Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-03
n the upper court, undur the Spanish
government In Cuba.

wsged fierce campaign sgainst tue
oppJnen!s OF Spanish rule In Cuba.
Despite his other pursuits, Senior
Bafroeta Joined the Spanish anu % a
captain OF guerrillas, fought agaiust
the insurgents in many engagements.
Senior Barroeta, referring to his ex.
periencs TO cloes friend said:
"My troubles With Gen. Weyiet
began sone time ago. l refused to
eide with him agsitst his bitter foe,
the marqals Of Apeziegui, the leader
OF the conservative party la Cubs.
Alter vainly tryiuy to enlist my co.
operation in his fight against tho
ieaders OF my own party, the general
sought to have revenge on me by im-
plicating me in frauds discovered in
his own military administration in
Santa Clara privince, in which
senior Menete Videl appears as a
leadiDg character.
"Orders for my arrest were issued by
Gen. Weyler, VINO brought all the
| charges he could think OF against me,
even that OF betnn n rebel sy mpathizer,
and orierod that DO brought before u
court martha Of his own psrtleanp,
Warned by high Off ,isls, 1 was abIe
to hide until an opportunity offered
for Boston.
"While was in hiding received
note sent to my boms by Gen.
Weyier oG.riug to forgive anu forget
everything | gave myself up. l
did not, however, heed his offer, be-
cause learned thst only the day be.
fore ne had one Df my own servants
tortured ia order to extort from him q
confession OF my whereabouts.
"AtTiving In BIS on lew day "a ago
at once toVk the train for this city,
where l Will remain only few days
before sailing for Spain, where l Will
lay before the government the proofs
OF the frauds committed In the mill.
| tary Naturalization In Cuba In whicn
Gen. Weyler has q great share. Ny
object in remaining few days here Is
Tor the purpose OF Issuing q psmpnlet
exposing The frauds aud corruption of
the administration under Gen. Weyier
In Cuba. will mail a copy oil my
book to every Loading political man In
| Spaiu, as well as Ia Cupa, bstore leav.
ing this country.
The Herald hos obtained COPY of
this book. 1t appeals to the Spanish
premiet to appoint royal commission
and send to Cuba to investigate every
charge he makes In the book.
Senior Barroeta also makes fierce
attack upon Nicolas Il veIo, editor of
the Diario ue 10 Marina, whom he
cgIls "the substituted agent OF the
Havana custom house Off cials0
Referring To General Weylei's re.
port as - the pacification o. provin.
Cos, Senior Barroets ridicules the idea
ana declares that the alleged pacifiua.
| ton IL only part OF a scheme between
Weyler and his supporters IN Madrid
TO keep hina in power. Senior Bar
roata quotes 10 his book, oil ciai as
we'll as private documents, which he
says he Is willing to produce 10 sup.
purt oil his assertions.
Among tbese documents he repro.
dnces letter purporfiux to os written
by Senior Rstano, deputy In the
| Spanish CORES, deneraI WeyIer's
trusted agent in Madrid. Ia tue letter
Senior RsIano warns Weyier that un.
! leis no 10 able to impress pu piic opiu.
Ion In Spain with the idea that the
pac fiostion Of Cuba is near at hani
anu that the Insurgents are dem 1ral.
| izsd and eurrenuerIng 10 the Spanish
| authorities, he will be recalled by the
home government.
Seuor Rotanol says that the report
| at this period OF the death or capture
| OF MaximJ Goa z. the Cuban lea ier,
Z, would help IN fetarding his recall.
| 1t Is In obedience TO ORDERS from Ma.
drid, Senior BAR eta declaIeF, th al Gan.
Weyler has declared the provinces OF
Pinar del Rio, Havana, MalaLzis ami
Sa ata Clara pacihsd, au 4 he viii soon
announce the pacification OF Gam
| aguey and Santiago ue Cuba.
| Sonor Barroeta declares in his
| pamphlet that the revolution Ia now
more formidable than ever. He qlotes
General Arolas, commander VI the
Jacaro.Moroa trocha, as saying that
the only general In CUBA Is Maxine
| Gomfz.
Bensr Barroeta then relates the Inn
| pu nifty with which the Insurgents
move all over Cuba and collect taxes
| from all property owners, Cubans and
| Spauieh alike. He cites cases W here
| Cuban treasury officials have collected
laxes OF estates while the Spanish
troops are encampeu at the place.
| senior Barroeta declares that under
the administrators OF General Weyiar
every othcinl place In Cuba Ia OF tale.
| Every ecclesiastical position nas Its
| price.
| Referring to the tr0ohss, Sen n Bat
roeta declares that the purpose OF their
construction is to enable Gen. Weyier
and his parlisans to appropriate large
| sumo OF money without having To ac-
ctuut for them.
| Ths greatest source OF fraud and
| jObbery, he says, lie IN the hos yitals In
| Cuos, which arc mainly in tue hands
OF Con. Weyier's fsvoritrs. Ia this
| department charges are maus for
| patients that Lave never existed aud
Tor others who have Iong bsen dead.
| The su fferiDg OF the siok soldiers Is
such, he says, that Father Julian Va
| diei vez, q priest, told him that many,
many s0lulers before Tying mai cJL-
lessed 10 muraeriDg nlcers who had
Inflicted upon them the severest
| crueliies.
| Senior Barroeta declares that while
operating 10 the county under Wey-
Ter, he has sesn ciildfen hacked 10
pieces by the Spanish troops, and that
he, as u Bpaniaru, felt ashamed anu
protested to his fellow officers.
| He clossa the book with declnra-
tion that Gen. Weylor is really mon
sier, we'll describe oy the Americau
| mesa. His crimes, ne saye, are dis.
honor 10 Spain and unlers the evils
are corrected, he regards as cerlsin
the LOGS OF Cups TO Spain,
| nig Binze.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, June S.-The