The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-11
"PACIFIC1TIoN" IN CUBA.
WeyIer Seems to Have . Queer Idea n to
what the Word Means.


MADRID. May 27.-In q signed article. Col.
Genaro Alas Of the engineer corps says in La
Correspondencfa de Espa1a:
People ask me If I believe that Cuba is pac-
flied or even half pacified. No.; I cannot call
the state of affairs west Of the Jdcaro and Moron
trocha paciflcation. What we have there is a
powerful military display. Let this manner Of
making war continue for five or six years and
the insurgents will be exterminated, Just as
Charlemagne finished with tho Saxons in Ger
many, and William the Conqueror with the
Saxons in England.
There were recently in the territory west Of
the trocha, said to DO paci6ed. SO battalions. 10
squadrons, and Gig batteries. The troops on tho
other side of the trocha, where paciacation has
not been declared yet, consisted of only % bat
talions. o squadrons. and GIG batteries. Both
portions Of the island are of about an equal size.
As long as the greater part of tho troops are not
removed from the West to the East, my infer
ence is that there Is no such thing as peace in
the officially pacified region. i should say that
tho Instruction ID like n wildcat upon whose
neck Gen. Weyler has placed his foot. The cat
cannot move, but Gen. Weyler dares not raise
his foot. He is trying to tame the animal
through starvation.
But he has to treat as enemies all the inhab-
itants of the country, to concentrate them and
subject them to all kinds OF hardships. How are
these people. after having been deprived of their
social liberty. a right enjoyed even in countries
despotically ruled, going to believe that q liberal
regime, favorable to their interests, has been in
stituted in Cuba They will not believe any
such thing. Meanwhile all our hopes of an
early settlement will disappear, to make room
for the methods Of Charlemagne and William
the Conqucror, with their inevitable accompani-
ment of new sacrifices in men and money.
Reforms In Cuba will prove ~fruitlcss unless a
majority Of tho Cubans wish to be Spanish. The
Government must believe that such is the feel
forms. But, to be logical, the Cuban-spanish
people must be permitted to move as they please
In tho country and cities as tho Goyernment's
damage upon the peaceful as a means OF con-
quering the insurgents must be abandoned.
the efficiency Of reform as n means OF p~scifca-
ton, let there be no more talk about It; Lot
Con. Weyler's methods BIO carried on until OK
termination has been contaminated. But. in
Heaven name, spare us the spectacle OF depor-
S sstIiSp' Of lpP PIbsptYl a.cs Sha StstEa5ion nD while nso. a
pcity is Is inmvoied,' u''" nha PROF.
This. despatch from Gen. Weyler gives a fair
"HAvANA. May 24.-In Santiago dc Cuba the
force escorting q convoy to Yateras. killed one
While accommodating on the Paiacio estate
Gen. Linares destroyed the rebel profecturas
~ - otthtt >hooht ohA u
weather made him retreat to Palma Soriano
after having dislodged the enemy from tho
heights, We had an officer and eight soldiers
wounded.
The enemy attacked Fort Isleho at Sierra
Maestro and were repealed. Our garrison had
two wounded.
Tho enemy planted n bomb Of dynamite at
Janina, on the Songo and Cristo Railroad. Tho
pilot engine was derailed, aud the insurgents
tried 70 loot the train and burn the cars. Tho
guerrlllas attached TO tho Cuba battalion. tho
Santiago squadron. the Songo guerrilla band,
and three companies Of the Asia. battalion
rushed to the spot and prevented tho burning of
the cars. The enemy was dispersed with a loss
onisio Lafuente VazqueZ.
Forces OF the Talavora and Cordoba bat
talions, In combination with the Runboat Vasco
Nuhez do Balboa. captured the insurgents' in.
We had an officer and three privates dead, and
eleven wounded. Once dislodged, the enemy
moved toward Baracoa and attacked the city by
the side OF La Marina, They were repealed with
While accommodating through B~lan9uizal.
Bopieron, Diamanto, San Carlos. Santa Cecilia.
and San Jorje, our forces killed three of the
enemy, In Manzanillo the Niquero guerrilla
band killed one OF the enemy.
haol,s band was driven from It's position by
our forces which were escortinR q convoy to
Bayamo. We had twenty-four wounded.
The enemy attacked Jiguani and were re-
PEELED. Lieut.. Felipe Cause and three privates
were wounded. An insurgent band Aired upon
"Ono OF our. columns surprised an insurgent
prefecture on the Chaparra River and made him
a prisoner. lnsurgcnt groups were dispersed
near M9yari. We had one volunteer wounded.
TALON, killed two OF the enemy we had two
"Tho forces of Tarragona and Herman CortEs.
! while accommodating at San Bias, Ingonio