The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-07
HAVANA CHEERS GEN. WEYLER
4 NOTABLE DEMONSTRATION IN HIS
HONOR.

Twenty Thousand People Gather at
His PaInce-He Says the Principal
Provinces VIII Soon BE Pacifed,
"FOr the Rebels There Know Me,
and Fear Me, and VIII Not Resist
Me"-His Position in the Hands of
the Madrid Governments.
Havana, Oct. Elm spite of Capt Gen.
Weyler's prohibition a notable demonstra-
tion took place here to-day in his honor.
The bourse was closed, as was also the
principal stores and tobacco and other
manufactures. Al the main streets
were gaily decorated.
The various professions united at Gen.
trail park and then moved together to the
plaza in front of the captain general s
palace, where as many as 10000 people
were gathered. Several bands discoursed
patriotic music. The plaza and the
thoroughfares leading into it were densely
crowded.
number of deputatlons went to the
palace, where they were received by the
captain general.
According to the official accounts they
assured him that it was the desire of all
the loyal inhabitants of the island that he
should continue at the head of the govern
ment and carry on the campaign against
the insurgents. They a.so expressed con
fidence that the Madrid government was
inspired with altogether too high designs
for the welfare of the country TO withdraw
the illustrious chief, who had subjugated
the instruction"
Capt. Gen. Weyler, after thanking the
deputations for their assurances, said he
had accepted the command in difficult cir
cumstances and without conditions. The
success of the campaign could be estimated
and properly appreciated by the country
from the visible facts. In the course of
seven months four important provinces
had been nearly pacified, and he was con-
fident of being able to pacify the two re-
naming provinces, at the proper time with
the forty battalions ready for the task. He
said he expected to be able to pacify Pue-
trO Principe and Santiago de Cuba al an
early date, 'for the rebels there know
me and fear me and will not resist me-"
STILL" said the captain general II be-
lieve the war should be ended with war
here as everywhere else, and not with
ton and all the more so, in view of the
terrible condition of the rebels l have fol-
lowed the policy of the illustrious Cano-
vas. I would like to please those who to-
day are demonstrating in my honor by re-
naming in Cuba, but the delicate position
in which l have been placed has compelled
me to-day to request the government to
dispose of my position in whatever way it
may think convenient, and, however the
matter may be decided, I shall always be
profoundly grateful to the loyal inhabi-
tants of Cuba, who, in such eloquent
terms, have expressed their absolute ap-
proval of the policy 1 am following to
bring the war to a close.
Il care little for the criticism made by
a section of the Spanish press whose
newspapers have been found even in expe-
ditions landed in the island, or for the ca
lumnies of the disguised and undisguised
insurgents of the towns
When Capt. Gen. Weyler appeared on
the balcony of the palace he was accord
ing to the official accounts "frantically
cheered" by the crowd, after which the
various professions paraded through the
principal streets for two and a half hours
shouting for Spain, the queen regent and
the government
The entire demonstration was orderly
and is officially described as without po-
litical color"