The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-08
WEYLER DEFENDS HIMSELF
o,.o1AIMs RESPoNSIBIJ1TT FOR
"Euc RESULTS OF IRIS POLICY.

THE RESULTS OF MS F"bAOA'
M. supportera In Havana That He
= a want TO lie Humane, but Rather
ns,sntie.s and PItIess-rroud or the Re-
~. ar mis- wnrrnrc-No PITY for Pncincos.
u,,,x, sept. 4.-Gcn. Weyler was well
,bis afternoon on his return from the
" ~ the old palace in front of the Plaza dc
",as nv the leaders OF the Spaniards In Cuba.
a.. ,altcd 20 his visitors with unusual freedom
.hort hs policy and the war. 1t was tho hrst
80 since hc landed in Cuba to rule the island
y. rsp,ain. General that he has stopped from
~. vireroy's dignity and his habit OF COM
E.,dinr without explanations to u familiar
us,s.ion NJ his plans and deeds. Gen. Wcy.
Vs. IL Observation-Disclosures by his most bitter
~,,i.s ia not a hypocrite. lie may not have
~. courage OF a soldier, but he has the moral
.nrrsve Of not Disgusting his brutal cruelty.
p,,ore public opinion. In Cuba us well as In
an.,n and In foreigu countries, he never oringos.
Urh.t he said. therefore, ut his palace to q
- Of spanish politicians. whom he never
s.nor,d before with tho slightest regard for
Mi, oplnion, / believe OF interest to the Amer
IAN reader as q picture OF Weyler by himself.
Thsre wero present the Marquises Of Pinar
AL Rio, Rabell, and Nontoro. representing, ro-
.n.otively. the Conservatives, the Reformists,
IA IN, Autonomists.of Havana, the well-known
en.nIsh leader, Senior Santos Guzman, and
smoro others tho minor bosses" of the three
.,-tis, and OF tho battalions Of volunteers OF
~. city. sehor Miguel DiaZ, the Mayor of Ha-
..,, the Municipal Councillors, and several
.,h,r employees OF the municipality were also
r,,.ent. The Captain.G Generals words have
han widely commented upon.
~ am not afraid. said Gen. Weyler, 'of the
charges made against my administration lido
M. try. ei ther, TO win the title Of a humane Cen
.,al War Is war, and l came here to make war.
. r~elentlesS, pitiless war against the enemies OF
ansin. ] never understood the wisdom of gov
,rnIng with d slack hand a rebel people. and
m we'll known was my opinion in this matter
that as soon as my coming, to Cuba as Captain.
General was announced all the covert enemies
of Spain who lived here among US etnisrated in
haste 10 the United States. Had they had
nothing TO fear they would have stayed, as
others did, among the 10y elists. l was glad then
d knowing 1t. was glad that they knew me,
ri know also tnat the feeling of hostility
f6aye done only my duty in trying to extirpate
Il What means all the cutlery against my
decree ordering the conceniration Of the pacih-
able TO spain. II Is not my fault II hundreds
or thousands OF people have TO die from the et-
iects OF a military measure. l did not provoke
his war. The revolutionists cast the die, and
they must stand the consequences. To meet
the guerrilla warfare the Cubans wage against
IQt al dA NY vi -PoAh = AAoe W
munication between the insurgent bands and
the towns. Such communication allowed, the
insurgent bands to provide supplies for them
selves in the towns to carry on their desultory
warfare. The pacidcos were q link between the
town conspirstors and the insurgents. l have
sponsible for the consequences OF a dire but
urgent measure imposed by the war.
N believe that the masnaninity Of Spain Is
% great and the injustice OF the revolution so
extraordinary that the insurgents and their
sbettors do not deserve any consideration, For
That frank exposure OF his sanguinary feel.
tngs By the Captain General meets with the en-
thusiasm OF the uncompromising spanish press.
A stanch Conservative journalist writeS;
Gen. ,Weyier is compared in tho United
States with the Duke OF Ava and that 10 but an
acknowledgement Of his merits. The Duke, Of
Alvs was a great General. He made war with
Gre and sword in the Netherlands. but he did
Duke OF Parma who lost them alter him with a
milder policy"
one thing. and that Is that the experience OF his
tory is nothing to the Spaniards, and that they
sse now as blind abeu. their colonial policT as
the sixteenth century. Hero are some OF the
n Anu ord desat II % q sSsi P t1oGrSbyIddins the banker.
h Havana to export gold has caused q financial
panic In the market. Silver Is now at % pei
can't discount.
In Santa Clara city the frauds committed q,
s Ss Ga' to more hol shsn q y ,o tss 'o5 spanf5shh IN. d 9tI,sie5,
and cashier Of the Custom House there have
made each a net pront or SlOO,0OO In O rev
months and both are now in Spain enjoying thu
pgoduct OF their plumber.
The mortality among the p~actflcos herded
around Santa Clara city is so great that thu
common cemeteries have not been enough 4
bury the dead. They are thrown on the grount
and epidemics of disease have resulted. There
are no words to describe the ravages Of thu
famine.
Confined in the common Jail Of Santa Clar,
and among lewd criminals and wenches ar
sehoras Carmen and Nlcolosa Gutierrez. twt
women Of the best Cuban families, arrested by
order Of Weyler without any apparent chArg'
ogntnst them.