The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-29
NlIlEM|i|||'ER SPEAKS.
0aptain-deneral Angry at Action
- z.-:es OF United States.
he ACCUSES Us OF HYPOCRISY.
The Relief Measure He Looks Upon ~
q Piece Of Inpertinence-Ho
49, He Would Welcome Recogni.
ton b. Uncle Sam.


: Journal from Cienfuegos, Cuba, says:
In an interview Capt. Gen. Weyler, upon
his arrival here from Placetas, in ref!
:erence to Senator Morgan's Cuban res
olution said:
'I am not surprised at the action thus
far taken; nor shall be II the house con-
ours in the senate resolution and sends 1t
to the president. Your jingoes are in the
country in some foreign complications In
order to distract attention from the fast
approaching internal crisis.
:. 1.-THE few scattering bands Of Cuban
dynamiters, railroad wreckers. horse and
cattle thieves, plantation burners and
highwaymen now in the field here, who
9 hold no port and possess no seat OF civil
government; have no right to expect recog-
milton. Such distinction at President Nc
Kinley's hands. issued in the face Of my
own proclamation officially declaring the
greater part of the island to be already
pacif1ed, would hold the Washington ex-
ecutive UP to the r1dicule of European pow
ers and prompt a healthy outburst OF SYM
pathy for the Spanish cause. especially
from neighboring old world governments
I'm brief, recognition may aid the Cuban
junta in placing few bonds in tho United
-. States, but: will ut the same time assure the
successful issue Of our proposed new Span
ish loan In Paris. London and Vienna and
enable us to. carry on the war. with re-
neWed vigor. =: H.
VIII Pc Glad Of Recognition.
~ 'Persona1ly, shall be glad. If recosni-
ton comes, our position will then be more
clearly defined. It will work a. virtual
abrogation Of our special treaty with the
United States, place Yankees residing in
Cuba, In. an Identical position before tho
courts with other foreign residents, and /
shall be troubled less by the constant COM,
plants and often ridiculous demands from
American consuls.
ut would also relieve the Spanish gov
eminent Of all responsibility for the de-
struotion Of foreign property not actually
within the line Of Spanish defenses and
further simplify matters by assuring us the
right to board and search American YES
sells whenever suspected.
Calls tJs Hypocrites.
"For one shall heartily rejoice that the
States goyernment's reiterated professions
Of friendship shall be finally unmasked.
have always had little confidence in the
sincerity OF Its assertions. Each new
declaration from Washington calculated to
throw our marine oficials engaged in pa
trolling the Cuban coast of their guard, has
invariably been followed by the departure
OF some new Cuban filibuster from an
american port with arms and munitions
for our enemy"
ConInulng, the captain general ex-
pressed delight at the proposition: 10
have consuls here to furnish free trans
portation to all Americans who desire
to:return to the United States, but he
said he: considered the plan to distrib-,
ute food to resident Americans as an
indirect and unjustified attempt to in
terfere IN local affairs.
Trying to Discredit Relief.
New York, May ga dispatch to
the Herald from Havana, via Key West,
says: Every effort is made by the Span
ish to discredit the attempt to relieve
American citizens and toconfuse the is
sue. The Union Constitutional insists
that the $4,000 was voted by congress
at tbe:>request Of New York business
men to protect American citizens there.