The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-07
ghe Sesala aal Welrs,
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CUaA, CRErE AND GHEECts,

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Owing to indiNcmnco on the part Of
tho United States Government and The
miserable modus vivrndi on tho part ot
the Powers to tho European "ronrrr
OF action" tho above named places
have for u long time boon sutfrriuX the
horrors Of tho Inferno.
There arc two great aSSassinS at work
-->Weylcr, IN Cuba, whose souhriQuct Is
"tho hutrhcr" and tho Sultan Of Tu,~
key, called by Mr. Gladstone "thr
greater aSSassin."
Goa. Weylcr says that some of the
Cuban provinces arc "parifrd," no,a.
bly, Pinar dol Rio, How lMcihrdS l.m
ns SEQ. Children are rarihrd with
swcetmcats. but bravo mon rann,t TX
pacitlcd when thcir homes arr IN ruins
and their families drspoilcd,
Weyler has Il 4 upwards of three
hundh el thousand SpAniariS to crush
or pacify the uhanS. aad while this
trmidablc army has siSnally failed ,o
Destroy the SIN II Cuban bands. ,hrn
ranks have been drrima.sA by ,S,t,lc
disease aud drSrrtion. while the pay
roll, II Is said, continues to the nav'r$
of mon who have departed. This is VA
triotism, with vengeance, toward the
Madrid government,
This man, Wrylcr, has permitted the
arrest, Imprisonment, deportation and
death OF Cuban suspects and American
citizens alike, while some have been
nightly fed to the fishes AID others
buried With ropes a'ound their nrrkS.
Young maiaens have been drtlowcrrG
and gentlow omen, refined aud cultivate
Cd wives and mothers, stripped and
whipped and RAJ cd; and, again, arrest
ed and thrown into filthy prisons
among the lcrhrrous and vile.
Wcylcr's work Of "pacifyinS" Cuba
closed with horrible climax. llc or,
dorcd the roniS alton Of bread and the
running in Of all the women and chi,-
. dren OF tho outlying provinces to thc
garrisoncd towns. In this Night from
home, sick and destitute, many perish
ed by the waysidc.
The burning shame of such dryrada.
tion, IN sight of the Uui,cd States with
its seventy million Of frcrmcn.
Tho Crctans have appealed many
times from the crucltirS of the Turk.
and always with heroic response from
Greece. The onus Of the present war
ts upon the Sublime Porto and the
Powers, all OF whom, thus far, for every
practical purpose, are the allies Of Tur.
key.
The Greeks deserve the sympathy of
tho civilized world, and yet we have
aeon disparaging correspondence from
the East: that "thc Greeks arc hutcd,"
etc etc. No doubt they are, by TIC
Turks. But why say anything bad cr
detrimental to the only people who arc
hshting singlc-handcd aud alone In the
cause OF mercy and humanity against
the hordcs Of Islam2
The latest advices are that the Turks
simultaneously attacked Valcstino and
fharsalas, on the afternoon Of the 9th
instant aud in both engagements the
Turks were repulscd with slaughter.
General Smolenski snys: 'Thc brigade
at Falestino is delugcd with blood,'"
but the G:ccks arc covered with glory.
Should Bulgaria persist in her de-
mands 1t is not unlikely that al the
balkan provinces may be cmboldcncd
TO air their grievances against the Sub
limo Porte. In that event Turkey will
10 forced to divide its army between
the Balkan Provinces and the Plains of
Thessaly.