The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-01
ON FREE SOIL AGAIN
Sanguilly Arrives al Key West En-
Route to Washington.
LEE IS A TRULY NOBLE MAN
The ES-Prisoner Expresses His
Lasting Gratitude to the Consul
General and American Friends
Ills Wife Is With Him.

Key West. Fla. Feb. 2S-Cien. Julio
sanguilly has arrived from Havana 10y
the steamship Mascotte. HE was at
FIRST indisposcd To say anything fur
thrr than what would express his last
ing gratitude Ia Consul General Fitz-
hugh lcr. whom De- described as a truly
noble American and a man who should
long ago have been IN Cuba. Had ne
been there three years ago said SAN
euilly, there would have been less
shedding OF American blood He Was
very much agitated as he expressed his
feelings towards Consul General Lee,
Asked how he was treated during his
confinement he begged earnestly not 10
be compelled IL recall his experience
during the last Two years. Why" said
he, Il have not been allowed To- read
one single newspaper except those pub
llshed on the island. When | heard Of
the death OF brave General Maceo II
just made me collapse, not because |
thought the death Of any one man
would check the progress of the insur-
gents, hut because | knew then that
Butcher Weyler would not he recalled,
as spain would try To pacify the people
hy pointing tn Maceo's death as great
victory for the government"
Speaking of his plans for the future.
General Sanguilly said: u do not
know them myself, hut ! am going to
Washington 10 attend the Inauguration
parade, having been invited by my old
veteran boys To parade with them. !
have been given the place NJ honor In
the parade After that | shall go Ia
New York tn see my brother. who has
Lg.aI eu Futa a ftttI EAN N.4ls
and then | shall keep my promise To
the people of Key West to return and
pay them 4 visit"
General Sanguilly's wife was equally
loud in her praise Of Consul General
Lee. He Is the best uf men" she
said also noble and firm in his con-
yictions, and true. To him we owe the
final release of my dear husband. who
has been confined In a deep dungeon
for the rast two years ON trumped-up
charges. entirely unsupported by proof
To Consul General Lee and the people
of this glorious nation. whose noble
representative he Is. We shall he etcr-
nally grateful for my husbands re-
lease"
Senior Morotc. correspondent OF III
Liberal Of Madrid. in an interview.
stated that he had been "A prisoner OF
camp of the insurgent leader he was
treated with marked courtesy. He
learned that the reforms proposed by
spain would never lie accomplished. hut
that nothing short of independence OF
the island would bring about a cessa-
iion of hostilities, Senior MOrote said
his study of the Cuban cause had con-
WINGED him N was "A just one. Referring
to General Weyler. he said: we have
general there who Is causing deVas-
tation and ruin to the whole island,
simply because he now sees that II II
lost to Spain and that the Cubans VIII
win in spite OF all that spain can offer"
with Senior Brinas, Senior Morote gave
three ringing cheers for Cuba libre.
a deputation met General Sanguilly
at the wharf. lie was discovered and
pointed out by the crowd the moment
the steamer reached the dock. The
throng in waiting shouted: viva liho
Sanguilly; viva Consul General Lee;
viva Cuba lihre; viva los cstados uni
dos" Sanguilly was escorted with his
family to III Polacu restaurant. wher"
he dined. The restaurant was crowded
with friends and countrymen eager to
have words with him and Ia embrace
him. When questioned by friend ~
to III. Competitors crew. he replied
earnestly that ~ the government did
not take prompt and energetic action
10 secure their release, he feared the
worst would befall them. Consul Cen
cral Lees son passed through Key West
en- route to Washington Among the
passengers on the Mascottc wer" Eva
Adam de Rodriguez, who was arrested
al Puerto Principe. and Buhigas Dal-
man, vice consul at Tampa.