The sun., 1897-09-11
MADRID ANGRY At HEFLER.
The Capture Of Victoria de las Tunas . Sewers
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specfaI Cable psspateh 10 raE SOY.

Special Gable Dsspdtch to THE Sun
MADRID, Sept. l0.-Great excitement prevails
here over the capture Of the town OF Victoria DO
las Tunas. in tho province Of Santiago dc Cuba.
All OF the newspapers condemn Captain. General
Weylcr and demand his removal.
The ID,pdrcidi recalls the circumstance of the
removal Of Captain General Jove.ar from tho
command Of the Spanish army In Cuba IN 1915
because OF a similar disaster.
A Cabinet meeting was held tonight at which
It was decided to act vigorously in Cuba and TO
90 prepared to send reintorcements at once II
It should be necessary.
There WAS such general cry for tho recall of
'wey,er that Gen. AZcarraga. Prime Minister
and Minister OF War; cabled to him demanding
a full explanation. At tho Cabinet Council
Weyler's reply was read. He affirmed his
ability to recapturo tho town withou, much
effort
Notwithstanding the optimistic tone adopted
by the Car tain General. there Ia much anxiety
throughout Spain regarding the condition OF
agairs In Cuba. The belief prevails that the
insurgents will con titute thetr Government at
Victoria do las runas with the vie OF obtain
ing recog nition OF their bcllgerency by the
senor Castrllano. Minister of tho Colonies,
hi sGdsa s ps d OF so
tion of Cuban administrative council will be
promulgated immeliately, and the elections
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IL is ielt that Victoria de las Tunas must be
recnptured, because, being a forth ed place, its
capture and po session by tho insurgents tulall
one OF the necessary conditions precedent to tEe
recognition OF the insurgents as belligerents by
the Government at Washington.
Victoria de las Tunas has a population of
1000. IL Is in the province OF Santiago de Cuba,
few miles west from the Puerto Principe hOr-
der line. and about Midway between the north
ern and southern coasts OF the island.
IhA afRtn hon a. n In Ia fha
magnificent sugar plantation OF San Manuel. In
| which a mercantile house in New York Is la gely
1t j A. NJ. on Sept. 81, 1875, the Cuban Gen.
| eral, Vicente Garcia, at the head of some 500
| veterans attacked Las runas The Span.sh. un-
70 surrender after few hours fight;
| could be sent to them. there being no spanish
| columns in the neghborhoOd. Vicente Garcia
or Tered the spanish prisoners returned, and an
were delIvered TO Col. Julian Pueyo,
the Cubans for Il few days, created feeling OF
| alarm ia Havana an / Madrid. Captain G General
Juyellar seat in his resignation, but the Govern.
| EIenL refused to accept it, Gen. Martinez Cam.
| pos, however, was sent to share with JovellRI
the command OF the island.
The impression imOng Cubans here II hat the
| capture OF Las runas Will recIpitate a crisis In
the spanish Cabinet IL is not probable they
| said last night tnat Gen. ALcarraga would nm
| dertake to replace Gen. Neyler. AL are per
| suaded in Spain that the present Mlnisi ~
will not live much longer, and, consea zen tly
run the risk OF being recalled by the next Cabi
| not. Under these cITcuns tances the Cuba al
| believe that the press outcry In Madrid will re
suit in Ministerial change.