invest-
eNlon Enough bad has already come
from the article.
General Weyler went to Cuba as a leu-
tenant colonel In 1869, and returned 10
Spain as brigadier general in 1873. Dur
ING part OF the campaign he held the
position of colonel OF a regiment OF VOL
unteers. which was made up and paid by
:he merchants of Havana. He defended
the town of Holguin. being commander
general of that jurisdiction but he has
never held In Cuba any other position
than that of u subordinate officer up to
the time he took command a few weeks
ago.
I'm my investigation ! have read many
pamphlets written by Cubans during the
war from 1868 TO 1878, with all the natural
bias when contest is standing, and have
failed to see the name of General Weyler
recorded as responsible for the horrors
that now. when he is at the head of the
army against the rebels, are attributed to
him.
REFERS TO SHERMAN.
Senator Sherman, In his speech, said:
'eheral Cumpos, gentleman, no doubt
OF ,he highest character-kind, generous
yet one OF the best soldiers that Spain
has furnished of late years These words
are just and true. and nobody doub.s
or denies them now. But compare that
Justice done TO General Campos, when he
Is not In the field, with what was said
against him in the papers of the United
States. when he arrived in Cuba. and be-
gan TO conduct the military opera tions-
compare these kind and just words with
what has been said of his proclamations,
and of his acts by the rebels, who swarm
In the United States.
Senator Morgan. in the sitting of Feb.
"a. spoke the following words: II IL
to official reports forwarded from Madrid
by the United States minister 1860 Gu
bans have been killed in battle up 10
August. 1872. besides 43jO0 prisoners whom
been put to death From this statement
Senator Morgan derived many conclu-
sions. and said that his authority was the
American Cyclopedia. A friend of mine
ou't,,'e' w -'icSSis. -. .tpplttol N tO,
publishers of the cyclopedia. inquiring as
TO the authority of the book quoted 10y
Senator Morgan. In reply to his inquiry
Rossiter johnson, associate editor of the
American Cyclopedia, said:
Inc statement TO which Senator Nor
gan evidently refers Is TO be found on page
900 OF the hftn volume of the American
tyciopedia. and reads exactly as follows:
According TO official reports forwarded
from Madrid by the United States minis
ter 1850 Cubans have been killed In bat
lie mp to August. 1872. besides 49, 500 pris-
onefs. whom the Spanish minister admit
ted TO have been put to DEATH"
he said that the article was written
by Antonio Bachiller Morales (who. |
may say. was Cuban and a decided and
partial enemy of SPAIN. and that he pre-
sunied II would be easy TO get access to
these Official reports in the department of
state at Washington. | have accepted the
advice, and the state department has sent
Inc the following: The minister of the
Aug. N, lSl., quotes from the impartial
described as Il semi-ofiicial journal Of
Madrid, of which the colony minister was
the director until he entered the present
cabinet, the following: From the be-
ginning of hostities in Cuba 1900 insur-
gents have been killed In battle and 49, 500
taken prisoners The minister adds: And
II Is believed that all prisoners of war
taken are shot or garroted'" 1t thus
appears mat the United States minister
- not responsible for the assertion of the
sentences last quoted, but only stated II
az matter Of belief. while there seems
10 be no authority for alleging any ad-
MISSION 10 that eeffct by any Spanish min