The record-union., 1897-10-26

VI OuT government Lfle TACT lndl dii
illegal expedition was about to start
from our shores for Cuba it neglected
to use all the means permitted by our
laws to prevent the start
Altogether, the officials here are con-
fident of their ability to show that the
Government has more than complied
with the requirements of international
law, which, as laid down in the Ala
bama arbitration, simply demands that
a nation use due diligence" to prevent
the departure of hostile expeditions.
As intimations have been made that
the instructions to Minister WoOdford
may be made public at Madrid. the
statement is made by officials here that
no publication of the instructions be-
fore the assemblage of Congress viii
be approved by the United States and
without this approval it would be con-
trary TO the usage of diplomacy for the
Madrid authorities to make public the
correspondence.
GENERAL WEYLER'S REPORT.
HAVANA, Oct. 25.-The publication
in Captain General Weyler's personal
organ, Gel Guerrillero," of this city
Of the Generals report to the Minister
of War at Madrid causes much COM
ment here.
The report commences with the state
ment that upon his arrival in Havana
on February IL, 1896, he found the en-
tire island invaded by insurgents,
whose forces were thoroughly organ
lied in divisions, brigades, regiments,
battalions and squadrons, from Cape
San Antonio to the extreme eastern end
of Cuba, under command of able lead
ers, among whom were many who par
ticipated in the last war.
Maceo, Maxine Gomez, Searfin
Sanchez, Zavas, Agufrre, Quintin Ran
deras, Garlic and others, since killed
in battle, roamed the island from east
to west at will, raiding, pillaging and
applying the torch to villages, forcing
the surrender of volunteers and being
emboldened by such an extent as to ex-
ercise municipal functions in public
buildings within the towns raided
The Spanish troops made no attempt
to pursue the enemy, but confined their
work to resisting attack and defending
public property, making, however, lit
tie headway. The rebel invasion COM
menced from Santiago to Juaraco and
Paths taken by two rebel columns led
by Maceo and Gomez in their march
from Santiago to Pinar del Rio are to
this day blackened by the torch and
blighted by desolation and ruin. In
In Havana he says he found cannon
mounted at the approaches to the Cap
ital from Cerro Jesus del Monte and
other avenues. The pubic parks had
been transformed into armories, and
the volunteers were constantly under
arms.
The trains and other public convey
ances leaving in the evening were
crowded with troops and volunteers,
not, however, going in search of the
enemy, but detailed to occupy stragetic
points during the night. The General
Postoffice building was constantly
guarded by regulars. The very day
he arrived, he says, he could not an
nOunce having assumed command to his
subordinates in the interior, for the rea-
son that the telegraph wires had been
cut and railroad traffic interrupted. All
the railroads had been damaged by
dynamite and depots demolished by the
insurgents in their rapid flight across
the island.
One of the principal papers, 'Diario
de la Marina" had sounded the alarm
by stating that the insurgents were
knocking with the handles of their
machetes at the gates of Havana. All
Of the interior cities were paying trib-
ute to the rebels and plantations not
destroyed by rebel torches during the
early raids were only protected by the
of ,ofv-
General Weyler's chief aim was to
separate the forces of Gomez and
Maceo, for which purpose he con-
structed the military trocha of Mariel
Majara, resulting in penning Maceo in
Pinar del Rio and Gomez in the east
ern province. To-day the insurgents
allege that the line of the trocha from
San Fernando to Cape San Antonio
is in groups of not more than 800
armed men,
The weak resistance offered to the
insurgents attacks on Puerto Principe,
Holguin, Manzanillo and Santiago de
Cuba he ascribes to the insufficiency of
their garrisons, which also led to the
lamentable capture by the enemy of
Guimaro, Principe. Lunas and Holguin.
General Wey1er paints a pen picture
of the conditions existing to-day,
stating that from Pinar del Rio to the
Jucaro trocha there are only a few
small bands of rowing insurgents and
they are unable to much longer con-
tinue the strife of arms. Farmers are
ready and anxious to resume cultiva-
tion of their crops, while the tobacco
already planted gives promise of
yield beyond all the local demands.
Therefore he asks the home Govern
ment to issue royal Uecree favorable
to its expectation
In conclusion, General Weyler refers
to the excellent sanitary condition of
the Spanish troops, of factories and
hospitals. buildings he has caused to
be erected for their accommodation
throughout the island, of economical
and honest administration Of every de-
partment of the Government, and of
extensive preparations made during
the rainy season for an active and ag
gressive campaign.
Bodies Stolen From a Morgue.
CHICAGO. Oct. 25.-Five dead bod
les, four men and one woman, were