The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-10
MEANS WEYLER'S RECALL.
Brutalitles of the Butcher That
Caused the Anarch St to XIII
Premier CanOVaS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 9.-Officials
OF the State Department express the opin-
ion that the succession OF Sagasta as
Prime Minister of Spain would mean
speedy return OF peace in Cuba. They
feel confident that the Liberals would de-
vote themselves assiduously to the task of
ending the war, with due recognition of
the rights for which the Cuban patriots
have fought so hard According to their
belief the first decisive action of the Lib
eral Government would be to order the re-
call OF Captain General Weyler ana the
sending of General Campos to treat with
the insurge
D ssensions in the Canovas Ministry
have been threatened through Weyler's
continuance in office, while the Liberals
are said 20 be against him to the man. He
has been kept in power by Canovas against
great opposition, and now that Canovas
is dead his recall seems to be a certainty
whether the new Government be Liberal
or Conservative.
Senator Morgan shares this view. AS
result OF the death of Canovas he said
'Senor Sagasta will, in my opinion, be
made Premier. He will recall Weyler,
the butcher. from his career of atrocities
and famine in Cuba, and will send Cam
pos to the island"
The outcome of this, he added, would
be the truth would te told by Campos,
who wou advise his superiors to end the
war on terms that would leave Spain on
friendly basis with the Cubans. Morgan
said that Spain could make advantageous
terms with Cuba al this time. He thought
little polite dealing, such as could be
done by Campos, would lay the founda-
tion for future friendly relations. Con-
tinuing Morgan said:
Il believe he real motive for the assas-
sinatOn OF Canoyas was a remonstrance
against the policy of Canovas as repre-
sented in the actions OF Weyler. II is
suggeste1 the deed was done in revenge,
an outcome OF the punishment OF anarch-
lists who perpetrated the Barcelona out
rage. Weyler was made captain-general
at Barcelona to punish the anarc hists. In
doing so he used the torture cha M Der as
an instrument TO extort confessions l
have records of the most diabolicaI, most
tiendish tortures inflicted upon those men,
The greater number were done in secret in
the dungeons of Bare elona, but the few
cases that came to light indicate the char
acter of them all. The use of torture to
extort confession is grand high degree OF
deviltry. To rack mems bodies and spir-
its to make them contestant prob-
ably in the confession to tell q lie
and then use the self-indict1hent thus
wrung from the unfortunate victim
to pronounce his doom seems in
com prehensible to the human mind
in this age. But that was Weyler's
method at Barcelona, and Weyler repre-
sented the policy of Canovas. Now we
have Wevler's cruelties at Barcelona, in
the Philippines and his unspeakable
atrocities in Cuba. all carrying out the
policy OF the government of which Cano-
vas was the actual head The anarchists
IN Spain sent their protests against that
policy in bloodshed. They cannot reach
Weyler, the agent, SO they reach the IN
stl9ator. Ii lopen a cage at the Zoo and
turn loose raging tiger upon woman
and child as they are passing, / am re-
sponsible for the acts of the Tiger. think
the tiger is good comparison in Weyler's
case in Cuba. Therefore, while the imme-
diate motive of the assassin might heye
been revenge for Barcelona, the main
spring was the protest against the general
policy Of which the Barcelona case was
but one incident. The killing OF Canovas
will not strengthen his party, because
when you Kill leader of banditti YOU
weaken the panp"