The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
TT urhNs WFYLER,s REoAI1.

opinions or state Department onotaia On the
Erect OF Canovas.s Death.
wAaHmEoroN, Aug. o.-O6ioials Of the State
Department are frank in expressing the opinion
, that the succession Of 8aeasta a. Prime Minis
ter Of Spain would moan . speedy return OF
peace in Cuba. They feel quite confident that
the Liberals would devote themselves assidu-
ously to the task Of ending the war. with q due
recognition Of the rights for which the Cuban
patriots have fought 20 hard. According TO
their belief, the fret decisive action Of q Liberal
Government would be the recall Of Captain-Gen-
eral Weyler.
Dissenslons in tho Canovas Ministry have been
threatened through Weylers continuance In
Office. while the Liberals are said to DO against
him to q man. He has been kept In power BY
: Canovas against great opposition, and now that
Canovas is dead his recall seems to DO . Ger
tainty, whether the new Government be Liberal
or Conservative.
Senator Morgan shares this view. Al q result
OF the death of Canovas, he said, "Seior sagasta
will, In my opinion. DO made Premier. will recall
weyler, the butcher, from his career Of atrocity
and infamy in Cuba, and will send Campos to the
island" The outcome of this, he added. would
be that the truth would DO told by Campos, who
would advise his superiors to END the war
on terms that would leave Spain on q friendly
bnsis with the Cubans. Senator Morgan said
that spain cOulu make Advantageous conultionb
with Cuba at this time. He thought a little
politio dealing, such al could be effected by
Campos. would lay the foundation for future
friendly relations. Continuing, Senator Morgan
said:
sassination Of Canovas was a remonstranco
against tho policy Of Cenovas, as represented In
the actions Of Weyler. 1t is suggested that the
deed was done In revenge, an outcome OF the
punishment Of the Anarchists who perpetrated
the Barcelona outrage. Vel. there you run
s ss%,n q tho sSs'i policy SHe Of ca anS a' weyioF was
made Captain.genera Of Barcelona to pun;
the torture chamber as. an Instrument
TO-, extort confessions. have records
were done in secret, in the dungeons, of BARGE
Iona. but the few cases thai, came to light nd.
to extort confession is the grand high degree Of
devfltry. To rack mems bodies and spirits
sion to tell a lie, and then use the self.indict-
ment thus wrung from the unfortunate victim to
pronounce his doom, seems incomprehensible to
the human mind in this age. But that was
Weyler,s method at BARCELONA, and Weyler rop.
T W.Hlss!s the 6]e1ps G1lliisy of Of 6 eeneYss; M n she we Ph hHxe
pines, and his unspeakable atrocities in Cuba, all
carrying out h the policy Of a g0y TGn %nar Of whiG IN
Sleoodshsd., they cannot reach Weyler. the
tiger upon a woman and child as they. are
passing, / am TeSpOnblDlo U Ine bCJS vi TX
tiger. / think the tiger 10 Q good comparison in
Weyler's case in Cuba. Therefore, while the
immediate motive of tho assassin might have
been revenge for Barcelona, the handspring was
the protest against the general policy Of which
ID you think the murder Of Canovas will
cause q reaction in favor of his party in Spain T.
Senator Morgan was asked. =.
There is never a reaction in favor Of crime"
was the reply. when q reaction sets in 1t is In
favor Of virtue. The taking of Of Canovas will
of q banditti it does not strengthen the gang. II
tho head of q patriot army 10 destroyed. how
ever, 1t but draws his followers closer together.
gives them now life and added strength. Tho
unexpected end Of Canovas may serve as q warn
ing. a. a deterrent, but not as an incentive to
his followers"