The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-01-19
AS MONEY SAU Tx E.CTS IN CUBA.

io WuNLi OhH lhL inJlO IN JUDI,
THE TRUTH FROM HIGH SOUR
Senator-Elect III. ID. Money, IF Mis-
sissippi, Tells the Story of His Visit
TO h ~Island-Gcn. Lee Tells Him
that Spain Cannot Conquer.
New York Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 returned
yesterday after Il two weeks absence
on u visit to Cuba. [ went there to
personally inform myself, for my own
guidance, as u member of the HOUSE
Foreign Affairs Committee. as to the
condition OF things in the island. Ac-
counts have been so conf citing and til,
reports from Havana SO diverse that |
concluded to make some personal dis
covery in the matter for myself. There
is nothing which | learned that the
public should not know, and because
OF the wide circulation. of your paper
especially in the South ask permits
sion to inform the public through the
Journal.
at the very outset l will say that
everything | saw and heard taught me
that Spain Is unable to cope with this
ins%urrection. She will never put il
down: Spain will never end this war
with victory to herself.
This is also the opinion of Consul
General Fritz Hugh Lee, and he has
heretofore expressed it to Secretal Y
Oiney. He has told the Secretary Of
State that the irsurrectionists, wheth.
or soon or late, were bound to succeed.
n last thing General Fltz Hugh Lee
said to me as | left Havana was:
please see Secretary Olney and
tell him that to-day | am more firmly
convinced than ever hat Spain cannot
put down the i~nsurrection, and that
every day it continues means a loss OF
life and property, without the remotest
encouragement Of any final Spanish
success. AS | long since told him, the
Instruction will succeed. My judg-
ment to that effect receives daily CON
tirmation."
Yesterday l saw Secretary Olney
and communicated to him Generai
Lees message. | am not permitted,
however, to make public MIR. O.ney's
comments.
Last Tuesday, accompanied by Cen
cral Lee, and with MIR. Drane, a clerk
of our Consulate at Havana, to act H.
interpreter, | called on Captain-Gen
eral Weyler. He received me with
great kindness aud cordiality, and said
he was glad l had visited Cuba.
~ am only sorry that more men,
bers of the American Congress cannot
come and take a look at the situation
here for themselves" said Generai
Weyler as he shook me by the hand.
No one should make u mistake CON
corning General Weyler. He is a
small man physically, but Of great and
evident power, full OF alert, nervuu,
action. He does not hesitate in his
replies, and speaks rapidly and with
returned from u visit to the front wien
l met him.
VI am sorry you were not here" said
General Weyler, "when left on nv
trip to tho front. | would have been
pleased to have had you accompany
me-"
The Spanish newspapers had been
commenting on my own personal All.
sence, two days before, from Havana,
and had called it "a mysterious dis
appearance" L had, however, only
been up the country about thirty miles.
| mentioned my absence and the news
paper comments to General Wcyler.
II am glad you went" he replied.
i WI div" OOICIS bDFU SuCn CrlDs
u be made with safety. That is the
state Of affairs. | would like to prove
to The world that the country round
about here is safe from insurrcc-
tiOnistS."
The country round about, however,
will say right here, is not safe from
lnsurrectionists. They are SO close
AID powerful that to-day the insurrec.
tlonists levy a tax on all the fruit,
vegetables, milk, cOrn and meat that
enter Havana from the country. IL is
a tax like a tariff, and goes to the
height of about rs per cent ad valorem.
Not q moutbful Of Cuban product is to-
day eaten in Havana that does not paw
a tariff to the revolution. In this in
direct way, Weyler himself is contri-
buting to the revolution.
Very soon," said General Weyler,
while talking to me, Il shalt announce
that the provinces Of PInar del Ro,
Havana, Matanzas and Lasi Villas are
paclfed." Weyler repeated the phrase
very soon" several times with en-
phasis.
What do you mean by 'pacifed,'
General 2" ] asked. Explain to me
the conditions which will exist in these
provinces after you have 'paciticd'
them"
Why" replied General Weyler,
general business will be resumed and
go on as it did before the insurrection.
The insurrection, with the insurrec-
tiouists, will have disappeared in these
four provinces"
do you mean," | said, "that bust
ness will be resumed as heretofore,
but only within the prescribed zones
around your garrisons and fortified
towns ?"
"No, no." replied the General. "Not
at all. | mean that work will be
resumed all over, in the country, as
we'll as In the cities and around them.
Everywhere there will be peace In
these four districts. There will be
then no insurreetionists there to dis
turb; work will be resumed on sugar
estates and on the tobacco farms.
Everything will go back to the condi-
tion Of peace which existed before
there was any Instruction, aul with
the same freedom. Our commerce and
trade with the United States will be
resumed as old" |
/ asked General Weyler what his
was OF the attitude Of the
United States.
/" Irealize,n he answered, sthat the
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