New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-25
ALMOST AS BLACK AS PAINTED.
AN AMERICAN WHO HAS JUST RETURNED fno"
,r.HA TALKS OF TIE ATROCITIES PRAC-
rtsrD Ry WEYI.ER'S TROOPS.

cr.p, TALKS or TIE ATROCITIES PRAC-
T1sEp BY wEYIERs TROOPS.
4 veu-known official who recently came lioi" : w"
said veso-day: 1t will be gratifying. at ieas'' loI
the American citizens in Cuba 10 learn thal Co'sies
,s,l,, rronoses TO demand from Spain an explanation
s INV The treaty. with this country is continually
,io.o,,d in the Imprisonment Of Americans IN Cuoa
by fhe Spanish authorities.
The official alluded 10 was not wliiihs 10 IAN iUi
Their except upon condition that MS name sho" ,o'
I've -e,aed because % his business Interests in Cupa
and his frequent visits Havana. which might MAKE
~, ,i~.,rn 20 sDanish prejudice He continued; Il
lrow that Consui-General Lee has rendered his fesg
nation and viii insist upon its acceptance uhesS GER
tain conditions are observed The iact Is u'dt 'iie
Administration al Washington has been PERSISTENT!
in1ife.pn. 70 bis reports and his recommendations
lie has re ,osnizsd Il his duty TO protect Americans
ana their interests o. as ne himself put Il; fought
against some f these men IN the Civil War, very
likely bu: I will protect that flag pointlns 20 the
ore over the Consulate ana every one WHO IS ehued
T. lis protection so long live II General Lee
should come away from the island would not give
snap Of my finger COR an American citizens chances
for lie TWO DAYS aferWard. IL would be war OF eX-
termination of Americans as it is now war OF ex-
termination Of Cubans.
so far AS the cas-. OF Or. Ricardo Ruiz may he
mentioned now there is plenty of proof that ne was
q victim of Spanish cruelty, but IT would not he
fled by the Spaniarls in fact the Spanards would
file atidavts thai high Gndicating space OF eigh-
teen inches between his nand and the table, that
he was insane and killed himself for II is no trouble
for the Spaniards to get affidavits Blu; Ruiz was
done to death. as have been 50 many hundred
others, and know K. met. few days ago, Cecll
Charles. the woman who confined in the ca
banas near the Moro Castle and escaped from
there with the assistance Of one whose fr'endshp
she won and she gave vivid hut CHASTITY
account the lie of The prisoners in that prison
and the practice OF GarrOting them
why General Lee himself Is almost daily Wit
ness of the Spanish crueties but he cannot help IT,
You know that Weyler issued an edct for all or
tho country people to concentrate in the cities
We'll. there are large number OF the paclncos
whose homes and products have been burned by
VIEWERS -oops and they have been obliged TO live
subsistence. knowing that they would starVe 10
death if they went into the city. Well. these people
are arrest ed nv Weylers men, and when brought
into Havana are marched across the plaza In front
Of the American Consulate, and in fnli view or
General Lee: but they don't como back again
There is a we'll known ditch where the bones OF
many Of these fellows lie. As i was saying, about
T)r Ruiz il Is only OF many Instances OF tne
violations Of the treaty which provides that wlthlh
fortyeight hours of the arrest OF an American cl-
Yen The American Consul shall be Informed for the
But mat DO the Spaniards care about so small a
hing as A treaty. especially when the Washington
Admipls ra ton Is indifferent. about il? In the
mean time. the Americans cannot expect any pro
fecfion against the cruelty and barbarity OF the
rds