Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-08

New York, November captain
William Wyndham, who has been
transferred as British consul at Chi
cago. after three years service in a
similar capacity at Barcelona. Spain,
was a passenger on the La Bretagne,
which arrived from Havrs to-day.
After spending a week with Relatives
in Philadelphia, he will leave for his
new post at Chicago. He said:
THE feeling in Spain against the
United States is one of great bitter
ness. There have been no demonstra-
tons in Barcelona or thereabohts
within the last year against the
United States. and the Spanish govern
ment is taking care that there shall
be none. The bitterness, however, is
very marked. particularly in Barcelo-
ma. Before the Cuban war Barcelona,
one of the greatest manufacturing CELL
ters of Spain, prospered chiefly in It's
trade with Cuba and Manila. The
war in Cuba and the Philippine ISL
ands has cut off this trade. Barcelona
has lost the best and most lucrative
market she enjoyed. Only one-thiYd
OF the men hitherto employed in her
factories are now working, and they
on reduced time. All over the manu-
featuring centres of Spain there is
similar prostration. The Spanish can
not understand why the United States
a friendly nation, should allow so
many filibustering expeditions to get
away safely to Cuba. That fact makes
them additionally bitter When | left
Spain there were on symptoms of an
ger against the late minister of tho
United States to that country, Hannis
Taylor The Spanish were too much
absorbed in what Gen. Woodford, your
new minister, might say and do. /
heard no talk there Of war with the
United States. Spain has not tie
money to wage a war with you. AS fOl
the reported prospective uprising Of
the Carlists, | don't think there is
much danger of that now. The Car
lists would not stand much of chance
of gain as things are now governed
in Spain"
THE COMPETITOR CASES.
Washington, November IA tele-
gram came to the State Department
to-day from United States acting con-
sui general Springer, at Havana, as
follows:
Trial by court martial of Competi-
tor prisoners will be held Monday
next. Will attend
There are five of these prisoners.
They were arrested on the Competitor
April %, 1896, on a charge of landing
arms fer the insurgents and have been
held in close confinement ever since.
May s, 1896, they We're tiled by naval
court martial and senttlced to death.
Only the most energetic action by tEe
United States government prevented
the immediate execution of this SEN
tence, and after negotiations direct
with Madrid, Weyler having proved
unrelenting, an order was secured Tor
a new trial, the Madrid judicial re-
viewing authorities having found the
proceedings informal. The contention
Of our government had been that these
hen were properly subjected to the
protection afforded by the Gushing
protocol and entitled to counsel, TO be
confronted with witnesses and all or
the guarantees of fair trial contained
in that agreement. The Spanish
claim has been that the men being
taken with arms in hand and not on
land, they are excluded from the bene-
fits of the protocol. The news now
coming that they are to be tried by
court martial again is not reassuring,
as it amounts to an insistence by the
Spanish upon their contention that if
carried out will, it is expected, lead
to the reimposition of the death pen
atty, though clemency may be extended
by Gen. Blanco.