Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-06
THE OLD MOSAIC DOCTRINE
Standards Treated to san Eye for
An Eye and a Tooth for a
Tooth"
TIE TOWN WAS CAPTURED BY GOMEZ
One Hundred and Forty-fve Spanish
Prisoners Put to Death AS Per Wey-
ler's Humane Methods of War
fare Charged with Piracy.

Tampa, Fla, Jan. Ga letter from
Cieba de Avila, Cuba, says that Gen. Go
mez attacked that place and demanded
that the Spanish commander surrender.
He refused. The town was captured by
Gomez, who took 145 prisoners, whom he
killed in accordance with his manifesto
directed to the Spanish authorities few
days ago, saying that, as the Spanish re-
fused to conduct human war, it was now
an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth,
just as Weyler treated the pacificos.
CHARGED WITH PIRACY.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. Cit is likely
that j. M. Bnrrs, attorney for the owners
of the Three Friends, the Cuban filibuster,
Capt. W. T. Lewis, commander; John
Dunn, engineer; Capt. John O'Brien, the
veteran filibuster, ard J. A. Huan and
Henry p. Frot, agents of the Cuban jnnta,
will be prosecuted by the United States
government on the charge of piracy.
wEYLER WILL NOT BE SUPERSEDED.
Madrid. The Epoca publishes for
NAL denial that the government has any
intention Of superseding Weyley as cap
tain.general Of Ouba.
MANY CUBAN sYMPATHIzERs
Greensboro, Pa, Jan. 6.-Congressman-
elect Edward E. Robbins, who has just
returned from Cuba, says "In the en-
tire island there is not Cuban or
foreigner, except Spanish, who is not In
sympathy with the revolutionary move
ment. The cities are under control OF
the Spanish, but the whole country is
under control of the insurgents. The
plan of Gen. Weyler is not to subdue the
Cubans, but to exterminate them.
"Ten or twelve Americans are now con-
fined in Moro castle. l talked to San
gully, an American citizen who is SEN
fenced to perpetual imprisonment in
chains, He was arrested at his home in
February, 1895, without having taken any
part in the outbreak. The American
consul interposed and he secured sec
ond trial, but in the meantime his chief
witness, Coloma, was shot by order of
Gen. Weyler, and his lawyer was i'm
prisoned and he was without witness or
counsel. vice-Consul Springer informs
me that at the second trial there was no
evidence against Sanguilly, yet he was
sentenced to perpetual Imprisonment in
chains.
"Spain can not conquer Cuba. The
time has come when delay on the part OF
the United States is unreasonable, in the
matter of protecting the citizens of the
United States now confined in Cuban
prisons, and also protecting American
ca pital invested in the island. This is
drty we owe our citizens. We also owe a
duty to humanity to stop the cruel
slaughter now going on there"
SENATOR ELECT MONEY.
| Hayana.-La EuoiIa :sssssi,es sdi.
torial referring to the reported disappear
ance of Senator elect Money and the many
stories spread in regard to his absence. The
newspaper remarks that it can not be-
lieye that Mr.. Money has realized that
any breach of the law, which is unpardon-
able in foreigner, is doubly 80 in the
case of person occupying the high posi-
ton of senator of the United States,
adding that maker of laws should be
more than willing to comply with them
In conclusion La Lucha says. 1--WE
await the senator's return from his ex
pedition to know how he liked his pic
turesque voyage"
Later.-Representative Money, of Mis-
sisippi, ON his return to Havana yester
day, said that he had been in the interior
on business of wholly private character
He saw certain estates, with view to IN
vesting. He dined last night with Con
sul. General Lee and Walter B. Baker
United States consul at Saguala Grande
There is a report current that Senate
J John Sherman, chairman of the senat
com mittee on foreign relations, is ex
pected in Havana.